Time is running out for residents of the Lazy Mountain Trailer Park in Eagle River, Alaska. Notice has been given and residents must be gone by October 1st. Park owners plan to sell the 10.65 acre property, which is located on the outskirts of Anchorage, to developer Connie Yoshimura.
Residents must find a new place to put their homes or else relinquish them (more…)
A 16 photo multimedia presentation by the Associated Press conveys a lot about the developing confrontation in Thermal, California between Harvey Duro and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The BIA wants to close down Duro’s large land-lease mobile (more…)
An article in the latest Annals of Emergency Medicine reports that incidence of suicide attempts among residents in post-Katrina parks are 79 times higher than rates among the general public. The study surveyed residents in 92 different FEMA communities.
NPR has published an interesting radio piece to follow up on (more…)
The construction of a new bridge threatens to wipe out several mobile home parks in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation plans to connect (more…)
Harvey Duro, owner of a park that houses 4,000 farmworkers in Thermal, California, has decided to respond publicly to efforts to close his park. The park is known as Duroville.
