Rent hikes at manufactured home communities outpace stalled Pennsylvania legislation

By Namira HarisNewsWorks Lab data journalist State Rep. Dan Moul, an Adams County Republican who owns and operates his own manufactured home community, has spent the past year trying to convince his colleagues to cap how much companies can raise lot rent. The issue is one plaguing many residents in communities across state as they …

National companies buy up mobile home parks across southwestern Pennsylvania

Mom-and-Pop industry gives way to investors and publicly owned companies By Namira HarisNewsWorks Lab staff writer Four national companies have purchased at least 30 manufactured home communities – worth an estimated $330 million – across six southwestern Pennsylvania counties, a NewsWorks Lab analysis of public records shows.    The companies are part of a national …