In 2024, a coalition in Arizona successfully changed state law to keep mobile home park owners from restricting certain air conditioners that were considered ugly or noisy.
Now, one of those stakeholder groups is pushing new legislation to improve these communities.
The Arizona Association of Manufactured Home Owners held eight listening sessions with residents, utility companies and groups like the anti-poverty organizer Wildfire AZ to help draft bills that would not only change state law but also add more enforcement.
One bill would require more education for park managers; two others would prevent park owners from charging residents more than they pay for gas, electricity and water, along with a maximum administrative fee of $8.
At least eight bills related to mobile homes have been introduced this session, but only a few have moved out of the chamber where they originated — which means they could end up going nowhere
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The company says the move will lower its operational costs and give it a more centralized location. -
The median household income here in 1970 was just north of $48,000. In 2023, it was more than $77,000 — a more than 60% increase. That was one of the biggest jumps in the country. -
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is warning residents about an increase of construction scams targeting small guest houses and casitas commonly built in backyards. -
Arizona is now one of the least affordable states in the U.S., according to a new report from the Common Sense Institute, a conservative-leaning Arizona policy organization. -
There are indications that the Valley’s housing market is slowing down a bit. Zillow says the average Phoenix home price is down more than 2.5% over the past year.
