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A new modular housing development outside Belgrade is calling itself an “affordable housing solution” for Bozeman. But manufactured home resident advocates worry prices are already high and could go up–
Low-income residents of Avalon Mobile Home Park in Castro Valley received letters stating their rent would double next year, causing many to fear they'll soon be homeless.
Rapid economic growth has created ample opportunity—as well as a housing shortage. How the city and the surrounding region respond could provide a blueprint for other US cities.
When Gavin Newsom was running for California governor in 2017, he famously vowed to “lead the effort to build the 3.5 million new housing units we need by 2025.” Newsom conceded that the goal was “audacious” but argued that “our solutions must be as bold as the problem is big.”1 Everyone agreed that California’s housing problem was big. What drew skepticism was the prospect of building 3.5 million homes by 2025.
In June, the residents of the Dotsero Mobile Home Park lost their $5.8 million bid to purchase the property they live on and become a resident-owned community. Instead, former owner Jim Condit accepted an all-cash...