This survey was created by a coalition of people working to improve protections for residents living in manufactured home communities in Colorado. It will help us tell Colorado lawmakers what is needed to make things more equal between people living in manufactured homes and the owners of the parks.



Your answers will help us understand what is most important to you. Your answers will be combined with other people’s answers to help us decide what to do next.

Everything you say in this survey is anonymous. If you would like to receive updates on the progress of 2019 and 2020 legislation to protect resident rights, you will have an option to enter your name and contact information after completing the survey. This information will not be shared for any other purpose.
For more information regarding this survey, please contact Cesiah Guadarrama or Dre Chiriboga-Flor at 9 to 5 Colorado at (720) 277-9683 or at 9to5colorado@9to5.org
Thank you for your input!

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* 1. Please select the option that best describes you (please select one)

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* 2. In which county do you live?

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* 3. What problems, if any, have you had, or know that others have had, with living in a manufactured home community? (Check all that apply)

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* 4. Below are different groups of changes to state law that could help people living in manufactured homes. Please tell us how important each grouping is to you

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Health and Safety: Create rules to make sure manufactured home communities are healthy and safe for residents. For example: Make sure water and sewer services work, tap water looks and tastes good, roads are repaired, park owners take care of the trees, there is gas and electricity; slabs for the homes are maintained, and shared areas are maintained (e.g., green areas or clubhouses).

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* 5. Below are different groups of changes to state law that could help people living in manufactured homes. Please tell us how important each grouping is to you

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Protect from Retaliation: A change to state law could be made that protects residents from park owners who do not let them meet to talk about the park managers, protect residents from retaliation if they report a concern to park management, or let residents stop paying rent if they do not get basic services.

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* 6. Below are different groups of changes to state law that could help people living in manufactured homes. Please tell us how important each grouping is to you

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Help if Park Closes: Current state law says park owners must tell residents 180-days before they plan to close a park. New laws could make park owners help residents with problems this could cause, like the cost to move, or provide money in place of property that cannot be moved.

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* 7. Below are different groups of changes to state law that could help people living in manufactured homes. Please tell us how important each grouping is to you

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Buy Parks: Changes to state law may make it easier for residents, organizations, or a local government to buy a park when it is for sale (e.g. telling residents first when a park will be for sale, giving financial benefits to park owners who sell to residents, local organizations, or a local government.)

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* 8. Below are different groups of changes to state law that could help people living in manufactured homes. Please tell us how important each grouping is to you

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More Opportunities to Buy Home: Changes to state law could be considered that would make it easier, financially, to buy a manufactured home (e.g. create reasons for banks to offer better interest rates on mobile homes, etc.).

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* 9. Below are different groups of changes to state law that could help people living in manufactured homes. Please tell us how important each grouping is to you

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Right to Enjoy Lot: This would make it easier for residents to use their lots like other homeowners (e.g. no fear of being bothered or watched by park owner, or that a park owner will come on their property.)

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* 10. Below are different groups of changes to state law that could help people living in manufactured homes. Please tell us how important each grouping is to you

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Easier to Sell Mobile Homes: Current state law now says park owners can stop homeowners from either keeping their homes in parks or from selling their homes if they are made before from June 15, 1976. A new law could change this. Possibly, a new law could make it easier for a homeowner to sell their home and keep it within the same park if they choose to do so.

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* 11. Below are different groups of changes to state law that could help people living in manufactured homes. Please tell us how important each grouping is to you

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Protect Residents: Changes to state law could be made to protect residents from unfair towing, make sure residents can bring witnesses to meetings with park management, make sure park owners give residents a lot of notice (in writing) when they will be going inside a rented home, and/or make sure there are many ways to pay rent (e.g., personal check, in person, etc.)

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* 12. Below are different groups of changes to state law that could help people living in manufactured homes. Please tell us how important each grouping is to you

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Limit Raising Lot Rent: A change to state law might give local governments power to say how much lot rent can go up each year, or require a park owner to meet with local government officials if rent is raised more than a certain amount each year.

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* 13. Below are different groups of changes to state law that could help people living in manufactured homes. Please tell us how important each grouping is to you

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Stop Unfair Evictions: Some residents are evicted unnecessarily. Changes to state law could be made to require longer notice before a resident is forced to move out, more time to fix the problem the resident has, or lower late fees.

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* 14. Below are different groups of changes to state law that could help people living in manufactured homes. Please tell us how important each grouping is to you

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Lease/Contract Translation: A change to state law might require certain written documents (e.g., lease/contract/notices, etc.) to be translated into the resident’s first language.

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* 15. Please add anything else you would like us to know that we didn't mention in questions 4 - 14.

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* 16. Please check this box if we can use what you have written here as a quote in our materials to support this topic. Your name will not be used. (Optional)

To ensure this survey is reaching people with a variety of experience and backgrounds, please share the following information about your background (Optional).

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* 17. Race & Ethnicity

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* 18. Gender

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* 19. Age

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* 20. Number of people under 18 living in your home with you.

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* 21. Household size

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* 22. Family Yearly Income

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey!

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* 23. Would you like to get involved in fixing these problems? Please include your name and contact info below.

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* 24. Contact Information

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