The Lewes, DE city fathers have decided that mobile homes
will never again be allowed in their town. The only mobile home park within its
city limits cannot replace a mobile home with another even if the unit was
destroyed by fire or hurricane.
They will however allow modular homes into the town. At
least they are not like a lot of other city councils and planners that have
lumped mobile and modular into the same package of low cost affordable HUD
homes. Recognizing that modular is the best way to replace mobile homes, this city planning commission realizes that modular and site
built homes are built to the same specs.
People that live in mobile homes in Lewes, DE are
effectively being pushed out of town if their home is deemed unlivable and they
are not allowed to replace it with another mobile home. They are not even
allowed to get a permit to renovate their homes.
If you’ve ever been to Lewes, you know that land values are
climbing fast and the taxes they get from a mobile home pales in comparison with what they
can get for a permanent home.
