August 2022 News – Mobile Home Parks, Rural Communication, Energy

Mountain resort communities have had a love/hate relationship with Mobile Home Parks (MHP).  For years, the “hate” part derived from two factors.

One, as a “cash cow” for mom-and-pop owners, and to the consternation of leaders and planners, MHPs rarely “redeveloped,” nor are MHP improved despite communities growing around them.   A misnomer, the units aren’t really mobile, nor are common spaces tended like parks. As for the “home” part, they are pure utility.   Unlike a typical home ownership property, a mobile home is not generating wealth for the tenant, yet often, a MHP is the “highest and best use” of a property for the owner.

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