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I could be out next week without a place to live.ĪRNOLD: Havenpark wouldn't do an interview but said in a statement that, starting last year, they don't raise monthly lot rent more than $50 in a year and they charge the fair market rent for an area. And there won't be anything I can do about it. HUNT: What's going to happen is I'm going to go with (crying) what I have on my back pretty much, and everything will go to the road. When we spoke with Mary earlier this summer, she was running out of options. And the company filed an eviction case against her. And then earlier this year, Mary got sick with COVID and fell behind on the rent. It costs $5,000 to $10,000 to move a mobile home. We can't take a partial payment.ĪRNOLD: Mary couldn't just move her home. HUNT: I went in and said OK, well, you know, I've got this money right now. HUNT: Water's about 35, something like that.ĪRNOLD: Then there's the sewer fee, the trash fee, the administration fee. And Havenpark raised that to more than $400 and then tacked on new monthly fees. She says a few years ago her lot rent was less than $350 a month. And it's been buying up mobile home parks across a bunch of different states. I take it down, no problem.ĪRNOLD: But then the park was bought up by a real estate investment firm called Havenpark Communities. I'll bring the rest, you know, next week or whatever. I would call up and say, hey, look, I've got half the rent. HUNT: Stan and Nancy were the ones before. And when money was tight, the couple that managed the park lived right here. And the thing about mobile home parks is that even if you own your house outright, which Mary does, you still have to pay rent on the little plot of land that it sits on. She makes just $10 an hour driving people to doctor's visits. I've lived here almost 35 years.ĪRNOLD: Hunt's 51. MARY HUNT: It's a double-wide, so there is a lot of room. Others, like Mary's, are more like trailers up on foundations. There are something like 120 mobile or manufactured homes here. A few years ago, it was bought up by one of these big companies. NPR's Chris Arnold reports for our Planet Money team.ĬHRIS ARNOLD, BYLINE: Mary Hunt lives in a mobile home park in Swartz Creek, Mich. And the government is helping them do it. They raise fees and rents for the land under these homes and then evict people who can't pay. But some investors are buying up mobile home parks. Registered office: One Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 4YL.Millions of Americans live in mobile home parks because they're the most affordable way for them to keep a roof over their heads. 312847) as a credit broker and insurance distributor. 04011660) and is authorised and regulated by the FCA (Financial Services Register No. Bourne Leisure Ltd is registered in England (No. 01968698) and is a FCA appointed representative of Bourne Leisure Limited. Haven Leisure Ltd (t/a Haven) is registered in England (No. Park cannot be used as a permanent residence. 2023 site fee credit will be applied to your account on completion of the purchase.

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Full site fees will be payable for subsequent years. Offer only applies to 2023 site fees, it does not include ongoing running costs or additional charges. Offer may be withdrawn or changed at any time without notice. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer, discount, or promotion. Access to your holiday home is subject to park opening times. Offer excludes part-exchanges or private sales. Available on new and pre-owned holiday homes at the following selected parks only: Allhallows, Berwick, Burnham-on-Sea, Caister-on-Sea, Combe Haven, Craig Tara, Far Grange, Golden Sands, Hafan y Mor, Haggerston Castle, Marton Mere, The Orchards, Thorpe Park and Wild Duck. Offer is applicable to customer purchases made through Haven from 30 September 2022 completing by 31 December 2022.

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Free 2023 site fees when you by a Haven holiday home at selected parks