Part 1: Mobile home parks approach a boiling point
More rules, higher rent squeeze homeowners out of community
Real Estate
The saga of Steamboat Springs’ mobile home parks
A waterfront home is plowed over for a $31.9 million river walk
State project: Costs squeeze out mobile home residents in Durango
Corporations purchasing longtime affordable housing
Mobile home dwellers left behind after 2013 Colorado floods
In this photo from Sept. 13, 2013, Fred Rob sits in the doorway of his home, destroyed by floods that left Lyons in a shambles.Brennan Linsley/Associated Press GREELEY — When…
Key findings of the mobile home series
Residents in Apache Mobile Home Park in La Plata County have seen lot rent rise in recent years under corporate ownership. But residents still have problems with aging sewer lines…
Residents of Greeley-area mobile home park feel abandoned
The Hill-N-Park subdivision near Greeley in unincorporated Weld County. Lured by the idea of getting away from city life and high taxes. Most of the lots were owner-occupied, but now,…
Mobile home parks become immigrants’ home away from home
‘We came into this world without houses, and we will leave it without them’
Fire can be deadly drawback of living in mobile homes
The burned frame of a mobile home sits on Coronado Street in the Hill-N-Park subdivision near Greeley on Aug, 28. A woman escaped with no injuries when the home caught…
Mobile homesick: Aurora struggles trying to help renters
In this photo from 2018, Petra Bennett sits on the couch in her mobile home with her dog Romeo, in front of what she called her “wall of fame,” which…
Mobile home owners vulnerable as investors swoop in
Tenants at mercy of landlords
Mobile home parks help keep housing affordable in Aspen
Harriett Noyes and her son, Hyrum, in their kitchen at the Phillips Trailer Park near Aspen in 2018. The park has been in their family for more than 50 years.Anna…
Business
Developing a forest-friendly home building technique
Beetle-killed timber may find a home through Timber Age Systems
Durango School District 9-R
Schools house teachers as recruitment, compensation tools
Ignacio School District adds rental units as incentive
Homelessness
Effort abandoned to set up winter homeless shelters
Faith-based group will shift focus to permanent space
Construction and property
Permanent, affordable housing hitting Durango market
Fair Share ordinance spurs construction of 10 units
Election
Voters will be asked to create property tax for libraries
Petitioners gather sufficient signatures to place question on ballot
Construction and property
Durango skaters say upgrades a good tweak, but not quite rad
$151,000 project two years behind schedule
Construction and property
Residents worry about blasting for hotels on East Second Ave.
Durango residents Josh Rosenthal, Deb Morgan, center, and Danielle Sandstedt discuss the construction of two six-story hotels on East Second Avenue and Fifth Street. The residents own homes near the…
Construction and property
Dock, pavilion and other improvements planned for Lake Nighthorse
Shoreline upgrades will provide seating, fishing pier
Bankruptcy
Restaurateur’s real estate firm files bankruptcy
Jean-Pierre Bleger also seeks new financing to avoid Chapter 11 reorganization