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Trailers in Florida

patbz — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 22:43:56 GMT

Looking at the news today reaffirms my belief that Florida should make this form of housing in their state illegal. Any tropical storm, not to mention tornado or hurricane, make these a dangerous housing option.

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SilleeMee — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 22:56:18 GMT

I guess it would sort of be the same for people to build wooden homes in a high-fire prone region...but people do it anyway despite the warnings. Here in Colorado there are building regulations for mobile homes and they have to secure to the ground with no air space under them. They get blown away with the high winds we have around here. But people still choose to live in them.

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Love my grandkids — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 22:57:07 GMT

I think making mobile homes "illegal" is un-American. There are many, I'm guessing, whose housing options are limited by space or finances. I think that would be horrible to prevent people from living in these! And I doubt any such law would stand a snowball's chance of being passed!

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Snowpuppy — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 23:02:09 GMT

You also have a large population of elderly in Fla. who have chosen to make it their home in their retirement years.

While I understand concerns to force them to move with limited income or resources is cruel. What little value those mobiles have would be gone in an instant.

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Scooby Doo — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 23:06:27 GMT

Makes no sense to me. For some people that's the only affordable housing option.

You never know where a tornado will hit, so how do you police this situation.

And how about telling people they shouldn't buy boats either because they get tossed around and become a hazard during a storm. Not gonna happen.

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TheMemphisVette — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 23:21:35 GMT

using that logic...

florida gets 40% of the hurricanes. why let anyone live there at all?

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millieshops — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 23:29:53 GMT

Along the street where I rent, homeowners are stillspending hundreds of thousands to rebuild on the same pieces of land Sandy surged over just a few years ago. Several will actually have larger, more expensive homes now than they had before Sandy.

I think that will be true some places in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, etc. No kind of structure is totally safe and I can't think we want to ban the only housing many can afford and then allow the wealthier to build on that land! Feels unAmerican to me.

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fthunt — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 23:31:12 GMT

I agree with OP - Government issues building standards for houses and high rise structures - and standards for cars - and standards for how much cement must be used in cement mixture - so why shouldn't there be a state rule/law for trailers to be cemented down and perhaps (the trailer parks) made to allow more space between units? Some in Florida just slammed up against each other. It's all about money to pack as many trailers in an acre as they can.

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Nightowlz — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:07:06 GMT

I live in Tornado Alley & they live in trailers around here. I have never lived in one & will not.

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garmer — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:52:11 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
I think making mobile homes "illegal" is un-American. There are many, I'm guessing, whose housing options are limited by space or finances. I think that would be horrible to prevent people from living in these! And I doubt any such law would stand a snowball's chance of being passed!

I know of a few towns where it is actually illegal to live in mobile homes. They disallow them by way of the local zoning ordinances. You can't set them up in the residential or commercially zoned areas for use as homes.

It's not a safety issue either. It's a "not in my backyard" kind of thing...property values, doncha know?

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Scooby Doo — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:55:05 GMT

Even if you don't live in a mobile home there's no guarantee that your house won't be blown away. Kenny Chesney had a huge house in St. John that was destroyed. He said that it just isn't there any more. He said it was made with cement and had special windows that were supposed to sustain 200 mph winds. Richard Branson's estate on Necker Island is gone.

You can't fool mother nature.

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Sooner — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 03:30:15 GMT

Wow a lot of people sure must live in ivory towers! I grew up among very very poor people. There are a LOT worse places to live than trailers.

So we just gonna outlaw poor people? Or pass laws so poor people can't live in certain states?

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Scooby Doo — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 03:53:55 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
Wow a lot of people sure must live in ivory towers! I grew up among very very poor people. There are a LOT worse places to live than trailers.

So we just gonna outlaw poor people? Or pass laws so poor people can't live in certain states?

Some of those mobile homes are very nice. My friend lived in one that was nicer than my house. It cost just about as much also.

Talking about poor..... I worked with a guy who's family was so poor that their only shelter was a chicken coop.

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software — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 03:56:22 GMT

@garmer wrote:
@Love my grandkids wrote:
I think making mobile homes "illegal" is un-American. There are many, I'm guessing, whose housing options are limited by space or finances. I think that would be horrible to prevent people from living in these! And I doubt any such law would stand a snowball's chance of being passed!

I know of a few towns where it is actually illegal to live in mobile homes. They disallow them by way of the local zoning ordinances. You can't set them up in the residential or commercially zoned areas for use as homes.

It's not a safety issue either. It's a "not in my backyard" kind of thing...property values, doncha know?

Sometimes those ordinances are for a good reason. Other than property values. Not too many people want to live in a mixed used area. If you want to live in a house, you want to live in a neighborhood of other similar houses. If you want an apartment, go live in an apartment. Same with mobile homes. I would love to live in a mobile home community but I live in an area prone to tornadoes and hurricanes. I'll keep my house on top of my thick, concrete walled basement.

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Shorty2U — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 05:15:29 GMT

I don't think it will every become illegal but I was thinking the same too, as in why do people have trailers near the ocean/hurricane area?

I love the beach and used to want to live on the beach until lately. (Id never live in Florida though, due to high humidity, and i heard there are huge water bugs, and alligators).

A relative of mine just moved to S Carolina to get away from the snow up north. She was panicking as the hurricane was brewing, because at first they said they would have to evacuate, but then they changed it to no evacuating.

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Tinkrbl44 — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 05:24:46 GMT

@patbz wrote:
Looking at the news today reaffirms my belief that Florida should make this form of housing in their state illegal. Any tropical storm, not to mention tornado or hurricane, make these a dangerous housing option.

@patbz

That will never happen.

However ..... I wish it were possible to ensure that people had adequate insurance on their residences .... including the relevant version of "natural disaster" insurance for their area.

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nunya — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:15:32 GMT

I never knew how many mobile homes were in the Keys until seeing this footage.

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goldensrbest — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:43:10 GMT

Not allowing trailers, really does not make sense , i saw some in flordia yesterday ,right on a bay ,they held up well they might have been pre fam type ,but allowing people to build in a area ,where flooding happens often ,really should be stopped.

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Sooner — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:36:49 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
@patbz wrote:
Looking at the news today reaffirms my belief that Florida should make this form of housing in their state illegal. Any tropical storm, not to mention tornado or hurricane, make these a dangerous housing option.
@patbz

That will never happen.

However ..... I wish it were possible to ensure that people had adequate insurance on their residences .... including the relevant version of "natural disaster" insurance for their area.

Are you willing to write a check for it? Because if we ensure it, that is how it will be paid for.

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chrystaltree — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:27:32 GMT

Yeah, sure and people who live in wooded areas shouldn't be allowed to build there because those areas are subject to fires. People who have beach homes should be allowed to build them because beaches erode and homes can topple. People who live on hills shouldn't be allowed to do that because if they neglect to set the parking break, their car can slide downhill. And so forth and so on.