Squeezed out: As land values skyrocket, mobile home parks disappear

[@sallyclay1974]

This country is a disgrace. Rising rents and greed have taken over. The powerful corporations, big banks, and real estate investors have taken over. Not everyone can afford Marin County, or Greenwich, CT. The US is in decline.

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

Isn't this the capitalism everyone wanted?

[@Me97202]

Our elected officials are allowing this to happen.

[@Me97202]

@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 It’s not _capitalism_ that’s the problem. It’s the _unregulated_ capitalism that’s broken.

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

@@Me97202 But that's the point. Capitalism isn't supposed to be regulated. Market forces are supposed to dictate everything and any artificial manipulation of market forces is, in essence, a form of socialism becaue it would be the government taking resources and deciding how they're distributed. In case you're not getting my point, I'll be more explicit. Republican leadership has told their voters, capitalism = good and socialism = bad. We don't want to become Venezuela. And I agree with that. Socialism to the extreme is terrible. BUT CAPITALISM RUN AMOK IS JUST AS BAD, as we're seeing in cases like this. There should be a combination of the two and neither one should be deamonized.

[@d.adrien7423]

Yet the House of representatives are voting on a 40 billion aid package for Ukraine. How about an aid package for all the voters losing housing here in the USA?

[@fredkameda6368]

Seven years ago an investment company bought our large mobile home park in Sunnyvale, CA. It quickly became evident they had plans to raise space rents to such an exorbitant level that residents would be forced to move. We formed a volunteer residents group and began ti fight for rent control. We petitioned and pleaded with our city council to take action. They took no action and our pleas seemed to fall on deaf ears. We continued our fight > and a surprising thing happened. The investment company sold out. (years later we found out that they had planned to force us out then redevelop the land into high density housing. But with our strong efforts the city council told them they would not allow the rezoning). Then new owners continued their escalation of our space rents and we continued our fight. Finally, last year, we succeeded in getting rent protection. The point being made is to FIGHT. Do not let greedy developers take your home away!

[@yesyoga]

OMG Good for you! Its terrifying and beyond difficult to fight because the situation is so unfair, but it is a matter of survival. Good example!

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

I live in Ohio and really understand what and why you say that. Maybe what we all ought to fight for is changing the laws and building codes on private property. Now most trailers/mobil homes are built to house specification, the same standards. But most towns, cities, counties will not allow them to be put on private hand. Partly because the have a metal frame and can be moved!! That is what needs to be changed!!!

[@goodforlaughs9924]

It sucks working at Arby’s making minimum wage. That’s why people live in shacks- mobile homes.

[@cynthiajfannin7986]

Same thing has started happening here in WV one of the POOREST states in the nation. I own my mobile home in a very small trailer park where pad rent has been $155 for years. The park was recently sold and we were given a 28 day notice that rent will increase to $435 starting March 1. I’m disabled on a fixed income like many others in this park. Where will I go? The new owners are basically stealing our homes from us and forcing us to become homeless. I beyond mad!

[@CB-hi7mf]

Get on the list for subsidies housing ASAP. You will only have to pay a percentage of what your income is for rent.

[@stephentroyer8371]

Uu

[@MegaLivingIt]

Why not some kind of rent stabilization like they had in New York at one time. This current situation is nothing more than theft.

[@jilljohnson9310]

May the Lord & Jesus help you.

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

@@MegaLivingIt I thought Capitalism was a good thing? If you were selling your house, would you want the government telling you what you could sell it for?

[@daveyrogers7336]

Anyone who buys a "mobile home" without the land underneath it is just asking for heartbreak.

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

Exactly. It's foolish to think that you own anything if you own the mobile home but not the land. In fact, things are much worse for you. 1. Mobile homes aren't like regular homes and don't appreciate nearly as much in value 2. They eventually get old and beat up and moving them becomes very costly. Anyone who buys that land knows they've got you behind the 8 ball, as your choices are: 1. Pay the new rent 2. Sell, at a fraction of what you "think it's worth" 3. Be forced to give up everything if no one buys your home I thank GOD I had the common sense way back in 1997 to buy my house, then bought the 1/2 acre lot behind it years later. Like Tony Soprano said, they ain't making more land, so owning land is king. Owning your home is the ONLY WAY to ensure you don't end up living under a bridge. Now, the first woman does have an option and it's one that more people need to take. If you work from home, as many of us do, it might be time to move to Mexico, or Costa Rica or Panama or something like that, where costs are incredibly low. If I were her and I had a work from home job, I'd take whatever money she got and go live in latin America.

[@daveyrogers7336]

@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 Very good advice. Thanks!

[@mistiinseattle]

I did it when I was younger and more naive but I sure would not do it now.

[@jackwilson8051]

They will depreciate like an auto

[@samanthablake646]

Some of us can't help it, it was either that or be homeless. I'm no spring chicken, so yes I rent the land. Peace ☮️ in abundance be safe y'all

[@spottheborgcat6523]

I am so happy that my Mom and Dad bought in to a co-op style manufactured home park. You do buy your " lot" co-operatively with the other 55 owners. There is also a pool house, and community place with amenities. It costs more to join, and there are some HOA type rules, but you can't be tossed off the property by some delveloper.

[@raindroph5120]

It’s happening to a lot of people in different states.

[@twoshea749]

When 90% of us are renters and can’t pay rent- I used to think we would see change - now I just feel like this is the plan where we will “own nothing (including our private thoughts) and be 😃

[@YA-qj8fx]

That's exactly the plan.

[@daz9064]

This is why we have a huge homeless problem in America. It's a disgrace that our government allows this to happen.

[@sumanghosh-pb3dw]

1:08 - mobile home park closed 2 make 1/2 mil. dollar town homes. 1:30 - national ave. new mobile home - $106,000 1:35 - three bed, two bath, paid $262 mo. 4 land rent. 2:08 - 248 mobile home parks in UT. In the past few yrs. 6% hav gone.

[@claudiushedrington752]

2 entities just breezed by us many, many years ago, my friend said : " hey who were those guys that cut out of here like they stole something ?" I said , " it was that old couple called integrity & decency ; they figured that they were no longer welcomed nor needed anymore! " 🤨🤦‍♂️

[@candacebradshaw2315]

It's sad for the elderly they can't start over in any state

[@CB-hi7mf]

That's one reason I literally walked away from mine in Utah. It was a money pit and couldn't be moved due to age. I wouldn't have wanted to move it anyway. Not sure how long that park was gonna remain there. I moved outta state and bought a stick built home.

[@imdurmac1]

this is why it's best to own the land

[@marcushennings9513]

They could use excessive taxes, imminent domain or any other tactics to force people off their land if they want to so I wouldn't get too comfortable anywhere right about now. I've always felt the mobile and tiny homes were doomed because the cost of moving them can be crazy excessive. I drive semi trucks for a living and still couldn't get my hands on those specific specialized trucks needed to move those unless I worked for that type of company. At any point those tiny house movers can charge whatever outlandish fee they want just like these landlords so wait on it. Imo its best to stay small and mobile enough to not be reliant on these companies.

[@bobsacamano7653]

@@marcushennings9513 true you really never own anything

[@bunnyman6321]

@@marcushennings9513 Yup

[@bunnyman6321]

@@bobsacamano7653 Fact

[@gregnulik1975]

Mobile home parks will probably be replaced with multi story mixed use neighborhoods, if the price continues to exceed incomes.

[@thecalmwayhome8483]

I had no idea that the land these homes were on was rented. That's a set up from the start.

[@CB-hi7mf]

Yep. That's one drawback of a mobile home. Landowners can at anytime sell the land the trailers are on.

[@pjeng1]

This is common sense for mobile home owners or renters.

[@CB-hi7mf]

And exactly WHY I'm very Leary of buying another one.

[@CB-hi7mf]

My realtor refused to let me buy another mobile home.

[@beckylitster29]

Take out the greed , make housing affordable !!

[@bobsacamano7653]

Utah is a republican state

[@francesfarmer736]

In my life, I’ve owned 3 mobile homes and have lived in 4, living in California was basically unfordable for low income, glad I moved out of the state and bought a home……

[@Fred-nz9dp]

This has to stop since I lost mine 3 years ago and new condo is already built and it’s over $500k

[@magnificentone4686]

Homelessness continue to rise cause of crap like this and banks refusing to give out home loans who have less than 600 credit score even though they owe very little debt but continue to get bad credit reports for no other reason but out of spite

[@hermanrogers1325]

Where I live I bought a house on a 20 year mortgage in 99 and payed it off in 2019 and every nickel and dime landlord and two for a penny investors is harassing me to sell a cash offer they say but those fools don’t realize is my home is a investment in meeeeeee. I am retired and debt free no mortgage no credit cards no car payment and no loans of any kind they are texting emailing calling me on phone letters in the mail but I will never sell my house I found a bunch of money after I became debt free the state I live in there is no property tax at full retirement or 100% disabled veterans blessings for the state I live in

[@IndigoStarrAz]

I just googled it and turns out I can stop paying property tax in my state! I'm pretty sure anyway.

[@tooge47]

I taught my daughters at an early age to BUY your OWN home on your OWN land, prevent such problems

[@rubywingo6030]

We did too. It was hard, but worth it. Our kids lived with us and saved every dime to buy their own homes. They now are out on their own. My daughter’s house is paid for and my son’s house is almost paid for. Praise God!

[@tooge47]

@@rubywingo6030 life ain't rocket science, is it ?

[@jimrylander9143]

There are mobile home parks where you buy the lot with the mobile home.

[@merange1]

It amounts to legal theft.

[@Me97202]

I’ve noticed that, in my town, affordable homes that burned down in the fires a couple of years ago are being replaced only with expensive homes now. And the city just lets it happen.

[@d.adrien7423]

The city will receive an increase in tax revenue from a more expensive development on the property. The city fathers will never argue against an increase in tax revenue.

[@bobsacamano7653]

city wants it to happen

[@collinsfriend1]

Before a mobile park is changed the cities/counties that allow it should HAVE to build first low income housing and those residents helped into it

[@sierrachoco5271]

Best idea I've heard on this crisis. Best wishes from upstate NY!!!

[@andrewj4426]

im sure the commissioners get campaign contributions from the developers.

[@youfinallyfoundwaldo1364]

*standing applause*

[@mistiinseattle]

If that were the case, nobody in their right mind would *ever* rent land as a mobile home park. Reality is that landowners have a right to sell their own land.

[@michaelmullin7941]

You are talking about spending MY MONEY (taxes) to build low income WELFARE housing. Without my permission. No thanks.

[@MegaLivingIt]

What about buying smaller low price land further out from the city and then building your own tiny house for a start. Which should be quick build. It's so unfair, this whole situation.

[@IndigoStarrAz]

They should give first offer to buy the land to the mobile home owners. 6% of 248 parks (15 parks) have closed in Utah in the past few years, that's a lot of displaced people.

[@bookbeing]

How can these profit seeking slimeballs get away with this!? Nine months notice!? Ridiculous! These mobile home parks should be automatically turned into co -ops if the management or owner wants out. Every resident stakeholder needs a voice.

[@williamhaynes7089]

the residents have every right to pool their money and buy the land...

[@manaoharsam4211]

Greed is taking over. From grocery prices , to land prices . Inflation is not going away I think. It is becoming a society of have not and haves. The 1 percenters are doing good with rising stock market. But many are feeling the pinch. Paying 10 dollars per hr at Dollar Tree here. You can't live on that. Seniors particularly on social security feeling the pinch most.

[@gregtotten8557]

They will one day answer for their greed. Just because they are in the law does not make it right.

[@wlonsdale1]

Who will answer? Corporations? Answer to who? It's not illegal.

[@timtebowfan628]

I bought a park model home in Utah where I own the lot. That is the best way to go. While your HOA can go up the ground under the home is yours.

[@pachuco1815]

In the whole USA, it has been happening nothing new! our mobile home park was sold to investors back in 2000

[@iveyhealth2266]

This is happening all over Florida and the Carolinas...all over the nation pretty much. But my question is, where are all these people going to go?

[@judahtribe7]

To the streets

[@charlesritter6640]

ONLY buy a mobile home if you are going to put it on your OWN LAND PERIOD! AGAIN: NEVER purchase a mobile home with the intention of RENTING the land underneath it. The landlord has you by the balls because you can't just "pack up and move" so at some point you are going to get BIG FAT rent/utilities increase. They are hoping that you leave the mobile home for them to sell or rent.

[@OCVeritas]

Housing that displaces mobile homeowners does NOTHING to alleviate the housing crisis.

[@carolr7823]

It usually improved the neighborhood.

[@goodforlaughs9924]

You have poor people moving out with their booze and cigs. More effluent people move in with their wine and bmw’s.

[@edwinnochebuena1214]

That sucks, mobile homes are one of the cheapest way to live

[@pjeng1]

Mobile home is cheaper to rent and you can walk away and move to other rental properties at any time.

[@caliopeknows844]

Oh they should have to pay them full market value of a new mobile home at least! And once the land owner has signed a sales contract to sell the land then the rents should be frozen at the current rate so each tenant is protected.

[@lindaallen4067]

Here in Vermont, when a mobile home park is up for sale, we, as renters, have first dibs to purchase the park as Resident Owned Community (ROC), a government program that aided us through the process. There are many such parks all over the country... you should do better job to inform the public on these programs!!

[@RoseanneSeason7]

Vermont has mobile home parks??

[@otreborfashionscene5986]

Soon this country is going to fall in the sewage. A total disgrace.

[@5DNRG]

This kind of injustice pisses me off... please get an assertive (and creative) class action law firm, gang up and file suit against the developers AND attend city council meetings, know your reps and get loud and in their face! Too much apathy is what let's this happen...The People have power in numbers. Pls wake up.

[@loumcboy]

Why are we calling them mobile homes if the owners can't move them ?

[@IndigoStarrAz]

Immobile Homes.😐😐😐

[@MrLookitspam]

We retired sold our stick built home for a nice profit n found a cabin in northern mi for 30,000.00. Paid cash n did a couple updates n now we just pay insurance n taxes. Living without a house note is a blessing.

[@Darci3333]

This has been going on for a very very long time and it is wrong and hurts so many people and no one will help.

[@billybeemus3929]

We bought our first home 27 years ago. We had been saving for nearly 10 years for a small down-payment. We used a VA loan and bought a small fixer-upper house. My wife worked full-time, I worked full-time plus had a second part-time job at night. We really had no business buying as we would have lost the home if either of us lost our job because we would not be able to afford the payments. But now, 27 years later, we are on our second home which is worth over $800,000. What this means is do whatever it takes to buy a home on your own land. Start small, buy that ugly house that needs a lot of work. It may be very hard at first. It may even seem impossible. But once you get established you will start building wealth and nobody will be able to take it away from you like has happened to these people.

[@CB-hi7mf]

Yep. Picked up my 1300 sq ft townhome with a 2 car garage for $129,000 in 2015. It's now valued at $212,000. Wow. I have no plans on selling. There are alot of ppl wanting to buy it, and homes here but there's little inventory.

[@roswellramseur621]

Great advice 👍

[@michaelmullin7941]

@@CB-hi7mf In hard economic times like these, if you own your home and land, continue to pay on it every month without fail. Including property taxes, no matter how much some raggedy realtor offers you. You won't be sorry. You will sleep well. It's yours.

[@CB-hi7mf]

@@michaelmullin7941 thanks. Mortgage plus HOA is about $967/month.

[@collinsfriend1]

And sadly many mobile home owners voted AGAINST rent control. Now the law they voted against that would have helped them, that vote agaist, allows the parks owners to get rent from new tenants knowing full well its going to go. Then get the payment from selling out from under them as well.

[@Jersey1971]

I think they'll keep raising the rent to get people to leave and tear down each mobile home one by one until the whole place is empty and they can use the land anyway they want.. Mobile homes will be a thing of the past

[@seriejohnson698]

Good

[@bobsacamano7653]

It is sad that so many people are deceived in voting against themselves.

[@wlonsdale1]

It wouldn't help. Corporations are buying these. Rent control breeds dangerous communities and slums

[@glotime382]

I live in a nice mobile home park with an office staff on site. Today's modern mobile homes are really nice. New mobile homes look more like a house now.

[@donhendricks2950]

Money talks and BS walks.

[@billburgess4720]

We are now an RV society in North America. ONLY the six and seven-figure wage earners can afford land(which they are buying up) Fixed income or SS retirees will VERY soon not be able to rent a plot in a Mobile Park or RV park...IF there are any left...Randy at Incredible Tiny Homes had better expand his $25K survival trailer business FAST. He does offer full off-grid for a mere $12K more and then you could boon-dock on a desert in the SW for a few years...Living Full-Time at Burning Man will appeal to a few of you maybe. The next big thing should be subsidized Gastric-Bypasses so you only eat 20% of what you eat now...Learn to sew as you will be taking in all your old clothes, and you will not have money to buy new sizes.

[@casienwhey]

Ultimately if you lease property you don't control it. That only comes with ownership. The moral of the story is it's better to own than lease.

[@pjeng1]

The beauty of renting is that you can choose to leave and move to other rental properties.

[@savewaterdrinkwine3802]

WEF you will own nothing and be happy

[@richardherrington2852]

People need to realize right now that the quality of life you will be able to live will strictly depend on how much money you have in your bank account. If you have a lot of money... you get to have a great life. If you do not have a lot of money... then your whole life is going to be "make-do" and "do-without." That is reality... so get used to it.

[@billybeemus3929]

Well, of course it does. Those that are better off financially will always have a better quality of life. That should be obvious to anyone and everyone. But will they be happier? Not always. In fact, those with less are often happier. They have less stress.

[@judy.mckillip]

It's being done intentional to remove lower income and middle class.we need a law to cap rent period and about amenities. Call you legislators of whatever state,City you live in and ask ,demand stand up for all of us to be able to have affordable homes or the ones we all ready paid for and .....a month to month lease doesn't even make sense.

[@CIslas-im1um]

This is changing to: developers will be paying people heavy fees and paying $1 million per mobile they want out of the land they're trying to clear. Very soon, very soon...😉

[@KarenLee-m4o]

I am in Arkansas and they are doing the exact same thing here.. they're rich corporations are buying up the last affordable housing which is trailer parks they're getting rid of the trailers..then they put there apartment's in there then charge over 1,000 for the rent.. if the people that own their own trailer can't afford the new lot rent.. either move the trailer.. or leave it behind and sell it to the organization.. that's what's going to happen to the apartment building that's just down the street from me.. the original landlord's plan on selling the building... and the first thing the new people are going to do.. is get rid of all of the original tenants.. fixing the Apartments back up and then charged over $1,000 for them.. it will make five families homeless.. this is nothing new it's going on across the United States.. they don't care about people they are just in it for the money.. these rich corporations don't care how many people they make homeless.. you think the homeless problem is bad now it's going to get a lot worse.. especially with people on a fixed income.. they are getting Priced Right Out of existence.. You will see more handicapped people homeless you will see more elderly people homeless.. you are not going to find anything that is Affordable now.. around where I am at the cheapest rent is $700 then it can go well past 1,000

[@julietaferrario4934]

I read Blackstone is buying mobile home parks and making it unaffordable for people to live there many are older seniors who are on fixed incomes

[@jessicathompson236]

This is happening everywhere. If you plan to move to find a new place that's not like that. It's the same all over....

[@starshine3588]

So here’s the thing…..if some sort of law or regulation is passed that goes against the landowner being able to do whatever they want with their own property….these landowners won’t even think about turning their land into a mobile home park in the first place. That’s just common sense. It’s the landowner’s land….they are doing a favor by allowing people rent a plot to put their mobile home on in the first place….so if the person that owns the land is told they can’t do whatever they want with their land they will stop allowing others to rent it. Those mobile home owners will have to start buying their own property to put their mobile home on. Stopping land owners from being able to do what they want will only lead to no mobile home parks existing because no one will want to put themselves in a situation where they can’t develop on it later or sell it later or just turn it into timber land later. It’s the landowners property….not the mobile home owners property.

[@andrewj4426]

Those places became moblie home sites 50 or 60 years ago when it was rural land. back then it was almost worthless land. now cities grew so large that the land became the suburbs. nobody did anything out of the kindness of their heart. they were making 20 to 100 thousand a month on a large plot renting the land.

[@rodneyspider9452]

Problem is it's a Mobile home. The laws are different than houses. If If you live a park or own the land the laws, insurance everything different. Sad truth.

[@citticat2]

The gov't is squeezing these people out then building apartments that stay vacant because people can't afford those either or the rent so high they can't for to save for a house.

[@julieroberts3711]

This is criminal what they are doing these residence!

[@wlonsdale1]

If you voted for Biden you deserve this!

[@s99614]

This is what happens when you keep interest rates too low for too long.

[@jeffreypetree7163]

Our trailer park charges us 635. A month and our trailer is paid for , they raise the lot rent 20 dollars every year. It's BS. Plus they have there own water deal and double , triple charge us every month with these water bills . I'm here watching cause we got our water bill today and it is 206 dollars !! This month. There's just me and my wife living here . I've checked under the trailer water pipes it's all bone dry .. there ripping us off , going to try and get another water meter maybe it's the problem idk.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

If you live in a MH in a heavily populated city or area, the chances of this happening is high, bc the land is ripe for redevelopment by the owner and most owners will do this. so either live in a MH park in an area that has a low population OR live in a fifth wheel trailer in an RV park, in these two ways you wont lose your MH.

[@youfinallyfoundwaldo1364]

There’s just more and more reasons for Americans to leave the US. And yet some people will still have the gall to complain about seeing the homeless suffer on the streets.

[@21silvermoon]

The new homes will be high 300k to 400k!

[@elizabethtyler3708]

It's difficult for the home owners not for the lady in the office.

[@rubywingo6030]

This is nothing new. I’ve seen this beginning to happen many years ago. But the landowners have rights too. They need to make money too. They’re not a charity. It’s sad, but there it is.

[@ThatBronxgirl7]

Sadly, the average price of even these once affordable homes have risen. Now this. I can't imagine trying to buy land to place one of these homes on. This is nothing but Greed.

[@shelbyvoidffff7648]

I paid cash for a 2/2 single wide in 2017.. I'm being double taxed.. Comal (for school) and Guadalupe (for roads). As leaving the park and entering the access road, there's a very small green sign says "Entering Guadalupe. I've called bothe counties and asked why I'm taxed for both counties, I only live in one which is Comal.. their answer is I live on the border. I asked what is determined to be the border? Inches, feet, yards, miles? Neither could give me an answer. A lot of construction is erecting houses and freeways and convenient stores..my taxes are going to double or more.

[@chriszamora574]

It’s criminal what they are doing.

[@radolfkalis4041]

That has always been the risk with mobile home parks. You may own the trailer, but you rent the land. Once they have been on a slab for a few years, you cannot move them without destroying tbem

[@jimb6781]

Ok folks,come to Cincinnati or Northeast Ohio to live. In Ohio we have plenty of Water,low cost of living,shorter winters,plenty of farms for food or grow your own,plenty of great universities, affordable housing, cheap gas,amenities, beautiful change of seasons,low crime,great jobs,and many other benefits.

[@beasaroseco5840]

Housing isn't a privilege, its a RIGHT.

[@douglasdever6134]

I can understand an appraised value for the MH being paid to the owner. However, MHs are notorious in depreciating fast, so most think what they get is too low when in fact it is the nature of the MH market. But the land is not theirs and the landowner has a right to build whatever is legal per zoning on their property.

[@dimitriberozny3729]

Happened in North Attelboro Massachusetts when Capichino reality bought out the land.and built a strip mall.

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

Do you know what the other unfair rule/law is?? Most private properties you can NOT put a mobil home it!! It can even be in a run down, empty houses, area, you can NOT put a trailor or mobil home on it! Change that law!!!

[@MsGinnnaaa]

I laugh at hearing that woman say, “ It’s heartbreaking to know that the developers can come in and take what they want”. That made me think about the slavery Days, when the color folks, Indians, latins, and Africans got their property or should I say “LANDS” taken away from them by force and Humiliation!!!. I guess the world is round for a reason… what goes around, will come back around. This world is in one greedy uncompassionate state of mind, the pandemic came to destroy and it is continue on the property health racism greed you name “I” be glad when it stops… Let’s keep hope alive.

[@vegaslady2023]

If the developers BUY the land, it is theirs.... It's not still yours...

[@ValTheGal1960]

Indians. Let's clarify that.

[@DezaRay24]

Greed the American way

[@carleensmith5864]

Greed! always greed!

[@oski632]

you own the trailer, not the land, what did you expect?

[@ruthannbrower6910]

Aren't you smug. Not all people have alot $$$$.

[@YA-qj8fx]

@@ruthannbrower6910 It's not being "smug," it is just a fact that many don't think of when they buy trailers.

[@YA-qj8fx]

@@ruthannbrower6910 It's not being "smug," it is just a fact that many don't think of when they buy trailers.

[@sundinfamforlife4129]

@@YA-qj8fx we know we don't own the land. It's cheaper than renting out an apartment in my area and we get more space for our money.

[@vegaslady2023]

If the owner of the park sells, he sells. Everyone in a mobile home knows they are RENTERS that's why they pay space rent. They need to stop complaining.

[@pjeng1]

Yes, I rent a mobile home without paying lot rent and I can always leave and move to other rental properties.

[@7018bluegrass]

Co-op people come together and BUY Your Mobile Home Park!! Do it!! Greed needs to be Harnessed. Common Sense should replace Greed!

[@iij973]

The editing is all over the place

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

It is so sad!! What can they do???😢😮😢

[@bobsacamano7653]

destruction of affordable housing . Greed wins

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

let's think about this situation:: You live in the desert. It is dry, with maybe 18" of water a year. You are surrounded by Mormons, which is great if you are one. before you stretches a vast desert with Heat. yet land is expensive. You constantly are inundated by news of fires, drought, the salt lake is drying up, Corona crisis, jobs are ...., food and utilities are going up up, the alphabet people are making inroads into Utah politics with seeming impunity. And a home cost over $500K, more than a home in many areas of Calif. Like here in The Gold Country, where despite home prices going up still are not as high as Utah!! Our 2500sqft home with new HVAC, new Tesla Roof, lots of concrete patio, All spiffed up 1.3 acres and it sells for Less than a ($*%*# in the deserts of Utah. go figure. You deserve what happens to you. I see the same claims made in the Phoenix area! Weird!!

[@CB-hi7mf]

That's why I literally walked away from my mobile home. I could see years ago that land developers were gonna buy up the land and kick the people to the curb. I moved outta state and bought a stick built home. I had once thought about selling my stick built and getting a mobile again, but I have a feeling those parks won't last and I'd never get any equity in a trailer. I'll keep my stick built.

[@nygardenguru]

Interesting

[@MW-xm1rc]

Most trailers are TOO old to be moved, if you tried they would fall apart. But to claim you didn’t know this is to laugh. It was in the rental agreement that they signed. Ask sleepy joe to forgive all trailer debt! Hey he wants to for student loans. Come on Man! It’s only fair.

[@errolthomas9426]

Wow. Money becomes everything for those who are very selfish and greedy.

[@chriszamora574]

When you buy a home buy the mineral rights or you will go through this.

[@AnnacolleenEtters]

Buy your land. Get a well dug. Put your home down. If the land is not yours, it isn't yours.

[@PepsiGirlJenny]

California is way too High to Live here I stay with my Boyfriend but the Housing told me I can't stay with him until January because I needed a different Address but my Grandma House just got sold and me and my Brother are on disability and he is in a Group Home until I find a place both of us and our Parents die of Cancer my stepdad in 2011 of Lung Cancer and our mom in 2021 Cancer and we lost everything in storage and I be on the street for the rest of my Life because I Can't find a Job in California and I wish I could get a Mobile home because I can't afford anything I am only on SSI with no one to Help us and I have no Job because everytime I look for work they always ask me do I speak spanish always here in California and I am not Mexican my Family is from the Philippines and it is so Hot out there so everyone out there is sunburn really Bad and since I live in California and was Born out here finding a Job is not easy for people like me having a disability but me and my Brother have different Fathers my Brother dad is White but he pass away of Aids and my Father was white too but I never met him and both our Dads were in the Navy so I don't know where he is

[@johngenova3849]

This isnt a country issue for disgrace. It’s a people issue for disgrace and big corporations who have many of their hands in the politicians pockets we’ve created this we demanded more money. Society is demanded more of a level of acceptance the bigger portfolio you have the better off you are how do you get that, you bully the weak.

[@donnapoolejackofalltrades7827]

That is bad

[@davechambers5387]

or just find them and deal with them accordingly

[@pumpupjam9648]

The new owners are selling to developers. To scare the owners off, they find loop holes. Its a travasty of i justice. Times have changed, from beinv caring to out right greed.

[@joe-vl3nd]

Greed money What's New

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

Sounds like these people just need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and stop looking for handouts!

[@michaelWells-ef9bx]

~ I'm Blown Away ... These people get Ripped off by the Wealthy ~ And Turn Around and Vote for an Orange Con Man ( and Billionaire Tax Breaks ?? )

[@williamtgrizzle8636]

Be my guess thats why biden open the borders wide open