While it is recognised that there are some good park home site operators, the vast majority of the evidence received suggests that malpractice is widespread across the sector. The most widespread problems identified include: 'sale blocking' - withholding 'approval' of prospective sales possibly forcing vendors to sell their homes at a reduced price and before selling at a profit; harassment by site owners; a licensing regime which allows site owners to breach licence conditions with a maximum fine of only £2,500; and confusion over contractual obligations which leaves residents with little or no ability to take action if the site is not properly maintained. The Committee recommends legislation to remove a site owner's existing 'right to approve' buyers. To compensate for this, sellers would have to make buyers aware of their obligations towards a site and its owner in writing before sale transactions take place. Pending this legislation, clearer powers for the Residential Property Tribunal to award damages is needed. The licensing regime must be modernised. New legislation is needed to make site owner obligations clear and to require the deposit of site rules with local authorities. The Committee welcomes the Government's consultation A Better Deal for Mobile Home Owners, but warns that more needs to be done. If the expected improvements do not happen, then the new legislation must provide a power for the Government to allow local authorities to withdraw and withhold licences from site owners found not to be 'fit and proper'. This provision should be activated if problems are persisting.

Response to HC 177-I, session 2012-13 (ISBN 9780215045591)

Hernandez, a.k.a. Mobile Home Gurl, shares stories and adventures based on her own experiences in mobile home investingNthe obstacles, the struggles, and eventually the triumphs.

“With the twinned calamities of climate change and mass extinction weighing heavier and heavier on my nature-besotted soul, here were concrete, affordable actions that I could take, that anyone could take, to help our wild neighbors thrive in the built human environment. And it all starts with nothing more than a seed. Bringing Nature Home is a miracle: a book that summons butterflies." —Margaret Renkl, The Washington Post As development and habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. In his groundbreaking book Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. Luckily, there is an important and simple step we can all take to help reverse this alarming trend: everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity by simply choosing native plants. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical and achievable recommendations, we can all make a difference.

Two Austrian-born designers have left their indelible mark on California?s residential architecture of the 1930s to 1960s: Richard Neutra (1892?1970) and Rudolph M. Schindler (1887?1953) combined modern form and inventive construction with new materials to create a truly modern vision of living that remains inspirational to the present day.00This new book features twenty famous and lesser known houses from that period, designed by the two pioneers and other architects that were influenced by Neutra?s and Schindler?s ideas. All are marked by highly economical use and outstanding quality of space, a minimalist aesthetic, and by their ideal adaption to climatic conditions. They are monuments of a period as well as timeless models for contemporary and future architecture.00The images by photographer David Schreyer show the buildings in their present state as a commodity of highest quality that can be, and should be, altered to meet today?s changed demands to a living space. Andreas Nierhaus?s texts, based on interviews, explore the relationship of the present inhabitants to their homes and what they mean to them. Together, the authors offer uniquely intimate insights into a sophisticated way of life still too little known outside California.