Trailers as Affordable Housing

[ysabetwordsmith]

Trailers are an established form of affordable housing. They are small enough to be cheap, big enough to fit a family of several people (or housemates), and straightforward to move in case of environmental foreclosure. One main drawback, abusive landlords, is easily solved by placing the trailers on a lot owned by a community collective. This also creates an opportunity for government restitution to abused groups such as Native American or black communities, by giving them a patch of land for use as affordable housing. Another issue is their vulnerability to storms. Every trailer should have a storm porch, but the whole trailer park should have communal shelters capable of holding all souls on board plus an extra 10-20% for guests and refugees.

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[cmcmck]

And if you are of Romani ancestry as I am, they have several depths of meaning.

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Vardos are coming back into fashion as mobile tiny homes. Some of them are exquisite.

https://www.epoxyworks.com/index.php/building-modern-vardo/

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[cmcmck]

An old folk singing friend our ours, Nick Dow, is married to a Romani woman, Mally and they restore vardos together.

https://youtu.be/2y2LnEbbVO0