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Hayden Municipal Housing Authority closes on Pinyon Pines mobile home park; Council hears of $1.4 million donor gift
Summary
Town Manager Mathew Mendisco told the council that the Hayden Municipal Housing Authority closed on Pinyon Pines Mobile Home Park and is now the owner; staff are preparing communications and leases and an anonymous donor via the Community Foundation contributed $1.4 million to support the purchase.
The Hayden Municipal Housing Authority has finalized its purchase of Pinyon Pines Mobile Home Park, Town Manager Mathew Mendisco told the Town Council at its May 21 meeting. Mendisco said staff are now issuing communications, preparing leases, building software systems and setting up rent collection to operate the park under the authority's ownership.
Mendisco told council an anonymous donor, giving through the Community Foundation, provided $1.4 million to help complete the transaction. Councilmember Hayden and Councilmember Haight publicly thanked Mendisco, Deputy Manager Tegan Ebbert and the staff team for completing what Mendisco described as a "heavy lift."
A written public comment from Larry Jordan thanked the board and indicated the Pinyon Pines CO-OP will assist in the process going forward. The council received the update as part of staff reports; no formal vote on the purchase was recorded in the minutes provided.
Staff said they will continue onboarding tasks and communicate next steps to residents and stakeholders; specific timelines for lease rollouts and rent schedules were not specified at the meeting.
