Gluesenkamp Perez Meets with Residents of Vista Del Rio Mobile Home Community

VANCOUVER, WA – On Wednesday, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03),visited the Vista Del Rio Mobile Home Community in Vancouver and met with residents to discuss the role manufactured homes can play in addressing the housing shortfall and building generational wealth. 

“Mobile and manufactured homes are one of the most cost-effective, achievable forms of affordable housing in our country and it’s one that is critical for seniors, people on fixed income and many veterans. More than 22 million Americans live in manufactured homes, but they have been largely neglected as a vehicle for building generational wealth and self-determination in this country,” said Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez.“It was so encouraging to engage with such a smart, strategic, community minded group of people at Vista Del Rio, and it’s an honor to fight alongside them for common sense reform to protect Americans’ right to self-determination.”

Last year, the residents of Vista Del Rio began organizing an effort to buy the land that they live on. 

Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez introduced the Lowering Energy Costs for Manufactured Homeowners Act in October of last year, which would implement a tax credit for installing or updating energy-saving skirting around mobile homes. 

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