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Re:I Hate Living in My Tiny House by scarface74 on Sunday November 20, 2022 @07:29PM (#33687171)
That’s not a “solution”. You never own the land and investment companies are buying up the land and jacjpmb up rent.
Re:I Hate Living in My Tiny House by dave333 on Sunday November 20, 2022 @08:50PM (#33687729)
Try reading what I wrote.
Re:I Hate Living in My Tiny House by scarface74 on Sunday November 20, 2022 @09:12PM (#33687861)
> The one downside is the space rent that you have to pay to the park that is not under your control.

“Other than that, how did you enjoy the show Mrs. Lincoln?”

Re:I Hate Living in My Tiny House by dave333 on Monday November 21, 2022 @02:08AM (#33689719)
If they jack up the space rent too high they will end up owning an empty park.
Re:I Hate Living in My Tiny House by scarface74 on Monday November 21, 2022 @07:18AM (#33691716)
No because even though a “mobile home” is suppose to be just that, in reality the cost to move your home also becomes unaffordable.
Re:I Hate Living in My Tiny House by ben_w on Monday November 21, 2022 @09:07AM (#33692592)
That's also true for normal landlords (citation: I am one), but that doesn't mean normal rent isn't getting pushed as high as possible by the fundamental nature of market incentives.

I'm of the the opinion that the market which is making me so much money right now is fundamentally broken, and that the only fix is for local governments to be at least half as much in the business of building and letting out housing as they already are in the business of building infrastructure such as roads and utilities — lots, but not necessarily all.

Re:I Hate Living in My Tiny House by scarface74 on Monday November 21, 2022 @10:06AM (#33693339)
The difference is that when a “normal landlord” raises their rents to make it unaffordable, you can find a few friends, rent a UHaul and move somewhere else for a couple of hundred dollars or worse case, you can move in relatives, with friends, or even an extended stay and put your stuff in storage [1].

Moving your mobile home can cost between $3K and $15k and even that presupposes that your mobile home is in some type of shape to move without repairs (https://www.moving.com/tips/moving-mobile-home-expect-pay/)

[1] my wife son and I stayed in an extended stay for 6 months when we decided at the last minute to have a house built instead of buying one. We didn’t want to pay the month to month rates.

Re:I Hate Living in My Tiny House by anikom15 on Monday November 21, 2022 @03:23PM (#33697428)
That’s the point.