Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them

By Cassie Powell, Assistant Professor of Law, Legal Practice, University of Richmond

One of America’s most affordable paths to homeownership is slipping away.

At manufactured home parks – sometimes called trailer parks or mobile home parks – rents are rapidly rising due to large-scale buyouts by private equity firms.

Although private equity’s foray into the housing market is not new, the buyout of mobile home parks by investment firms is on the rise – with…

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