- Kate B.
- Friday, August 27, 2021
Maslow's hierarchy of needs indicates that we all must first meet our basic needs (food, water, rest, safety, security) before we can reach higher level needs related to self and others. And I think most of us would agree that shelter is a basic human right, yet for many Americans their housing situation is tenuous.
Recently I heard a story on the radio (NPR’s Planet Money “Mobile Home Parked”) which described how many mobile home residents own their home, but rent the land on which their mobile home sits. In many places, real estate investment companies are buying these mobile home parks and raising the lot rents, placing long time residents and mobile home owners in precarious situations and in threat of eviction if they can’t pay the new, higher lot rent.
All of this got me thinking about housing in the United States.