RVBusiness reports the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana recently announced the launch of its website for the Northern Indiana Event Center to promote rentals for wedding receptions, meetings, company parties, shows and other gatherings. Previously, interested parties had to wade through the history and other features of the …
Long-time Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Association member Edward D. Currie, 75, passed away suddenly Sept. 30th in Stuart, Florida. The owner of Mogan’s Mobile Home Park in Wareham, Mass., and Currie Enterprises, he served until five yeas ago on the Manufactured Housing Commission. He was involved with Little League Baseball and …
Citigroup’s strong quarterly report, better-than-expected retail sales and the improvement in Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Empire State Manufacturing Index were welcomed by investors as all three indexes finished in positive territory in today’s trading. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose +0.72 percent today, +95.38 points, to …
In his review of Stanley Kurtz’s Spreading the Wealth: How Obama is Robbing the suburbs to Pay for the Cities, Eric Miller notes in Sustainable City News how the right has set up a straw man just to smash it down. Miller points out the suburbs were subsidized in the …
CapeGazette VillageSoup informs MHProNews from Georgetown, Delaware Captain’s Way Development LLC has requested a zoning change for a 155-acre parcel of land from single-family site built to manufactured home community. Developer Pret Dyer, saying it is an opportunity for Sussex County to achieve its affordable housing quota, also stated he …
A Novato, Calif. non-profit that operates Marin’s three homeless shelters will partner with modular builder Blu Homes to site 14 one and two-bedroom compact homes to be rented to low-income, formerly homeless families with children. According to marinij, Marin-based Homeward Bound, which also operates transitional housing, has raised one third …
The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) states manufactured housing is considered personal property in most states because its origins as a home on wheels (trailer) being towed led to its taxation and licensing as a vehicle, but new MH today generally moves only once–from the sales lot to the site. The …
WSBTV reports residents of Tara Mobile Home Park in Jonesboro, GA just south of Atlanta have endured the abandonment of neighboring Maria Mobile Homes community and the subsequent collection of dumped furnishings and trash, as well as squatters living in the decrepit homes. The water was turned off last year …
LaneReport tells MHProNews Kentucky’s Governor Steve Beshear has reappointed Betty C. Whittaker to serve on the High Performance Buildings Advisory Committee. Executive director of the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute (KMHI), Ms. Whittaker is scheduled to serve until her term expires Aug. 22, 2014. (Photo credit: Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute)
MHProNews has learned from Courthouse News Service Palm Harbor Homes (PHHMQ) is suing three insurers that refused to defend it from 15 disgruntled homeowners in Nevada going back to 2005 and 2006. Palm Harbor alleges American International Group (AIG) issued a commercial liability policy for a Palm Harbor entity in …
Although the Dow has risen over seven percent for the year, investors’ current caution in advance of next week’s corporate earnings reports and ongoing concerns about China and Europe led to a two percent + drop in the Dow this week. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose a …
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OregonLive tells MHProNews the first modular multifamily affordable apartment project in the Northwest was sited in Portland, Oregon Thurs. Oct 11. Built in Aumsville, OR, Kah San Chako Haws–”East House” in Chinook— took 13 months to design and construct and cost $1.7 million, about $190,000 each unit. Architect Stuart Emmons …
The newburyportnews reports from Salisbury, Mass. manufactured houses cannot be considered affordable housing to help meet the state’s requirement because state law considers MH as temporary. The Town Meeting will petition the legislature to alter the definition to include MH, which will then be sufficient to meet the mandated ten …
KOTARadio in Rapid City, South Dakota tells MHProNews the Legal and Finance Committee denied a proposed ordinance to allow modular homes into manufactured housing communities, without discussion. In limbo for a number of months, at a previous committee meeting members expressed concern the ordinance might allow manufactured housing into other …
According to nationalmortgagenews foreclosure filings dropped seven percent in Sept. to the lowest reading since the fourth quarter of 2007, a total of 180,427 properties. RealtyTrac tells MHProNews filings fell year-over-year 16 percent. For the third quarter 2012, the 531,576 foreclosure filings amount to a five percent decline from the …
According to the Manufactured Housing Institute, the shipment of manufactured homes reported by Indiana increased 19.7 percent Aug. 2012 over the same month of 2011. On the year, shipments have risen 39.9 percent, from 2,286 homes Jan.-Aug. 2011, to 3,207 for the same period of 2012. As MHProNews reported Oct. …
Stocks rose on lowered reported jobless claims, but then fell on news the numbers were incorrect, leaving the three major indexes to move less than 0.15 percent in either direction. Trading is not anticipated to be particularly active in advance of the presidential elections next month. CNNMoney reports the Dow …
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A larger than expected drop in jobless claims last week was the result of one large state not filing their quarterly report, not the result of more jobs being filled. YAHOO! Finance reports the Labor Department said jobless claims fell by a seasonally-adjusted rate of 30,000 last week, resulting in …
The Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) tells MHProNews TMHA Executive Director DJ Pendleton received the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) Jim Moore Excellence in Communication Award at the recent MHI meeting and awards ceremony in San Antonio. Last October he was mentioned as a replacement for outgoing Executive Director of MHI …
Fastcodesign reports the new Starbucks in Denver looks more like something from the TV show Bonanza. Made of old Wyoming snow fencing, the modular unit is a drive-thru and walk-up only with no indoor seating, no internet connection, 500 square feet in size, LEED Certified and just large enough for …
