During our quest to figure out housing options, we have been considering a winter home in a 55+ mobile home community. Unfortunately we have found that most have been acquired by corporations or other business ventures. They used to be mom and pop operations. The one we zeroed in on because of its location is an example. It was purchased about a year ago by an LLC that specializes in that type of housing. They raised the lot fee from $350 to 480 per month on acquisition. They now require application and other fees to equal one month's lot fee. Each resident even if married must submit a separate application. Anyway, we scratched that option off our list since there are no guarantees that all their fees would not rise appreciably as time goes by. Kinda sad for whom that type of housing is one of the last affordable options out there.