A Decent Home, the feature length documentary about the vulnerability of manufactured homeowners amid rampant speculation by investor groups, is released today and is available on Amazon.

The film explores how some of the wealthiest Americans are making record-setting profits on the backs of vulnerable, low-income manufactured homeowners.

Anyone interested in the affordable housing crisis, economic justice, and tenant rights will find this film an interesting foray into an aspect of American culture frequently left out of nonfiction.

The director, Sarah Terry, says “Time and again, as I film in these parks, I meet compassionate, eloquent people who cherish values of community and generosity, values which seem to have been lost in an aggressively materialistic, me-first society.”

The film juxtaposes the wealth of the private investors who own most manufactured home communities with the modest lifestyle of those who live there and asks “When are the rich rich enough? Whose dream are we serving?” Watch the trailer and order the film at adecenthomefilm.com

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