Mobile home parks in Colorado provide another example of how a soaring real estate market displaces low-income communities.
Jonathan Drew and Thomas Peipert report on the precarious market position of mobile home parks as land prices increase and pressures to sell risks the displacement residents of the traditionally low-income housing option.
While referring to specific examples in Colorado, the article also surveys the states of Washington and Arizona for examples of policies intended to mitigate the impacts of relocation on mobile home park residents.
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