In an attempt to avoid the conversion of manufactured home communities (MHC) to other uses and thereby force people to move, the Spokane Valley City Council, while conscious of private property rights, want to increase the density in existing communities. According to spokanevalleyonline, it could also hold down rents, retain the communities and gain income for owners. The Association of Manufactured Home Owners wants the city to develop stricter zone provisions to prevent conversion. Several of the owners of the largest MHCs surveyed object to more restrictions. Robert Cochran, state president of the Manufactured Housing Communities of Washington, says there are already enough protections for residents of MHCs. MHProNews has learned Council Member Arne Wood summed it up: “There are lease rights and there are land-holder rights. It’s a complicated issue.”
