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The Conversation: Debunking stereotypes about mobile homes could make them a new face of affordable housing

Posted by Sammi Chickering July 29, 2022

When you hear the words “trailer park” or “mobile home park,” what comes to mind? Crime? Poverty? Vulnerability to natural disasters? These negative images reflect the stigma, reinforced by popular culture, that many U.S. residents assign to manufactured home parks – the official name for these dwellings under federal standards adopted in 1976.

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