The land on which two mobile home parks in Columbia, Missouri sit was rezoned on Tuesday night.  Sunset and Ed’s Mobile Home Park had both been located just outside of the city limits of this Midwestern college town.  Upon annexation, though, City Council gave the parks a new zoning use.

This sets up the possibility that residents may lose their homes in the near (more…)

OK, this next entry is a bit dry, and its also a little bit late.  Still, I think its significant news whenever changes in federal programs give nonprofits more flexibility to work with manufactured housing.

That is exactly what will happen now that a final rule has been issued with (more…)

The This is My Home Book Tour is making its next stop at The Regulator Book Store on 9th Street in Durham on Sept. 12th. The reading is scheduled to begin at approximately 7 pm.

Adam Rust will show pictures from the book and read excerpts of some (more…)

Residents of Palm Terrace MHP completed six years of organizing efforts to purchase their park. Palm Terrace, located in Aptos, California, has 48 units. Forty-two residents were a part of the group that organized to buy the park.

The residents formed a non-profit in 2000, hoping that at some point in time (more…)

Lost in the shuffle of legislators packing their bags to go home was any big announcement of a HUGE victory for rural communities.

Senate Bill 1492/ House 1233, “The Solid Waste Management Act of 2007″ was ratified and presented to Governor Mike Easley on August 3rd.  The bill focused (more…)