I hope everyone had a nice break over the Holidays. Time to get back to business. While the newsletter was published, there was still plenty of news in the MHC world.

Lots of infrastructure issues highlighted on the local news (see Video Gallery section).

One thing not included in the newsletter are news pieces around mobile home fires. Let’s just say, there were a lot. If you own a park, please educate your residents around safe practices for staying warm.

Finally, it turns out the college admissions scandal mastermind is now living in a “trailer park” (link here).

Enjoy!

What We Are Reading

The Goods - Manufactured Housing

New owners, new name. What life at the former ‘Trails End Mobile Home Park’ is like now — Fresno, CA

A Fresno mobile home park which saw some of the city’s worst living conditions after years of neglect is now under new ownership. But residents still have questions about their future at the park.

How Phoenix leaders are helping mobile home park residents being forced to move — Phoenix, AZ

The Phoenix City Council approved a $300,000 contract Wednesday to provide legal services to residents of three mobile home parks being displaced for development.

Judge makes decision in Pocasset mobile home park trial. Here's the latest — Pocasset, MA

A Superior Court judge found on Wednesday that Crown Communities LLC is the rightful buyer of a Pocasset mobile home park.

Sewage leaks, power outages, dead body: complaints pile up as Ceres residents sue landlord — Ceres, CA

Martin Padilla was on his daily afternoon walk around his Ceres neighborhood with his grandson when he noticed the smell. His grandson plugged his nose as they passed the abandoned trailer at the Lazy Wheels mobile home park from which the flies seemed to emanate. Dogs run free around their neighborhood, so Padilla assumed one had died and was decomposing.

Three Pillar Communities Refinances Two West Coast Mobile Home Communities for $15MM — Ukiah, CA

JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has secured refinancing for two of Three Pillar Communities’ West Coast mobile home communities. This includes the $9 million refinancing of the 104-pad Orchard Lane in Happy Valley, Oregon, and the $6 million refinancing of the 81-pad Ukiah Country Manor in Ukiah, California.

Agreement remains in the works for Bob's Trailer Park residents without water — Rochester, MN

A potential agreement with four residents at Bob's Trailer Park has been delayed at least two weeks.

How Mobile Home Communities Are Adapting for Climate Change — Windham County, VT

From Vermont to Montana, officials and residents in manufactured housing communities are working to mitigate flood risk.

City rejects zoning for mobile home park — Lordsburg, NM

The City Council shot down a zoning variance from Ed Kerr, who was asking the city to allow a 1977 mobile home to be placed in Pyramid Heights after residents who were at the Dec. 28 meeting voiced their opposition to the variance.

Lewes considers linking another manufactured home park to municipal water and sewer — Lewes, DE

Residents of a second manufactured home park are in talks with Lewes’ Board of Public Works to consider how to connect their homes to municipal sewer and water systems.

Mobile home park focused on water usage — Jefferson, NJ

The manager of Forrest Brooke unloaded on some residents for creating another water crisis at the manufactured home community.

Raised Rent Worries Grand Junction Seniors — Grand Junction, CO

Some Grand Junction seniors are pinching pennies and stretching their fixed incomes as landlords raise rents higher and higher. A local manufactured home community inflicted one painful increase this last year and announced a new one for January. The owner held a packed community meeting where residents protested the increases on December 12th.

Support for resident-owned mobile home parks grow — Cortez, CO

Cortez City Council hears presentation by Durango cooperative that successfully purchased park.

Mobile home residents buy their park, protecting themselves from eviction — Wareham, MA

Mobile home park residents often face eviction when parks are sold. Some states give residents first rights to buy them, and a nonprofit helps with financing.

Bottled Water For Oasis Mobile Home Park: Nearly $900 Awarded — Oasis, CA

Riverside County was awarded an $888,930 grant by the State Water Resources Control Board to continue distributing clean bottled water to residents of the Oasis Mobile Home Park through the end of 2023, Supervisor V. Manuel Perez announced Wednesday.

Explore Malibu's millionaire trailer park that A-listers adore — Malibu, CA

According to The New York Times, Paradise Cove was developed in the 1950s, when fishermen started parking their trailers near the ocean. By the 1970s, the cove was home to 265 trailers and offered an affordable spot for people to live.

Lafayette commits to affordable housing loan for mobile home park — Lafayette, LA

Lafayette City Council will help with the residential acquisition of an affordable housing neighborhood through a boost of $495,000.

Representatives inspect conditions of manufactured home communities in Mercer County — Princeton, WV

On Monday, December 19, 2022, representatives visited manufactured home parks in the Mercer County area to inspect the conditions where tenants lived.

Manufactured home park residents concerned about rent increases — Sequim, WA

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Sharon Lohman of Parkwood Manufactured Housing Community said a $90 rent increase for her manufactured home will leave her “flat broke” along with other cost increases, so she’s planing to give up driving her car and water deliveries.

Retirement communities' fears over rising rent prompts letter from senator — Stark County, OH

Neighbors in several Northeast Ohio retirement communities are grappling with drastic rent hikes after a company took over properties in Navarre and Elyria. The seniors, many of whom are living on fixed incomes, worry how they’ll afford to stay in their homes.

Manufactured home park in Moorhead receives $2.6 million for infrastructure facelift — Moorhead, MN

In addition to Bennett Park Cooperative, Minnesota Housing announced $102K for five units through the Maple Court Homeownership Development Program and $704K for the Cass Clay Community Land Trust.

Video Gallery

Legislators propose bills to help Billings mobile home residents

13 Massie's Mobile Home Park tenants head to Montgomery Co. court; Suing owners for water cut-off

FEMA trailers at mobile home park without power after being delivered

Lot fees jump over 50 percent at Mahomet mobile home park

Trailer park evacuates during California floods

West Sacramento mobile home community with at-risk residents spent days without power

Warren trailer park conditions have residents, city officials fed up

Rossville neighborhood still without water despite temperatures warming

Water woes: Rossville residents dealing with low flow since before Christmas

Freezing cold, burst pipes, and water woes at Virginia Beach mobile home park

Fayette County neighborhood left without water amid frigid temperatures

38 residents evacuated from Germantown mobile home park during deep freeze

Families forced out after Stockton mobile home park deemed uninhabitable

Water back on at Panama City Mobile Home Park, 8 days later

Public Markets Corner

• Court weighs in on case of proposed 499-unit mobile home park near Ann Arbor. (Link)

Recent Acquisitions

UMH Properties, Inc. Acquires Newly Developed Community in Florida

Trailer park trades for nearly $7M

Places This Week: MetLife buys mobile home park for $53.7M

Four Leaf Properties Announces Acquisition of Victoria Texas Manufactured Home Community Development Project

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