When private equity firms buy mobile home parks, rent increases leave residents with few affordable options in rural areas

It is far easier and cheaper to keep someone housed in a mobile home park than to build a new subsidized unit for them.

By: Erin Gaede, University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: June 3, 2026

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Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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By Erin Gaede, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Roughly 20 million Americans live in manufactured houses, which are homes made in factories.

Although they’re often called mobile homes or trailers, that’s really a misnomer because their owners can’t easily relocate them. Typically, the people who own them rent the land underneath the houses from the owners of manufactured home parks. Sometimes, an owner will rent their home to someone else while paying to rent the land …

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