Helping Mobilehome Park Residents Become Park Owners
Alimur Park Residents Purchase Their Park! Date: February 1, 2016 Location: Alimur Park, 4300 Soquel Dr, Soquel CA 95073 What Happened: The residents of Alimur Mobile Home Park formed a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation and purchased the Park from its investor-owner. Key Players: The APHOA Board of Directors: Clay Butler, Bernadette Guimarin, Rickie Crane, John … Read more
An MH industry publisher asked me to write an article on resident ownership and specifically highlight the differences in the ways group use to buy their park.
Recently, I was asked by the publisher of an MH industry magazine to write an article about resident park purchases for park owners, since there are a lot of misconceptions about the process.
The fears of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park residents, who could be displaced to make room for luxury apartments, aren’t theirs alone. In many parks, residents, who often own their homes but not the land under them, are treated as second-class citizens.