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8449
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There are 40,000 abandoned mobile homes in North Carolina, according to information compiled by the N.C. Association of County Commissioners. By 2020, the number is expected to double. County officials, lawmakers, and housing advocates are concerned about the problems they present, such as public health, environmental, and safety issues. At present there is no uniform state law under which counties can seize them. Money is also an issue because disposal of a mobile home can cost from $800 for a single one to $1,500 for a doublewide. A state law to give the counties seizure rights is currently stalled in committee because of objections from the manufactured housing lobby.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 23 Issue 49, Dec 2006,
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10351
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Although manufactured housing is one solution to meet the needs of affordable housing, many myths are associated with this housing type, the industry, and financing. For example, many people think that it is peculiarly southern; that borrowers are poor, white, and rural; and that loans on this type of housing have larger than normal interest rates.
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10526
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There are around 4,000 trailer parks in North Carolina with fifteen percent of the state's population living in almost 600,000 mobile homes. In the world of real estate those who live in trailer parks are considered second-class citizens. They do not own the land; they are not considered property owners; their homes depreciate; they have few legal rights. When the park owner decides to raise the rent or sell the property to a developer, residents have only the choice of paying the increase or moving. Geary discusses parks in the Raleigh area that are dealing with rezoning issues.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 25 Issue 28, July 2008,
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15886
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Mobile home site planning has proven a troublesome task for many American planners. It is a problem of particular relevance for North Carolina planners where the mobile home industry provides an ever-increasing proportion of the state's dwelling units. This article describes mobile homes as an important alternative to conventional housing.
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18059
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Mobiles homes are a growing trend in the housing market. Given the costs of home construction and the growing of urban apartment complexes, mobile homes are considered a unique alternative to growing population pressures.
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18251
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Despite controversy over them, mobile homes cannot be ignored as part of the North Carolina housing picture. In recent years, the public has turned to mobile homes to such a degree that this form of housing now represents nearly one-third of all new single-family homes.
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32220
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Many North Carolina firms are producing pre-built housing, which represent the latest development in low-cost modern housing. The change they are bringing in the industry has caused the North Carolina Mobile Housing Institute to change its name to the North Carolina Manufactured Housing Institute. Becky L. Griffin, the Institute’s executive director, discusses how the new unit could be an answer to North Carolina’s housing shortage.
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32223
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The growing popularity of mobile homes is making the manufacture and sale of them one of North Carolina’s fastest growing businesses. Mobile homes may be the answer to the housing shortage because they offer complete housing packages, completely furnished, at economical prices well below the cost of other housing.
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32224
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Bill Wellons is planning to develop a “mobile home city” called Olde Farme, located near Fort Bragg at Fayetteville. Wellons decided on mobile homes rather than houses because of high building costs and interest rates. Five-hundred acres of former farm and wood land are being converted to develop mobile housing, recreation and service shops for Olde Farme.
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