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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Mayes first filed a lawsuit against the park last year. She said management didn’t tell residents about a faulty electrical system, which led to frequent power outages during dangerous summer heat. -
To accommodate the University of Arizona’s new requirement for most first-time, full-time students to live on campus starting this fall, university officials recently broke ground on a new dormitory. -
Phoenix budgeted $2.5 million annually for a new master lease program. The city's Office of Homeless Solutions will rent about 50 apartments and sublet those units to people coming out of shelters. -
The Tucson City Council today will hear a presentation about a new pilot program called the Focused Deterrence Quality of Life Initiative. It’s a six-month pilot and appears to be focused on the city’s northwest side. -
Going without air conditioning in the Arizona summer can be life-threatening. Yet many don’t have access at home because of the cost to replace or repair their units.
