Mobile home residents ask Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez for consistency on rules

Owners not protected from sale of the land on which their units sit

By Emily Rogers, Staff writer

October 30, 2025 8:04 am

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, meets with residents of the Vista Del Rio mobile home park in Vancouver on Oct. 22. Residents of the park expressed their fears of their homes being sold out from under them. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, right, meets with residents of the Vista Del Rio mobile home park in Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. Residents of the park expressed their fears of their homes being sold out from under them. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

The tops of mobile homes are seen as Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, meets with residents of the Vista Del Rio mobile home park in Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. The manufactured homes are considered personal property making it difficult to receive home loans needed to buy back the park. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

A sign is seen at the entrance to Vista Del Rio mobile home park in Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. The park has been up for sale for $41 million since April 2024.

Deb Swope, left, resident of the Vista Del Rio mobile home park, joins Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, during a meeting at the clubhouse on Wednesday afternoon. Swope and other residents have been working to preserve the mobile home community as the property is up for sale. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, meets with residents of the Vista Del Rio mobile home park in Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. The stop highlighted mobile homes as a good option to address shortfalls in the housing supply. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, top right, meets with residents of the Vista Del Rio mobile home park in Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. The visit highlighted mobile homes as a good option to address shortfalls in the housing supply. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Afternoon light illuminates units at the Vista Del Rio mobile home park in Vancouver on Wednesday.

Last week, U.S. Rep Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, met with residents of an east Vancouver mobile home park who fear it will be sold out from under them.

Vista Del Rio has been on the market for $41 million since April 2024. That has created uncertainty for the 300 or so residents, all 55 and older, many of whom are on fixed incomes. Owners of mobile homes in Vancouver’s 16 parks are not protected from the sale of the land where they rent spaces for their units. The parks can be sold and used for another purpose, requiring the homes to be moved or demolished.

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