The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) issued a press release announcing that John Bostick has been elected at their annual meeting in Tunica, Mississippi, to serve as chairman of the association. The president of Sunshine Homes of Red Bay, Alabama, he has been a board member since 1994, …
The Register-Guard of Oregon reports the Manufactured Housing/Oregon State Tenants Association (OSTA), primarily an advocacy group for residents of manufactured housing, has set its sights on helping disadvantaged students in public schools with meals, supplies, and support. Each community across the state has been asked to adopt a school and …
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As a follow-up to our article March 10, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) details instructions for dealing with defective Chinese Drywall in single family homes. The drywall was used following Hurricane Katrina, because new construction demand outstripped U.S. supply. The process involves testing for the amount of corrosive …
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From NCAdvertiser.com in New Canaan, Connecticut, comes news that members of the Congregational Church in New Canaan are traveling to Puerto Rico March 12 to inaugurate a modular housing program. Their destination is Las Acerolas, Toa Alta, just southwest of the capital, San Juan, where they will meet up with …
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According to The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), members of the House of Representatives should be urged to show their support for homeownership and the mortgage interest deduction by co-sponsoring H. Res. 25. “This resolution acknowledges the importance of homeownership to individual households, the economy and the nation,” …
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The Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, collaborates with Neighbor Works in their I’M HOME (Innovations in Manufactured Homes) program, which supports a wide range of sustainable, affordable housing. Realizing the need to change the framework that separates manufactured housing from stick-built, and to open doors to …
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The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has issued a press release calling for intense scrutiny of the Fiscal Year 2012 HUD manufactured housing budget. The new budget request asks for $7 million in additional funds, as well as an increase from $39 to $60 in the fee paid …
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The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) says it is urging Congress to support the use of a rental voucher for the full cost of purchasing a manufactured home sited on leased land, by permitting funds to be used for both the cost of leasing the land, and for the monthly home …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) reports that on January 26, Reps. Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Joe Donnelly (D-IN) began circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to support the manufactured housing industry and millions of American families that rely on a manufactured home as …
World Interior Design Network reports that The Architecture for Health In Vulnerable Environments (ARCHIVE), an international charity based in the US, recently announced the winners of a global architectural competition inviting architects, designers and health specialists for the building of ‘healthy homes’ for Haiti. The Haitian government-sponsored competition is intended …
With plans to change the Mortgage Interest Deduction (MID) being presented to Congress in hopes of reducing the federal budget deficit, homebuilders, industry and realtor groups are urging the maintenance of the benefit in its full potency. National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) Chairman Bob Jones recently said reducing the benefit …
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