Time to unite: Cd’A mobile home residents hope to buy their park

Amid an ongoing housing crisis, manufactured or mobile homes are among the few affordable housing options that remain for Kootenai County residents. Those who live in these communities are especially vulnerable to displacement — but residents of one such neighborhood are fighting to take real ownership of their homes and inspire others to do the same. Last August, a Utah-based investment company called Havenpark Communities purchased Oak Crest, a manufactured home community in Coeur d’Alene with nearly 500 residents.