Mobile-home park’s residents left in dark as homes are sold out from under them VIEW
Neighbors in a low-income, mostly Latino mobile-home park are fighting Kittitas County’s surprise plan to evict them. Now the state is investigating.
The Mobile-Home Trap
Billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett controls a mobile-home empire that promises low-income borrowers affordable houses. But all too often, it traps those owners in high-interest loans and rapidly depreciating homes.
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Lawmakers call for federal investigation of Warren Buffett’s mobile-home business | Times Watchdog
Lawmakers want federal regulators to investigate Warren Buffett’s mobile-home company after a Seattle Times/BuzzFeed News report that found company practices have harmed minority communities.
Warren Buffett’s mobile-home company denies discriminating against minorities
Clayton Homes, Berkshire Hathaway’s mobile-home subsidiary, has defended its practices and denied some of the key findings of the recent Seattle Times/BuzzFeed News investigation, including...
Minorities exploited by Warren Buffett’s mobile-home empire | Times Watchdog
Clayton Homes has used a pattern of deception to help extract billions from poor customers around the country — particularly people of color, who make...
NYT editorial calls on Congress to protect mobile-home buyers
Citing a Seattle Times investigation that showed how Warren Buffet's company locks buyers in loans at interest rates that can exceed 15 percent, the editorial...
Buffett’s mobile-home business has most to gain from deregulation | The Mobile-Home Trap, part 2
Clayton Homes is pushing Congress to roll back consumer protections on mobile-home loans.
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