For one Sitkan, a dream of debt-free home ownership came in the form of a trailer
Posted by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | May 21, 2021
Sitkan Robin Schmid stands in front of her renovated trailer home. She paid $75,000 for it, around a fifth of what she would’ve paid for a house that still needed a lot of work. (Erin McKinstry/KCAW)
When people think of trailer homes, many envision shoddy construction and unhealthy living conditions, but in places like Sitka where construction costs are high and land availability is low, they’re an important affordable housing alternative. For one Sitkan, renovating a trailer provided a path to debt-free home ownership, and this resident is not the only one looking beyond the stigma of trailer living.