Mobile Home Parks (Replay) - The Economics of Everyday Things

They’ve long been associated with crime and blight. Now, the investors are moving in. Zachary Crockett follows the trail. <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://rocusa.org/about-roc-usa/">Paul Bradley</a>, president of ROC USA.</li><li>Blaer Roberts, former chef and mobile home resident.</li><li><a href="https://www.mobilehomeuniversity.com/about-us.php">Frank Rolfe</a>, co-owner of Mobile Home University.</li><li>Cheryl Streberger, retired nurse and mobile home resident.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li>"‘<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/06/mobile-manufactured-home-rents-rising/">We’re All Afraid’: Massive Rent Increases Hit Mobile Homes</a>," by Abha Bhattarai (The Washington Post, 2022).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/27/us/mobile-home-park-ownership-costs.html">Investors Are Buying Mobile Home Parks. Residents Are Paying a Price</a>," by Sophie Kasakove (The Ne...