NPR.

We talk about home ownership as this kind of binary thing, like you're either a renter

or you're a homeowner.

But there is another form of home ownership that is often a lot cheaper.

So this is where you own your own house and everything in it, but you do not own the land

underneath it.

And that is the deal for millions of Americans who live in mobile home parks around the country.

Most are on low or fixed incomes.

The median income is around $35,000 a year for the household.

And mobile home parks are this vast reservoir of affordable housing at a time when it's

in such short supply.

This is the indicator from planet money.

I'm Darian Woods.

And today on the show, we have Chris Arnold, who is NPR's housing correspondent.

Welcome back Chris.

Hey Darian.

Thanks.

I'm going to talk about this trend in mobile homes and that is big companies have been buying

up these mobile home parks around the country.

And they see them as a solid and profitable real estate investment.

But housing advocates say some of these companies are basically being bad landlords.

There have been lawsuits around the country alleging that they neglect to fix all kinds of

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