In another of a series about the quality of life and inexpensive living in a manufactured home in Florida, Scott Burns of dallasnews tells MHProNews that among the Tuscan-style villas along the Gulf Coast are resident-owned manufactured home communities. He notes a 5 acre community, Cortez Park, with 79 homes, …
Budget-Conscious Couple Live part-time in Manufactured Home Community Read More
Manufactured Home Sliding off Foundation; State Inspector Notes Dangers MHARR Objects to DOE Energy Standards for Manufactured Housing Dow Slides Again, MHCV Slips, Skyline Advances RVIA Honors RVIC/IMHA Director Mark Bowersox UMH Properties Reports Sustained Growth for Q4 2014 Modular Hotel for Brooklyn being Built in Poland Indicators of New …
After the manufactured home of Mary and Dick Deweese was sited on a homesite at the Worthington Arms Manufactured Home Community in Lewis Center, Ohio, it began sliding towards a creek that ran beside it, according to what 10tv tells MHProNews. Dick Deweese said he has to put tape around …
Manufactured Home Sliding off Foundation; State Inspector Notes Dangers Read More
In the company’s year end and Q4 conference call, UMH’s president and CEO Samuel Landy says the company acquired 14 manufactured home communities (MHC) comprised of 1,600 developed homesites for $42.6 million, representing an increase in home sites of 12 percent. In addition, UMH acquired an MHC in Erie, Pennsylvania …
UMH Properties Reports Sustained Growth for Q4 2014 Read More
According to rejournals, Capital One Multifamily Finance arranged for a $9.5 million fixed-rate loan to refinance Burkhart Ridge Mobile Estates, a 306-homesite manufactured home community in Howell, Michigan, near Detroit. The ten-year loan has one year of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization. Damon Reed, director of MHC finance for …
Capital One Scores another Manufactured Home Community Refinance Read More
A professor of hospitality management at the University of South Carolina, Beaufort, is planning on developing 1.6 acres in Bluffton, South Carolina into ten single-family modular homes targeted to young professionals who work in the Old Town area of the city. Sean Barth intends to use three modular home plans …
MHProNews has learned from abladvisor that Capital One Multifamily Finance has arranged a $7.3 million Fannie Mae fixed-rate loan package to refinance Rodeo Mobile Estates, an age-restricted 55+ community of 204 homesites in Soquel, California. “Having operated this seniors community since 1998, the owners wanted to provide funding to maintain …
Capital One Arranges $7.3M Fannie Mae Loan for Manufactured Home Community Read More
Manufactured home communities around Midland, Texas where the oil industry has been bustling are not suffering despite the drop in international oil prices. Chase Gardaphe opened the 171-homesite Stonegate Manufactured Housing Community in Jan. 2014 and filled up in five months. He plans to open a larger community, saying a …
Oil Price Drop not Affecting Manufactured Home Communities in Texas Town Read More
The Santa Clarita, California City Council is expected to approve a second hearing on rent increases for residents of manufactured homes following a Feb. meeting that saw dozens of MH residents oppose the minimum increases. Erin Lay, housing program administrator for the city, said one change from the first hearing …
City Council sets Rent Increases for Manufactured Home Communities Read More
The Country Lakes Co-Op Inc., a resident-owned manufactured home community in Palmetto, Florida, with 471 homesites, has homes for sale with and without a co-op share. The homes range from $12,000 to about $35,000 without a co-op share, according to Judy Smith who lives here and is licensed to sell …
Resident-Owned Manufactured Home Communities offer Savings Read More
Noting that New Jerseyans must earn $24.92 an hour to afford a two-bedroom fair market rent apartment without paying over 30 percent of their income, mycentraljersey tells MHProNews manufactured homes have emerged as a viable alternative. Robert Dolan, owner of Edison Mobile Estates in Edison, NJ says the “mobile” in …
New Jersey Community has Energy Star Manufactured Homes Read More
After residents of a West Spokane, Washington manufactured home community (MHC) complained of dangerous conditions, the city said exposed wires presented a fire hazard and the community needs to be brought up to code, according to krem. “It’s the property owner’s responsibility to make sure that he’s providing for conditions …
Manufactured Home Community Needs to be Brought up to Code Read More
The 2014 Active Transportation Plan (ATP) of Calistoga, California originally included a pedestrian and bicycle pathway that wound around the Calistoga Springs and Chateau Calistoga manufactured housing communities (MHCs), but residents of the communities are overwhelmingly against the path. Seniors in the communities have safety and privacy concerns, leading the …
Manufactured Home Community Residents turn back Adjacent Path Plan Read More
The Del Oro Water Co., which serves the Quail Trails Village Mobile Home Park in Paradise, California, in responding to resident’s complaints about the foul-smelling water, says that because of the water shortage, more chemicals are needed to treat the existing water. But the company adds that it is bacteria …
Residents of the Hala Point Mobile Home Park in Panama City, Florida are concerned that a 40-unit apartment development will increase flooding in the community because the county’s drainage system is inadequate, according to newsherald. County storm water engineer Josee Cyr says, “The drainage system out there is probably adequate …
Manufactured Home Community Residents Concerned Development will Increase Flooding Read More
Commenting on The Atlantic‘s article about manufactured housing (MH), the CFPB and MH financing, Amy Bliss of the Wisconsin Housing Alliance, compliments the piece for citing facts such as: > energy efficiency, > less waste in the building process, > availability to middle-incomers, while acknowledging the difficulty in finding financing …
The Atlantic’s article on Manufactured Housing Evoked Comments Read More
Delaware District 37 Representative Ruth Briggs King, a Republican, is being challenged by Democrat Paulette Rappa, an educator and resident of a manufactured home community. MHProNews first covered King’s election of Nov. 2012 when she defeated another MHC resident, Beth McGinn. When asked about the problems facing MHC residents, Rep. …
DE State Rep takes on Democrat MHC Resident Challenger Read More
Under the current Sussex County (Delaware) code, manufactured homes (MH) are lumped together with hotels, motels and tourist homes, but a new proposal under consideration would consider them as dwellings, according to villagesoup. A public hearing on a proposed RV community and campground for Castaways at Massey’s Landing triggered the …
Mermaid Manor Mobile Home Park in Bradenton, Florida has been sold for $2.1 million by Harold E. Crye to an undisclosed buyer. Crye’s company, Mermaid Manor LLC, paid $1.2 million for the manufactured home community (MHC) in March 2013 following a foreclosure involving prior owner CPM Properties LLC of Tampa, …
Following a story MHProNews last reported on July 2, 2014 regarding conditions and rent at the Easton Mobile Home Park in Easton, Massachusetts, the Board of Selectmen refused to roll back rents from $468 to $293. Acting as the Mobile Home Park Rent Control Board, the board members expressed fears …
Easton Rents Hold, but Community Owners Must Make Repairs Read More
