![]() ![]() In Riverdale, Utah, the last of about 50 families at Lesley's Mobile Home Park must leave by the end of May for construction of new apartments and townhouses. It aims to help park owners prepare vacant or abandoned lots for new mobile homes, and help mobile homeowners install new foundations and make their dwellings more habitable. Vermont earlier this year announced a mobile home improvement program to be funded by $4 million in federal money. The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced $225 million in grants to governments, tribes and nonprofits to preserve mobile homes, but the money can only be used to replace, not repair dwellings built before 1976, which are common at older parks. The oldest homes are often too decrepit to move at all. Despite their name, most aren't truly mobile, and moving them can be very costly. Credit: AP/Matt YorkĮfforts under way to revitalize old mobile homes have limits. Residents of the park are facing an eviction deadline of May 28 due to a private university's plan to redevelop the land for student housing. “It’s going to be a big problem down the line.”Īlondra Ruiz Vazquez walks towards her home at the Periwinkle Mobile Home Park, Thursday, April 11, 2023, in Phoenix. “A lot of these parks are 70 years old,” said Anderson, noting an uptick in demolitions of older communities for redevelopment. Ken Anderson, president of the Manufactured Housing Industry of Arizona, said trying to bring an old park up to modern standards can be cost-prohibitive for owners, requiring replacement of electrical and sewage infrastructure for newer homes.Īt least six such communities have been torn down in Arizona in the last 18 months, he said, adding that Grand Canyon University “bent over backwards” to help residents more than other park owners. “Housing for many people is getting completely out of reach. “We are in the deepest affordable housing crisis we’ve ever experienced,” said Joanna Carr, acting head of the Arizona Housing Coalition. Industry groups estimate that more than 20 million people live in some 43,000 mobile home parks across the United States.Ī man selling fruit walks past the fenced-off Periwinkle Mobile Home Park, Thursday, April 11, 2023, in Phoenix as new student housing is constructed in the background. We encourage candidates with work and/or lived experience with culturally, linguistically and racially diverse backgrounds to apply.By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy.Ī recent survey by the National Low Income Housing Coalition showed a U.S.-wide shortage of 7.3 million affordable rental homes for extremely low-income renters, defined in Arizona as a a three-member household making $28,850 or less. ![]() We are an equal opportunity employer and strive to build balanced teams from all backgrounds. We expect all staff to be a part of, be responsible for and accountable to this equity work for the learning and achievement of all students and for building a culture that supports and reinforces inclusion and connectedness. ![]() The Corvallis School District is committed to racial educational equity by recognizing and dismantling institutional barriers and creating access and opportunities that benefit each student. ![]() The Corvallis School District does not discriminate on the basis of age, citizenship, color, disability, gender expression, gender identity, national origin, parental or marital status, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation in its programs and activities, and provides equal access to designated youth groups. ![]()
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