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.
