MHCO Article Topics

Disasters

Recovering After a Disaster

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter

Last in a series of articles on disaster preparedness  and how to safeguard your community, save lives and minimize damage.

Family Disaster Plans (Fifth in a series on disaster planning)

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter

This is the fifth in a series of articles on disaster preparedness and how to safeguard your community, save lives and minimize damage.

In addition to the plan you are developing for your manufactured home community, you should encourage each resident family to have its own disaster plan in place.  

Working with Residents in Disaster Preparedness (Part 2 in a series)

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter

This the second in a series of articles on disaster preparedness and how to safeguard your community, save lives and minimize damage.

For manufactured home communities, emergency management experts recommend putting together a committee of residents, with the following minimum responsibilities: 

Planning Ahead for Disasters

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter
This is the first in a series of articles on disaster preparedness and how to safeguard your community, save lives and minimize damage

 

MHC Disaster Prevention: Reducing Risks

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter

While setting up a disaster plan for manufactured home communities, be sure to include steps that would reduce the risk of damage or injury.  Here are some actions to consider: 

 

Phil Querin Q&A: Home Damaged During Storm

Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin

Answer.   The land is owned by the landlord, not the tenant. While the landlord has certain responsibilities regarding the ground,[1] most of these duties apply at the time in installation of the home.

However, ORS 90.730(3)(g) provides: