(otherwise known widely as trailers or mobile homes, but trailer parks already get a bad rap despite largely being the last few examples of affordable housing in the U.S.).
Trailer parks get a bad rap in part because they’re usually incredibly abusive. You own the mobile home, but you don’t own the land it sits on. You pay rent for the right to have your home there, and that means that you can get stuck with enormous rent increases. Even though mobile homes are technically mobile, moving one is expensive enough that people have a very hard time doing so once it’s installed somewhere. That means that if the owner of the trailer park raises rent past what you can pay, you can end up losing the house that you own, because you can’t afford to move it.
Also, if this is the kind of thing you want, look into shipping container conversions. Yeah, they’re still very small, but they’re a lot more durable overall than these are likely to be.
Real estate companies also cannot buy your mobile home unless you own the land it sits on, because it’s otherwise classified as a vehicle, which requires different licensing.
This idea that everything has to be a video essay-response from some no-name YouTuber has got to fuckin’ die. Just write a quick blog post, link to your sources, and be done with it.
I didn’t feel like typing out all the bullet points. I found a fairly short video that touches on all the issues without stretching it out needlessly. It’s a succinct video and not some bloated essay. Do not build shipping container homes. It’s a bullshit, potentially highly toxic waste of resources at best; and an outright scam most of the time.
Even though mobile homes are technically mobile, moving one is expensive
And moving them might destroy them. Most aren’t any more “mobile” then a regular home. The difference is that they were manufactured offsite, trucked in, then installed.
Trailer parks get a bad rap in part because they’re usually incredibly abusive. You own the mobile home, but you don’t own the land it sits on. You pay rent for the right to have your home there, and that means that you can get stuck with enormous rent increases. Even though mobile homes are technically mobile, moving one is expensive enough that people have a very hard time doing so once it’s installed somewhere. That means that if the owner of the trailer park raises rent past what you can pay, you can end up losing the house that you own, because you can’t afford to move it.
Also, if this is the kind of thing you want, look into shipping container conversions. Yeah, they’re still very small, but they’re a lot more durable overall than these are likely to be.
Real estate companies also cannot buy your mobile home unless you own the land it sits on, because it’s otherwise classified as a vehicle, which requires different licensing.
https://youtu.be/i7yEDz6bCfU?si=XTaADd2rg8BfIcqM
This idea that everything has to be a video essay-response from some no-name YouTuber has got to fuckin’ die. Just write a quick blog post, link to your sources, and be done with it.
I didn’t feel like typing out all the bullet points. I found a fairly short video that touches on all the issues without stretching it out needlessly. It’s a succinct video and not some bloated essay. Do not build shipping container homes. It’s a bullshit, potentially highly toxic waste of resources at best; and an outright scam most of the time.
And moving them might destroy them. Most aren’t any more “mobile” then a regular home. The difference is that they were manufactured offsite, trucked in, then installed.