Ingenia Communities (ASX ticker:INA) of Sydney, Australia has acquired two manufactured home communities in Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia for $11.2 million. The Mudgee Valley Tourist Park had a price tag of $4 million, according to proactiveinvestors.com.au, while the Mudgee Tourist and Van Resort sold for $7.2 million. Ingenia specializes …
In an opinion piece in the santacruzsentinel, Mardi Brick says since California eliminated funding for redevelopment programs in 2011, 20 percent of which was for affordable housing initiatives, more people on limited incomes are turning to manufactured homes. Noting there are 92 manufactured housing communities (MHCs) in Santa Cruz County, …
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A developer’s plan to rezone 19 plus acres platted for 73 manufactured homes, to 19 apartment buildings with 154 units, is being nixed by Iowa City (Iowa) planning staffers. Although there is already a concentration of multifamily housing on that side of town, the primary reason for denying the proposal, …
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Killam Industries, Inc. of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada announces it will pay stockholders of record as of Aug. 30, 2013 a dividend of $0.0483 per share on Monday, Sept 16, 2013. Two equities research analysts have conferred a rating of hold on the stock, five have assigned it a buy …
The Manufactured Housing Institute reminds industry members that the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (H.R. 1779) has 50 co-sponsors and needs more support. The measure would preserve access to those seeking financing to purchase manufactured housing. Congress is on recess until Sept. 9, and MHProNews understands many representatives are …
Updating a story MHProNews first published Sept. 5, 2012 regarding the closing of Hilltop Mobile Home Park in State College, Pennsylvania, and last covered May 23, 2013 when the owners settled with the attorney general over payment relocation expenses, the planning commission is considering new options for the property. The …
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Updating a story we posted July 5, 2013 regarding a manufactured housing community (MHC) owner’s plans to rehab his property being stymied by the city council, a recent vote by the council will encourage owners to make improvements within the guidelines of a new ordinance. In 1999, the council eliminated …
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The owner of a manufactured housing community (MHC) in Mansura, Louisiana may be charged with violating ordinances governing communities. At a meeting of the Mansura Town Council, the city inspector said the violations include the lack of skirting and porches on the homes, and the absence of a fence around …
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The National Community Council’s Fall Leadership Forum will be held Oct. 16-18, 2013 at the W. Chicago City Center Hotel. Titled “Building a Vision for the Future,” Sam Zell, Chairman of Equity Group Investments and Equity International, which own Equity LifeStyle Properties, will be the featured speaker at the conference. …
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The city of Saco in southern Maine near the Atlantic Ocean is partnering with the Biddeford Housing Authority to develop modular homes on a donated three acre parcel of land for seniors who are seeking to downsize. Because the land has an industrial past going back to the 19th Century, …
Updating a story MHProNews posted Tue., Aug 13, concerning the state house’s passage of a rent control measure for the four manufactured housing communities in Acushnet, Massachusetts, Rep. Robert M. Koczera (D-New Bedford) says, “I have every reason to believe it will become law.” It now goes to the Senate …
Residents of the Pan and Fork manufactured housing community in Basalt, Colorado, just northwest of Aspen will be compensated for relocating due to a redevelopment project slated for their community. The town, which co-owns the property with the non-profit Roaring Fork Community Development Corporation, needs to do flood mitigation and …
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Residents at Brookside Mobile Home Park complaining about rising rents in their community has led to a state bill authorizing rent and eviction control rules in Acushnet, Massachusetts. Town Meeting members approved a home rule petition in June, 2012 that established a rent control board to oversee the town’s four …
Three months since Barry Swegle allegedly drove his bulldozer through a manufactured housing community east of Port Angeles, Washington, damaging or destroying four homes and other property, he remains in jail in lieu of a $1 million bond, while those impacted by his actions continue to rebuild their lives. A …
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Manufactured Housing Community Lake Erie MHP, LLC in Fredonia, New York is donating $250 to the United Way of Northern Chautauqua County for each home sold in its community, and presented the organization with a check for $1,000. The former McClenathan’s Mobile Home Park in Fredonia, in far western NY …
A one-time theme park in Queensland, Australia will be demolished and replaced with a 115-site manufactured housing community (MHC). Nostalgia Town at Pacific Paradise has been acquired for $1.6 million by Peter Puljich, director of Living Gems, developer of MHCs in Australia. The affordable living community will include a social …
The Pickens (South Carolina) City Council approved on first reading an ordinance that would allow additional manufactured homes into residential areas where they previously could not be sited. The new measure would also prevent additional manufactured housing communities from being built. Recommended by the city’s planning commission, the ordinance will …
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While it is true that some older, pre-HUD Code homes may not be worth moving (except to the resident who cannot afford a better one), Robert Cochran, manager of Contempo Mobile Home Park in Spokane, Washington, disputes the notion that some homes are too old to be moved. While they …
Private equity real estate firm Green Courte Partners, LLC announces the appointment of Cheri M. Scully to vice president. Scully has worked with Green Courte, based in Lake Forest, Illinois, on contract prior to joining the firm in January 2011 as an associate, MHProNews has learned from sources at the …
While the manufactured housing industry continues to recover, it still has a long way to go, according to Troy Hames of Hames Homes in Marion, Iowa. Noting the company has sold manufactured homes for 44 years in east central Iowa, Hames says new home sales in the state were 2,200 …
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