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. — npr.org
"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."
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That this exists in Minnesota doesn't surprise me in the least. I think this is so important that I get a bit misty eyed thinking about their accomplishment. Just a wonderful story, with remarkable potential.
'Cause I ain't askin' nobody for nothin', If I can't get it on my own. If you don't like the way I'm livin', You just leave this long haired country boy alone.
Very very interesting. Agree with B3.
I've had plenty of friends who've lived in land-lease communities* ... I even lived with one of them for a few months when I got kicked out of an apartment in college. The number one complaint from all of them was the owners' unwillingness to pay for maintenance and upkeep of the land and infrastructure. It had never occurred to me to solve the problem with a co-op. We do the same thing with condo and home owners associations.
*AKA: Trailer park, mobile home community, etc.
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