Welcome to America. The Freedom to be homeless & starving 🇺🇲

As a realtor in my opinion, a housing market crash is imminent due to the high number of individuals who purchased homes above the asking price despite the low interest rates. These buyers find themselves in precarious situations as housing prices decline, leaving them without any equity. If they become unable to afford their homes, foreclosure becomes a likely outcome. Even attempting to sell would not yield any profits. This scenario is expected to impact a significant number of people, particularly in light of the anticipated surge in layoffs and the rapid increase in the cost of living.

Whoever buys the park should be forced to purchase every trailer at market value or dont buy them.

My mom got very lucky in the same situation, because her property was bought out by the port of Seattle in 2007. They paid her replacement cost, and for moving costs and other expenses. She paid 27,000 for her 1982 double wide, and the port paid her over 80,000. We moved down to Portland. We did buy another manufactured home, but much newer, a 1998 double wide on its own lot/property. Mom put 1/2 the cost down, and consequently, the mortgage is just a little over 700.00. My mom passed in 2014, and I am eternally grateful to her for leaving me my lovely home. I live here with my son, who is 38, and autistic. I will leave the house to him, by then it will be paid off. As I said, I'm so grateful.

I tell everyone that wants to buy a Mobile home NEVER BUY one from a mobile home park. Instead find a piece land then but your mobile home . This so sad.

The old man really broke my heart he realllt got me crying over here

Corporations should not have their hands in Residential housing! This will eventually concern us all!

It’s sad, but “owning” a mobile home isn’t real ownership.. if you don’t own the land, you essentially own a useless box.

To call someone trash or undesirable just because they live a certain way is probably one of the most inhumane things you can do. No human is trash just because they're poor.

when the old man cried it really hit home i know exactly how he feels

People on here passing judgment are a joke. I own my own home outright but i don't go looking down on others. Everyone has different circumstances and you have no clue what these people have been through. Do not judge. People only judge so they can feel better about doing nothing. In Canada new owners of trailer parks are restricted in how much they can raise pad rentals and must compensate residents if they sell. A friend of my husband's bought a mobile home for 60K, built onto it and received over 300K when the park sold. Contact your politicians and demand protection against predatory owners. Corporations are buying up all the land and jacking up rents.

The current rent / housing situation in the US is a societal blight.

83 years old and he's being pushed out his home?? God please help us seniors 😨😢😥😥

I've always thought there was something fundamentally wrong with the way trailer parks are set up. Why "buy" the trailer if the actual owner of the land sets the terms of your land rental and that can change at any time? it makes no sense at all to "buy" a trailer unless you also OWN the land it's sitting on. I looked into buying one when I was 20 years old and quickly realized living in a trailer park was a seriously bad idea. Buy a minivan or RV, then rent a space to park it. The ability to leave at any time gives you way more leverage with the land owner.

Yup. My friend was evicted from her trailer and it couldn't be moved because of the age so she became homeless.😢

It is very inhumane and sad to treat people like that. 😔 😟 😢

I feel especially sorry for the seniors. Younger people can bounce back from things but seniors can't. This man broke my heart ❤️. At his age what can he do

Bad news: you can “own” a paid off, traditional-build home and be evicted for as little as a few thousand dollars of delinquent property taxes.

I lived in a mobile home park with my paid off trailer for a few years. The thought always stayed in my mind that I was giving away money that I could be using to buy my own property. The owner of the park started getting stricker and sticker with us tenants. Like we were not allowed to have overnight guests. If a family member came from out of town to visit they couldn't stay overnight. They had to get a hotel room. My kids couldn't ride their bikes in the trailer park. They had to push them to the entrance and then ride from there. I couldn't work on my vehicle in the trailer park. The water pressure was horrible. At times the shower would only trickle water out. I understood the reasons behind his rules in place but eventually said why am I tolerating rules when I could be free of them 🤔. So I set out on a mission and took a ride outside of the city limits. I came across a lot that had no "for sale" sign up. I asked the neighbors who owned it. They didn't know because no one had lived on it since they had all been there. I went to the courthouse to see if I could find out who owned the lot. It belonged to the deceased father of a local judge. I went to talk to the judge. He and his siblings had forgotten about the one acre of land. As we talked he told us that we seemed like a good family and would like us to have it. Next thing I knew he was putting together the paperwork and sold me the acre for $2,500.00. It had no water meter. That cost me $500 to have installed. It had no electric pole. The neighbor gave me a spare one that he wasn't using. He was a hoarder 😂. So I got the electric pole up and the electric company connected to it. There was no septic tank. That cost me $1,600 to have one put it. I had some crushed rock road base brought in and put down for my driveway. That cost me $600. So for a total cost of $5,200 I had my own property that I could do as I pleased. I made this purchase at the age of 31 years old. I'm 61 now and haven't had to pay rent in 30 years. 😂. I have no idea what an acre of land like mine cost today and I so grateful I found my property at a young age. During the COVID-19 crisis I didn't have to worry about being evicted or the rent piling up.

The number of un documented people drives the homing crisis

It appears our homeless issue is manufactured if people are being evicted from their homes by corporations without a plan to relocate the evicted 😪

I understand the instinct to tell your patients to try not to stress but it also make very little sense. Stress has got to be one of the hardest things to control.

My son and I, along with my neighbors, are going through this right now. It's scary not knowing where we are going to end up. My neighbors have homes they can go to as their trailers are camps. But my son and I, this is our home, we have nowhere to go and I cannot not afford to rent an apartment. Very stressful and sad. I wish these people and all in this situation the best of luck.

I’m a victim of Mobile Home University, R. Anderson. He does boot camps teaching people how to clear poor people out after rents and fees have eaten up their SSI and retirement checks. They had 20 rent paying tenants. Within three months there were only about three original tenants. There were five privately owned homes. They repoed their homes when they couldn’t afford the ridiculously inflated lot rents. It’s terrible.

“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.” - Nelson Mandela.

This hurts to see. Whenever you believe that things are going bad in your life stop and remember that someone else has it even worse.

This is terrible but why do you have 5 kids and then complain you have no money?

If I was living in another country as their guest I wouldn't be entitled and expect them to cater to me in my language.

I live in a cooperative resident-owned community (ROC) in New Hampshire. Since 2010, the lot rent has gone down twice and has stayed steady at $365 a month for over a decade. No one is making a profit on that lot rent and everyone in the park has access to the financials that document how the lot rents are spent (taxes on the land, the water and sewer, trash pick up, road maintenance, etc.). I own my home and I own 1/100th of the entire park. New Hampshire developed the ROC model and the state helped out with the financing and guidance the residents needed to take the park from privately owned to resident-owned. The majority of parks in NH are now ROCs. No story on manufactured housing parks is complete without noting how successful NH has been in keeping this form of affordable housing truly affordable and its ownership stable.

ugh and now im in tears. only those who have experienced the uncertainty of not knowing where you are gonna go with your kids knows how heartbreaking this is. may GOD see us all through these situations.

No one ever really owns their home they can be paid for but if you don’t pay the taxes or the space rent or something else that is associated with that particular structure you’ll find out who really owns it it’s not you!

This is exactly what I’m going through in Concord NC. I literally stay with my mom down the street but I own my home and the park owns the land that I lease they evicted me off the land but I can’t access the home. I have 3 small kids and this was the most hurtful thing in Oct.11th last year. I cried off this because I know exactly how this feels and I’m still dealing with it. They also leave you in a limbo even if you’re paying your mortgage. It’s like doomed if you don’t doomed if you do. This is gut wrenching still. I took this personal. Thank God for my mom and husband being able to go back and forth between hotels and here. I’m greatful

Buying a home and paying lot rent in perpetuity is a huge financial mistake!!!!!!!!!

That man looks excellent at 83. Truly praying for everyone!

The american dream. i own a 50 year old mobile home (falling apart tin can). i dont even own the land it sits on. 1 in 20 live in a mobile home, dont know how many live in cars /vans, or on the street. THE AMERICAN DREAM

We've been there, done that. We got forced out of our house from a person from California that bought the property. And we live in Idaho. We were forced to move because we couldn't afford to move our home which we had paid for years before. So we lost pretty much everything.

Properties where people live should not be sold to investors who plan on uprooting them. There needs to be laws against those behaviors. The "richer" needs to stop abusing the "poorer", but rather help them, not hurt them.

The sad thing is that if you don't own the land they can evict at any time.

The reason why prices go up is because the government is allowing property owners to raise the prices with no rules or stipulations and they get greedy with no cap on rent numbers. This has to stop .

This is so sad.. wish everyone had affordable housing.

This scared the hell out of me I too live in the same kind of community in California praying for you all

Mobile homes are actually evil. They tempt you with "affordable homes" then slowly bump up the cost. My boyfriend got suckered into one before we started dating. We were there one year before I convinced him to get out. By then, rent went up twice.

Unfortunately, if you don’t own the land, you don’t really own your home. The landowner has the right to do what they want with the land they own. If they don’t control their own land, trailer parks will disappear because nobody will invest in them. Even those who own a regular house lose it if they don’t pay the property taxes. It is just a hard fact of life.

You may own the home/trailer, but if you don't own the land it is on you are in no way guaranteed you can stay forever.

I have never lived in a mobile home but I stayed in a apartment that was ran by slumlords. I lived there for 5 years. I was evicted and I 100% know how these people feel. It breaks my heart. My apartment was taken by a company out of New York who got their loan out of Dubai. It's a shame. Government doesnt care.

The home is the one place where we can be ourselves and shut out negativity from the world outside. It’s so important to have a place where we can go and feel protected from it all; it’s something we all deserve. Pia Edberg,

It’s the risk owning a mobil home you don’t own the land. If a company decides to buy the land they can do what they want.

This happened to my son who is disabled, he lived in Pocatello Idaho, he owned his mobile home and still got kicked out, he is now homeless! And on social security for his disability!

Absolutely heartbreaking and this is why families are sharing their homes with their loved ones. I’m praying 🙏🏻

It's all about Greed.

That's why you should never set your mobile home on land that doesn't belong to you. You may live there 30 or 40 years and be made to leave

You never truly own the land, regardless of what type of home you purchase.

Maybe it’s not so bad to go live in another country. The U.S.A. Just isn’t it. This is crazy these people’s or human beings. No compassion for these people, this is the world we live in. SMDH

After watching, I feel less alone in this fight, but breaks my heart to see how deep this goes across our country. This is absolutely appalling. I have yet to be able to understand how and why the majority of our country has been marginalized… nor can I truly express how disgusted and disheartened I am with this economic situation.

Its sad. EVERYBODY PAYS RENT or a MORTGAGE and PROPERTY TAXES. EVERYONES Rent goes up. EVERYONES Home Insurance goes up. EVERYONES Property Taxes go up EVERYONE has gotten hit !

Our family is in a 2 bed 2 bath mobile home. Our landlords are honest people and they’ve owned the properties for years. Our home was built in 2017 so it’s newer, and the rent is very affordable. This is my worst nightmare 😢 Praying heavy for all these people affected!! It’s awful.

In a modern country, NOBODY OWNS THEIR HOME! If you have to pay property tax to the government and they can eventually evict you if you stop paying taxes, then that basically means your government rents your home out to you, except you don't even get a landlord to fix your stuff. The land your house is on isn't yours, which means the house built on it isn't yours either! You'd have to go to some 3rd world place that's literally not on the map and maybe there you could live tax free.

I feel the lots should be sold to the people who’s trailers are on these lots

The trailers are pretty much worthless. When you buy them without owning the land, you pretty much are setting yourself up for a bad situation. This is very misleading making it seem like these people are "home owners" when they are not. If you have to rent the land, you don't really own anything.

It doesn't help when zoning laws keep you from buying land anywhere and putting a mobile home on .

“it is hard to argue that housing is not a fundamental human need. Decent, affordable housing should be a basic right for everybody in this country. The reason is simple: without stable shelter, everything else falls apart.”― Matthew Desmond “Every year in this country, people are evicted from their homes not by the tens of thousands or even the hundreds of thousands but by the millions." ― Matthew Desmond

The residents should have the first right to purchase the land then workout some type of cooperative agreement, like an HOA or whatever. If WallStreet purchases the land and builds high end apartments or condos then the city of Phoenix is going to collect a ton of property taxes for the next 40+ years. The new owner and the city of Phoenix should help with far more funding to help people move people than just $7500.

Why are these corporate people buying up everything and building ridiculously expensive apartments everywhere? It’s infuriating!

I've been looking to relocate but if i get a mobile home I will definitely need to own the land. Sad there are so many greedy people that don't care about all the hardships they inflict on others.

this breaks my heart..please God give them strength to endure this situation.

People why are we allowing our fellow citizens to be treated like dirt?? We are human and we need each other in the end all we have is each other. This must stop

CAN these people not read their mobile home CONTRACTS? The contract states that you DO NOT OWN THE LAND that your trailer sits on! PERIOD! But some people actually want to believe that they’re going to keep on paying $200-dollars a month for the rest of their lives, there something seriously wrong with their THINKING!

There by the grace of God go I, I was buying a home like this in TX and was laid off and lost it. It would have been a bigger struggle if I was still there with my children. 😢 Praying for all being affected by such greed.

The three neighbors should all Rent one huge house and spilt the rent by three ways. God bless everyone that is struggling. I once was homeless at 14 years old and abandoned....it was the worst things I've experienced.

I raised 5 girls in a mobile home.all 5 girls have graduated from college!!!

If you dont own the property that the land sits on, you are at a disadvantage.

This is one reason why I never thought it was a good idea to buy a mobile home. I was afraid of this very problem happening, years ago, and here we are seeing it happen. It's sad.

I cannot believe I found this video. I'm from California, and I lived in a mobile home park for 15 years. I'm a single mom and I raised my sonthere. I owned my mobile home, I did all repairs and upkeep myself even though I am disabled. I had a beautiful yard that people came from all over town to see. It was a beautiful fairy garden. The guy who owned the mobile home park sold it to a guy in Los Angeles. At the time we paid $400 a month and I couldn't afford to pay anymore than that with utilities and phone. We had land lines back then. I couldn't afford a cellphone. One day I found an eviction notice on my front door. The reason for me and my son being evicted? Because my driveway wasn't swept. That's it. I had just successfully kept my mother from being evicted after she recieved a notice. Again it was for a made up reason. My mother had lived there for 34 years. I couldn't keep myself from being evicted. I think the reason was because of the new managers. I called the police when the woman and her kids tried repeatedly to steal my dog. They called the police on me saying that it was their dog but thankfully he was chipped and I had pictures from the first day I got him up to then. There were and still are a lot of immigrants living there, mostly illegal and making very little money. But that didn't stop the new owner from raising the space rent from $400 to $650. Most of the people that lived there couldn't afford that. And a lot of people were evicted for stupid reasons, slamming a door, tv too loud, work boots on front porches. It was ridiculous. We all recieved notices that the owner was going to fix up the trailer park and make it into a park like settling. That was 8 years ago and the last time I was in California I drove through the place and it is a bigger craphole than before. Now it's full of dirt heads and dope dealers. I'm sorry for what the people in Arizona went through. It is happening all over the country.

You left out the fact they don't own the land underneath the mobile home-- which is EVERYTHING!!! Hello

As a US Army veteran, I am thoroughly disgusted with this country and its horribly flawed economic system of late stage, unfettered corporatism. No place is affordable anymore even the most economically depressed and poverty stricken areas have gotten more expensive. The greedy undeserving wealthy will never be satisfied until they own every last square mile of the USA.

Disheartening, This world gets worse by the day...May God help us...

I wonder how much developers gave in "campaign contributions" to City Council?

If you dont own the land, whats the point of buying the trailer? Read the paperwork people, it's sad but it's a risk they signed up for

These mobile home parks are a scam

We need to band together, put our money together, and buy these lands and keep them away from evil investors.. it should be criminal for someone to be evicted from a place they paid for. They need to be paid what they paid for the homes. Or no taxes

That's the problem with human nature, if it DOESN'T affect them, they could care less. If it does.... THEN that's the time they panic. Such a pathetic species we are!

If someone is undocumented, how can they expect the government to step in and save them. They have been living there on borrowed time. The others I do feel for.

Thank you, excellent doc.

This exact situation happened to me in st Petersburg Florida... I bought a mobile when I 1st moved here in 2016. I paid cash for it, it was a 55+ development... developers bought the land & we had 6 months to lose it. In 2019 right before covid. It would have cost double to move it they wanted to cut my home in half without any insurance on how it got to the next location. It's been 3.5 years & I am still mentally going through it over the situation just as much as a financial burden since now rents are 4x what my rent for the lot was.

When you don't own the dirt, the land owner can evict you. You are parked on their land. That is the risk that you accepted when you parked your trailer there. The property owner has rights too.

I wanted a mobile home for years. Then I found out about what they were doing to the people in Carson, California. That's when I started signing up for low income Senior Citizen housing. Hopefully, they don't "sell or do intimate domain" and I'm back in line for a new place.

Poor people always get screwed. It's an inhumane world.

Some towns are buying up mobile home parks to keep it affordable for the people who live in the parks.

Americans first! Let's take care of our own people first!

whats even worse is even though they own their mobile home they still cant get them moved because they’re old

I had to move to a mobile home in a park because my husband was dying of Alzheimer's and cancer... We needed a more user-friendly place to live to live. I've been here four years. I'm having nightmares about this. I still owe $70,000 on the house. And where do I go if somebody else buys the land and tells me I have to get out. There should be some kind of law prohibiting this.

This is happening everywhere.

There's so much sadness in that cheer at the end. Breaks my heart

And this is the reason I tell family NOT to buy anything where you rent the land.

I feel sorry and sad for the people going through all this hard ship.... I pray they find a place to live!!!

Sad times we are going thru

Why can't Phoenix fund the purchase the park via a bond issuance and solve this? Even at the increased prices of real estate, it should be profitable for the city at an acceptable level and over a period of time should be good for the community. Just a thought.

i woulnt buy the mobile home unless i own the land under it. The lease contains the fine print that no one ever reads...I have no problem with documents being in English as thats the official langage of the usa... There are plenty of translators out there. I live near the Grand cayon Univeristy owned trailer park and they gave almost 10 years or warning...

They won't be happy until they put everyone on the streets in tents. I love this country, but I hate what it's becoming. Greed is destroying it

This is happening right now to us in Tampa Florida it is a nightmare we have lived here 16 years many of us are elderly and disabled retired and just wanna live our lives in peace new owners have came in and bought the property and throwing people out left and right homeless are everywhere .. those are are my friends and Neighbors..these people are monsters they only care about money , As a struggling single mom We don't know where we would go we would be homeless too just like everyone else. They are basically selling our homes out from in under us .ours is for sale now if someone buys it we're out just simple...homeless.. Meanwhile to make matters worse they raise our rent so we can't save any money and slapped us with all these fines and bills it's unimaginable chaos No wonder there is so much suicide I get it now.