Featured News: "Mobile home park stepping out of Syringa’s shadow"

Moscow-Pullman Daily News Feature News, April 4, 2022

By: Anthony Kuipers

Property owner Gary Lester said the neglect that eventually led to the closure of Syringa Mobile Home Park near Moscow in 2018 put other mobile home parks under more scrutiny. “That Syringa thing really changed the game,” he said. Unresolved water and sewer issues led to the downfall of the Syringa park, a class action suit against its owner Magar E. Magar and a bankruptcy. Its residents were forced to find new homes."> Read More

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  • Dr. Leontina Hormel, Principal Investigator

    Dr. Leontina Hormel is a professor of sociology at the University of Idaho. She has been working with Syringa residents for years, motivated after learning that some of her students lived in the park.

  • Denessy Rodriguez, Former Lab Assistant

    Denessy Rodriguez is a former undergraduate student at the University of Idaho. She majored in sociology-inequalities & globalization, with minors in psychology and women, gender, & sexuality studies. Her research opportunity with Dr. Leontina Hormel has made her passionate about issues surrounding fair and affordable housing and has continued the story of Syringa through her work at the Center for Digital Inquiry & Learning. Denessy plans to continue her education in sociology and seeing where that takes her!

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