Across the country, investors are buying manufactured-home communities Some Vermonters are resisting the trend mountaintimes.info - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mountaintimes.info Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Across the country, private equity firms and real-estate investment trusts are buying up manufactured home communities from local owners and charging residents more to remain there.But in Vermont, with major help from the state through education.
Nicole Daniels had been living with her father in Berlin, Vt., and taking care of him when he died. He had lived in a manufactured home park since 1986, but his residence was old and needed a lot of work. It would cost so much to fix, Daniels said,.