Manuela Tobias

Half the state's households struggle to afford the roof over their heads. Here’s what you need to know about one of California’s most vexing issues.

California officials depend largely on residents filing complaints to find out about health and safety problems at mobile home parks. Here’s how to file a complaint.

EN RESUMEN Un programa para ayudar a los residentes de parques de casas móviles se renovó mucho el año pasado porque nadie lo estaba usando. ¿Podrá dar resultados el hecho de triplicar el fondo para préstamos y simplificar el proceso de solicitud? Read this article in English. Los residentes de casas móviles en California enfrentan […]

A program to help mobile home park residents got a huge revamp last year because nobody was using it. Will more than tripling the size of the loan fund and streamlining the application process yield results?

In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast," CalMatters Housing Reporter Manuela Tobias shares her findings from a five-month investigation on California’s mobile home parks, the last stop in housing affordability for the state’s most vulnerable residents.

Mobile home parks are a last bastion of unsubsidized affordable housing in California. But when the health and safety of their residents is on the line, is the state doing enough to help?

Read this article in English. Bobby Riley se mudó a Stockton Park Village para vivir sus días en paz. En 2018, este trabajador de la construcción jubilado de 87 años metió su tráiler usado en el lote más alejado del complejo de casas móviles que tienen forma de herradura y en una calle arbolada en […]

With a majority of housing plans out of compliance with state housing law, developers could theoretically use a little-known law to kick building into high gear. On this week’s podcast, a housing law expert breaks down the untested “builder’s remedy.”

A new court system to address the needs of people with severe mental illness who are often homeless will launch in some counties in 2023.

CalMatters health reporter Kristen Hwang discusses the health care crisis facing California’s homeless population with housing reporters.