Florence Dean, Editor The Land of Enchantment Manufactured Home Owners Alliance (LEMHOA) supports the property rights of landlords while advocating for equity for homeowners in lot-lease communities. We believe that homeowners in MHCs (mobile home parks, trailer courts, & manufactured… Read More »LEMHOA’s JUNE NEWSLETTER
This is a partial summary of the responses so far to our Candidate Questionnaire. We have decided to include answers from candidates even if campaigns have ended. We believe all responses remain relevant, and we appreciate everyone who participates. Question… Read More »Candidate Questionnaire
Why Say Manufactured Home (Not “Mobile Home” or “Trailer”)? Why Say Manufactured Home Community (Not “Park”)? Why Say Landowner or Business Owner (Not “Park Owner” or “Community Owner”)? • MHCs Represent Shared Investments—a Hybrid Model. There are dual stakeholders—homeowners own… Read More »Words Matter: How Terminology Shapes Policy for Manufactured Home Communities (MHCs)
Affordable housing solutions include not just looking at the number of homes available and how to build more, but how to make sure that existing homes are secure, and stay affordable, livable, and accessible. Manufactured Home Communities (MHCs) provide one… Read More »An Essential Part of Affordable Housing Solutions
Manufactured Home Communities MYTH: Manufactured and mobile homes are trailers. FACT: Trailers are towable by cars. In the 1950s, a post-war housing shortage called for factory-built homes. In 1976, HUD set national construction standards. In 1980, Congress required the term… Read More »Myths vs. Facts
The Myth and Its Consequences Today’s manufactured homes are not mobile. They are permanent, factory-built structuresplaced on fixed foundations and hooked up to utilities—just like site-built homes. But theoutdated label of “mobile home” persists in public discourse, policymaking, and industrymarketing,… Read More »Not Mobile
In 2004, the AARP’s Public Policy Institute (PPI) and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) collaborated to develop a model state statute aimed at protecting residents of manufactured housing communities. Their joint publication, Manufactured Housing Community Tenants: Shifting the Balance… Read More »The solutions are clear. The path is obstructed.