Wisconsin Watch and WPR investigate opportunities and risks with manufactured homes as an affordable path to home ownership in Wisconsin.

Addie Costello spent months visiting manufactured homes — a vital yet overlooked source of affordable housing. Here’s what she learned.

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A shift occurred in the 1950s. Those with higher incomes bought houses, and those with less means continued to live in mobile homes. Eventually, mobile home communities cropped up throughout the ...

The Clark County Council unanimously approved a six-month <a href="https://clark.wa.gov/sites/default/files/media/document/2025-08/sr215-25.pdf">emergency ordinance ...

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When Linda Valentine purchased a trailer at a San Luis Obispo mobile home park, she was excited to give her 38-year-old daughter Vanessa, who is autistic, a real chance at living independently, ...

This story is part of a series on manufactured housing and solutions to help mitigate threats facing mobile home residents. Read our previous pieces on the health impacts of private equity ownership ...

Tami Fry was chatting with a neighbor in her Blaine mobile home park last fall when she realized it was time to do something about the rent increases, a new lawn care fee, and the change in ownership ...

Thr bill that would cap rent increases for manufactured home parks and marinas to the annual inflation rate. Proponents of the bill say it would protect residents, many of whom are on fixed incomes, ...

When Susan Zajac moved into the Royal Villas Mobile Home Park near Tigard three years ago, she thought she was making a good financial decision. She paid a mere $34,500 for her home and then rented ...

LIBERTY — Over her 25 years living in a quiet suburban mobile home park, Kristi Peterman got to know the neighbors directly next door and a few across the street. But since she and her neighbors ...