America’s Last Affordable Housing Is Under Threat

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You know things are getting bad when people can’t even afford a trailer

That guy is definitely on a power trip. Not saying he’s totally in the wrong, but you can tell he enjoys the authority he has. And that’s not healthy.

Update: as predicted, the corporate landlord has evicted everyone and put the park up for sale. A local self-storage company owner has expressed interest in buying the land and turning it into storage sheds. These were already some of the cheapest rents in the city and the housing shortage here is dire so all these people will presumably become homeless now because their homes didn't pencil out compared to the profitability of storage sheds

There has to be more to life than just working yourself dead just to pay rent. This has to change

Unfortunately, we're living in a period where the rich are becoming wealthier, not through innovation or the creation of something new, but by taking from those that are unable to defend themselves-the trademark of a third world country. A society doesn't exist long under such circumstances.

Corporations are not living beings, yet granted rights as if they were. I'm disgusted by this blatant greed and injustice, and I feel for these people bc i know from experience; my family was homeless for several yrs. This country has a sickness that needs to be seriously addressed.

That old man repeats the line " law is the Law" but forgets to mention that by "lobbying" corporates make those "suitable laws", constitution guarantees "right to life including pursuit of happiness" thats something Americans should draw the line and not the "so called law" bought and made to profit the rich at the cost of working Americans.

I think a housing crash will happen because all those people who bought homes over asking price, although it was at a low interest rate, they are over their heads. They have no equity if the housing prices continue to go down, and if for whatever reason they cannot afford the house anymore and it goes into foreclosure because even if they try to sell, they will not make any money. I think this will happen to a lot of people especially with the massive layoff predicted for the future and the cost of living rising at a high speed.

I moved into an apartment 5 years ago for $530.00 a month, which included the utilities. They sold out to another company and raised the rent to 850 a month and told me that I have to also pay the utilities, effectively doubling the cost of living. Nobody but section 8 residents were able to afford the apartments anymore after that. Seems like what they're doing is turning the working class into the homeless class and the homeless class into the exterminated class.

The fact that you can buy a house but not own the land is ridiculous

April 2023 Harmony Homes notifies all residents they are closing the park and they have one year to leave. Mr. Receivership was a complete liar.

Lot rent really screws a lot of decent folks out of these homes. I had a neighbor who lived off of his pension and was forced to move because lot rent doubled. He was the cleanest and quietest man and helped everyone with their needs like food, lawn care, even building decks that were originally rotting away.

My mother-in-law and her entire mobile home park once they found out their mobile home park was up for sale all the residents took out a loan together and added it to their space rent (which was only a extra $125.00 a month for my mother-in-law, some paid more depending on the size of their mobile home) and they bought the mobile home park! It took 3 years to pay off the loan. It is a mobile home park located in California. So I wish someone who understands finances could’ve helped these low income mobile home residents figure this out. My mother-in-law was definitely low income and they all were helped by one of their own residence within the park to become the owners of the land instead of just owning their mobile homes.

$900 for a small plot of land in a Trailer Park? Pure Predators.

Investment groups want to buy ALL of the property in the US, and have YOU pay the rent for it. Even if they have to overpay by bidding way up on the property at auction, it doesn't matter. They'll just pass the extra cost to you with much higher rents. This is the new America.

Can politicians be forced to wear their corporate sponsors like Nascar drivers? I want to know who owns my local politician.

I sell mobile homes for a living and my parents have owned the company for 30 years. Corporations acquiring the parks have been horrible. They run the park like a dictatorship with no leniency and Jack up the lot rent sometime 300-400 when they come in. They exploit the people who need the financial support the most. It's disgusting.

As a former "employee" of Harmony communities, I can say that any park you visit under their ownership would fail honest inspections 9/10 times. They violate the law constantly and when people make noise about it, they retaliate by more rent, or less facility access, until people acquiesce to their demands. I'll also say that there is a massssssssive lawsuit going on against them rn and they're scrambling to settle privately.

Im 44 and ive never met a decent landlord. They are ruthless and heartless.