How this small Adirondack town used a new law to save its mobile home park

How this small Adirondack town used a new law to save its mobile home park

In a first under New York’s right of first refusal law, North Elba residents blocked a private equity firm from buying their manufactured home park.

Cascade Acres residents take control, secure 165 units of housing in North Elba

Tenants at Cascade Acres Manufactured Home Park in the town of North Elba in Essex County purchased the 165-unit park from their landlord through a partnership with a local affordable housing developer, ensuring the long-term affordability of the community. The residents successfully exercised a provision under New York state’s Right of First Refusal law to prevent the community from being sold to a private equity firm. The successful sale of Ca…