Allegations of sexual discrimination against a recreational vehicle community in Texas has led to a lawsuit filed by the U. S. Department of Justice against owner George Toone and In Toone Services. The suit alleges Toone evicted a transgender woman and her partner Aug. 18, 2012 after handing them a …
Some 50 AT&T volunteers helped senior citizens who live in the Friendly Village Mobile Home Park in Redmond, Washington with home maintenance. As redmond-reporter.com tells MHProNews, as part of the United Way Day of Caring, employees of the communications giant cleaned windows, did yard work, and spruced up the outdoor …
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A couple in Preston, Minnesota who live across the street from the Brownsville Mobile Home Park have asked that green belt screening be erected in front of the community to shield their view. A 1971 ordinance requires manufactured home communities to have a green belt around the periphery if it …
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Owner/operator of manufactured housing communities in Canada, Parkbridge Lifestyle Communities, Inc. is using air miles to lure customers to its newest retirement community in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada. Heritage Creek homebuyers can earn 10,000 reward miles on any new home purchase of $220,000 or more as long as the deal …
A former sports field is the site of a planned $1.29 million, 100-home manufactured housing community in the Mayfield area of Newcastle, just north of Sydney, Australia on the southeast coast. Neighbors have expressed concerns over crime, congestion, flooding and the loss of a recreation area, according to theherald.com.au. Named …
The owner of the 53 home sites at Summer Winds in Old Orchard, Maine hopes to convince the town’s planning board to change use of the units from seasonal to year-round. The gated community is currently classified as a resort community that can only be occupied from April 1 to …
Maine Modular Development Seeking Year-round Occupancy Read More
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy last October that ravaged over 100 factory-built homes in Moonachie, New Jersey’s Vanguard and Metropolitan Mobile Home Park, of the 3,500 people statewide awarded rebuilding grants, only ten were for manufactured homes. The 400 residences in the two communities comprise one of the most …
Manufactured Home Owners of Moonachie Miffed in Jersey Read More
With home sites priced from $14,900 to $34,900, 23 out of 32 sites have been sold in Phase 2 at Country Estates manufactured homes subdivision in Fort Myers, Florida, says LeeCorp Homes. The 55-plus deeded lot development, according to naplesnews.com, offers lot and home prices from the low-$100,000s. MHProNews has …
M SPACE Holdings LLC formed in 2001 to provide emergency modular housing for catastrophic events, but has since branched into building up-scale and workforce modular housing, especially in the Williston Bakken oil and gas development in North Dakota. The company currently has seven developments located across six different locations, and …
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A 100 home site manufactured housing community has been listed for sale in New South Wales, on the south east coast of Australia. Residents of Acacia Ponds Village near Mirambula pay $85 a week for site rent, and it is 83 percent occupied, making it a good investment because of …
Freehold, New Jersey-based UMH Properties, Inc. has acquired manufactured home community (MHC) Rolling Hills Estates in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The 91 homesite community, situated on 34 acres, sold for $1,720,000, and brings the company’s holdings to 69 MHCs comprised of 12,900 sites, according to marketwatch.com. Samuel A. Landy, President, …
Killam Properties, Inc. (TSX:KMP) of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada will present its financial results for the third quarter ending Sept. 30, 2013 after the market closes Tue., Nov. 5. A conference call and live webcast will be held the following day, Wed., Nov. 6, at 11 AM EST. The dial-in …
MHProNews has learned provider of commercial real estate and capital market services HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler) has arranged $52 million in financing for Audubon Estates in Alexandria, Virginia. Working on behalf of Hometown America, HFF secured a ten-year, fixed-rate loan through a life insurance company. The 701-home site, all-ages manufactured …
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Manufactured housing community owner Sun Communities, Inc (NYSE:SUI) announces it will release its third quarter 2013 earnings results Thurs., Oct. 24, 2013 prior to the opening of the market. A conference call will follow that same morning at 11 AM eastern standard time, according to marketwatch.com. Call toll-free 888 549 …
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We last posted a story June 29, 2013 regarding the closing of manufactured housing (MH) slum Duroville and the opening of modular development Mountain View Estates, where many of the Duroville residents moved. Sept. 30, two nonprofit representatives, a handful of county employees, and three Riverside County (California) supervisors went …
Following a story we last posted Sept. 11, 2013 regarding a California measure that would give land lease community (LLC) residents and local jurisdictions a voice when community owners seek to redevelop the real estate, MHProNews has learned Gov. Jerry Brown signed the legislation into law. While local government has …
Gov. Brown Signs Bill Giving LLC Residents a Voice Read More
A new proposal from the Columbus Junction (Iowa) Planning and Zoning Commission to the city council would create a manufactured housing (MH) district, and delete MH from R-2 and R-3 residential districts. According to muscatinejournal.com, current ordinances require any MH outside of a community to be placed on a permanent …
Some 700 refugees displaced by the flooding in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in June of this year will be housed in manufactured home communities (MHCs) in the Great Plains neighborhood of Calgary, and may have to remain there through the winter. A longer- term neighborhood of manufactured homes will be sited …
Following a story we last posted Nov. 27, 2012 regarding manufactured homes imported into Minot, North Dakota by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to house survivors of the Souris River flood in 2011, the FEMA mission ended Sept. 24 as the last households secured permanent housing. Over 2,000 manufactured …
The 2013 Western Housing Conference will be held at the Radison Fort McDowell Casino in Fountain Hills, Arizona Nov. 7 and 8. The program will feature leaders in manufactured housing lending. Tim Williams of 21st Mortgage Corporation will keynote the conference Thurs. night speaking on the Preserving Access to Manufactured …
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