The plan was to live there for a few years and then move when our family grew and hold onto the duplex, which is what we did. 

Only thing that is worrisome is that the unit without power was the former owner occupant who damaged the property before moving out.

Hey Jordan,Have you moved one way or another?

Quite annoying lol The plan moving forward is Section 8.

Move out in a year and buy another.

At this point the value of the house is still increasing but not at the same rate as the previous years for a number of obvious reasons (high Interest rates,  age of house, etc.) and at this point I'm not sure what my next move should be since I don't like having all that equity tied up in the property and borrowing against it (HELOC) doesn't seem like a good idea since banks seem to be charging even higher than "normal" interest rates because the house is not my primary residenceIt's been almost 2 yrs since a I moved out of the house and I know my time is running out before we'll have to pay capital gains on the property if we chose to sell it [unless I do a 1031 exchange of course] but wondering what other options I might consider.

I'm wondering if I purchase the uncle's single wide trailer, rehab it, move him back in, if there is some sort of government assistance I could receive. 

I could move out and rent, but dont know where I would go to pay a lower monthly rate the I currently pay. 

Sect (f)(1) - This would require Landlords to keep rent at the current, lower rate for 90 days even if the current Tenant does not accept the increase and decides to move.

He did say that possible upside is that people are moving away from the city into the county due to a supply shortage, but I looked up the population of the town and it was less than 1,000 (2020 Census).