Regional Mobilehome Owners Conference – San Jose
The following is a report from GSMOL President, Michelle Smith, on the San Jose Regional Mobilehome Owners Conference. After 3+ hours of driving down from Placerville on Friday, 6/29/18, I checked...
View ArticleGuild Mortgage Announces New Program for Manufactured Homes
National Mortgage Professional Magazine | SourceJune 15, 2018Guild Mortgage has announced that it is ready to offer loans for Fannie Mae’s MH Advantage initiative, a new mortgage program for...
View ArticleSanta Rosa Mobile Home Park Residents Frustrated by Fire Rebuild
Tony and Patricia Robinson visit the site of their former mobile home in the Coddington Mobile Estates in Santa Rosa. The couple lost their home in the October wildfires and are frustrated with how...
View ArticleFire Crews Battle 2 Mobile Home Fires in Visalia
Written by abc30 | SourceJuly 05, 2018, 6:21 AMVISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) — Visalia firefighters were able to control two fires to two mobile homes. It happened Wednesday night around nine at Houston and...
View ArticleSonoma Mobile Homes Knocked Askew by Pickup Truck Accident
Written by Christian Kallen | SourceIndex-Tribune Staff Writer | July 5, 2018, 6:11 PMResidents of Acacia Grove Mobile Home Park in Boyes Hot Springs were cleaning up after breakfast last Saturday,...
View ArticleFire Damages Two Units in Mobile Home Park Just East of Modesto
Modesto Fire, Stanislaus Consolidated Fire and Ceres Fire Units responded Saturday July 7, 2018 to a report of a mobile home on fire in the 4100 block of Yosemite in Modesto, Calif. On scene at...
View ArticleManufactured Homes Touted as Affordable Housing Options
Written by Lindell John Kay | SourceRocky Mount Telegram | July 8, 2018Often overlooked, manufactured homes are America’s No. 1 source of unsubsidized affordable housing and remain a vital option in...
View ArticleAssembly Bill Promises Additional Protection for Mobile Home Owners
Written by Patrick Dwire | SourcePress Banner | July 11 2018, 12:37 PMWhile the housing affordability crisis has given rise to calls for tenant protections and rent control across the state, one of...
View ArticleVideo to Help Mobilehome Owners Waive Back Registration Fees and Taxes
New! Video to Help Mobilehome Owners Waive Back Registration Fees and TaxesLearn more about the Register Your Mobilehome California program and get step-by-step instructions to complete an application...
View ArticleMobile Home Park Residents Ask Council to Reject Townhouse Proposal
A development sign is planted outside the Blue Bonnet Mobile Home Park in Sunnyvale, Calif., July 1, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Written by Khalida Sarwari | SourceThe Mercury News | July...
View ArticleMobile Home Owners Find a Lifeline Against Displacement
Written by Hallie Golden | SourceCityLab | July 18 2018, 8:00 AMWhen a landlord sells a mobile home park, it can upend an entire community. Through co-ops, residents are finding a way to stay where...
View ArticleCouncil Considers Repeal of Mobile Home Site Rental Tax
Written by Kate Magill | SourceThe Baltimore Sun | July 16, 2018 3:30 PMHoward County is home to seven mobile home parks, pockets of affordable housing in one of the country’s most expensive...
View ArticleMobile Home Taxes Trashed as ‘Unfair’ by Property Owners Who Cry Foul Over...
Written by Susan Bromley | SourceLivingston Daily | July 19, 2018 2:59 PMFrom trailer parks, to mobile home parks, to “manufactured housing communities,” the names for single-story, rectangular...
View ArticleCity’s Plan to Remove 5 Vacant Mobile Homes Creates Concern it Could Mean...
Written by Julian Emerson | SourceLeader-Telegram | July 22, 2018Prompted by public health concerns, city of Eau Claire officials have issued orders to tear down five vacant residences in a mobile...
View ArticleFrom Community to Ghost Town: Another Arizona Mobile-Home Park Vanishes
Written by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | SourceArizona Republic | July 25, 2018 6:00 AMSyndi Flores, 22, and her family were told they had six months to vacate the mobile-home park she’s called home most of...
View ArticleThree Grovetown Mobile Homes Destroyed by Fire Ruled Arson
Written by Jozeff Papp | SourceThe Augusta Chronicle | July 25, 2018 6:24 PMA fire that destroyed three mobile homes in Columbia County on Tuesday has been ruled as arson by the Insurance and Safety...
View ArticleJuly 29 2018 Meeting of Park West Residents
Park West Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Landlord Tenant Issues Park West Neighborhood Watch Meeting featuring Representatives from West Sacramento Police Department
View ArticleGSMOL Seeking Public Relations Representative
PUBLIC RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE SOUGHTGSMOL is seeking an experienced, volunteer Public Relations person from among our talented and varied membership. With the support of our dedicated team, you...
View ArticleCourt Sides with Park Owner and City in Ruling of Sunnyvale’s Mobile Home...
Written by Khalida Sarwari | SourceMercury News | August 11, 2018 at 9:03 amIn a decision that finally brings closure to a long-running case, a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge has ruled in...
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