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Priced out of traditional homes during an affordability crisis, many in Wisconsin have found another way to pursue an ownership dream. Experts estimate that more than 100,000 Wisconsin residents live ...
Manufactured homes have been a vital source of market-rate affordable housing for years, but a tidal wave of private equity entering the sector has residents and lawmakers worried about the notable ...
Manufactured homes are sometimes the last option for affordable housing. As private investors buy up parks, some states aim to protect residents from rapid rent increases. Well, here's a bipartisan ...
Last month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the launch of a new program designed to allow for the purchase, refinance or renovation of manufactured housing under a ...
With so many people being priced out of the housing market these days, more and more homebuyers are considering prefabricated homes—also known as modular and manufactured homes. Prefab houses are way ...
Big-pocketed investors have built a thick portfolio of Michigan mobile home parks – with one in 10 now owned by private equity firms. In recent years, mobile home parks across the country have been ...
Legislation meant to soften the blow of land rent increases remains stalled in the upper chamber amid a particularly tense session gridlock. This leaves some owners facing rent hikes of up to 50% and ...
Manufactured homes are typically a more affordable option than site-built homes, and they’re an important part of New Mexico’s housing stock. New Mexican legislators have pushed bills that would ...
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania’s manufactured home owners need a miracle from the state Senate. And quickly. Legislation meant to soften the blow of land rent increases remains stalled in the ...