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Fresno County Mobile Home Park Residents Fight Rising Rents By Buying Their Park

KQED News Staff
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Three men and one woman stand in front of a sign that reads "Shady Lakes" next to some trees outside.
From right to left, Juanita Pérez Sierra, Jesús Felipe Sierra López, Marcelino Santos and Margarito Solano Pérez pose for a photo in front of a sign for the Shady Lake Mobile Home Park in Fresno County, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. They are part of the board of directors for the park, which will be renamed the Nuevo Lago Mobile Home Park. Residents there formed a housing co-op to purchase the park from their corporate landlord, Harmony Communities California.  (Madi Bolanos/KQED)

Fresno County Mobile Home Park Purchased By Residents

Amid California’s housing crisis, a group of mobile home park residents in Fresno County have done something that might seem impossible. They purchased their park from their corporate landlord, securing stable affordable housing for themselves. But the road to get there wasn’t easy.
Reporter: Madi Bolaños, The California Report

Blizzard Brings Treacherous Conditions To Sierra

Communities in the northern Sierra Foothills are preparing for several more feet of snow over the next two days.  This week’s blizzard will also bring extremely high wind gusts. Local residents and businesses have been busy preparing for what’s to come.
Reporter: Sophia Holm, KUNR

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