KWCH-TV 12 reports from Anthony, Kan., housing is in such short supply due to the demand for housing from oil field workers tapping into the Mississippi Limestone formation, the Anthony City Commissioners have approved a special use permit to allow six modular units to be sited in the southeast corner of town. The ruling has upset nearby residents who complain the army barracks-style housing will negatively affect their neighborhood. The Register of Deeds in Kingman County in this south central part of the state near the Oklahoma border reports in years past there were about 2,000 requests for property ownership printed each year. Last year that number climbed to 85,000 requests for copies of deeds, as oil and gas companies search for owners of mineral rights. MHProNews has learned the two hotels in town have been booked so solid the last two years that a third hotel has been added and a fourth is being planned.

(Photo credit: Eric Hylden/prairiebizmag–Homark Homes building modular man camp.)