An article in Bloomberg makes the case that manufactured homes – what they refered to as mobile homes (sic), are an obvious solution to the affordable housing crisis. It starts with a simple question: “Why Aren’t We Building More Mobile Homes?” While their terminology isn’t exactly accurate – and they admit …
Bloomberg – Manufactured Home Industry is the Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis Read More
The Oregonian and KATU News were among the area media covering the controversy surrounding Cal-Am Properties Heritage Village manufactured home community in Beaverton, OR. Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR1) sounded off on the matter. Some of the media there did not promptly report that Cal-Am President Cory Sukert responded to Bonamici’s letter …
Two sides of Protest, Controversy at Cal-Am’s Heritage Village, Beaverton, Oregon Read More
Prairie Gold Homes is helping build affordable housing options while giving inmates a chance to develop job skills all at the same time, reports Bruce Baker of the McCook Gazette. The Lincoln, Nebraska-based program teaches inmates how to build modular homes. So, while an inmate gains valuable job skills and …
Thousands are homeless in the storied city by the bay, and cardboard boxes are a clearly undesirable option. Developer Patrick Kennedy of Panoramic Interests has his sights set on developing inexpensive, modular supportive housing for the throngs of homeless, which he will then lease back to the city, according to …
Between now and Election Day, Nov 8th, MHProNews will continue to bring busy professionals periodic ‘headline news items’ from various third party media sources, featuring at a glance issues in the race from other news sources. These will focus on issues that may influence voters, and thus the outcome of …
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The National Federation of Independent Businesses has released on Sept 14, 2016 their survey of Small Business Problems and Priorities. Included in the results are the following Top 10 list of 75 total problems surveyed. Those cited as “most severe” problems for small-businesses owners are as follows. Cost of Health …
NFIB Business Professionals Survey – Top 10 Small Business Concerns, Priorities & More Read More
COAP, Inc. recently joined the SmartMH KY™ program, a strategic alliance of the manufactured housing industry producers, lenders, retailers, utilities, non-profits and stakeholders who’ve made it their mission to make ENERGY STAR™ homes more accessible via better loans throughout Kentucky, the Harlan Daily Enterprise reports. COAP’s mission, per their website, …
“Written comments submitted by two highly-respected independent organizations regarding the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed manufactured housing “energy” rule — specifically citing the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) — echo and confirm the vigorous objections to that proposed rule set out by the Association in its own …
MHARR gets Third Party backup on Controversial, Proposed DOE Rule for Manufactured Homes Read More
In a recently reported discussion about affordable housing in Portland, Oregon, four “surprising facts” were raised by OregonMetro’s Craig Bebbe. The panel discussion at the Metro Regional Center shared hopeful signs for preserving and possibly even expanding access for manufactured housing and manufactured home communities in the future. Bebbe called …
Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) recently introduced the Financial CHOICE Act, which would serve as a Republican alternative to the Dodd-Frank Act. This move was made because it’s believed the Democratic-backed Dodd-Frank Act has had a negative impact on the country’s economic recovery; a recovery the Financial Services …
Hensarling files Financial CHOICE Act to replace Dodd-Frank Read More
In a stinging statement beyond the quoted headline above in a recent Mercury News Editorial, opens with these words; “The California Legislature has whiffed on the housing crisis. Increasingly, it’s up to cities and counties to solve it.” Indeed, the affordable housing crisis, as routinely reported in the Daily Business …
“Compared to where we were, there is no comparison,” said Lee Allen. “It’s been 10 years of good memories.” “When you walk through Lee and Lucille Allen’s front door, it feels like home,” begins the NextStepUS Annual report. Over a decade ago, the Allen’s became NextSteps first home owners. “Lee …
Affordable (Manufactured) Housing Done Right – NextStepUS Annual Report Read More
Lauren Urbanek, writing for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), is among the recent writers and policy advocates expressing their support for the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed revised standards for manufactured housing (MH). Building on a report on the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) done by Senior Policy …
Informed sources have told MHProNews about a national association with significant ties to numbers of HUD Code manufactured housing professionals; an association many times larger than the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) or the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), or both combined. That group? The National Federation of Independent …
Larger! The Other National Association…Not MHI, Not MHARR…Ally? Competitor? Both? Read More
Affordable housing options are becoming less plentiful around the country, but according to Urban Institute researchers, there are ways to sidestep what has become an outright crisis. The numbers surrounding the lack of affordable housing across the U.S. are staggering. In their map shown at the top left, light colored …
Elizabeth Wydra is the president of the Constitutional Accountability Center, which Wikipedia describes as a conservative judicial group. Carrie Severino, is the chief counsel and policy director at the Judicial Crisis Network, which Wikipedia says an action center, think tank and public interest law firm that believes in an inherently …
Left, Right Agree – President Obama’s mark is on powerful U.S. Appeals Courts Read More
Tragedy and violence occurs in neighborhoods across America. But when it takes place in a less than attractive neighborhood that happens to have mobile or manufactured homes, pejorative verbiage, bias and ignorance often lurk nearby. “The problems with the ABC [13] TV news story out of Houston is also a …
After almost no debate, a new ordinance was approved unanimously by the Lowell, Massachusetts City Council which will put new restrictions on the appearance of homes outside a historic district. The new ordinance seemed to be aimed directly at “mobile” and manufactured homes by adding regulations that would keep them …
Over Legal Objections, City Blocks Manufactured Homes Read More
The purported road-to-home ownership cloaked as “Rent to Own” is often found to be harmful and misleading, reports The New York Times. Although housing prices have recovered from the financial collapse of 2008, borrowers with less than stellar credit reports and those seeking to finance lower priced properties are left …
NYT – Rent to Own Houses Blur Lines, can harm Tenants Seeking Ownership Read More
During their Aug. 18 meeting, the Georgetown, SC city council members denied a request to rezone the West End to permit the addition of manufactured homes on more than 200 vacant lots. A petition signed by 150 residents asked to rezone that area from R5 to R3, to allow manufactured …
NIMBY strikes as council nixes manufactured housing use requested by over 100 residents Read More
