In a hotly contested property rights versus residents rights case, originally covered by the Daily Business News in September, and then again in December, the five-year journey for residents of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto, California has come to a favorable end for all parties. In a case that …
In Eagle, Idaho, residents at the Riviera Estates community are dealing with, floodwaters, and looking for answers. According to KBOI, more residents were forced to evacuate yesterday due to floodwaters, which began on Wednesday. Initial flooding of two to three feet has now spread several more feet, and county officials still …
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In Louisiana, the Livingston Parish Council could soon be considering a ban on manufactured homes in single-family subdivisions. According to The Advocate, Councilman John Wascom called for the conversation during an Ordinance Committee meeting last week, proposing an ordinance that would outlaw living in a manufactured home in any named …
NIMBY in the Bayou – Manufactured Housing in Danger? Read More
In June 2016, the massive Erskine Fire near Bakersfield, California displaced a number of families. After a long wait, thirteen families, who resided in manufactured homes prior to the blaze, were finally able to move into new FEMA units this week. According to Bakersfield Now, Kern County, which includes the …
In Detroit, Michigan, Shamayim “Mama Shu” Harris had a dream. That dream was to create a sustainable eco-village in the heart of her Highland Park neighborhood. “I converted my neighborhood from blight to beauty,” said Harris. Another part of that dream was a main building to handle things. Nationally syndicated …
TV Star Donates Modular Home, Provides Industry Recognition Read More
In San Antonio, Texas, District 8 councilman and mayoral hopeful Ron Nirenberg is making a push to change the municipal code. According to My San Antonio, Nirenberg, fresh off an endorsement from former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, is looking to beef up the city’s inspections of manufactured home communities, and …
Candidate: Beef Up Manufactured Home Community Inspections Read More
New U.S. homebuilding numbers showed an unexpected drop in the month of April, dropping to their lowest level in the last five months. According to Newsmax, persistent weakness in the construction of multi-family housing units, could suggest a slowdown in the housing market recovery. The Commerce Department said that housing …
Housing Starts Fall, Bottleneck to Economic Recovery-Manufactured Housing to the Rescue? Read More
Recently released data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), shows that the 55+ Housing Market Indexes (HMI) for single family homes posted significant declines in all three components in the first quarter of this year. According to Consumer Affairs, the HMI’s for present sales dropped 12 points to …
Homebuilder Confidence Plunges, Golden Opening for Manufactured Housing Read More
In a trend that has become popular in Europe, the Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta, is taking the plunge, with the development of its first modular housing project utilizing shipping containers. Per the Journal of Commerce, the soon to be completed urban infill project, Westgate Manor, will consist of 20 …
In Montana’s Yellowstone County, manufactured home owners can look to receive their tax assessments a bit later this year. The reason? According to the Billings Gazette, many are expected to show a large increase in value. “The major differences from last year’s assessments are that 2017 is a reappraisal year …
Manufactured Home Owners Could Be in for a Surprise Read More
The answer to that question throughout Western North Carolina comes down to something simple: it depends on whom you ask. Manufactured housing in the region, on average, accounts for between 15 and 30 percent of overall housing. According to the Citizen Times, opponents of manufactured housing in the area say …
In New York State, the Governor’s office of storm recovery (GOSR) has been hard at work assisting property owners who have been impacted by Superstorm Sandy. According to BlackNews, the Poospatuck Reservation, the smallest reservation in the state, is one of those groups, having eight families that were in needed. …
Minority Manufactured Home Builder Helps Sandy Victims Read More
When it comes to the wisdom of Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) Chairman and billionaire Sam Zell, there’s never a shortage of fireworks. “Obama’s $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was a ‘half-ass-d stimulus bill,’” said Zell on CNBC this week, as he promoted his new book, “Am I …
Our theme for this month: Magnificent May. Our featured articles will be available on the MHProNews.com home page. Our May theme will be available mid-week this week. To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click the link above. Manufactured, modular and …
Last Sunday evening proved to be a big one for the manufactured housing industry veteran, Paul Bradley President of ROC USA. Bradley appeared on NBC Nightly News in a segment on manufactured home communities. The feature focused on those 55 and over, who are downsizing in retirement and choosing manufactured …
In a follow up to a story the Daily Business News originally covered in December, a Minnesota State Appeals Court ruled in favor of the new owners of the Lowry Grove Mobile Home Park in St. Anthony, in an ongoing dispute over the site’s future. The story began back in …
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Nobility, UMH Jump, Manufactured Housing CV, Broader Markets Rise Read More
After nearly half a century of selling factory-built homes, and according to his daughter, “a walking encyclopedia of the manufactured home industry,” Curt Hames passed away Sunday, April 30 at age 92, in Hiawatha, Iowa. After retiring from the army in 1969, having served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam, he …
In Kilgore, Texas, an ordinance that has stopped the inclusion of new manufactured homes outside of specific communities is now under scrutiny. According to the Longview News-Journal, the ordinance was front and center for officials during a council workshop last week. In 2008, the city council approved an ordinance that …
Our theme for this month: Magnificent May. Our featured articles will be available on the MHProNews.com home page. Our May theme will be available beginning mid-week next week. To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click the link above. Manufactured, modular …
