Lang
8/19/22
A group representing Iowa mobile home residents is hosting local screenings of a documentary on the recent attempt to evict residents from the Golfview Estates manufactured housing community in North Liberty.
A Decent Home is a feature-length documentary about mobile homes and the wealth gap. The film features the story of Golfview residents who banded together to fight back after Utah-based Havenpark Communities (formerly Havenpark Capital) bought their park and increased lot rents in 2019. Organizers say the issues raised in the film have become more pressing for Iowans as out-of-state firms such as Havenpark continue to buy up parks across the state, and pressure grows for state legislators to act to better protect Iowa residents.
Screenings in each location will include community discussions with the filmmaking team and Iowa Manufactured Home Residents Network leaders. All screenings are free and open to the public.
Upcoming showings include:
North Liberty
1 pm, Saturday, August 20
North Liberty Public Library, 520 W Cherry St., North Liberty
Hosted by North Liberty Public Library and the City of North Liberty
*Film will be captioned in Spanish, with Spanish interpretation available during discussion*
https://northlibertylibrary.org/event/a-decent-home-film-screening-and-qa/
Dubuque
2 pm, Sunday, August 21
UAW 94 hall, 3450 Central Ave., Dubuque
Hosted by Table Mound Residents Association, Dubuque Federation of Labor AFL-CIO and UAW Local 94
https://www.facebook.com/events/1401427793684476/?ref=newsfeed
University of Iowa College of Law
5:30 pm, Tuesday, August 23
295 Boyd Law Building, Iowa City
Hosted by the UI Center for Human Rights, Citizen Lawyer Program, Labor Center, and Law and Policy in Action Clinic
https://uichr.uiowa.edu/event/97996/0
Altoona
5:30 pm, Wednesday, August 24
Prairie Meadows Events Center, Bishop AB Room, 1 Prairie Meadows Dr, Altoona
Hosted by Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO
https://www.facebook.com/events/1426104947875014
Waukee
7 pm, Thursday, August 25
Waukee Community Center, 675 Walnut St., Waukee
*Film will be captioned in Spanish, with Spanish interpretation available during discussion*
Hosted by Midwest Country Estates Residents
https://www.facebook.com/events/417259433715134
Iowa City
1 pm & 6 pm (two screenings), Friday, August 26
Iowa State Extension Building, Johnson County Fairgrounds, 3109 Old Hwy 218 S, Iowa City
*Film will be captioned in Spanish, with Spanish interpretation available during discussion*
Hosted by Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa and Johnson County Affordable Housing Coalition
https://www.facebook.com/events/4752555621513466/4752558354846526
More about A Decent Home:
When housing that’s on the lowest run of the American Dream is being devoured by the wealthiest of the wealthy, whose dream are we serving? A Decent Home addresses urgent issues of class and economic (im)mobility through the lives of mobile home park residents who can’t afford housing anywhere else. They are fighting for their dreams — and their lives — as private equity firms and wealthy investors buy up parks, making sky-high returns on their investments while squeezing every last penny out of the mobile home owners who must pay rent for the land they live on.