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This Is MyHousing of choice or housing of last resort? Manufactured housing is both.Importantly, it is home for millions of Americans. Working with the nonprofitCommunity Reinvestment Association of North Carolina, Adam, a formerphotojournalist, created a book of photos and personal stories from across the countrythat illustrate the problems that confront people who live in these communities.Governments and nonprofits make assumptions about suitable, affordable housing.Yet,” says Adam, “people, voting with their feet, flock to manufactured homes. This Is My Homeattempts to respond to this paradox in housing policy. Giving residents more control over theland where they live will give them more say over their destiny as homeowners and citizens.”His book has been called an asset in combating our nation's affordable housing crisis.28 Taft Bulletin Spring 2008
HomeThe Challenges andOpportunities ofManufactured HousingStory and photos by Adam Rust ’87“We were scared that we were not going to live.When I heard the wind, I leaned over to lock the door.I never made it. I tried to protect my wife and kids. Therefrigerator fell on my wife. She got a bad bruise. I donot want to live in a mobile home anymore. I want ahouse. I want to live in a safe place.” On the day afterrain and heavy winds flipped his home in Leggett, NorthCarolina, upside down, truck driver Atilano Villeda,shown with Faviola, his daughter, still could not believehe lost his home of nine years.Bobbie Mozart, a retiredtelephone operator, neededan access ramp for hermobile home in Durham,North Carolina. Localofficials declined, citing rulesagainst using communitydevelopment block grants forrepairs to personal property.“She said,” tells Bobbie,“‘You don’t live in a home.You live in a trailer.’ That iswhat really upset me. This ismy home. She said, ‘It’s notconsidered a house.’” In theend, she got her ramp builtthrough a local nonprofit.Taft Bulletin Spring 2008 29
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