Mobile home park residents form co-ops to save their homes

Sat, 29 Apr 2023 04:28:51 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://apnews.com/article/mobile-homes-resident-cooperatives-affordable-housing-e17bbf20c49f79e181e0856fa69e59ba>

"PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — When Gadiel Galvez learned that the owner of his mobile
home park south of Seattle was looking to sell, he and other residents worried
their largely Latino community would be bulldozed to make way for another
Amazon warehouse.

So, they decided to form a cooperative and buy their park in Lakewood,
Washington. With help from a nonprofit that advises communities like theirs and
helps them secure loans, they bought it for $5.25 million. Since becoming
owners in September, everyone’s worked to make improvements."

Via Frederick Wilson II.

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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