Your Guide to Renting or Owning a Mobile Home in Alaska This 12-page booklet covers the basics of renting a mobile home (including a list of Do's and Don'ts) and things you need to know if you decide to buy a mobile home. You will need Acrobat Reader to view this file.
By: Alaska Legal Services Corporation
Home Improvement Scams Alert
(Separate Website)
Many low-income elderly homeowners are targeted by scam artists who use high pressure tactics to sell unneeded and overpriced contracts for "home improvements." Often these scam artists charge more than their quoted prices or their work does not live up to their promises. When the senior refuses to pay for shoddy or incomplete work, the contractor or an affiliated lender threatens foreclosure on the senior's home. In an effort to fight such scams, the National Consumer Law Center focuses this issue of Consumer Concerns for Older Americans on the practices of unscrupulous home improvement contractors. This article concerns information about "Deceptive Sales Tactics", "Deceptive Financing Schemes", "Problems With Contracted Work", and Issues to Consider When Problems Occur.
By: National Consumer Law Center
Home on Wheels: Helping Mobile Home Owners Stay Put
(Separate Website)
Mobile homes are an important source of housing for older Americans. As the cost of housing has increased, mobile homes present a seemingly affordable alternative to elders in need of housing. Approximately 41% of mobile homes occupied as a primary residence are owned or rented by persons age 50 or older. Compared to owners of conventional single-family housing, a much higher proportion of mobile home owners over age 50 are low-income. Despite the popularity of mobile homes, the homes? owners face a wide range of problems. Consumers can run into trouble with the financing, set-up, and the quality of the construction of mobile homes.
By: National Consumer Law Center
CIV-720 / Evictions
(Separate Website)
This booklet describes the procedure for evictions from residential property.
By: Alaska Court System
Issues in Manufactured Housing
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet covers several relevant topics including what are manufactured homes, who lives in them, construction and safety standards and practices in mobile home parks
By: Andrew Kochera, AARP Public Policy Institute
Manufactured Homes - Consumers Guide
(Separate Website)
This question and answer page describes what is a manufactured home, the federal regulations which control manufactured homes, financing availability, your rights to your home, and more.
By: Housing and Urban Development
Mobile Home (a.k.a. Manufactured Homes)
(Separate Website)
Mobile home issues are of particular relevance to older Americans. Approximately 41% of all mobile homes are owned or rented by persons age 50 or older. Compared to owners of conventional single-family housing, a much higher proportion of mobile home owners over age 50 are low-income.
By: National Consumer Law Center
Reasonable Accommodations Under the Fair Housing Act
(Separate Website)
This site contains questions and answers to many questions about what is reasonable accommodation, who is protected by it, what must be done under the act, who is not protected by the act, can a deposit or additional fee be charged, and how and where to file a complaint are some of the facts addressed.
By: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
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