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Coronavirus dampens debut of program to give mobile home owners a fighting chance in disputes
A centerpiece of lawmakers’ 2019 push to challenge abusive actions by park owners was expected to bring an initial deluge of complaints. That hasn’t happened -- yet.
Colorado’s mobile home owners are about to get more leverage in disputes with park owners
Rules begin to emerge for a state-run resolution process that gives residents hope for relief without hiring a lawyer, leveling the playing field
Parked: Colorado towns are taking action to preserve their remaining mobile-home parks
Cities, counties and housing authorities in Colorado are buying mobile home parks to spare them from market-rate redevelopment
Parked: New state law brings hope to Colorado’s mobile-home residents
“There was a convergence.” Politics, a housing crisis and activism produced a long-awaited sign of hope for mobile-home owners.
Parked: Ouray woman watches a mobile-home investment evaporate with her mother’s death
The single-wide unit had to be moved because of a provision in an amended lease. That made the investment a near-total loss.
Parked: Routt County manufactured homes by the numbers
In just the last 10 years, Routt County's mobile home units have fallen by nearly half
Parked: Delta mobile-home resident poisoned by carbon monoxide; rental company denies anything is wrong
When the woman notified mobile park management she was moving out, she received an eviction threat
Parked: Aurora considers how to preserve mobile-home parks after park’s closure
State law on mobile homes has roots in Aurora
Parked: Fort Collins considers reforms to preserve 30 mobile home parks and improve conditions
Moratorium on redevelopment of mobile home park properties will be in effect until August 2020 as city mulls options
Parked: One of the wealthiest counties in Colorado owns four mobile-home parks, an effort to hold on to affordable housing
Pitkin County owns four parks and the city of Aspen owns one
Parked: Eagle County mobile-home parks become immigrants’ home away from home
In a notoriously pricey area, nearly all of them are filled with workers in the hospitality, service and construction industries
Parked: The saga of Steamboat Springs’ mobile-home parks: Still offering riverfront homes for less than $900K
A planned new development displaced mobile home owners on prime property. Then the recession put plans on hold -- for years.
Parked: Mobile-home dwellers left behind after 2013 Colorado floods
In just Lyons, Evans, south of Greeley, and Miliken, southeast of Loveland, the flood destroyed 273 mobile homes, most of which were never replaced
Parked: Fire can be risky, deadly drawback of living in mobile homes
The most severe risks are in homes built before 1976, when HUD set improved safety and construction standards
Parked: “Priced out of our hometown,” rising lot rents squeezing out mobile-home park residents
Even for Durango's middle class, the numbers don't always add up to an affordable housing option -- and some point the finger at corporate park owners
