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rahnster_wright t1_j7pqtfe wrote

Aren't you perpetuating the stigma by using the phrase "trailer park"?

New Hampshire has a statute that governs manufactured housing specifically. In NH, manufactured housing is real estate and it appreciates like real estate. Since the 1970s, all manufactured housing is build to HUD standards.

Plus, we have the NH Community Loan Fund, which works to help residents purchase their own parks and start resident owned communities (ROCs) and avoid predatory practices of investor owned parks.

The stigma comes from misunderstands of all of the above or outdated knowledge - people think "trailer parks" will depreciate, aren't energy efficient, and are all owned by predatory investors. But, at least in NH, non of that is true today.

In the case of this story, these are stick built homes, on a foundation. Not manufactured. So, quite different. This style of homes is called "pocket neighborhoods" or "cottage clusters" and are quite popular across the country.

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