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There’s been an ongoing story regarding Grand Canyon University in Phoenix displacing mobile home park residents (article here). On the surface, it looks bad - a Chrisitan University kicking out poor residents from their homes. Well, Grand Canyon must have had enough of the bad PR, as they finally provided their side of the story in a local Opinion piece (article here). There’s a lot to unpack in the rebuttal and it’s difficult to feel sorry for the residents after hearing Grand Canyon University’s case. While difficult to pinpoint the most compelling argument for Grand Canyon, I would have to point to this:
“Although we tried to meet with each tenant to address their specific needs, the tenants asked for a third party. So GCU funded a third-party housing expert, Trellis, to work with each family individually. Trellis is experienced at finding public and private low-income funding sources and is helping every Periwinkle family that has been willing to meet find alternate housing.
Yet, roughly a third of the Periwinkle tenants have declined to meet with Trellis and are refusing any help.”
Two sides to every story indeed.
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Grand Canyon University isn't the villain in Phoenix mobile home flap — Phoenix, AZ
Opinion: Some Phoenix City Council members are throwing GCU under the bus when the university has gone out of its way to help mobile home park residents.
Euclid Beach Mobile Home Park Residents Rally Against Displacement, Deliver Petitions to Western Reserve Land Conservancy — Cleveland, OH
A month and a half after the Western Reserve Land Conservancy effectively put an eviction date on the residents of 139 Euclid Beach mobile homes, those opposed to the decision by WRLC to hand the land over to the Metroparks again protested in defiance of what they call mass displacement.
Cheney council pleads with owner for plan to help mobile home park residents who could be displaced — Cheney, WA
The Cheney City Council will introduce an ordinance to amend its zoning map that could potentially see the removal of the North Cheney Mobile Home Park. The amendment would change the use of the map to mixed-use development. Resident Douglas Brunell is concerned that if the ordinance is passed he and many low-income residents will be evicted from their mobile homes.
A California program to fix mobile home parks approved 1 application in 10 years. Will a rebrand work? — Coachella, CA
A program to help mobile home park residents got a huge revamp last year because nobody was using it. Will more than tripling the size of the loan fund and streamlining the application process yield results?
Neighbors push for rent control as retirement communities face drastic increases — Stark County, OH
Neighbors in several Northeast Ohio retirement neighborhoods are hoping to fight back against steep rent hikes. After the same company took over properties in Navarre and Elyria, residents in both manufactured home communities worry about being priced out of their homes.
‘We are in dire need’: Mobile home park residents urge Nevada lawmakers to stabilize rents — Sparks, NV
For the last decade, Jeanneil Marzan paid $645 a month to rent a space for her manufactured home at Sierra Royal Mobile Home Park. When the first rent increase of $40 came in September 2022, the Sparks resident found it reasonable even living on a fixed income.
Maple Ridge development would replace trailer court, motels with towers — Maple Ridge, BC
Maple Ridge’s largest new building projects would displace people living in mobile homes, RVs and motel units at a site on the Lougheed Highway.
Popp’s Ferry Road residents voice concern over hazardous pothole — Biloxi, MS
Questions about who owns and who should fix a road in Biloxi have some neighbors desperate for answers. The road is off Popp’s Ferry near the Pentecostal church and Imperial Estates Trailer Park in Biloxi. It’s a private road, so it would be illegal for the city to step in.
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UMH Properties, Inc. Will Host First Quarter 2023 Financial Results Webcast And Conference Call
UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) (TASE:UMH), a real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in manufactured home communities, announced that it will host its First Quarter 2023 Financial Results Webcast and Conference Call. Senior management will discuss the results, current market conditions and future outlook on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Manufactured Housing Properties Inc. Management's Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations. (Form 10-K)
We are a self-administered, self-managed, vertically integrated owner and operator of manufactured housing communities. We earn income from (i) leasing manufactured home sites to tenants who own their own manufactured home and (ii) leasing manufactured homes owned by us to residents of the communities.
Recent Acquisitions
Mobile home park changes hands for $57M
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Local program could help Cheney mobile home park neighbors keep their homes
After ongoing floods, a handful of San Joaquin County mobile residents have still not left
Yes, That Was a Tornado That Touched Down in a California Mobile Home Park
Mediapolis trailer park faces extensive damage after Friday storms
Bernalillo County authorities try to be more involved with trailer park community
Mobile home park manager who feeds community honored with dream team surprise
New law to bring more affordable housing to Florida
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