(24 Jul 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fort Collins, Colorado – 12 February 2025
1. Cat looking out window
2. Wide of Victoria Silva brushing teeth while petting cat
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Silva, homeowner:
++COVERED++
"When I moved into this mobile home community, I had no idea that water would be an issue here."
4. Tight of Silva brushing teeth
5. Medium of Silva brushing teeth
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Silva, homeowner:
++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"The main issue is the frequent water shutoffs and then being unclear about what constitutes a need for a boil notice or if the water is safe or not.”
7. Tight of water reservoir for teeth brushing
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Silva, homeowner:
++COVERED++
“It’s not like you can just hold the glass up and see that it’s unsafe."
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Silva, homeowner:
++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"There was a time that the water was, out, I was doing laundry. I didn’t know that we didn’t have any water. The heating element in my water heater burned out.”
10. Medium of laundry room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Silva, homeowner:
“I’m still making payments on the thousands of dollars I had to pay for our new water heater."
12. Medium of plants in window
ANNOTATION: The park’s owner says they employ a licensed professional to ensure water is maintained and tested and that outages are minimized.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arvada, Colorado – 1 April 2025
13. Various of water main and service line covers
14. Various of homes along street
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Denver – 21 February 2025
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Esther Sullivan, Sociology professor, University of Colorado, Denver:
++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"With municipal water, the municipality is responsible for that water right up to the property line. So with a single family house, that means the homeowner is going to be responsible for the water on their property. But in the case of a mobile home park, the municipality is responsible up to the property line, and that property might include hundreds of manufactured homes who are all dependent on park infrastructure.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arvada, Colorado – 1 April 2025
16. Various drone shots of mobile home park
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Denver – 21 February 2025
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Esther Sullivan, Sociology professor, University of Colorado, Denver:
++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“What we currently have is a stock of older manufactured home communities that were developed in the 70s and 80s. So these communities are in desperate need of repair. Oftentimes, the park owner has not kept up with the investments needed to maintain what are some pretty complex infrastructure.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fort Collins, Colorado – 12 February 2025
18. Various of Silva opening up panel below her mobile home to access her water and sewer lines
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Denver – 21 February 2025
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Esther Sullivan, Sociology professor, University of Colorado, Denver:
++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“Our mobile home park oversight program requires now that every park in every manufactured home community in the state of Colorado have its water quality tested."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fort Collins, Colorado – 12 February 2025
20. Various of Silva filling Brita filter at sink
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Silva, homeowner:
++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"So the law allows a stepping stone of sorts to create a system in which people can feel confident and report issues in their mobile homes or concerns. And then the state can begin to look into it in an official capacity.”
++COVERED++
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