Low-income tenants lack options as old mobile home parks are razed

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The razing of older mobile home parks in the U.S. worries advocates who say bulldozing them permanently eliminates some of the already limited housing for the poorest of the poor. They warn residents may end up homeless amid spiking evictions.

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“I’m here, well, because I have nowhere to go,” said Isabel Ramos, who lives at Periwinkle with her 11-year-old daughter. “I don’t know what’s going to happen.” homes for extremely low-income renters, defined in Arizona as a a three-member household making $28,850 or less. Ken Anderson, president of the Manufactured Housing Industry of Arizona, said trying to bring an old park up to modern standards can be cost-prohibitive for owners, requiring replacement of electrical and sewage infrastructure for newer homes.

 

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