Housing Opportunity Program launches Manufactured Housing Community Data Dashboard
Today, the Housing Opportunity Program (HOP) at the Maine Office of Community Affairs (MOCA) launched the Manufactured Housing Community Data Dashboard.
This tool provides information on licensed manufactured housing communities across the state for residents, policymakers, park owners, and housing practitioners.
Data was collected during the 2025–2026 manufactured housing community licensing application and renewal process. This data will be updated annually as part of the licensing process and shared publicly by MOCA. Such data updates will allow concerned stakeholders and the public to track, for the first time, annual lot increases at all Maine manufactured housing communities statewide.
The map allows users to view information about manufactured housing communities and sort them by town, ownership type (resident owned communities), number of unoccupied lots, and elected representatives.
A few key takeaways from this data include:
- Across all 475 licensed communities, there are 2,383 unoccupied lots. Fifty-nine of the 475 licensed communities have 10 or more unoccupied lots. These lots represent opportunities for infill development.
- Of the 475 communities, 14 are resident-owned communities, which means they are owned and managed by the residents through a cooperative or similar ownership structure, while non-resident-owned communities are owned by an individual, company, or other organization.
- Average lot rent varies from community to community and in different regions of the state. Waldo, Sagadahoc, Hancock, and York counties have the highest average lot rents, with lower rents on average in Washington, Piscataquis and Somerset counties.
This is one of many resources HOP will develop in support of the Manufactured Housing Program (MHP), which officially joined MOCA in July 2026.
“This tool is designed to support safe, well-managed manufactured housing communities, show local housing conditions in different parts of the state, and encourage expansion of affordable housing opportunities in manufactured home communities,” said Hilary Gove, Housing Opportunity Program Director.
According to 2024 data from the American Community Survey, nearly 10% of Mainers live in manufactured housing communities. As part of its efforts to address the housing shortage in Maine, the Mills Administration has prioritized efforts to increase manufacturing housing infill and help keep residents of manufactured housing communities in their homes.
In 2023, Governor Mills signed a landmark “Opportunity to Purchase” law, requiring owners of manufactured housing communities to consider a good faith offer from park residents if they intend to sell. Last year, the Governor signed a law that gives residents the right to match a third-party offer to purchase the communities that they live in.
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