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A Decent Home

The American population is becomingincreasingly mobile. A family today might spanthe...

[trumpet music playing] [narrator]
The American population is becoming
increasingly mobile. A family today might span
the continent several times during Dad's working career. These mobile homes
reflect this condition, and they are
the fastest growing segment of the homebuilding
industry today. [wistful cello music playing]

Full Transcript

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[narrator] The American population
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is becoming increasingly mobile.
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A family today might span the continent several times
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during Dad's working career.
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These mobile homes reflect this condition,
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and they are the fastest growing segment
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of the homebuilding industry today.
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Duration
23 seconds
Views
49
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:20
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.
[Sara] Mobile homes - A Decent Home 00:18
[Sara] Mobile homes
They were starter homes for young couples - A Decent Home 00:32
They were starter homes for young couples
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