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A Decent Home

They were starter homesfor young couples in the 1950s and '60s. They were cool. They were...

They were starter homes
for young couples in the 1950s and '60s. They were cool. They were hated. They were
the new American dream. They were
where trailer trash lived. As for mobile home parks, most of them started
as mom-and-pop businesses. They got handed down to second
and third generations. Until recently. [Frank] Uh,
the mobile home park industry is hugely underpriced on rent

Full Transcript

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They were starter homes for young couples
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in the 1950s and '60s.
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They were cool. They were hated.
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They were the new American dream.
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They were where trailer trash lived.
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As for mobile home parks,
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most of them started as mom-and-pop businesses.
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They got handed down to second and third generations.
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Until recently.
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[Frank] Uh, the mobile home park industry
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is hugely underpriced on rent.
Duration
32 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:09
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Mobile Movies,Ajna Films,California Humanites,JustFilms / Ford Foundation

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Movie Summary

A Decent Home is a documentary about manufactured homes in America. Focused on how these last vestiges of Affordable housing are facing trials as rich landowners raise rent and evict them from the land they rent, but do not own.
The moms and pops of the world, they hate raising the rent - A Decent Home 00:10
The moms and pops of the world, they hate raising the rent
We'll be together the next three days - A Decent Home 00:07
We'll be together the next three days
Uh, at any rate, what we're going to teach you - A Decent Home 00:16
Uh, at any rate, what we're going to teach you
Today, we're the sixth largest owner - A Decent Home 00:05
Today, we're the sixth largest owner
We own over 160 mobile home parks - A Decent Home 00:07
We own over 160 mobile home parks
We only own this grass - A Decent Home 00:06
We only own this grass
So, the very fact that this guy has built something - A Decent Home 00:14
So, the very fact that this guy has built something
We do the seminars typically - A Decent Home 00:05
We do the seminars typically
The majority of them come out, - A Decent Home 00:08
The majority of them come out,
So, the affordable housing in every city in America - A Decent Home 00:05
So, the affordable housing in every city in America
Statistically, right now, - A Decent Home 00:08
Statistically, right now,
[indistinct chatting] - A Decent Home 00:06
[indistinct chatting]
I-D-E-A-L system of park evaluation. - A Decent Home 00:05
I-D-E-A-L system of park evaluation.
This allows you to focus on what's important - A Decent Home 00:06
This allows you to focus on what's important
But you'll be shocked and turned off by, for example, - A Decent Home 00:08
But you'll be shocked and turned off by, for example,
What you gotta worry about are the following items: - A Decent Home 00:17
What you gotta worry about are the following items:
There's that gritty, urban kind of deal - A Decent Home 00:07
There's that gritty, urban kind of deal
There's, like, an adult bookstore across the street - A Decent Home 00:05
There's, like, an adult bookstore across the street
Because there's a lot of folks looking for affordable housing, - A Decent Home 00:05
Because there's a lot of folks looking for affordable h...
[downhearted music playing] - A Decent Home 00:05
[downhearted music playing]