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How Mobile Homes Fit Into Vermont's Housing Future

Many Vermont mobile home parks were built in the 1960s-1980s. We'll explore the role this housing option plays across the state.
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Many Vermont mobile home parks were built in the 1960s-1980s. We'll explore the role this housing option plays across the state.

About 10 percent of Vermonters live in mobile, or manufactured, homes. They provide an important option in a state where affordable housing can be difficult to secure.

But there are also challenges present, including aging infrastructure, flood risk and land ownership.

Jonathan Bond, director of the Vermont tenants and mobile home programs at Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, will join us to discuss the role mobile homes play in Vermont's housing landscape and in expanding affordable housing.

Broadcast live on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.
Emily Alfin Johnson was a senior producer for Vermont Public Radio.
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