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Pennsylvania

FakeNoose

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2. I'm in Allegheny County and I know there are zoning laws that prohibit them

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Mon Jul 3, 2023, 03:51 PM

Jul 2023

... in a lot of areas. A few are grandfathered in, but the towns and boroughs try to prohibit them anyway. To be honest the best thing to do is buy the land and put your own mobile/manufactured home on it. But according to this article, most of these people just don't have the resources or the credit to do that.

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Manufactured home communities aren't just in rural Pa. Owners on rented land are often unprotected. [View all] FakeNoose Jul 2023 OP

Usually there is a time limit on the lease, like 99 years bucolic_frolic Jul 2023 #1

I'm in Allegheny County and I know there are zoning laws that prohibit them FakeNoose Jul 2023 #2

On rented land everywhere (I am in CA) the home is cheap but the land rent is insane. usonian Jul 2023 #3

The New Yorker had a big story a while ago on the rented land Deminpenn Jul 2023 #4

Yes that's exactly what's happening, and not just in Pennsylvania but all over FakeNoose Jul 2023 #5