Crosscut Now
Aug. 30, 2023 - Mobile homes face "economic eviction"
8/30/2023 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
WA mobile home communities organize against 'economic eviction.'
Port Orchard-based Hurst & Son LLC bought dozens of parks in recent years. Now residents say the company is raising rents and cutting services.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Crosscut Now is a local public television program presented by Cascade PBS
Crosscut Now
Aug. 30, 2023 - Mobile homes face "economic eviction"
8/30/2023 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Port Orchard-based Hurst & Son LLC bought dozens of parks in recent years. Now residents say the company is raising rents and cutting services.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch Crosscut Now
Crosscut Now is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(bouncy music) - I'm Paris Jackson of the Crosscut KCTS 9 Newsroom.
A real estate trend exploded during the pandemic where equity firms and investor owners targeted manufactured homes for purchase.
But those homeowners, many on fixed incomes, are calling foul as rents and fees rise.
A manufactured homeowner's advocate says, "These communities are dealing with a multi-year gentrification cycle, where the end game is to gain a group of residents paying higher rents and flipping the parks for many times the price they purchased it."
Crosscut investigated the growing influence of Port Orchard based Hurst & Son LLC's expansion in the Pacific Northwest.
The owners purchased nearly 64 mobile home parks between 2017 and 2023, with numerous purchases during the pandemic.
Now the company owns manufactured home communities in five states, 60 parks in 13 Washington counties.
In email state officials contend Hurst & Son are following relevant laws, the owners have declined to comment.
I'm Paris Jackson for a nonprofit Northwest news every day on crosscut.com.
- News and Public Affairs
Top journalists deliver compelling original analysis of the hour's headlines.
- News and Public Affairs
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world.
Support for PBS provided by:
Crosscut Now is a local public television program presented by Cascade PBS