Residents of Battle Ground Mobile Estates, a park of about 350 people ages 55 and up, asked the Battle Ground City Council for protections against redevelopment after a resident purchase effort stalled. Residents said 51% of the community expressed intent to buy the park after a June 25 notice of opportunity, but estimated the cost would run around $40 million. The council will discuss options Monday, September 21.
Clark County's moratorium on manufactured home park redevelopment, approved in August 2025 and extended to February 2026, covers unincorporated areas only and does not apply inside Battle Ground city limits.
Clark County staff presented a proposed manufactured home park overlay zone for unincorporated urban growth areas that would limit conversion of parks to other uses before the county's temporary redevelopment moratorium expires in February 2027. Under the proposal, an owner seeking to redevelop could apply for a "use exception" by demonstrating the overlay prevents reasonable use of the property or that operating the park is not economically viable. A Hazel Dell resident said her 128-lot park has sold twice in four years and that she pays $708 a month in park rent while new residents pay about $1,300.
The Clark County Council first approved the redevelopment moratorium in August 2025 and later extended it through February 2027.
Evergreen Habitat for Humanity is expected to close this month on the purchase of the Hidden Village 1 and 2 manufactured home parks in Hazel Dell, north of Vancouver, for $12 million total — $8 million from the Washington State Department of Commerce and $4 million from private donations. The nonprofit plans to renovate many of the roughly 60 mobile homes on the 19-acre site and potentially build additional affordable housing on the undeveloped land, with homeowners holding 99-year land leases. The organization said it is its largest project to date.
The Clark County Council holds a September 14 public meeting on strategies to preserve mobile home parks as part of the revision of the county's 20-year growth plan.
The Clark County Council scheduled a public hearing for 6:30 p.m. September 14 on proposed protections for manufactured home parks. The county worked with a consultant to develop an overlay zone under which its 34 existing parks, home to about 2,000 residents, could not be redeveloped; the county said the approach is similar to that used by several Washington cities, including Vancouver.
The council approved a six-month emergency ordinance pausing park redevelopment applications in August 2025, extended it in October, and extended it again in February for a year.
The Columbian · on resident bid to buy the 180-unit Battle Ground manufactured home park
Residents of the 180-unit Battle Ground Mobile Home Community said they will attempt to buy their park after receiving notice in late June that the owner, GSC Investments, put it up for sale; the nonprofit ROC Northwest declined to assist, saying keeping rents affordable while meeting financial requirements would cost too much. Residents said lot rents jumped $200 after the 2022 sale to GSC and now range from $850 to $1,350, and Washington's rent-stabilization law caps increases at 5 percent for manufactured home parks. The Clark County Council is considering permanent protections for manufactured home parks, but they would apply only to parks in unincorporated areas, not within Battle Ground city limits.
A July National Low Income Housing Coalition report put the wage needed to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment in Clark County at $32.25 an hour.