Research Catalog

Title

This is my home : the challenges and opportunities of manufactured housing / by Adam Rust..

Author

Rust, Adam.

Publication

Durham : Carolina Academic Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Details

Description

ix, 86 pages : illustrations; 18 x 26 cm

Summary

"Housing of choice or housing of last resort? Manufactured housing is both. It is home for more than eight million Americans. Through photos and interviews of residents in land-lease communities, THIS IS MY HOME shows the stories of people who live in these homes. This book acknowledges that problems confront this sector. Increasingly, though, hope lies in the examples set by the work of innovative nonprofits across the country. In a time when housing developers struggle to meet the demand for affordable stick-built homes, manufactured housing can be an asset in combating the affordable housing crisis."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Mobile homes > United States
• Mobile home living > Economic aspects > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 82-85).

Contents

The challenges -- Less than nothing : financing for manufactured housing -- This is my home : the difference between real and personal property -- The refrigerator fell on my wife : the need for consumer protections -- The ground stays wet : inadequate infrastructure -- That is going to put me in a struggle : tenant security -- Homeowners, yet homeless : when a land-lease park closes -- Five thousand dollars, just to get rid of it : the legacy of abandoned homes -- The opportunities -- Now we are okay : improving housing quality and infrastructure -- You can come out ahead : where manufactured housing helps to build assets -- We have a say in what happens here : the promise of resident-owned co-ops -- A call to action.

ISBN

• 9781594604324
• 1594604320

OCLC

• 154789569
• ocn154789569
• SCSB-5356445

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries