Manufactured housing and mobile home parks

I do see residents of the San Lazero mobile home park community.

this really supports our um youth services initiative, which provides access to uh children and low-income families uh that generally reside at manufactured home communities.

Uh as as Tina Borglin mentioned earlier, the picture painted by Kurt Fern Harbor during the 2019 annexation meeting is very different

I live at the Ponderosa Mobile Home Park, and this project is underway for to stabilize Ponderosa.

I live in the Ponderosa Mobile Home Park, where Habitat for Humanity is working with the city to create low-income housing.

House Bill 1224 builds on some work done in the past around the mobile home park act.

In this time of uncertainty, we respectfully ask for your support in helping residents purchase the park.

We are asking the City of Boulder for any help you can offer to help us purchase our park

the park most likely will be purchased by a private equity company

we also want to explicitly call out manufactured home parks, apartment complexes, and other types of multi-unit dwellings

that will largely be focused in our manufactured home communities that are at the greatest risk of

Any possibilities for ultimately developing a municipally owned a new municipally owned um mobile home community

the majority of the units that we were able to find that were 3 bedrooms were in the mobile home parks

Boulder Meadows or Vista Village, which are, like, the manufactured home communities

when it takes out uh for example a mobile home park

residents in manufactured home communities who often bear the worst wind wind impacts in events like these

We're able to have Mobile home parks in town. That's what I heard very clearly.

That's a city requirement. City regulation, so we have mobile home park zoning, basically.

The energy efficiency and, just ongoing costs that the mobile home parks are incurring, Seems to be the biggest item

San Lazaro manufactured home community, residents have a high interest in connection to city water

or those conversations with the mobile home department, owners, and facilitating that construction

to allow we not just exempt manufactured homes?

it's about $5 per month for most homeowners with an exception for mobile homes.

we exempted mobile homes as one of the first steps.

We have received a multi-year grant for our YSI program that provides mobile rec programming at manufactured home sites

a program for mobile homes, and also single-family homes

Okay. Are we doing mobile home tours this weekend?

does that then require the whole property to come into compliance if it's a condo association or a mobile home park?

how does that apply in situations like condominium ownership or manufactured housing communities, where the actual property line

We saw more than 400 um of our mobile homes damaged during the Marshall fire

So those people moved into stick-built homes that have already been built on-site, or they had left the park voluntarily.

Why were invitations to participate in the community assembly mainly sent to mobile home parks and lowincome housing communities?

the way I look at some of that is like a a modern version of a mobile home park

our healthy resilient mobile home program is for all for mobile homes and manufactured homes and no costs all grants

Uh we have a healthy resilient mobile homes program. We've had it for three years now approximately

it also began the rejection of cities to the concept of the mobile home park.

Um all of the pink properties are privately held mobile home parks.

This is a map containing all of the mobile home parks in the city of Boulder.

I think it's really important to see the manufactured home, the Mobile Home Park, or Trailer Park.

Just to look at mobile homes or manufactured home communities.

or if their park is going to be sold, or if their home is going to be condemned

when I look in like just my mobile home park, and I think about

we've served at this point over 260 manufactured homes and repaired these homes in the city of Boulder

exploring mobile Home Park issues like who owns it. And is it chattel versus real estate

because that's a lot of, I think, a big part of the disparities that I see mobile home parks is.

But how do you, if you're evicting someone, how do they take their house with them?

So one of the questions I have going forward is a little bit about. When did motor home? Motor parks become mobile home parks

dedicated community solar for low income. It's for Ponderosa Mobile Home Park.

And then the manufactured home strategy. Are those that we're involved in.

vulnerability in our other uh some of our other mobile home parks. So, we're looking at that pretty closely.

it is really tough to home harden a a mobile home, but they do have decks, appendages

Um, are there any mobile home parks in the WOI and how would this impact them?

our mobile park communities and mobile home communities still have a lower water quality.

the manufactured home strategy, and this is an important one

manufactured mobile home Community Support come on now he

so those are the only real changes we made in the mobile home park chapter

there was a couple couple little cleanups done in the mobile home park

for 20 years we've been breaking State law by having our own foundation and tie down requirements which we weren't allowed

We made some changes to the Mobile home chapter update. So there's a section regarding commercial use of mobile homes

this was really having a disproportionate impact to the residents of our Mobile home parks

a dedicated group of community leaders from Boulder's manufactured home and subsidized rental communities first convened

one of my greatest satisfactions from this effort has been witnessing how mobile home community which historically have felt overlooked

she has made connections and inroads with a couple manufactured homes communities

you will get one on our manufactured home strategy and update on the building roadmap

we will have a manufactured home strategy that obviously links to our

Yeah, but especially in mobile homes. I have people to to do this.

or just like a a day on living conditions in mobile home Parks can is is that something you can get people to attend on?

policies to kind of upgrade mobile home parks if it if it adds any more cost to the base of that renter

They're often doubled up and tripled up in those mobile home parks. but it is really where a lot of the families with kids live.

preserve our market based affordable housing, which is basically our mobile home parks.

update the land use description for the Ponderosa manufactured housing community as outlined in attachment a

the site was designated as manufactured housing in the plan in 2019

with Ponderosa Mobile Home Park, Ponderosa Park, whatever it's called

The Ponderosa community, outlined in red on the Graphic, just northwest of Broadway, and Violet was designated as manufactured housing in the plan.

such as the San Lacroo mobile home manufactured home community and then area 3 are those areas

The Mobile Home Park, and so we'll be able to tie into that at the very least, as well as on the East.

I had the opportunity to participate in the Coalition for manufactured home owners in Boulder meeting

mostly I think coming from some of our lower income manufactured home communities

continued implementation of the 2022 manufactured housing strategy action plan

I still go back to the Mobile Home Park, and I teach classes. I see children living in mobile homes

I live in North Boulder in a mobile home Community

We're kind of wrapped in with some of those that community connector outreach.

We attended a few block parties at the Mobile home. Parks with you.

in each of our five manufactured home communities and in San Lasso.

in manufactured home or affordable housing faced severe wind damage and was forced to vacate their home

the Mobile Home Park it's already upgrade, so might get wrong on the years.

We have a supporting role in the global home parks. But that's been thinking

I am. Gonna go with mobile home park utility upgrade. Thank you.

We have decay, private water infrastructure in several of our parks which is appalling.

I think it's so rare that we get anybody from our manufactured home communities um on our boards and commissions

2 logical points of access between the Mobile Home Park and and the and the part on Violet

We've reached about 60 community members at block parties that the neighborhoods held both at Ponderosa and for Boulder meadows.

the boulder meadows manufactured home community as well as those living in Ponderosa, manufactured home community on the west side of Broadway

Or what about people that are in Dunbar or in the Mobile Home park on the end of Belmont.

It's only if you want to move into a fixed foundation home. You can stay in their mobile homes until they die basically.

Taking a look at how this affects our manufactured home communities and other major boulder housing

more specific rent control for mobile home parks given the fact that that is a particularly unique situation

allowing rent control in the specific cases of mobile homes um we we have had that conversation in the past

possibility of creating a distinction for manufactured home Community pad rents

We did talk a little bit about mobile homes when we did our tour

We actually kind of like set them over here as this separate thing.

We have mobile home parks that, appeared to me to be in a kind of like and a shrink rap state

They're planning a park adjacent to Boulder Meadows, mobile home community.

funding for Home Improvements uh at uh within manufactured home communities

in particular, a mobile, mobile home park. A little bit more dialogue I started

to address concerns about potential loss of affordable housing and the displacement of residents that could result from the redevelopment of the park

home repairs and improvements for manufactured home communities this focuses on community engagement efforts

and to Comcast to understand possibilities of closing that Gap as soon as possible unfortunately I don't have an update on that for you tonight

our research found that all of these premises are located on a single manufactured home community property we've spoken to both the property owner

discussions with stakeholders from the city's five manufactured home communities the second section of this presentation or I guess the third will provide staff analysis

Start with the the the factory breaking ground portable manufactured homes and

you can see the Mobile Home Park line item listed there.

the mobile home park residents were as well as the tenants and Neighbors

input especially the mobile home park because we're doing all these different

in places that really need cool links to manufactured homes, communities

which are the 2 mobile home communities directly adjacent to the airport.

that was created several years ago because there was concern about losing the affordable housing that comes in manufactured mobile homes

A mobile Home Park was in really tenuous shape

which is, as you know, our city's largest mobile home development

the design of the neighborhood has a like graduated density towards the Mobile Home Park, which will stay Mobile Home Park

because the pilot will take place in the Ponderosa Mobile Home Park.

three million to support a second mortgage program at Ponderosa

they're about 638 sites in in that community alone, and to the west of Broadway they're another 68 sites and ponder us and mobile home community.

we're going to be working to repair and weatherize at least 200 manufactured homes in partnership with our colleagues in HHS

I actually just recently met with some folks that living in the mobile home communities

there's two mobile home communities near the airport both

the areas in our community that literally had zero access to wired internet where our mobile home parks

I personally would welcome a mobile home park on bvsd property I would support

the residents of Ponderosa mobile home park will thank us all very much

we're replacing those aging mobile homes with fixed Foundation super energy efficient

my understanding the people who live in the parks in these mobile home parks they do not own the land they're leasing the land

the infrastructure has been completed on on Ponderosa when we purchased the property

um to help enable very low-income community members in manufactured housing communities first Ponderosa

the impacts on open space and the impacts on the mobile home park are are potentially significant

the initial Genesis of this project has to do with Ponderosa mobile home park

Outreach to Columbine mobile home park that's located in the county along 63rd Street

we're super willing to process mobile home legislation we work with

her mobile home Community um to get what they needed in terms of safe and affordable uh housing

a kind of a revolving uh fund that community members primarily in mobile home communities would have access to

for people who live in Mobile home they've never lived in a mobile home community

a specific call out for mobile home pads but I also wanted to express at least my support

when we were working on mobile home legislation last year is some Advocates said no let's not include that from mobile home

manufactured home Community pad rent stabilization which is you know we've discussed that a little bit

one of the mobile home places. That will be a permanent, you know, housing with this manufacturer process.

would this be a manufactured home intended for a permanent location

I don't know if there's appetite or interest in exploring how prefab or manufactured homes might fit into the equation

one residential neighborhood san lazaro a mobile home park with 213 homes

the manufactured home community that's hopefully going to be annexed

legislation pending that would. CAP rent increases for mobile home parks throughout the state

the designation and zoning would be. For it to remain as manufactured housing

There was a New York Times article on Sunday about investors buying mobile home parks and jacking up the rents

mobile home park is recommended for annexation and it is considered a complex annexation

sometimes like the mobile home bill it's not listed as a priority but we know it matters a lot

would create limits on rent increases for mobile home pads

another bill that we're working on is additional protections for mobile homeowners

boulder can't accommodate you know tiny homes and and you know mobile home communities that the lens to valuable here

a lot of the residents at ponderosa have lived in those manufactured mobile homes for many years

we're going to talk now a little bit about manufactured housing community support

the only existing housing is the sun laws or a mobile home park that's just adjacent to the city limits

you can see the explicit language about arby's and mobile homes

manufactured homes that are on a on a trailer foundation

it's true that it's difficult to get a traditional mortgage for a mobile home if not close to impossible

mobile homes not qualify for traditional mortgages and are generally viewed as depreciating assets, compared with fixed foundation homes

is no you can't just park your rv, it has to be. A manufactured home that can be appropriately tied down

they often see a more limited repeal that applies just to the manufactured homing uh manufactured housing industry

the city will support being granted the authority to place limits on the rent increases that can be imposed on pad rents in manufactured home communities

we have a few mobile home sites as well around boulder

in the situation of mobile home parks there would have to be some agreeableness from the mobile home park

one other thing i'll mention in terms of the support for our mobile home

pursuing the annexation of important areas such as the san lazaro mobile home community

the sound loss at a mobile home park and how there's been outreach done to the residents

the new mobile home ordinance was adopted last september

those of us who live in boulder who live in mobile home parks are already in affordable housing

she said we might see that in other parts of the state but she would doubt it among their um mobile home parks in Boulder

housing supports group where we meet every two weeks between the mobile home park managers

then the homes what was it the mobile homes the adus on wheels or the adus you know those people are real passionate

looking at the the san lazaro mobile home park for annexation

we have an anti-retaliation ordinance on the books but i believe it only relates to mobile home communities

Council adopted two local ordinances defining the rights and roles of a landlord tenant relationship in manufactured home communities

the state Mobile Home Park ACT which regulates mobile home parks or manufactured home communities

manufactured hous is the most affordable market rate home ownership option in Boulder

on the first reading on the mobile home uh Amendment

so what this mobile home sales ordinance does is it amends

the manufactured housing strategy was adopted

the city's zoning for mobile homes is permanent, they they they permanently zone

maybe right now we talk about the mobile home issue because that's what's on the agenda actually

with mobile home parks so um i'd like to be informed on it no matter what

i'm hearing from a couple of the different mobile home parks that there's been some consistent stuff going on there

is it good enough to hear from the manufactured home community and have CAC handle scheduling

monitor any feedback that we get from the um manufactured home communities between now and the first CAC

this agenda item is uh about Prohibition sales limitation on prohibition sales of mobile homes

if you look at the per capita energy use. Of a mobile home park resident versus the person across the street

I went into the mobile home park strategy discussion. And I listened to things that were like sounded really good

I love mobile home parks, because they have the deep sink of affordable housing in our community.

has to do with manufactured homes um we had three things there that really helped to enhance the rights and the interests of mobile home park residents

we need better water quality which is the big issue with that particular mobile home park

to engage residents of the S Lazaro Mobile Home Park which is the only residential area

attention was given to individual homeowners with temporary inconveniences versus the structural integrity and safety of entired manufactured home communities

I am an attorney that represents um a number of mobile home parks um Boulder Meadows being one of them

manufactured housing policy has evolved a lot in the last two years at the state level

addressed in the ordinance the next two slides include key advancements in manufactured housing policy items in teal exist locally

three of the items are being repealed from chapter 1012 or three of the provisions is because they now exist at the state level

I guess I have a question for staff on the mobile home ordinance

established that mobile homes would be a non-conforming use meaning that residents who wanted to stay in their mobile homes

there's been three residents um that have had to move locations within Ponderosa um as a result of um impacts

there's been 14 residents that have um left the community and sold their their um their homes to the city

I liken it to the Ponderosa mobile home where you know we had conventional City Zoning

this drainage way went through what was known as is known as the mapleton mobile home park which had 125 units

protections around people living in manufactured home communities

we want to strengthen uh the protections for the residents um in these communities

so we have for example a couple of mobile home bills that we're really focusing on

FOR ALL THOSE RESIDENTS THE MOBILE HOME PARK SO WE WE DO HAVE A THING WHEN WE TALK

we have already been in conversations with all of the owners and management of the mobile home parks

working very closely with the mobile home park communities identifying where those areas are

all the market rate mobile home park owners in our city are waiving april late fees on rent and working with residents on payment plans

we're getting out to the mobile home communities through our cultural Brokers um there was also a flyer

has there been any special uh consideration or analysis been given to our manufactured home communities

we've been reaching out specifically to the mobile home communities that is the end of my presentation

THE TENANTS ARE MOBILE HOME OWNERS WITHOUT CALLS FOR SALT

has always supported mobile home tenants and um glad the city has

the first one which has to do with the mobile home park act updates

starting off with with uh the council's first priority had to do with mobile home residents and making sure

our tiny homes legal in mobile home parks see okay but see that that's so ridiculous

the zoning for mobile home parks the imagining has very detailed language on how those are manufactured

what is the problem with tiny homes being in mobile home parks

encouraged the preservation of existing mobile home parks and the development of new manufactured home parks

someone was complaining their rents going up three times for their lot on their mobile home cheapest housing in Boulder

a full-time employee for code enforcement dedicated to enforcement at manufactured housing here in Boulder

rule making for the mobile home legislation that passed last year I believe there was an allowance for a

please remember that mobile homes are the number one unsubsidized affordable housing in the United States

I wanted to speak tonight about mobile homes and lot rents

those are a mobile home park which is just adjacent to but the staff decided to include it

we're asking you to support and increase protections for the owners and mobile mobile home mobile home residents

support legislation that would have us protect the interests of those who live in manufactured home communities

whether a mobile home park would be an investment as someone would make or not

that really protects to ensure that mobile home parks are not bought closed and residents displaced

established a fund for legal counsel for residents of Boulder Meadows mobile home park in 2001

the majority of them from people who live and mobile home communities which is a very touchy subject

SO CREATING AND OPERATED MOBILE HOME PARK IS VERY DIFFICULT AND WOULD END UP REDUCING SIGNIFICANTLY THE NUMBER OF UNITS

THE MOBILE HOME PARK CURRENTLY CONTAINS SIXTY EIGHT HOUSEHOLDS WHICH ARE SIXTY SEVEN MOBILE HOMES

WE HAVE TWO ITEMS RELATED TO THE PONDEROSA MOBILE HOME PARK.

PROPERTY LINES DIVIDING LINES BETWEEN LOTS IN MOBILE HOME PARKS ARE ALSO A PLACE THAT YOU CAN MEASURE

THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROVISIONS WERE STILL WORKING ON IN THE MOBILE HOME STRATEGY

if you type in like mobile home park act dispute resolution rule making process it should bring you to the link

mobile home park owners fail to meet such standards as the mobile home park Act currently reads only mobile home owners or landlords can file complaints

the clinic was involved in the passage of the mobile home park act here in Colorado

THE HOMES WERE BROUGHT THERE AT A TIME WHEN THEY WERE SMALLER MOBILE HOMES OR MANUFACTURED HOMES ARE LARGER FOOTPRINT NOW

WHETHER THEY ARE IN A HABITAT HOME OR WHETHER THEY STAY IN THEIR IN THEIR MANUFACTURED HOME

EVALUATION PERSON WHO SPECIALIZES IN MOBILE HOMES IN COLORADO THEY WALK THROUGH EVERY SINGLE UNIT

the neighborhood includes 313 manufactured home sites in Boulder County

the 466 residence is really just the population of San lázaro which is a mobile home community on the east side of the sub community

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN WHERE SOMEBODY COULD COME IN AND BUY THE WHOLE PARK

THE OTHER FORTY PERCENT ARE BASICALLY EXISTING MOBILE HOMES

I request City Council under the city's authority to regulate commerce address the characterization of this mobile home park land lease contract

because manufactured housing has higher energy costs than a typical single family home

regarding the equitable access and the parks are or that mobile home communities are pretty important

that area includes 313 home sites and it's a manufactured home community

the legal opinion expressed by a city attorney requires that public streets in mobile home parks then do not represent

enforced against individual units within a mobile home park unless there are actual property lines between mobile home Lots

the average pad rent is we know that the pad rents range from 725 to 800 and the market rate ones

for that the property line in a mobile home park is the property line on the park

the dark sky ordinance does apply to mobile home parks such that the city manager's non-enforcement policy is in conflict

i live at the boulder ponderosa mobile home park here in boulder i've lived there almost 20 years

within mobile home parks and i brought this up last last meeting because these are all from my perspective single family homes

against either party to a mobile home park land lease or against the city of boulder itself

city manager expressed that the ordinance would not be enforced because mobile homes are located in parks owned by private property owners

I live in a mobile home that has had access to some leap services

because mobile homes are located in Parks owned by private property owners we are not able to enforce it

our residents and mobile home to have the same basic rights as others who live in nine mobile homes

because mobile home mobile homes are located in parks and my private private property owners we are not able to enforce it

spoke about enforcement of dark skies and mobile home parks and I don't know

I'VE MET WITH THE MOBILE HOME PARK ABOUT FIVE MAYBE SEVEN YEARS AGO

manufactured housing community licensing being of a slightly higher priority than looking at the land use code

we could serve a lot more people using making a new mobile home park at at least some of our land

those new mobile home parks I think we need to look at well what would the land use be

we're focusing on the state enforcement of the mobile home park act

WORKING WITH STATE LEGISLATORS HELPED PASS A BILL TO SAVE MOBILE HOMES FROM TAX LIEN INVESTORS

AS AN ADVOCATE FOR BOULDER'S MOBILE HOME RESIDENTS PERSONALLY HELPING SAVE DOZENS OF FAMILIES FROM EVICTION

for any type of mobile home park or manufactured home park acquisition is there a firt right of first refusal for the city

the best thing that Boulder has done in my opinion for mobile homes is the mobile home zoning

Souci mobile home park that's between eldorado springs and Marshall and the companies that have bought us they're sort of predatory investors

I think I heard somebody say part of the mobile home strategy all the people have said

I'm not sure why we put mobile homes on separately from manufactured housing strategy

the owners of this mobile home park have not applied for annexation and it's not an enclave

I WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO ADDRESS RENTAL CAPS ON THE MOBILE HOME PROPERTIES

I JUST THINK IT'S USEFUL TO. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT MOBILE HOME PARKS

HOUSING TO LIKE THE MOBILE HOME PARKS A DAY ON EVERYTHING FROM PUBLIC

Towing in mobile home parks as you all know the sort of split land use in mobile home parks makes everything a little challenging

2 months for the mobile home parks and the affordable housing units and anything that changes hands

the mobile home park and the tags are expired and so what's your policy if you have the the contract for that lot

NO ONE'S REALLY DOING TEAM MANUFACTURED MOBILE HOMES.I MEAN WE HAVE POLICIES

THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO IN MOBILE HOMES CARS ARE TRADITIONALLY VERY LEAKY

ONE UM REALLY TANGIBLE EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE PONDEROSA MOBILE HOMES PROJECT

ON MOBILE HOME STRATEGY AND HAVING JUST GONE TO A BIG GROUP MEETING

anywhere between five and ten acres is sort of the starting point for the size of a mobile home park

if we don't control the land we also don't control the infrastructure we don't control the costs of renting within a mobile home community

conduct a survey of mobile home park residents to try and get some more

the amount of land it takes to expand mobile home parks but as there are opportunities

the City Council has prioritized development of a manufactured housing strategy for this council

THIS WOULD PROTECT FUTURE RESIDENTS WHICH I UNDERSTAND ALSO HAPPENS WITH A MOBILE HOME PARKS

YOU GO AND LOOK AT THEIR MOBILE HOMES ARE SELLING FOR OVER A MILLION DOLLARS

IS A MARKET RATE NATURALLY AFFORDABLE HOME BECAUSE THE MARKET HAS SAID

BUT WHAT IS THE OUTCOME FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK

TO A PROPOSAL TO ANNEX THE PONDEROSA MOBILE HOME PARK

I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS ORDINANCE EIGHTY TWO FORTY NINE TWELVE ELEVEN.

I know that when the Ponderosa mobile home park came before us we said several of us

THIS IS A MOBILE HOME PARK RIGHT NOW AND I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS

CONCEPT PLAN REVIEW FOR PONDEROSA MOBILE HOME PARK TWO LANDMARK ALTERATION CERTIFICATE

AS WE PROVIDE SERVICES WITH US TO THE STEW SCHOOL DISTRICT OR TO THE MOBILE HOME PARKS OR TO BE HP

SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LANDOWNERS FOR THOSE MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES

THE LOCATION OF BOULDER HOUSING PARTNERS PROPERTIES ARE AFFILIATED PROPERTIES ARE MOBILE HOME PARKS

I WOULD LIKE TO PROTEST THE CITY'S PLAN TO BUILD HOUSES ON THE WEST END OF PONDEROSA MOBILE HOME PARK

THAT STRIP IS PART OF THE PONDEROSA PROPERTY OK CUZ THEY THINK BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN DEVELOPED

THE CONCEPT PLAN IS SHOWING SOME UNITS THERE THEY MAY NOT BE ADDITIONAL UNITS

I think the mobile home water is a very valid way to use this money

you know my point about water and mobile home parks is you know that's a place where you might have an intersection

we've had some ongoing challenges with some of our manufactured home sites with the infrastructure for water delivery

then finally I think a mobile home owner is really important we've thousands of mobile homes

one thing I wanted to bring up is at the retreat we had a good conversation on how this board might help with mobile home issues

the mobile home ordinance does mandate that the park owner take care of the trees as I recall

we are going to be starting to invest in infrastructure and interim management of that

what we call mobile homes which aren't really mobile

It was a dozen years ago, nearly to the day, that our resident controlled mobile home park was established

I'm a resident in Mapleton Mobile Home Park, a 501c3 residential nonprofit, 137 units on 15 acres in the very heart of Boulder.