Statewide Iowa — The leader of a group of Iowa mobile home residents advocating for fair housing practices says the mobile homes bill that’s awaiting the governor’s signature won’t help them.
Candi Evans of North Liberty is co-chair of the Iowa Manufactured Home Residents’ Network. She says the bill didn’t address any of the group’s five priorities.
Evans says she started pushing for change when an out-of-state company bought the mobile home park she lives in and significantly raised the rent.
Republican lawmakers say they wanted to do more — but this bill is a step forward in protecting Iowans who live in mobile homes. But Democrats and Evans say the bill will make things worse for residents. Evans made her comments Thursday on the Iowa Public Radio program “River to River.”
