All Parks Alliance for Change is the statewide organization for Minnesota’s 180,000 manufactured home park residents. APAC provides a vehicle for manufactured home owners to express their needs and concerns in their parks and in the larger community. Through education, grassroots organizing and leadership development, APAC works with residents to improve the quality of life in park neighborhoods, protect the rights of park residents, advance public policy change that supports safe, affordable, and stable park communities, and preserve this vital source of affordable housing.

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Recent APAC News:

Ask Minnesota Legislature: "Hold a Hearing for the Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund"

Message to All Minnesotans:

CALL THE HOUSING COMMITTEE CHAIRS!

Lift the Cap on Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund Benefits
Call today and let the committee chairs know why it is important to hold a hearing:

  • The Relocation Trust Fund provides for moving costs or a home buy-out in the event of a mobile home park closure. During the 2011 session, a $1 million cap was placed on the Trust Fund.
  • This amount is not enough to cover the costs of just one large park closure.
  • In addition, if the balance is not allowed to rise, it will not be possible to increase the maximum benefits for relocation or buy-out, which are now set well below actual costs.

2014 Legislative Proposal - Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund



Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund
2014 Legislative Proposal

Talking Points

Background

  • The Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund was established in 2007.
  • It replaced 22 local ordinances adopted over a 20 year period.
  • It provided uniformity and universal coverage and de-politicized park closings.
  • It was passed with the support of residents, park owners, and the League of MN Cities.

Thank you for helping APAC to meet CCHD's $5,000 challenge!



Thank-you to all of you!:
In the fall, Catholic Campaign for Human Development issued a challenge: Raise $5,000 by January 1 and they would match it with another $5,000. Thanks to you we were able to meet their challenge. The additional funds will go to our continued work with the state’s 180,000 manufactured home park residents.

Please make a year-end contribution to APAC!


Help fight for the families, homes and communities of low-income Minnesotans! Please make a year-end contribution to APAC!

December 30, 2013

Dear Friends:

On behalf of All Parks Alliance for Change, I ask you to help fund our work with the state’s 180,000 manufactured home park residents. By making a year-end contribution, you can support:

  • A toll-free, statewide Tenant Hotline (855-361-2722)
  • Tenants rights forums that we organize in communities across the state
  • Assistance we provide in setting up resident associations to support ongoing self advocacy

We're almost there! Just $700 in 10 days to qualify for $5,000!


We’re almost there! We just need another $700 in the
next 10 days to qualify for a $5,000 matching grant!

December 23, 2013

Dear Friends:

On behalf of All Parks Alliance for Change, I ask you to help us raise $5,000 by January 1, 2014 and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) will match it with a $5,000 grant! We’re almost there! We just need another $700 in the next 10 days! The funds are critical to our continued work with the state’s 180,000 manufactured home park residents, which includes:

  • A toll-free, statewide Tenant Hotline (855-361-2722)
  • Tenants rights forums that we organize in communities across the state

"Before You Sign: A Consumer's Guide to Mobile Home Parks in the Twin Cities"

Coming in March 2014!

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Welcome to “Before You Sign: A Consumer’s Guide to
Mobile Home Parks in the Twin Cities”

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Special APAC Membership Promotion:

APAC Legislative Committee Meeting

12/07/2013 - 11:00am
12/07/2013 - 12:30pm
Etc/GMT-5

November 2013

Dear Park Residents:

All Parks Alliance for Change (APAC) is a statewide association of Minnesota’s manufactured (mobile) home park residents. APAC is re-launching its legislative committee for the 2014 Minnesota Legislative Session. We invite you to join us at the first meeting:

Saturday, December 7 at 11:00 a.m.
Midtown Commons
2324 University Avenue
St. Paul, MN

Video - American Dream Under Fire: Mobile Home Park Residents Fight to Hold Ground


"Where am I going to go?" wonders Vanessa Ramirez, a hard working mother who lives in a mobile home park facing closure. Her community’s story is captured in a documentary that exposes the challenging future of one of America’s least understood affordable housing options, manufactured - or 'mobile' - home parks.

About the Film

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