Editorials

Our editorials section offers insights, opinions, and perspectives for mobile homeowners by mobile homeowners.

America’s First 2-Story Manufactured Home Makes Its Debut

Champion's New Horizon is a two-story manufactured home with no second-floor chassis. See the floor plan, the new law behind…

3 weeks ago

11 Celebrities that Have Lived in Mobile Homes

Discover 11 famous celebrities who lived in mobile homes, from Elvis Presley to Jeff Bezos, and see how factory-built homes…

4 months ago

Data Proves that Mobile Homes Can Appreciate

Of all the lies about mobile homes, the one that upsets me most involves mobile home appreciation.     Many,…

4 years ago

How World War II Created the Mobile Home Stigma

How WWII transformed trailers into wartime housing—and sparked the mobile home stigma that shaped America’s housing history.

4 years ago

Mobile Home Owners are the Original Nomads

Maybe I’m getting old and grumpy. But every time I see an article about how digital nomads are trailblazers of…

5 years ago

Lulabelle’s Story, The Trailer with Lots and Lots of Love

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over 17 million awesome people living in mobile and homes across the US. Yet, there are very few books, magazines,…

6 years ago

Editorial: Why the Industry Hates the Term Mobile Home

The term 'mobile home' is controversial, to say the least. The manufactured housing industry has spent a ton of money…

6 years ago

Editorial: We Have to Do Something About These Mobile Home Park Injustices

Esther Sullivan, the author of Manufactured Insecurity, calls tenants of mobile home parks 'halfway homeowners' and unfortunately she's not wrong.…

7 years ago

Editorial: The 7 Best Characteristics of Mobile Homeowners

When I started Mobile Home Living I figured it would be a simple blog with beautiful mobile home tours along…

7 years ago

Editorial: The Only Reason to Buy a Mobile Home

This editorial is a rebuttal to an article I found on Pinterest titled, ‘The Only Reason to Buy a Mobile…

7 years ago

No, I Will Not Stop Using the Term ‘Mobile Home’ – Get Over It

In September 2011, I started Mobile Home Living. I bought the domain name, published through a free blogging platform called Blogger,…

11 years ago

How the Mobile Home Stigma Began

The early 1940's was a challenging time for United States of America and trailers industry. Our country was headed to…

12 years ago