Still, Phoenix activist Salvador Reza said most families face uncertain futures. The Phoenix City Council this spring decided to let the eviction proceed, but set aside $2.5 million in federal funds to help mobile home park residents facing eviction in the future.ĬEO Mike Trailor of the nonprofit Trellis, who once headed the Arizona Department of Housing, said the organization is working with the university to help Periwinkle families find apartments and arrange to move mobile homes that can be moved. Residents wanted an additional 18-month eviction moratorium or a zoning change to stave off their departure indefinitely. The rusting hulks of several mobile dwellings with rotting wooden stairs were left behind. ![]() More than 20 families have moved out of Periwinkle in recent months, leaving behind weed-strewn lots. currently lists the median monthly rental price for all bedrooms and property types in Phoenix at $2,095. Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, has a housing shortfall of more than 74,000 units. In Riverdale, Utah, the last of about 50 families at Lesley's Mobile Home Park must leave by the end of May for construction of new apartments and townhouses. It aims to help park owners prepare vacant or abandoned lots for new mobile homes, and help mobile homeowners install new foundations and make their dwellings more habitable. Vermont earlier this year announced a mobile home improvement program to be funded by $4 million in federal money. The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced $225 million in grants to governments, tribes and nonprofits to preserve mobile homes, but the money can only be used to replace, not repair dwellings built before 1976, which are common at older parks. The oldest homes are often too decrepit to move at all. Despite their name, most aren't truly mobile, and moving them can be very costly. Credit: AP/Matt YorkĮfforts under way to revitalize old mobile homes have limits. Residents of the park are facing an eviction deadline of May 28 due to a private university's plan to redevelop the land for student housing. “It’s going to be a big problem down the line.”Īlondra Ruiz Vazquez walks towards her home at the Periwinkle Mobile Home Park, Thursday, April 11, 2023, in Phoenix. “A lot of these parks are 70 years old,” said Anderson, noting an uptick in demolitions of older communities for redevelopment. ![]() Ken Anderson, president of the Manufactured Housing Industry of Arizona, said trying to bring an old park up to modern standards can be cost-prohibitive for owners, requiring replacement of electrical and sewage infrastructure for newer homes.Īt least six such communities have been torn down in Arizona in the last 18 months, he said, adding that Grand Canyon University “bent over backwards” to help residents more than other park owners. “Housing for many people is getting completely out of reach. “We are in the deepest affordable housing crisis we’ve ever experienced,” said Joanna Carr, acting head of the Arizona Housing Coalition. ![]() Industry groups estimate that more than 20 million people live in some 43,000 mobile home parks across the United States.Ī man selling fruit walks past the fenced-off Periwinkle Mobile Home Park, Thursday, April 11, 2023, in Phoenix as new student housing is constructed in the background. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy.Ī recent survey by the National Low Income Housing Coalition showed a U.S.-wide shortage of 7.3 million affordable rental homes for extremely low-income renters, defined in Arizona as a a three-member household making $28,850 or less.
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