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Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them

Written by Cassie Powell, Assistant Professor of Law, Legal Practice, University of Richmond

In mobile home parks, like this one in Fairfax, Va., residents often own the home itself but rent the lot where the home sits. Michael Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

One of America’s most affordable paths to homeownership is slipping away.

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