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2:45pm EDT

The Last “Affordable Housing”: Protecting Mobile and Manufactured Home Communities Before and After Disasters.

Thursday May 15, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm EDT

Manufactured and mobile home residents face challenges, struggling to be recognized as legitimate communities. This marginalized community encounters complex, layered legal issues: personal vs. real property, repossession vs. foreclosure, and landlord-tenant vs. contractual relationships among others.

These homes are also overlooked both in disaster preparedness and response. This panel will explore these issues and discuss emerging disaster challenges for these communities, such as venture capital buyouts, that threaten what has long been considered the last affordable housing nationwide.

Speakers

Sam Abel-Palmer

Executive Director, Legal Services Vermont

Sam Abel-Palmer, Esq. is the Executive Director of Legal Services Vermont. He has served in this position since 2016. He previously served as Director of Intake for Vermont Legal Aid, as a staff attorney in Vermont Legal Aid's Disability Law Project, and as a Civil Rights Investigator... Read More →

Kristine Hansen

Disaster Grants Program Counsel, Legal Services Corporation

Kristine Hansen is Disaster Grants Program Counsel at Legal Services Corporation. With the LSC Disaster Team, Kristine implements the disaster grant administration process, evaluates the performance of disaster grantees, works with disaster grantees on relief and recovery efforts... Read More →

Andrew Rumbach

Michelle Trunkett

Advocacy Director, Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc.

Michelle Trunkett is the Advocacy Director of Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc. Michelle started her career at FRLS as a summer law student intern in 1998 and then as a staff attorney in 2001. Prior to becoming the Advocacy Director, Michelle served as the Managing Attorney for the... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
Union Square 14

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