It began with a ticking clock that no one was supposed to beat. In December 2024, 157 families across the Colony and Silver Shores manufactured home communities received a notice that felt like a death sentence: the land beneath our homes was for sale.
The law gave us 70 days—an illogical, impossible window—to organize and compete against multi-million dollar corporate developers.
As a single father and full-time student, I realized that if we didn’t build a shield ourselves, no one was coming to save us.
On January 16th, 2025, we celebrated my daughter’s 16th birthday. The moment we finished eating cake, I stood up, walked out the front door, and started knocking. There wasn’t a second to lose.
From January to March 2025, I lived through a 51-day sprint of sleep deprivation and grit. By the end of that race, we had done the “impossible”: we unified 80% of our tenants, established a board, and incorporated as a legal entity.
At that stage, I had gained our first vital piece of legal leverage—a single shield of tenant rights that I hoped would be enough to interfere with the sale’s conclusion.
I was grateful for that one shield, prepared to fight with everything I had, but I was running on fumes and had no idea that anyone else was in the trenches with us. I didn’t know AMHO existed. I was just one father holding a line for 157 families.
Then, in August 2025, a newspaper article appeared like a beacon of light in the darkness. It was the story of AMHO (Association of Manufactured Home Owners) and their grueling two-year legislative battle. Their victory—securing an emergency moratorium and zoning protections—was the saving grace we never saw coming.
Just as my energy was fading and my one shield was being tested, AMHO provided the legislative armor that turned our 51-day effort into a lasting defense. Our two paths were destined to collide; their legislative grit gave our ground-level leverage the power to actually stop the clock.
Together, we did what the system said couldn’t be done. By leveraging the collective rights of our members, we triggered a formal State Attorney General investigation and forced the sale to a halt.
Today, we operate as a Dual-Shield of protection.
NWCMC provides the first shield: the immediate, tactical interference in the sale process through member-led leverage.
AMHO provides the second shield: the long-term legislative protection that changes the rules for every developer in the state.
We have turned a 70-day trap into a battle that can be slowed down by years, giving families the “breathing room” they need to survive.
Today, as you read these words, we are launching more than just a website; we are launching the final phase of our permanence.
The sale has been paused, but the stakes are now $21 million. This is the price of our freedom from displacement. We have until September 2026 to raise the capital necessary to re-engage the sale and buy our land once and for all.
We are utilizing every grant, every partnership, and every ounce of our collective leverage to prove that a community’s right to exist is worth more than a developer’s bottom line.
Join us as we march toward September 2026—not just as tenants, but as a unified wall of families who refuse to be moved.
“We are fighting to move the “Opportunity to Compete” window from an impossible 70 days to a realistic one year. We are advocating to change the legal language from a mere “Opportunity to Compete” to a First Opportunity to Purchase. This change ensures that tenants are not just “entitled to bid,” but are legally entitled to the first right to secure their land, giving them the correct rights they deserve during a sale.”
