Sociology

At least a dozen homeowners from several parks who Shelterforce spoke with in the last two years say their lot rents and other housing-related fees skyrocketed after their communities were bought by investment companies. Esther Sullivan, an associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver , says that manufactured housing...

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"However, these houses are not classified as real estate but as personal property, and that means they have fewer protections,” said Esther Sullivan, an associate sociology professor at the University of Colorado in Denver and author of the book “Manufactured Insecurity: Mobile Home Parks and Americans’ Tenuous Right to Place.”...