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“‘It’s hell’: life under the American mobile home king who calls himself a ‘grave dancer’,” The Guardian, 5-11-23.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/11/sam-zell-mobile-home-king-evictions-hell

“Mobile home parks - one of the last affordable housing options - on verge of disappearing as investors snap up land,” Spokesman-Review, 11-6-22.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/nov/06/mobile-home-parks-one-of-the-last-affordable-housi/

Realtor.com: 
 "Forget the American Dream of a single-family home: These alternatives appreciate faster and can cost less,” July 5, 2022. NMHOA executive director, Dave Anderson, shared comments on the increasing appeal of manufactured homes as an alternative to site-built, single-family homes.
 
The Street: "Prices for this kind of housing are rising faster than single-family homes," July 5, 2022. NMHOA executive director, Dave Anderson, comments on the continuing affordability, but also the recent rapid appreciation in value of manufactured homes.

Scotsman Guide: "The much-maligned manufactured home wants more respect," June 2022. In a column for this publication targeted to mortgage originators, the writer spoke with NMHOA executive director, Dave Anderson, and Manufactured Housing CEO, Lesli Gooch, about the benefits of manufactured housing, but some of the challenges manufactured homes need to overcome to be fully embraced as the importance source of middle- and lower-income housing and home ownership they represent.

USA Today:  "Unable to get a mortgage, millions of Americans turn to risky lenders, but at what cost?", April 21, 2022. NMHOA executive director, Dave Anderson, shared comments about the challenge of manufactured housing being a highly affordable source of housing and path to home ownership, but a purchase that is difficult to finance forcing buyers to use questionable alternatives.

"CESA releases first national study of solar for manufactured homes," Vermont Business Magazine, 4-29-21.
https://vermontbiz.com/news/2021/april/29/cesa-releases-first-national-study-solar-manufactured-homes​

“A Murray mobile-home park once facing closure is now expanding,” Salt Lake Tribune, 9-29-19.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/09/29/murray-mobile-home-park/

"Rep. Ilhan Omar Introduces Bill to Tackle Mobile Home Evictions," House Media, 5-20-19.
https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ilhan-omar-introduces-bill-tackle-mobile-home-evictions​

"The Shocking New Math Of Living In A Mobile Home Park," Steve Pomeranz Show, 5-1-19.

https://stevepomeranz.com/radio/guests/living-in-a-mobile-home-park/

“Hot Property: U.S. mobile homes’ affordability slips as corporates move in,” Thomson Reuters, 2-19-19.
http://www.thisisplace.org/i/?id=cf09d528-f149-42f6-b60b-083d3abf4fd

“Mobile Home ‘Renaissance’ May Be on the Horizon,” Professional Builder, 6-26-18.
https://www.probuilder.com/mobile-home-renaissance-may-be-horizon

“Can the Once-Lowly Mobile Home Help Solve America’s Housing Shortage?,” Realtor.com, 6-25-18.
https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/mobile-homes-next-prefab-affordable-housing-trend/

“Island Cove Mobile Home Park puts pressure on residents,” Durango Herald, 2-10-18. https://durangoherald.com/articles/208138

“Mobile Homes: The Next Prefab Affordable Housing Trend,” Realtor.Com, 1-25-18.
https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/mobile-homes-next-prefab-affordable-housing-trend/

"Mobile home owners seek to form statewide HOA," Boulder Weekly, 11-22-17.
https://www.boulderweekly.com/news/mobile-home-owners-seek-form-statewide-hoa/

“Rep. Keith Ellison Introduces Bill to Protect Mobile Home Park Residents,” Manufactured Housing News, 7-24-17.
https://www.manufacturedhomes.com/blog/rep-keith-ellison-introduces-bill-protect-mobile-home-park-residents/

“Rep. Keith Ellison introduces bill supporting mobile home parks,” Star Tribune, 7-20-17. http://www.startribune.com/rep-keith-ellison-introduces-bill-supporting-mobile-home-parks/435734343/

"Manufactured Housing: A New Role for Fannie and Freddie?," Mortgage Professor, 7-6-17.
https://www.mtgprofessor.com/A%20-%20Secondary%20Markets/manufactured_housing_a_new_role_for_fannie_and_freddie.html​

“Mobile home community left in gap as North College grows,” Coloradoan, 5-25-17.
https://www.coloradoan.com/story/life/2017/05/25/poudre-valley-mobile-home-north-college/331188001/

“NMHOA Head Wants to Give Homeowners a Sense of Security,” Prosperity Now, 7-26-16.
https://www.prosperitynow.org/blog/nmhoa-head-wants-give-homeowners-sense-security

"
Ishbel Dickens: 'I Am Amazed and Delighted at How Far We Have Come'," Prosperity Now, 5-23-16.
https://prosperitynow.org/blog/ishbel-dickens-i-am-amazed-and-delighted-how-far-we-have-come​
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"
Vulnerability of Manufactured Home Owners in Boulder," KGNU News, 3-22-16.

https://news.kgnu.org/2016/03/vulnerability-of-manufactured-homeowners-in-boulder/​

"The Benefits of Aging in Manufactured Housing Communities," Shelterforce, 5-30-15.
https://shelterforce.org/2015/05/30/the_benefits_of_aging_in_manufactured_housing_communities/

"Strategies to preserve mobile parks and to mitigate displacement when they are closed," The Western Planner, July/August 2014.
https://www.westernplanner.org/arc/2016/10/30/strategies-to-preserve-mobile-parks-and-to-mitigate-displacement-when-they-are-closed​

"Manufactured Homeowners Draw Attention To Attacks On Retirement Security," MHAction, 10-16-13.

https://mhaction.org/manufactured-homeowners-draw-attention-to-attacks-on-retirement-security/

"Manufacturing Affordable Homeownership Solutions," Shelterforce, 10-15-13.
 https://shelterforce.org/2013/10/15/manufacturing_solutions/


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