An attempt to site 120 manufactured homes (MH) on a 22-ace plot of land in Taylor, British Columbia, Canada has run into opposition from the District of Taylor Council. Jennifer Hillmer, business development manager for Jandel Homes, said the MH would be on the lower end, filling the need for …
Manufactured Home Subdivision in Canada Receives Cold Reception Read More
MHProNews has learned Michigan-based MHRE, which specializes in the marketing of manufactured home and recreational vehicle communities across the country, has orchestrated the sale of a three property, all age manufactured home community portfolio comprised of 921 home sites, all in Michigan. The sale includes community owned manufactured homes and …
MHRE Arranges Sale of Three Manufactured Home Community Package Read More
MHProNews has learned from ktuu-tv that the housing market in Anchorage, Alaska is very tight, with 40 percent of all renters in the Mat Su Valley earning $40,000 a year or less. In response, Weidner Property Management has sited over 200 new manufactured homes in a rental complex. The Alaska …
Alaska Program offers Subsidized Manufactured Homes to Low-Income Renters Read More
MHProNews has learned from marketwatch that real estate investment trust (REIT) Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI), owner and operator of manufactured home and recreational vehicle communities, has declared a quarterly distribution of $0.65 per share of common stock for Q3 2015, payable Oct. 16, 2015 to shareholders of record as of …
Sun Communities Declares Stockholder Dividends for Third Quarter Read More
If Bill Stetson and other residents at Green Meadows Mobile Home Park in Concord, New Hampshire so choose, they may become the 114th co-operative owners of their own manufactured home community (MHC) in the state. A resident of Green Meadows for 31 years, he said, “This is an opportunity that …
Residents of Land Lease Community may Seek Co-operative Ownership Read More
Following a story MHProNews last published June 4, 2015 regarding the impending closing and planned relocation of residents of Wheel Inn Ranch RV and Mobile Home Park in Scottsdale, Arizona, the city’s Human Services Department will help residents, many of whom are elderly and/or disabled, in their transition. While MHP …
Manufactured Home Community Residents Get Help from City, Fellow Citizens Read More
Of the forty-three manufactured homes in the Foothills and Riverbend Mobile Home Parks that were devastated in Lyons, Colorado by eight days of torrential rain and subsequent flooding, none have been replaced, dailycamera tells MHProNews. In fact, there is nothing to indicate that the disaster did not happen last week …
Manufactured Home Communities Wiped Out Forever by Raging River Read More
Following a story MHProNews posted Aug. 27, 2015 regarding a judge’s ruling that the city of Pearl, Mississippi was illegally trying to eradicate manufactured home communities (MHCs) through attrition, three owners of Pearl MHCs have filed a Federal lawsuit charging the city with “purposeful discrimination” against low-and-middle-income housing, according to …
Federal Housing Discrimination Suit Filed against Pearl, Mississippi Read More
Capital One informs MHProNews that it arranged a $4.9 million fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of a manufactured home community (MHC) in Canyonville, Oregon, 185 miles south of Portland. Completed in 2009, Knoll Terrace is a 134-homesite age-restricted community in a forested area, and the homes have two-car …
Fannie Mae Loan Arranged for sale of Manufactured Home Community in Oregon Read More
The Wildwood Home Owner’s Association in Sandwich, Illinois is sponsoring its third annual House Walk, Sept. 12, to acquaint visitors with the positive features of manufactured homes (MH) and living in a manufactured home community. As kendallcountynow informs MHProNews, six residents are opening their homes to help attendees understand the …
Wildwood Manufactured Home Community Sponsors House Walk Read More
Following a Supreme Court’s ruling in June regarding disparate impact, and the subsequent requirement that cities receiving HUD funding must be wary of siting affordable housing away from amenities and the opportunities of urban living, two Chicago activists highlight the problem of transportation inequality, according to nextcity. Brendan Sanders of …
Transit Oriented Development in Relation to Affordable Housing Read More
Following a story that MHProNews last reported June 20, 2015 regarding UMH Properties, Inc.’s long-time plan to build either a manufactured or modular home community on 106 acres it owns in the Village of Coxsackie, New York, while UMH (NYSE:UMH) wants to move forward with the project, the village is …
UMH Properties Pushing to Develop Manufactured/Modular Home Community in New York Read More
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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Aug. 23-Aug. 30, 2015 Read More
Following a story MHProNews last posted on Feb. 24, 2015 regarding the closing of the Life O’Riley manufactured home community the previous year, and subsequent forced evacuation of all the residents in ten days because of unsanitary conditions, code enforcement has been moved back from the state to the city. …
Updating a story MHProNews published Jan. 16, 2015 regarding the city of Pearl, Mississippi’s attempt to prevent a manufactured home community (MHC) from refilling vacated sites with manufactured homes (MH), Madison-Rankin Circuit Judge John H. Emfinger ruled the city does not have that authority, saying the ordinance would destroy the …
Judge Rules Manufactured Home Community’s Right to Replace Homes Read More
Residents of the 50 home site Fetherston Mobile Home Park in North Grenville, Ottawa, Canada were concerned in the late 1990s when they noticed sewage seeping out of the ground in their community, according to insideottawavalley. By 2001 the community was heading into bankruptcy, when the Ministry of the Environment …
Unique Wastewater Treatment System Solves Manufactured Home Community Problem Read More
The Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) is offering a free Manufactured Home Weatherization Program to its residential natural gas and electric customers residing in a manufactured home. For better comfort and smaller energy bills, the upgrades a representatives can install include programmable thermostats, showerheads, faucet aerators, duct sealing, CFL …
NIPSCO Energy Program Saves MH Owners on Utilities Read More
The owners of Logan’s Crossing Manufactured Home Community in Dallas, Georgia, in conjunction with the Paulding Education Foundation, encourage excellence in attendance and achievement by offering awards to students who live in the community. According to neighbornewpapers, Dr. and Mrs. Ron Cobb established the Logan’s Crossing MHC Fund with the …
Owners of Manufactured Home Community Honors Resident Students Read More
According to the U. S. Census Bureau, home ownership fell to 63.4 percent in Q2, the lowest rate since 1967. Concurrently, renter-occupied units rose by two million from the previous year. MHProNews has been informed by bloomberg that BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest money manager, is jumping in to the …
Sherkston Shores manufactured home community (MHC) in Ontario, Canada is a 560-acre resort south of Niagara Falls owned by Carefree Communities, with 1,700 manufactured homes that owners occupy from May to October on the shores of Lake Erie. There are also 80 rental cottages and 40 rustic cabins as well …
Canadian Land Lease Community Offers Lake Erie Vacationing Read More
