October is Anti Stigma Month!
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October is Anti-Stigma Month!
Stigma associated with manufactured housing, the communities in which it is located and the people who dwell within have made manufactured housing seem like a last resort rather than a desirable choice. To combat this negative stigma, members of the I’M HOME Network are leading the Anti-Stigma campaign to dispel the myths around manufactured housing while highlighting the benefits such as the vibrant community of homeowners, affordable prices and desirable features tailored to owners’ needs.
Want to be a part of Anti Stigma Month? Send us your articles, blog posts, stories, pictures and videos!
When: November 18-20, 2019
Where: Hilton Portland Downtown Portland, OR
For this year’s site visit, we tour Oak Leaf Mobile Home Park and Arbor Mobile Home Park. Register for the site visit.
A Special Message
Farewell, I'M HOME Network
Austin Carrico's last day at Prosperity Now was Thursday, September 12th. Here's a message from Austin, to the I'M HOME Network:
"It has been a privilege to work alongside such wonderful and passionate people in the Network over the last year. It will be sad to leave all of you and Prosperity Now behind. At the same time, I’m incredibly excited about embarking on this new phase of my career."
For the time being, any questions for the I'M HOME Network or the 2019 I'M HOME Conference can be sent to Pam Agava at [email protected].
A Unique Manufactured Housing Program Expanding Homeownership Opportunities in Rural KY
In the past 20 years, fewer phenomena have had a greater impact on our communities than substance abuse. In the 1990s and early 2000s, we saw the impacts of methamphetamines even as the seeds of the opioid epidemic were being sown. That epidemic has drastically changed our communities, with individuals and families struggling emotionally, psychologically, interpersonally and economically with addiction and its consequences. Read more
News
PARKED: Half The American Dream
The Colorado Sun assembled a coalition of more than a dozen Colorado newsrooms—newspapers, public radio, TV and digital media—to produce a collaborative project that would have been unthinkable in the old days of cutthroat competition. Journalists fanned out across the state to look at what for many is the last form of affordable housing: mobile homes. Read more
These Manufactured Home Park Owners Lost and Won
This story was produced by the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative. Cristina Bolling, an Observer reporter, wrote this story for La Noticia.
Eight days after moving in, Rosa Sanchez learned that her mobile home park off Independence Boulevard was about to be for sale to a developer who would build luxury apartments on the property. The next year was a blur for Sanchez and her neighbors at Oakhaven Park but they ultimately walked away with more than most people who find themselves in their situation, housing experts say. Read more
Congratulations!
Congratulations to I'M HOME Network Member Dwayne Keys from Compass Working Capital in Rhode Island, the winner of Camp Prosperity advocacy contest. The contest was open to camp attendees who met face-to-face with a legislator during August recess and logged the meeting in the Prosperity Now Advocacy Center. As the winner, he receives a complimentary registration to the 2020 Prosperity Summit which will be held Wednesday, September 30 - Friday, October 2, 2020 at the National Harbor in the Washington, DC.
Policy
Manufactured Housing Policy Update - August 2019
August had a handful of policy updates around manufactured housing in the state of Illinois and New Jersey. Read More
Job Postings
Prosperity Now Affordable Homeownership Team Is Hiring
We seek a Temporary Program Associate for 3-6 months in our Washington, DC office to provide programmatic, administrative and logistical support to Prosperity Now’s Affordable Homeownership Team and the annual I’M HOME conference in Fall 2019. Apply Here
