Legislators gathered for a tour of Park Plaza Cooperative on September 21, 2021. Pictured left to right: Senator Lindsey Port, Rep. Sandra Feist, Rep. Steve Elkins, Sen. Mary Kunesh, Victoria Clark (NCF), Rep. Connie Bernardy, Natividad Seefeld (Board President, Park Plaza Co-op), Sen. Mark Koran, Soren Stevenson (NCF), Trevor Nelson (APAC Board President), Rep. Tony Jurgens.

NCF co-hosted a Minnesota legislator tour of Park Plaza Co-op in Fridley, MN on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Fifteen legislators and legislative staff attended the event. The event’s co-host, the Park Plaza board of directors, had an opportunity to share the positive impacts that cooperative ownership has had in their community and legislators had an opportunity to hear about what can be done at the Legislature to improve and preserve more manufactured home communities.

Some of the issues highlighted during the tour included the need for dedicated down payment assistance programs and improved home financing options for manufactured homeowners. Staff from All Parks Alliance for Change also provided background on a resident-led campaign to pass a bill that would expand the opportunity for cooperative ownership to more manufactured homeowners.

View photos from the legislator tour.

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