Residents hope that the city’s Manufactured Home Initiative sees funding in the coming budget

Keyris Manzanares at VPM has a look at the needs impacted by the city’s Manufactured Home Initiative as residents wait to hear if the program will be funded again as part of Mayor Avula first budget:

The floors are caving in. The roofs are leaking. The walls that lack insulation invite mold. For residents of Rudd’s Mobile Home Park in Richmond’s Southside, these aren’t just minor inconveniences — they’re daily battles in a place they call home.

Unlike traditional renters, most mobile home residents own their homes. (What they rent is the land or lot under where they live.) That means when things start falling apart, the responsibility to fix them falls on their shoulders. But many say they are barely making ends meet, making expensive repairs out of reach.