By Leslie Westbrook | Source | Last summer, Bob Franco’s curiosity was sparked by a land surveyor at the Sandpiper Mobile Home Village [in Carpinteria], where he resides. Franco and a small group of Sandpiper homeowners, including Kathy Mattes, president of the...
[ED. NOTE: Many Flamingo residents are members of GSMOL Chapter 1102. The Flamingo residents have been active in fighting for the rights of vulnerable senior mobilehome owners for many years. GSMOL Corporate Counsel Bruce Stanton and GSMOL Zone Vice President Anne...
By Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks | Source When she received a 60-day eviction notice, Rhoda Davison (pictured), a 91-year-old resident who’s lived in her West Sacramento mobile home park for over three decades, was sent into a panic. “I was set with all the Christmas...
Senator Umberg’s Town Hall, which also featured GSMOL attorney Bruce Stanton and housing advocate Brian Augusta, was very informative! The video is being archived and a link will be posted here when we have it....
By Nick Bourke and Rachel Siegel | Source Manufactured homes, commonly known as mobile homes, are the largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing in the United States. Twenty-two million people live in these units, and in some counties, largely in the South and...
By Mara Hoplamazian | Source | On a hot evening in June, residents of the Glenbrook Trails manufactured home park for seniors in Loomis gathered outside in an empty site. Through their face masks, they discussed their fears about the new leases they’ve been offered....
