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April 11, 2023

Mobile home park residents form co-ops to save their homes

  • Park residents often own their home but rarely the land beneath it.
    • By CLAIRE RUSH
    AP/Report for America

    PORTLAND — When Gadiel Galvez learned that the owner of his mobile home park south of Seattle was looking to sell, he and other residents worried their largely Latino community would be bulldozed to make way for another Amazon warehouse.

    So, they decided to form a cooperative and buy their park in Lakewood, near Tacoma. With help from a nonprofit that advises communities like theirs and helps them secure loans, they bought it for $5.25 million. Since becoming owners in September, everyone's worked to make improvements.


     
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