As populations around the world continue to grow, a recurring theme is the need for housing. More directly, many nations have declared a “housing crisis” and are looking for solutions. One of the nations where the need is most pronounced is the U.K., where a report by Cast CEO Mark …
Prefab and Modular Front and Center in Solving Housing Crisis Read More
As we wrap up the month of January, our featured articles are found on the MHProNews.com home page. Our theme for this month is: Jiu Jitsu January in Manufactured Homeland, USA. To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click …
“The manufactured homes chattel lending market poses challenges and risks for the enterprises” – FHFA statement in its request for comments on the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Duty to Serve Manufactured Housing. “This is a great opportunity for consumers of affordable housing to have additional lending options…” – Cody …
“An Elephant Ass,” Understanding GSEs, Duty to Serve, Manufactured Home Lending Read More
In Sumter County, Florida, the County Commission approved rezoning 26 acres in rural Wildwood to allow development of a 110-unit subdivision with manufactured homes or townhouses. And some of the residents were not pleased. According to Villages News, in an attempted case of NIMBY (Not-In-My-Back-Yard), a survey of nearby residents …
UMH Properties (NYSE: UMH) celebrated its 50th anniversary at the New York Stock Exchange last week, including ringing the closing bell. At the same time, a Nashville publication that had previously offered the company praise was telling a very different story. According to the Tennessean, residents at UMH owned properties …
North of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the Town Administration of Sylvan Lake was looking for clarification from the town council on recent changes to a land use bylaw for manufactured and modular homes. And it received a very interesting answer. It appears the bylaw is designed to stop manufactured or …
Does New Bylaw Discriminate Against Manufactured Homes? Read More
Patrick Kennedy, owner of Panoramic Interests, a San Francisco, California based developer specializing in prefab homes, believes he has a partial solution to the Bay Area’s chronic homelessness problem. Now he’s invited the East Bay city of Berkeley to take a look at that solution with a prototype installed next to City Hall. …
North of the border, in Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada, in what appears to be another case of NIMBY (Not-In-My-Back-Yard), a housing developer is not pleased about a planned manufactured home community. According to the Mayerthorpe Freelancer, local housing developer Tim Rosadiuk criticized Mayerthorpe’s new manufactured housing subdivision and said there is a lack …
Local Developer Says MH Community Hurts Property Value Read More
The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee has unanimously approved Dr. Ben Carson for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD.) His nomination now heads to the full Senate for a vote. Manufactured housing also took center stage, as the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) tells MHProNews that Senator Dean …
Carson Approved by Senate Committee, Provides View on MH Read More
A German designer is the latest to turn to prefab and modular to solve the nation’s housing crisis. Architect and builder Werner Sobek of Aktivhaus has a new project underway in the town of Winnenden that looks to solve the problem of housing a lot of refugees in a hurry. …
Another Country Turns to Prefab to Solve Housing Crisis Read More
A new year, a new month, and a new set of featured articles are found on the MHProNews.com home page. Our theme for this month is: Jiu Jitsu January in Manufactured Homeland, USA. To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, …
Residents of a Cleves, Ohio manufactured home community are breathing a sigh of relief. For now. According to WCPO, residents of the Candlelight Mobile Home Park have been in a fight to save their homes, and they got one company to back off and not force them out. But residents …
In Richmond, Virginia, a manufactured home community is going through the pains of change. Dennis Pasqualino purchased Rudd’s Trailer Park at auction in March. When the purchase was completed, he told residents that he planned to install surveillance cameras and remove some of the empty homes. While that hasn’t happened …
Keith Ellison (D-MN) has introduced The Energy Efficient Manufactured Homes Act of 2017 (H.R. 515), which proposes to enable economically vulnerable families to live in safe, affordable and energy-efficient homes. “There are as many as two million families who live in outdated energy-inefficient manufactured homes built more than two decades ago,” …
Bill Introduced to Replace Outdated Manufactured Homes Read More
Resident Owned Communities USA (ROC USA) tells MHProNews that their latest study shows that rents in their communities remain equal to or below market rate after five years. Every five years, ROC USA hires an independent third-party appraiser to analyze monthly rents in ROCs and compare them to similar commercially …
Study Shows Rents Remain Equal to or Below Market Rate Read More
The times are changing, and so are the demographics. Research from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) states that in 2017, more than half of all first-time homebuyers will be a millennial. The Digital Journal and hundreds of other media and special interest websites have picked up the exclusive MHLivingNews …
NAR – Millennials Want Quality Affordable Homes to Buy in 2017 Read More
Bill and Mary Ann Ridenour became “empty nesters” recently, and were left with a 3,200 square foot house. As many couples do in this situation, the Ridenours decided to downsize. And they discovered the magic of manufactured housing. “When I tell people what we did they think I’m joking,” said …
As the U.K. battles an ever-increasing housing crisis, more and more people are looking to manufactured and modular housing as a solution. Ashley Ilsen, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Lending at development finance lender Regentsmead, tells MHProNews that supply chains, in the wake of the recent Brexit vote, have …
Modular Becomes Solution for Supply Chain Slowdown Read More
In Melbourne, Florida, manufactured homes are getting a whole new level of respect. From millennials. “The generation that is now attracted to manufactured homes wants all the extras and we’re giving it to them,” said Ryan Brower, general manager at Lamplighter Village. “Today’s buyers may be downsizing from a 4,000-square-foot …
In Sweden, even with a robust and sturdy “welfare economy,” the nation is still suffering from an intense housing shortage due to its popularity as a destination for migrants. It’s now looking to shipping containers as an option to ease the crisis. And with imports from places like China to Europe much …
Faced With Housing Shortage, Nation Turns to Unused Containers Read More
