According to capegazette.village soup, the Delaware Senate modified the rent justification measure that will limit manufactured housing community owners ability to raise rent, a story MHProNews has been following since March 8, 2013. As originally passed, SB 33 says landlords could increase rents based on a formula tied to the …
Joe Kelly, executive vice-president of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association (IAMHA), reminds MHProNews readers that Iowa law requires an annual report from each manufactured home community owner/manager that includes the names of all community home owners with their addresses. Filed with the county treasurer, the report is due each year …
In an exclusive to MHProNews, Steve Varnum of the Community Loan Fund says Silver Fox Estates in Pembroke, New Hampshire became the state’s 105th resident-owned manufactured home community as of May 30, 2013. With funding and assistance from the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, the Silver Fox Homeowners Cooperative, Inc., …
According to newszap, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden issued an order requiring PFL Limited Partnership, owner of Layton’s Riviera MHC in Sussex County in southern Delaware, to better protect its residents. MHProNews has learned an investigation by the state’s Consumer Protection Unit (CPU) revealed numerous violations of the Manufactured Home …
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The U. S. Ninth Circuit denial to rehear the Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) vs. City Of San Rafael ruling may lead to a battle in the U. S. Supreme Court. The court’s decision handed down in April establishing rent control in manufactured housing communities may embolden rent control advocates across …
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When the rent for a manufactured home (MH) in an MH Community on land owned by the Sechelt Indian Band rose from $6,500 a year to $24,000, a dispute resolution officer said the increase violated British Columbia’s Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act (MHPTA). Although the Band subsequently staggered the increase …
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Updating a post MHProNews last covered May 2, 2013, regarding the rent justification bill in the Delaware General Assembly, delaware.newszap reports the measure passed the Senate 17-2, in stark contrast to last year when it squeaked by 11-9 and then failed in the House. The bill requires MHC owners to …
Contrary to the common focus of too many weather reports, MHProNews has leaned that no one in a pre-HUD Code mobile home or a modern manufactured home died as the result of the May 20 and May 31st EF5 storms in Oklahoma. While thousands of conventional homes were leveled or …
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MHProNews has learned from castanet in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada residents of SunRise Village MHC are concerned that rising rents may force them out of their homes, especially seniors on fixed incomes. With annual rent increases that include two percent above inflation, rents are rising faster than incomes, and residents …
According to insidermonkey, Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates 184 manufactured housing and recreational vehicle communities, returns a higher dividend yield (5.0% versus 2.6% for Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.) and is more capital efficient (ELS has a higher capex-to-sales ratio of 4.1 …
According to philly.com, rent controls for the 46 low or moderate-income residents of Tricia Meadows manufactured housing community in Mount Laurel, NJ will expire at the end of the year and become market rate like the other homes in the 400 site community. Built in 1984 by developer Roger Davis …
Following up on a post MHProNews published May 22, 2013, regarding sewer service at an MHC possibly being shut off June 5 because of a $17,884.35 bill, mymotherlode reports a sign was posted at the community saying, “The sewer bill has been paid,” and signed, “Management.” Jim Clayton (not the …
Ruth Briggs King, Delaware’s State Representative from the 37th District, writing in capegazette.villagesoup, says she has introduced three pieces of legislation in support of residents of manufactured housing: House Bill 65 extends the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund for another five years; House Bill 66 requires owners to disclose …
The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Choice Neighborhood Program will provide $109 million in grants to revitalize public and HUD-assisted housing as a means of transforming desolate communities. HousingWire says Choice Neighborhoods program focuses on three goals: replacing distressed housing, improving educational outcomes for youth and rehabilitating decimated …
The Rumbling Bald Resort area of Lake Lure in western North Carolina has a new name on the Approved Builder roster: Vision Building Group (VBG) spent most of last year building and finishing a modular home at the resort. PRWeb says the company can now be used by current and …
MHProNews has learned from the Brunswick Times-Gazette an amendment to a Conditional Use Permit has been approved by the Brunswick County Board of Supervisors in Lawrenceville, Vir. The original permit was for Knob Hill Mobile Home Park, a 34 homesite manufactured housing community, previously approved. The amendment, also approved, allows …
Woodward County Commissioners in Woodward, Okla. are moving forward on a zoning request change for a subdivision comprised of 36 one-acre lots for manufactured and modular housing as well as for stick-built homes. A public hearing is set for June 10 at a regularly scheduled county commissioners meeting for those …
The tri-parishtimes informs MHProNews that alleged overpayments to several staff members and other wrongdoing by the Morgan City Housing Authority (MCHA) in Morgan City, Louisiana may be investigated by the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which would likely forestall a planned modular public housing community. Federal civil service …
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The Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority (DMHRA) would be the agency to enforce legislation now pending in the state house, SB 33, that would require MHC owners to seek approval for rent increases beyond a certain limit. It is now the target of a class action suit brought by three …
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Following a story we first published March 21, 2011 concerning the possible closing of Sunset Village MHC in Glenview, Ill. by Capital First Realty, and its subsequent placing in the hands of a court-appointed receiver as we reported July 2, 2011, it has now emerged from federal bankruptcy, according to …
