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The Most Wonderful Time of Year

As long as your MHP infrastructure isn’t crumbling

Christopher Ebert
December 28, 2022

Based on the number of articles this week about the water & infrastructure in various mobile home parks, it’s a good time to remind MHP buyers to understand the quality of the infrastructure they are buying and to maintain it after purchase.

Interesting fact of the week - when The Rock was beginning his wrestling career, he lived in a mobile home park outside of Memphis, TN.

Enjoy!

What We Are Reading

The Goods - Manufactured Housing

Harvey Wippleman Talks Returning To Trailer Park With The Rock — Memphis, TN

Harvey Wippleman has looked back at the time he and The Rock returned to a trailer park in the suburbs of Memphis, Tennessee. Wippleman recalled The Rock's father, Rocky Johnson, calling him and saying his son was getting his start in the wrestling business and had no money or a place to stay. Wippleman allowed Johnson to stay at his place until he started collecting checks.

Water woes for last Bob’s Trailer Park residents land in court — Rochester, MN

A handful of residents legally remaining at Bob’s Trailer Park are receiving daily deliveries of bottled water nearly a month after water service to the property was discontinued.

Residents at Sea Breeze Mobile Home Park continue to face challenges — Columbus, GA

The residents of Sea Breeze Mobile Home Park are facing another challenge. They have been told that they will not be individually billed for their water usage but instead, as a whole and the total price will be divided among all residents.

Local mobile home park now one week without water — Springfield, FL

An entire mobile home park in Springfield has been without water for seven days now and tenants said they’re starting to lose hope. When NewsChannel 7 spoke with the landlord last week, he mentioned it should only take 24 to 48 hours to get the water back on. But, that obviously was not the case.

Presque Isle mobile home park named 'Best Drinking Water in Maine' — Presque Isle, ME

The results are in for Maine’s best tasting drinking water. Skyline Mobile Home Park in Presque Isle taking home the top honor. The winner was decided at the Maine Rural Water Association's annual conference and trade show.

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

Private investors have been buying up mobile home parks across the country, threatening to raise fees or close the parks altogether. From member station WBUR in Boston, reporter Simon Rios takes us to a community near Cape Cod where residents decided to fight back.

At a Mass. mobile home park, residents are evicted for a new housing development — Revere, MA

Mobile homes have long been an affordable housing option, but big investment firms have been buying up the land they sit on, causing homeowners to worry about whether they'll be able to stay. From member station WBUR in Boston, Simon Rios reports on how corporate ownership is upending the lives of people in one park.

Supes Approve Additional Limits On Mobile Home Rent Increases — Santa Cruz, CA

New rules adopted by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors this week will help keep mobile homes affordable in the county.

The Interesting Story of Why Dollar Tree Raised Their Prices from $1 to $1.25 — Spencer, IA

For over 40 years, Dollar Tree charged $1 for every item in the store. Whether it was a shirt, a toy, or a book, there was no price check needed because your tab would be exactly $1 per item. But recently, Dollar Tree raised that amount to $1.25 per item.

A 400-plus-home York County project is back up for a key decision, but questions remain — York, SC

The Bull Creek company of Pineville, N.C., has applied to rezone almost an acre of a two-acre property at 2782 York Highway in York. The site is west of Shiloh Road and north of Gordon Road.

Council member helps raise $26K for struggling mobile home park seniors — Newbury Park, CA

In one of her last acts as a Thousand Oaks council member, Claudia Bill-de la Peña is helping a group of about 100 seniors facing rent hikes at five of the city’s mobile home parks.

Can America’s low-cost mobile homes withstand the climate crisis? — Brattleboro, VT

Charlotte Bishop was standing at her kitchen window in January 2019 when she saw water streaming into her yard. A block of ice had clogged the brook that snakes around the mobile home park where she and her husband Rollin live in Brattleboro, Vermont. Bishop grabbed her keys and rushed outside to move their cars to higher ground. Within minutes, she was wading through knee-high water.

National Sales Report — November 2022

16 properties sold nationwide including 1,429 sites. With $44,122 average price per site, total sales volume hits $42.5M.

MHP News - Christmas Edition

Impact Communities Shares the Christmas Spirit with Donations to Residents!

Since 2020, Impact Communities has given away $150,000 to help their residents through their “Caring About Christmas” program. Whether it’s a widow struggling with cancer, an elderly man that suffers from diabetes, or a young family whose home burned down, Impact wants to show their residents they care and to spread the good news about the true meaning of Christmas. Impact believes in showing the truth of God’s love through actions, both small and large.

General Real Estate News

Chicago Taps Brakes on Gentrification With a Tax on Teardowns. (Link)

It’s the Economy, Stupid

Re: Sea Change from Howard Marks. (Link)

Regulatory and Affordability

Omaha City Council to pass housing affordability action plan. (Link)
Voters embraced affordable housing initiatives. Advocates say Congress should do the same. (Link)
A Seattle woman can’t build affordable housing on her property without first paying the city $77,000. Now she’s suing. (Link)
Section 8’s big, clumsy brother: How the Low Income Housing Tax Credit works. (Link)

Charts Making Us Smarter

Public Markets Corner

Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust Announces December 2022 Cash Distribution. (Link)
Middle, Upper Keys RV park residents confused, facing eviction. (Link)