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Manufactured housing advocates press Legislature to protect parks, expand financing and speed preservation
Summary
North Country Cooperative Foundation and other witnesses told the committee that manufactured home communities are a major source of affordable homeownership but face investor buyouts, aging infrastructure and limited financing; they urged continued MHCR funding, a new 30‑year manufactured home loan product and faster notice enforcement.
Torrey Clark West, executive director of North Country Cooperative Foundation (NCF), told the committee that manufactured housing is “Minnesota's largest source of naturally occurring affordable home ownership,” serving roughly 80,000 residents. She described resident ownership — converting parks to cooperatives — as a tool to stabilize lot rents and preserve affordability.
Clark West said many parks were developed in the 1950s–1970s and rely on aging infrastructure (roads, water, sewer). The Manufactured Home Community Redevelopment (MHCR)…
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