Governor hurt mobile home residents with veto

If you are an elderly Montana veteran on Social Security in a mobile home park, Gov. Greg Gianforte does not have your back!

Montana’s manufactured homeowners had just two minutes to defend their homes in hearings on HB 889 sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Karlen of Missoula, yet they persuaded the House and the Senate to adopt a modest package of protections for park residents confronting large out-of-state private equity firms buying up the parks on which their homes rest.

The well-heeled lobbyists for out-of-state private equity corporations and the Montana Landlords Association ran to Gov. Gianf...