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Investigative Reporting in Iowa Iowa City mobile home park replacement promises unkept Promised help for residents at a deteriorating mobile home park tabbed for redevelopment hasn't happened, so something new is needed. Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA) Register watchdog report leads to state investigation Two state agencies and a non-profit legal aid organization for low-income residents are investigating property managers named in a Des Moines Register watchdog story for allegedly ignoring rental property defects. 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