A month away from homelessness
An estimated 20 million Americans live in mobile homes, and in poorer regions like the southeast, manufactured homes represent almost a quarter of total housing. Nearly half of mobile home dwellers own their home but rent the ground beneath, which leaves them at the mercy of landlords. Nationally, laws to safeguard their rights range from non-existent to inadequate.
Retraction
The News & Press regrets an error in the story on the front page of the August 3, 2016 “A month away from homelessness.” Jimmy and Gertrude Bess: “The situation is true, mobile home owners are being mistreated, we agree with that wholeheartedly. But, we are not near homeless. We are being put out of our home where we lived for 12 years, but we do have a home to go to.”
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