Built-to-Rent trend expands to mobile homes in Palatka, offering ‘attainable’ rents

A growing housing trend in Northeast Florida is expanding beyond single-family subdivisions and into manufactured housing, as developers look to meet demand from renters priced out of homeownership. In Palatka, land clearing is expected to begin within 60 days for The Cove at Silver Lake Mobile Home Park, a 56-unit community of newly built manufactured homes — all available for rent. Reporter Tiffany Salameh has the latest.