Mobile Home Park News Briefing

Private equity firms are buying up land in mobile home parks across the nation, and some New Jersey lawmakers have a plan to stop residents from experiencing double-digit rent hikes.

A bill, S2953, working its way through the New Jersey Legislature would put a 3% cap on rent increases in the state’s “manufactured home” or mobile home communities.

Any annual rent hikes higher than 3% would have to receive approval from the state’s Department of Community Affairs, under the plan. Landlords requesting approval for the rent increase would have to show that current rents aren’t enough to cover the cost of maintenance and tax increases.

The...

LANSING, Mich.(WLNS)—Residents of a mobile home park say they’ve been given just a few days’ notice that they need to move. 

Residents at Kristana Mobile Home Park in DeWitt Township told 6 News they were given a notice Friday stating the park would be closing on April 1, this coming Tuesday. 

In the letter, management says the park will be closing due to “declining occupancy rates” and the inability to maintain the community’s infrastructure. 

Management did say they would provide temporary housing for 30 days. 

Neighbors say this notice was dated for the 24th but wasn’t put on their doors until Friday. 

Jason Eldridge, a resident at...

The entire population of a Petaluma mobile home park received eviction notices Monday from the park’s owners.

Residents of 71 homes at Little Woods Mobile Villa received notices Monday from Harmony Communities, a Stockton-based company managing the park, stating that “Little Woods Mobile Villa ... is exercising its right to terminate your tenancy for the purpose of permanently closing the park.”

Residents now have one year to find another home and move out, the company confirmed.

“When I opened it and saw the 12-month notice, part of me said, ‘Yeah, that’s just like them to do this,” said park resident Chris Brown about Harmony...

The demolition of the Lil’ Abner mobile home park, located on Northwest 2nd Terrace in Sweetwater, Miami, began this Thursday, marking the start of a process that forces more than 900 families to leave the premises.

The first eviction notices were delivered in November, setting May 19th as the deadline for residents to relocate and make way for new housing projects.

According to NBC Miami, the owner of the park, CREI Holdings, plans to build next-generation housing on the site and has offered incentives to residents who move before the deadline.

In social media posts, heavy machinery can be seen clearing the debris of the demolished...

BROOKINGS — The impending sale of Shady Acres Mobile Home Park in Brookings means tenants must vacate their residences before April 1 — but they aren’t being left high and dry thanks to assistance provided by the Brookings Pathways Program.

Created last year with Shady Acres concerns in mind, a maximum of $350,000 in funding was allocated via a City Council vote in May. It was hoped the Pathways money would never have to be used. Well, that’s no longer the case, at least partially: Of the overall total, $180,000 was specified for three uses:

• $100,000 for rental assistance
• $65,000 for a dedicated case manager from Inter-Lakes Community...

A year ago, the Littleton, Colorado mobile home park faced a potential sale when a Utah-based company offered $18 million to buy the property.

Fearing rent hikes from new owners, the park’s board rallied support from nearly all its residents to put together a purchase offer.

CBS News Miami's Ivan Taylor reports that residents claim the owner of the land did not get the proper permits and their health is at risk, despite the owner saying everything is up to code.

Waves lap on the Marco River, visible through the bent spokes of a mangled bicycle, flaps of metal roofing clang in the wind, mingling with live music from the Snook Inn restaurant next door. It’s as if life paused at the Port Marco manufactured home community of Marco Island. 

That is all about to change as all that remains of Port Marco — that which was not already ravaged by abandonment and hurricanes— is about to be demolished as new owners, Tailwind Group, propose a five-story redevelopment. In the small community’s place, current property owners told their neighbors of their plans for a mixed-use development with condominiums, two...

The Warren Planning Board approved the development of a controversial mobile home park at its Thursday meeting, according to the Midcoast Villager.

As the housing crisis continues in Maine and hits some regions such as the midcoast especially hard, communities have taken broader steps to address a critical housing shortage that has made living unaffordable for many residents. Advocates say mobile homes can help alleviate the housing crisis while providing better living standards and cheaper rates than similar stick-built developments. Modular homes can cost 20 percent less than a similar stick-built house.

The park in Warren will be off...

Residents of a Helena mobile home park face rent and utility fee increases after the park was sold to an out-of-state property management company, according to park residents.

Last October, the owners of the McHugh Mobile Home Park informed residents that they sold the property to Collective Parks Property Management LLC, a Washington State-based management company. 

During the ownership transition, residents received letters from the new management team stating that they shouldn’t expect changes.

“For the foreseeable future, we do not anticipate any significant...

The floors are caving in. The roofs are leaking. The walls that lack insulation invite mold. For residents of Rudd’s Mobile Home Park in Richmond’s Southside, these aren’t just minor inconveniences — they’re daily battles in a place they call home.

Unlike traditional renters, most mobile home residents own their homes. (What they rent is the land or lot under where they live.) That means when things start falling apart, the responsibility to fix them falls on their shoulders. But many say they are barely making ends meet, making expensive repairs out of reach.

Josefina is an older single woman who works only a couple days a week. For her,...

Unable to provide repairs needed for city compliance, the owner of as mobile home park in Hermantown announced closure plans. Last week, we got the latest update on what was happening over at Maple Field. The court has ordered the landlord to present himself in person on April 8th for an evidentiary hearing.

54 lots fill the mobile home park known as Maple Field. The location rents 46 mobile homes units with the remainder of the dwellings occupied by owners who pay to lease the space in the park. Recently, tenants have been receiving notices of termination as the owner of the park seeks to close the park because of the hazard living...

In an effort to control who can live at seniors-only mobile home parks, the city of Petaluma is suing Youngstown Mobile Home Park and Daniel Weisfield, co-founder of Three Pillars Communities, which operates the park. It is also suing mortgage company Fannie Mae, as it “holds a recorded interest” in the property, as well as 50 other unidentified individuals.

The city seeks to prevent Youngstown’s owners and operators from unlawfully ignoring the city’s senior mobile home park overlay, which was approved in October 2023 and requires park owners to continue designating Youngstown a seniors-only park.

Its suit contends park officials are...

Resident Gudelia Blatt called the situation “horrible,” describing flames and destruction at the park.

Roberto Pullido, who had already vacated his home, broke down in tears upon seeing the remains.

His wife said they didn’t even know about Sunday’s fire until they saw it on the news the following day.

Residents say the sprawling park, once filled with families, has become a haven for intruders, squatters, and vandals as security dwindles.

“There are many people from the outside — people who have no houses, thieves,” Blatt said.

The Pullidos had seen evidence of squatters even before the fire.

“They broke a big window and got in, opening...

Mountain View City Council wants to help mobile home residents by further limiting how much landlords can raise rents each year, but park owners are warning the new rules will make their operations unsustainable.

Council tomorrow (March 11) will consider limiting rent hikes to 3% or 60% of the consumer price index, whichever is lower.

Existing rent control limits rent hikes to 100% of the CPI or 5% of rent.

The proposed rule change comes after two straight years of greater than 5% inflation, prompting residents to complain that they can’t afford the higher rents.

“For those who can barely afford the expenses now, the future is bleak in...

On February 10, employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) received an email asking them to list every contract at the bureau and note whether or not it was “critical” to the agency, as well as whether it contained any DEI components. This email was signed by Scott Langmack, who identified himself as a senior adviser to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Langmack, according to his LinkedIn, already has another job: He’s the chief operating officer of Kukun, a property technology company that is, according to its website, “on a long-term mission to aggregate the hardest to find data.”

As is...

Just over the city line from Minneapolis, Tim Schroeder has some affordable housing to show off—market-rate, no subsidy required. He leads the way into a new, 1,200-square-foot manufactured home. The closing is scheduled for the next day.

“You could imagine kids doing their homework at the counter,” said Schroeder, gesturing to the large kitchen island across from a farmhouse-style sink. “The parents’ suite is in the back.” Schroeder is president of Performance Realty Inc., the California-based owner of Urban Grove in St. Anthony, Minnesota. The realty firm acquired the 100-lot community in 2023 after a controversial prior sale nearly led...

In Florida, plans are underway to transform the Seville Mobile Home Park—a long-standing community asset—into a major mixed-use development. The 8.5-acre site, located at 515 N. Federal Highway and 426 N.E. 5th Street, currently accommodates 130 mobile homes and 35 RV lots, but developers envision a bold new future for the area.

The proposed project aims to significantly increase the site’s density by rezoning from a Regional Activity Center (RAC) Neighborhood designation to an RAC Corridor classification. This change is intended to allow for a higher concentration of development, paving the way for a vibrant...

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Pima County officials are waiting on $3 million in new federal funding to continue crucial repairs on mobile and manufactured homes in low-income communities, but uncertainty surrounds when the money will arrive.

The funding comes from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE), a first-of-its-kind $225 million grant competition designed to preserve and revitalize manufactured housing communities nationwide.

The Pima County Home Repair program specifically targets neighborhoods near Benson Highway and in the Flowing Wells area,...

Unable to afford the upkeep of her home in Poland, Elaine Therriault sold the house in 2018 and bought a mobile home with the profit.

Life has become a lot more affordable since then for the 62-year-old, who supports herself and her grandson with her disability payments. At West Village mobile home park, the 42-lot community in Monmouth she moved to, lot rents are only $300. That’s a rare find among mobile home parks, which have seen sharp increases in lot rents in recent years.

When Therriault learned last November that the aging owners of West Village planned to sell the park to an unknown buyer, she grew concerned. She had heard...

A San Jose mobile home park with hundreds of spaces has failed to get city approval for a proposed rent increase.

Officials with the San Jose Rent Stabilization Program have denied the Golden Wheel Mobile Home Park owner’s request to raise rents on low-income residents by $60 per month for at least 12 years. Under the city’s mobile rent policy, property owners can raise rents up to 7% without city approval. With tenants at the mobile home park paying as low as $595 per month, the proposed rent increase would’ve been about 10% for the lowest income tenants, according to San Jose housing officials.

Jeff Scott, spokesperson for the housing...

Neatly trimmed hedges and green Astroturf lawns line the winding streets at Cascade Park Estates in Southeast Vancouver. But the tidy façade in mobile home communities like this one hides the stress of some older residents who worry about being priced out of one of the few places they can afford to live.

Sharon Pevey, 77, moved to Cascade Park Estates seven years ago. She was divorced and needed a place to live quickly. She paid $140,000 cash to buy her pale yellow, 1,400-square-foot mobile home. As with most manufactured home parks, she had to pay rent for the lot her home sat on, priced at $525 per month, plus property taxes. It was...

HERMANTOWN — The owner of a mobile home park that has fallen into disrepair is now threatening to close the operation rather than execute court-ordered repairs.

Elevated Management LLC and its owner, Steve Schneeberger, have notified residents of Maple Fields Mobile Home Park that they must vacate their homes, a move that has triggered additional legal action.

A Monday court filing on behalf of affected residents asks Judge Shawn Pearson to block the proposed evictions and nullify notices that have been sent. The plaintiffs’ attorney, Peter LaCourse of Justice North, noted that the court, in its Dec. 20 and 27 rulings, had barred Elevated...