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student housing becomes available. When absorption slows sufficiently, so will development of new student housing development. Manufactured homes Manufactured homes are and will be an important source of affordable housing within the City of Eugene in the future. They provide a form of homeownership that can be made available to low and moderate income households. Cities are required to plan for manufactured homes—both on lots and in parks (ORS 197.475-492). Generally, owners of manufactured homes in parks pay rent for the space. Monthly housing costs are typically lower for a homeowner in a manufactured home park, especially because property taxes levied on the value of the land are paid by the property owner rather than the manufactured homeowner. However, the value of the manufactured home generally does not appreciate in the way a conventional home would. Manufactured homeowners in parks are also subject to the mercy of the property owner in terms of rent rates and increases. It is generally not within the means of a manufactured homeowner to relocate a manufactured home to escape rent increases. Living in a park is desirable to some because it can provide a more secure community with on-site managers and amenities, such as laundry and recreation facilities. In 1990, the City had 2,250 manufactured homes. This increased to 2,622 manufactured homes in 2010, an increase of 372 dwellings over 20 years. Between 2001 and 2012, the City issued 246 permits for manufactured homes on lots and 360 permits for new manufactured homes in parks. According to Census data, 92% of the manufactured homes in the City were owner -occupied in 2010. OAR 197.480(4) requires cities to inventory the mobile home or manufactured dwelling parks sited in areas planned and zoned or generally used for commercial, industrial or high-density residential development. Table 18 presents the inventory of mobile and manufactured home parks within Eugene in 2012. The results show that Eugene had 29 manufactured home parks with 3,021 spaces and 47 vacant spaces. According to City of Eugene staff, three manufactured home parks closed over the 2001 to 2012 period and one subdivided. Part 11 — Eugene Housing Needs Analysis ECONorthwest Page 71