Although an estimated twenty‐two million Americans occupy manufactured homes (MHs), less than one‐quarter of MH owners title their homes as real estate. Instead, most title their homes as personal property, which offers fewer legal protections against sudden eviction or unit repossession. Drawing from five years of anthropological research conducted within urban MH Communities (MHCs) in Lincoln (Nebraska) and Boulder (Colorado), this article details the many complicating factors MH owners in land‐lease MHCs consider before deciding to occupy depreciating assets titled as “chattel.” MH owners in Lincoln, for example, tend to emphasize the cost‐saving features of their manufactured homes, in particular the lower tax rate and maintenance costs. By contrast, Boulder MH owners typically describe their homes as investments, and resist efforts to restrict or limit (mobile) home sales even when located in land‐lease MHCs. Together, these case studies illustrate differing perspectives, motivations, and sociolegal contexts in which MHC owners claim respectability as well as citizens’ rights through “landless” homeownership.

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没有繁荣的财产：主观评估，财务公民身份和人造房主之间的道德人格协商

尽管估计有2,200万美国人居住着人造房屋（MH），但只有不到四分之一的MH业主将其房屋称为房地产。取而代之的是，大多数人将自己的房屋归为个人财产，从而提供了较少的法律保护，以防止突然迁离或收回单位。本文基于林肯（内布拉斯加州）和博尔德（科罗拉多州）的城市MH社区（MHC）进行的五年人类学研究，详细介绍了MH土地所有者在决定租用名为““的折旧资产之前要考虑的许多复杂因素。动产。” 例如，林肯（Lincoln）的MH业主倾向于强调其房屋的节省成本的特点，特别是较低的税率和维护成本。相比之下，Boulder MH业主通常将其房屋描述为投资，即使位于土地租赁MHC中，也要抵制限制或限制（移动）房屋销售的努力。这些案例研究共同说明了不同的观点，动机和社会法律背景，其中MHC所有者通过“无地”房屋所有权要求尊重以及公民权利。