Editing Trailer park (section)

=== Outside the United States ===
[[File:Camping Rolandsduin in Wijk aan Zee onder de rook van de Hoogovens, Bestanddeelnr 934-2933.jpg|thumb|Trailer park at an industrial area in [[Wijk aan Zee]], the [[Netherlands]], in 1988]]
==== Disputed trailer parks====
While the majority of trailer parks are used as permanent residences, and are paid for in the usual way by residents, a minority are used by nomadic people who in some cases may be occupying them illegally.

In Britain and Ireland, the term [[halting site]] is sometimes used for some trailer parks. The biggest difference in Europe is the presence of unauthorised halting sites (or trailer parks). This stems from the practice of traditionally itinerant ethnic groups, such as the [[Romani people|Romani]] and [[Irish Travellers]], to periodically during the year set up a transient community. From the late 1970s onward there was also a growth in [[New Age travelers]] culture; these groups espoused alternative lifestyles combined with a Do-It-Yourself punk ethic. The latter were a commonplace phenomenon in Germany,<ref>{{cite book | title=Cool Places: Geographies of Youth Cultures | publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-4151-4920-4| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rizRuQEACAAJ | access-date=February 18, 2021 | pages=289}}</ref> giving rise to expressions such as ''Wagenburg'', ''Wagendorf'', and ''Bauwagenplatz'' ("[[wagon fort]]", "trailer village" and "construction trailer site" respectively).

Either rejected from or refusing to seek entrance in municipally authorised halting sites, groups of families practising a nomadic lifestyle would trespass in order to camp on land belonging to local communities. These illegal encampments are often resented by local people, owing to their lack of sewage and waste disposal capacity, and the fact that such encampments are often difficult to remove under human rights legislation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.localsolicitors.com/conveyancing-and-property-guides/law-on-gypsies-travellers-and-unauthorised-encampments|title=Law on Gypsies, Travellers and Unauthorised Encampments|website=Local Solicitors|language=en-GB|access-date=July 7, 2024}}</ref> The use of land without permission is also illegal, which leads to such groups being moved on by the police or councils.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30954709.html|title=Traveller couples given 24 hours to move away from vicinity of illegal halting site|first=Aodhan|last=O’Faolain|date=October 3, 2019|website=[[Irish Examiner]]|language=en-US|access-date=February 18, 2021}}</ref>

====Authorised caravan parks====
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In Germany, the Netherlands and some other European countries, local law allows for normal camping at [[RV park]]s for a short time and seasonal camping for holidaymakers, and also long-time camping (for years) with hardly movable travel trailers. Sometimes these inhabitants also cultivate a [[Allotment (gardening)#United Kingdom|garden]]. Some cities allow a long-time camping lot to be the regular address registered with the authorities; others do not. Many of mobile home plots are offered by [[RV park]]s that allow for all sorts of camping and offer extra plots for mobile homes (static caravans).The cost for such a plot tends to be between €400  and €1.500  a year, depending on the location and facilities.

In France, living in a trailer or mobile home for more than three months is prohibited by law, even if the resident owns the land; however, building requirements and permissions for self building of recreational solid (static) country cottages are more relaxed in France if one stays within a certain amount of square meters.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}

In the United Kingdom, "trailers" are commonly known as static caravans, and are generally used for one of two purposes:  firstly as holiday homes, designed for short-term living; and secondly as retirement homes for the elderly, designed for long-term occupancy. Both types of trailers usually enjoy good amenities and are surrounded by highly manicured gardens.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}

In [[Australia]], there is generally no differentiation between a trailer park and an [[RV park]]. The term "caravan park" is used to refer to both.