2024-12-23T18:55:24-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149984030/how-a-mobile-home-community-created-a-co-op-and-bought-its-own-land Alexander Walter 2016-12-28T13:47:00-05:00 >2019-01-05T12:31:03-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/uk/ukskgi2d7h9i9d6n.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Park Plaza is a mobile home park, or what industry calls a manufactured housing community. Five years ago, the residents banded together, formed a nonprofit co-op and bought their entire neighborhood from the company that owned it. Today, these residents exert democratic control over almost 9 acres of prime suburbs, with 80 manufactured houses sited on them.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>"There are no precise figures, but the U.S. Census Bureau estimates there are more than 8 million manufactured houses across the country. Housing specialists say they're an important source of affordable housing."</em></p><p>Related stories in the Archinect news:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149981644/5-housing-experts-offer-opinions-about-ben-carson-s-direction-as-hud-head" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5 housing experts offer opinions about Ben Carson's direction as HUD head</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149983282/colorado-governor-proposes-building-affordable-housing-from-marijuana-tax-revenue-mainly-to-address-issues-from-marijuana-legalization" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colorado governor proposes building affordable housing from marijuana tax revenue, mainly to address issues from marijuana legalization</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149974544/housing-must-be-considered-a-human-right-not-a-commodity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Housing must be considered a human right, not a commodity</a></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/149944287/the-kibbutz-rebranded-for-silicon-valley Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-05-09T17:37:00-04:00 >2016-05-19T21:52:30-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5t/5tb1djm0i9kueqks.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>[Common is] a version of communal living that suggests tech utopia in its ultimate test case: with Nest thermometers, and Casper mattresses, and a house Slack channel, so you can see whether anyone else wants Seamless without having to yell down the hall. 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New live-work space emerges in Los Angeles</a></li><li><a title="Can WeWork re-engineer the spatial dynamics of society?" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149935208/can-wework-re-engineer-the-spatial-dynamics-of-society" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Can WeWork re-engineer the spatial dynamics of society?</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/149943348/previewing-the-2016-venice-biennale-the-british-pavilion-s-home-economics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Previewing the 2016 Venice Biennale: the British Pavilion's "Home Economics"</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149937655/box-sweet-box-sf-man-lives-in-wooden-pod-in-friends-apartment-for-400-month" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Box sweet box: SF man lives in wooden "pod" in friends' apartment for $400/month</a></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/133408596/the-rise-of-communal-living-in-new-york Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-08-03T12:46:00-04:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vo/voqxzuymqge8q45y.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Pure House is among a handful of businesses that are renting rooms at a premium in exchange for access to amenities, a dormlike atmosphere and an instant community. For a certain set of New Yorkers, often new arrivals to the city with an income but no rental history, Pure House offers something of a reprieve. 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