Opinion | 'The lack of affordable housing is reaching crisis levels in our mountain communities. Displacing mobile home residents to make room for other residents does little to solve the problem.'
Editor’s note: This opinion column was published in The Denver Post as a pro/con withAs a child, I lived in #A20 in the Basalt Aspen Mobile Home Park between Basalt and El Jebel, off of Willits Lane. The community we created there made a lasting impression on residents like me. It gave us a sense of belonging and a stable place to grow up.
For example, residents of the D&D and Cottonwood mobile home parks in Silverthorne are being forced to relocate this summer because their park is going to be developed to make way for houses. The lack of affordable housing is reaching crisis levels in our mountain communities. Displacing mobile home residents to make room for other residents does little to solve the problem.
That could change under House Bill 1287, the Mobile Home Park Resident Protection Act sponsored by Reps. Andrew Boesenecker and Edie Hooton; and a Revolving Mobile Home Fund as recommended by the Legislative Affordable Housing Task Force that will help residents with the technical assistance and financing they need to have a shot at purchasing their parks.
Latinos account for 29 percent of mobile-home park residents in Colorado, according to Root Policy Research. In the 73 parks in our service area of Garfield, Pitkin, Eagle, Lake, and Summit counties, the percentage is higher because mobile homes are among the only remaining affordable-housing options.
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