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New Mexico Manufactured Housing Association to Award Scholarship

The Albuquerque (New Mexico) Community Foundation oversees the awarding of 16 scholarships. The New Mexico Manufactured Housing Association (NMMHA) Scholarship offers $1,000 for graduating New Mexico high school seniors who live in manufactured homes. MHProNews.com has learned from abqjournal.com applicants must have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0. …

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Applications Open for VAMMHA Scholarships

The Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association (VAMMHA) announces applications are being accepted for its 2014 Scholarship Program. Applicants must be employed by VAMMHA member companies or be the children or grandchildren of employees and have a 3.0 grade point average (GPA). They are required to submit three letters of …

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Awards Given to DeRose, McNeil

The Indiana Manufactured Housing Association/Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council (IMHA/RVIC) honored past president Adriane DeRose with the President’s Award, bestowed upon a deserving board member each year. From Carefree Homes of Pendleton, Indiana, DeRose received the honor from IMHA/RVIC President Eric Oaks. The Citizen of the Year Award, presented to someone …

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Modular Home Builder Honored

The New Jersey Small Business Development Center (NJSBDC) honored modular home builder RBA Homes of Red Bank, New Jersey for doubling staff and sales revenues, according to redbankpatch.com. RBA President Bill Lashovitz in turn thanked counselors at NJSBDC for helping the company rebound after Hurricane Sandy and for help in …

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Honorees chosen for RV/MH 2014 Hall of Fame

Ten new honorees will be inducted into the RV/MH Hall of Fame Class of 2014 on Aug. 4, 2014 at the Hall facility in Elkhart, Indiana. MHProNews has learned the inductees from the manufactured housing industry are: • Barry Cole, president of Manufactured Housing Insurance Services and Cole Housing Corp.(insurance …

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Couple Wins Top Prize for Christmas Decorated Manufactured Home

According to kdhnews.com, Joseph and Chris Dillow’s Christmas display earned first place and the People’s Choice award in the manufactured home category for the 14th Annual Heights Lights on Parade Outdoor Lighting and Decorating Contest in Harker Heights, Texas. Their decoration has several moving parts choreographed to music, MHProNews has …

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Modular Entry from Solar Decathlon on Display in Albuquerque

Combining forces, the University of New Mexico and Arizona State University entered a solar modular home in the U. S. Dept. of Energy (DOE)s’ Solar Decathlon held in Oct. at Irvine, California, winning first prize in the “energy balance” category and in the top ten in other categories. “SHADE (Solar …

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Virginia Accepting Apps for Scholarship

The Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association (VAMMHA) announces applications are being accepted for its 2014 Scholarship Program. Applicants must be employed by VAMMHA member companies or be the children or grandchildren of employees and have a 3.0 grade point average (GPA). Nominations are open to senior high school and …

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Award-winning ENERGY STAR Program Includes Clayton Homes

Clayton Homes participated in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) ENERGY STAR Manufactured Homes pilot program, conceived to encourage more production of energy efficient homes by the manufactured housing industry and to motivate consumers to upgrade to ENERGY STAR qualification. The pilot program was awarded honorable mention by the American Council …

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Champion Lives up to its Name

Champion Home Builders, Inc. won several honors at the 2014 Jerry Rouleau Awards for Excellence in Marketing and Home Design, presented by the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Building Systems Council (BSC) during their “Showcase 24” held Oct. 21. The Excellence in Home Design is for the under-2,000 square …

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Austria Takes Top Prize at Solar Decathlon

Austrian students from Vienna University of Technology won top honors at the U S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Solar Decathlon, besting 18 other entries from around the world for “designing, building, and operating the most cost-effective, energy-efficient and attractive solar-powered house.” The modular wooden frame home, Austria’s first ever entry …

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Modular Wins Aussie Award

The Engineering Excellence Awards in Sydney, Australia in Products, Manufacturing Facilities and Processes was conferred on TEKTUM Space2.0, for its design of a full-size modular house that is transported on a flatbed trailer which unfolds at the site with all services and finishes in place. According to engineersaustralia.org.au, the final …

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Paul Bradley Honored for Developing Manufactured Housing Co-ops

Paul Bradley, president of ROC (resident-owned communities) USA LLC has been chosen the Carsey 2013 Social Innovator of the Year, which recognizes a New England business leader with a commitment to social innovation and business. ROC USA assists residents of manufactured home communities (MHCs) form co-ops to buy their own …

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Nominations for RV/MH Hall of Fame Due

The Recreational Vehicle (RV)/Manufactured Housing (MH) Hall of Fame (Hall) Selection Committee is actively seeking nominations for the class of 2014. Darryl Searer, Hall president, said, “The Hall welcomes nominations from all RV and manufactured housing sectors — manufacturers, dealers, campgrounds, housing communities, suppliers, user groups, trade media, associations, etc.” …

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Another Modular Home set for Energy Department’s Solar Decathlon

Updating a story we last posted Aug. 13, 2013 regarding the U. S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, the latest entry is the modular Phoenix House, based at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, and being developed jointly by students at the U of L, University of Kentucky, and Ball …

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Modular Homes Competing in Solar Decathlon

Updating a story MHProNews posted April 17, 2013 regarding two Vermont schools competing in the U. S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon in California October 3-13, a send-off event is slated at the Statehouse in Montpelier for the teams and their modular homes Sept. 10. Two of only 20 student …

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City to Build Modular Multifamily Affordable Housing

The Portland (Maine) Housing Authority is planning a 42-unit modular apartment building to provide housing for individuals and families who earn between $18,000 and $45,000 a year. With rents ranging from $535 to $1,000 a month, the $7 million project, Bayside Anchor, will be financed with federal tax credits. Projects …

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School District Receives Housing Grant

Updating a story we last posted July 9, 2013 concerning the Midland (TX) Independent School District (MISD) providing manufactured housing for staff members in housing-strapped Midland, a grant from The Scharbauer Foundation, Inc. will provide up to $500 monthly per teacher so 300 qualifying teachers can afford to rent a …

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Unusual Modular Design Influenced Numerous Housing Projects

Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie at age 23 designed a modular housing project for the Montreal World Exposition of 1967 comprised of 354 identical concrete modules that became 158 apartments, stacked in a variety of combinations and connected by steel cables. The 38 by 17 foot units, weighing 90 tons each, …

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Manufactured Housing Institute Head to Keynote RV/MH Induction

Dick Jennison, President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), will be keynote speaker at the annual RV/MH Hall of Fame Induction Dinner for the Class of 2013 Aug. 5 in Elkhart, Ind. With a background in advocacy and management, Jennison was chosen to lead MHI in Feb. 2012, …

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