This article is part of “Unaffordable America,” a series examining rising economic inequality in the U.S. and the policies that drive it. Soon after Aliea Brown rented Unit 62 at the Buck Island Manufactured Home Community in northern Mississippi in 2023, it became clear she couldn’t stay. The front door was hung upside down, Brown said, black mold began growing throughout the unit and the windows weren’t sealed properly. Termites and ladybugs invaded. Then when it turned cold, a sewer pipe