As private equity buys up mobile home parks, Michigan ranks second highest

Baltimore Terrace Mobile Home Park

Baltimore Terrace Mobile Home Park in Hastings on Monday, April 17, 2023. After the mobile home park was purchased by hedge fund-linked investment firm, some residents say the water quality is poor and repairs are being ignored while rent prices have increased. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)Cory Morse | MLive.com

Big-pocketed investors have built a thick portfolio of Michigan mobile home parks – with one in 10 now owned by private equity firms.

In recent years, mobile home parks across the country have been purchased by investors at a rapid pace. But a new tracker released this week by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, a watchdog group, reveals the full scope of private equity’s stake in manufactured housing.

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