精品SM在线影片's Community Engagement, Design and Research Center (CEDaR) recently听unveiled听a website providing听essential information that听supports residents of Colorado mobile/manufactured home (MH) parks, including information useful during the COVID-19 pandemic. Named听the , the website offers听resources for MH residents听and听others听active in discussions听about Colorado's MH policies听and design.听CEDaR and the Colorado听Coalition听of听Manufactured听Home听Owners听(CoCoMHO)听developed听this site to address听legal,听organizational,听political and听ownership听issues that affect听the stability of MH听communities鈥搕ypically neighborhoods populated by factory-built homes placed in close proximity on rented lots鈥揳nd听support听an inclusive discussion听focusing on听residents听about听the future of manufactured housing in the state.听听
The website, developed by Lauren Oertel, CEDaR research assistant, Sean Pike, CEDaR intern,听Sara Tabatabaie, CEDaR research associate, and Michael Peirce, from the CoCoMHo, fills a need in the MH community, said听Brian Muller, CEDaR director and associate professor. Manufactured home parks are the largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing in the country听and are home to a large percentage of low-income families, immigrants, fixed-income seniors and single parents. It's crucial that听Colorado鈥檚 MH park residents have听timely, reliable news and information about policy changes occuring in the state and opportunities for revitalization and design of MH communities, he said.
"Evictions, unexpected rent increases, poor physical conditions and inadequate services threaten the mental and physical health of residents, and contribute to ongoing housing insecurity during the best of times," he said.听"Particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, these issues have become exacerbated听due to听high rates of unemployment and听missed rent payments; high听rates of exposure at home due to small living spaces, sometimes with听multiple generations living together; and high rates of exposure at work听due to the nature of low-income work, such as working in meat-packing plants听or nursing homes," he said.听
The website helps CEDaR听disseminate information about MH听policy initiatives, program rules, model legislation, case studies and community opportunities, as well as听points to legal information and supports that can help during the pandemic. This information is made available in both Spanish and English when possible.听
CoCoMHO was formed in 2017 by MH听park residents in response to abuses by landlords of MH听parks. The听work of CoCoMHO and other organizations to support these residents culminated in the Mobile Home Park Act Oversight bill, which passed during the 2019 legislative session.
Funding from the Colorado Health Foundation has allowed CEDaR and CoCoMHO to begin developing a network of community leaders in key regions of the state and to establish a training and communication framework to identify leaders to engage in policy discussion. CEDaR and CoCoMHO also hold yearly conferences听attended by policymakers, residents and advocates from around the state.
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