With a labor and available lot squeeze driving up the price of site-built homes, bloomberg reports modular homes present a viable alternative, less costly and a quicker build time than site-built, although in appearance, they might be very little different than site-built. The median construction cost for modular comes in …
Modular Home Builders Pushing to Dispel Myths of Factory Built Homes Read More
The Office of the Federal Register informs MHProNews that the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) meeting will be held Jan. 19 thru Jan. 21 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY, 9:00 AM to 5 PM each day, somewhat overlapping the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show. The agenda for the …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Saving the American Dream for a Soldier, new Wife and Family What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHARR slams FHFA for excluding chattel loans. Ordinance prevents more MH in the community. Assessments on MH sites maddens owners. Block grants to replace …
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While MHProNews has been following the stop and go development of modular homes to replace emergency accommodations for the homeless in Dublin, Ireland, as we last reported Dec. 18, 2015, Fingal County Council CEO Paul Reid is defending plans for 40 modular housing units for the homeless in Balbriggan, just …
Modular Housing Spreads in Ireland for the Homeless Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) tells MHProNews the so-called “new” duty to serve (DTS) rule issued by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Dec. 18, 2015, much like the original 2010 implementation, continues the exclusion of manufactured home (MH) chattel loans, which make up some 70 percent …
MHARR Criticizes FHFA for Continuing to exclude Chattel Loans Read More
As part of a statewide allocation of $22.6 million in grants that will help create affordable housing, deliver social services and revive downtown communities covering 1,166 different projects, more than $2 million will be going to communities in western New York state to improve homes and help create a path …
Block Grants will Replace Manufactured Homes in Western NY Read More
Tent City 3 in Seattle, Washington is a peer-run homeless encampment with ties to social welfare services and some 60 residents, according to news.ca.yahoo. A 2014 report from the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) indicates citywide anti-camping bans have risen by 60 percent since 2011. The U. …
Seattle’s Tent City Provides Structure for the Homeless Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Local Star Chambers Wage War on Affordable Housing What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Thugs threaten modular homeless housing in Dublin. Dodd-Frank reform dropped from bill. Fowl foul manufactured home expansion. Ordinance classifies 3 types of MH. Site-built starts & permits …
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The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) informs MHProNews that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has issued a new “duty to serve (DTS) underserved markets” provision of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA). However, the DTS credit will not be available under the proposal for …
MHARR Underscores Need for MH Chattel Loans to be Included in new Duty To Serve Proposal Read More
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews that congressional leaders have announced a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations spending bill to keep the government funded through fiscal 2016, but none of the Dodd-Frank Act reforms were included. Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN), the sponsor of the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act …
Dodd-Frank Reform not Included in Omnibus Appropriations Bill Read More
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released a plan today, Dec. 15, 2015, that gives owners of manufactured home communities (MHCs) the opportunity to access financing by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs), according to what nationalmortgagenews tells MHProNews. It also would provide incentives for states to convert manufactured …
FHFA Proposal could Reform Sale of Manufactured Homes Read More
Economists at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) have determined from the 2013 American Community Survey that the average age of U. S. construction workers is 42, one year older than the overall work force average, according to what constructiondive tells MHProNews. States with the highest median age of …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Why Families, Singles and Couples are Attracted to Good Manufactured Home Communities Police Chief’s Wife is on Town Council and Loves Manufactured Home Living What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Homeless Housing in Dublin in Dispute. FEMA CA Wildfire Housing to …
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MHProNews has learned from foxnews the Senate has passed a short-term spending bill that will keep the government open until Wednesday, Dec. 16, so negotiators can have more time to hammer out a longer term measure. While lawmakers are trying to come together on a $1.1 trillion budget deal to …
Temporary Spending Measure Passes to Keep Government Open Read More
While H. R. 650, the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act passed the House in April with bi-partisan support, the Senate companion bill S 682, cannot pass the Senate as a standalone measure because it would be vetoed. If, however, it is attached as a rider to the must-pass appropriations …
Manufacturing Housing Pros rallying Troops for More Financing Options in 2016 Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Personalizing Your Custom Home – at Half the Cost Sneak a Peek! What Millions Knows – Hiding in Plain Sight – The Home of the Future What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News HUD Code Home Production Continues Ascending. Multiple Insider Trades …
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“New materials and technology have taken modular housing light years away from the transportable homes of the 1970s, offering a sophisticated product with drastically reduced build times,” says au.news.yahoo. Modular housing has become a more viable alternative in the past decade with the introduction of new lightweight and thermally efficient …
As the deadline nears for the mega spending bills to be passed in Congress that will keep the government running, as MHProNews reported Nov. 26, 2015, the Obama administration has indicated it will push back against any attempt to substantially weaken the 2010 financial overhaul, according to the nytimes. Congressional Republicans …
Obama Administration: Unacceptable to Include Dodd-Frank Amendments in Appropriations Bill Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com “It’s not a trailer, it’s a manufactured home!” Inside MH with Mary Johnson, Retired Nurse Getting More Manufactured Home Lending – Video Interview with MH Owner, Tom Fath What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHARR slams HUD over monitoring contract. Australia …
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Although HUD Secretary Julian Castro praised the manufactured home industry for making affordable home ownership possible in a recent speech to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), another part of the federal government, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), restricts lending on manufactured homes valued at $20,000 or less. Some say …
Crucial Vote on MH Lending due in Congress by Dec. 11 Read More
