Is private equity good for mobile home owners? Not if you pay rent. | Opinion

At trailer parks or mobile home parks, rents are rapidly rising due to large-scale buyouts by private equity firms.
NPR

Some mobile home owners say they're being priced out by rising lot rent

Rent prices for lots in manufactured or mobile home parks are on the rise, according to census data. Some home owners say the increases are pricing them out of the homes they own. Some mobile and ...
The Inlander

Manufactured home owners are reimagining stable housing as local communities face untenable rent increases

Jinny Curtiss' home is beautiful. It has cream siding with forest green trim around the windows. Inside, songbird knickknacks perch atop a vintage wooden hutch that separates the kitchen from a tidy, ...
OPB

Manufactured home park residents pray for relief as lawmakers aim at rent

Neatly trimmed hedges and green Astroturf lawns line the winding streets at Cascade Park Estates in Southeast Vancouver. But the tidy façade in mobile home communities like this one hides the stress ...
Yahoo Finance

Corporate landlords are snatching up mobile home parks and jacking up the rent — here’s why such cheap properties are so appealing to wealthy investors

The hunt for yield has pushed private equity firms and professional investors into new segments of the real estate market. In recent years, sophisticated investors have snapped up multi-family units ...