Everett approves new land use zone for manufactured homes
EVERETT — The Everett City Council voted Wednesday to create a new land use zone that will protect certain manufactured housing communities in the city from redevelopment.
Manufactured homes are a relatively unique form of housing. Most homeowners own both the house they live in and the land the home sits on. A homeowner in a manufactured housing community, however, owns the physical dwelling they live in, but a property owner owns the land the home is located on. The landowner pays a portion of property taxes as well as for services like trash, sewer, water, landscaping and amenities. The homeowner pays rent to the property owner in exchange, as well as property taxes levied on the dwelling.
That system can be effective for some people looking for an affordable ownership option, particularly new homeowners or seniors. But it also leaves homeowners susceptible to cost increases if owners of the land decide to raise rents exponentially, as the homeowners have no control over the land their dwellings sit on, said Alice Ann Wetzel, Everett’s long range planning manager, at an April 22 council meeting.
“If you’re renting, and you’re in a house or an apartment, it’s easier and you can move your belongings out and go find another place,” Wetzel said. “That is not necessarily the case with a manufactured home.”
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