MyWestTexas tells MHProNews housing supplier Goliath Industries, responding to the urgency one year ago for oilfield housing, quickly sited 21 leased modular housing units to accommodate 50 workers southwest of Odessa, Texas. From clearing the land to welcoming the first occupants took a mere four weeks, but now the company …
The March 27 Webinar, Real Homes, Real Value: Improving Real Property Appraisals of Manufactured Homes sponsored by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), addressed the problems of getting accurate appraisals on manufactured homes across the country. Doug Ryan, Director of Affordable Homeownership Initiatives at the CFED, says the Innovations in …
MHProNews has learned from delawarenewszap members of the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority (RTA) testified before the Joint Sunset Committee to extend the authority five more years. The HRA is set to sunset July 1, 2014. Established in 2003 to assist manufactured homeowners who need to relocate due to a …
Stockhouse reports UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) has acquired the 274 homesite Holiday Mobile Village in Nashville, Tenn. for $7,250,000. Situated on approximately 68 acres with an occupancy rate of 82 percent, MHProNews has learned this purchase bumps UMH into owning 68 communities with 12,800 developed homesites. Samuel A. Landy, President, …
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DelMarVa report from north of Millsboro Del. owner Helen Cropper has been unable to repair the drinking water problem at Forest Park MHC, and will now have to raise rents to pay for the fix. In he past ten years the water has had an unacceptable level of nitrates 95 …
According to gosanangelo, the San Angelo City Council in south central Texas is anticipating the arrival of oil field workers and wants to legally define where the expected RVs will locate. Currently they are allowed in manufactured home communities, but cannot exceed over 30 percent of the units sited there. …
According to coastlinepilot, Chicago-based Hometown America Communities is preparing to purchase 158-homesite Laguna Terrace Park MHC of Laguna Beach, Calif., just south of Los Angeles. MHProNews has learned the property is owned by Amy Esslinger, widow of the late Steve Esslinger, who had tried to convert the property to resident …
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Following up on an MHProNews post from Jan. 25, 2013 regarding an MHC’s attempt to convert to a resident-owned community and the ensuing legal battle with the Huntington Beach (CA) City Council trying to prevent it, the threat of a contempt of court trial against the city finally ended in …
InsiderMonkey reports UMH Properties (NYSE:UMH) generates an average of $391 for each of its 10,644 homesites. With vacancies around only 20 percent, involvement in manufactured homes sales and rentals, and no exposure to commercial or retail properties, it is wildly profitable. Although it is considered a small-time real estate investment …
KeyNews reports from Key West, FL the 44 factory-built homes that comprise the Old Town community may soon be replaced with two and three-bedroom stick-built or modular townhomes. Southernmost Cabana LLC bought the property from the Archdiocese of Miami in 2009 for $2.4 million and has submitted preliminary plans that …
Over 2,000 retailers, community owners/operators, builders/developers, installers, factory builders, lenders, suppliers, association leaders and exhibitors will be in Tunica, MS for the largest industry trade show of 2013. Dozens of the latest models including developer and community series homes will be on display. Attendees will range from the rank and …
According to lehighvalleylive residents of Greenbriar Valley manufactured housing community (MHC) in east-central Penn. allege owner Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) is unjustly raising their rents and they are seeking protection, as they approach April 18 when rents for the 319 site community will rise again. One residents says his …
Updating a story we covered Oct. 16, 2012 concerning the federal court-ordered closing of Duroville, an MHC in the Coachella Valley in California, and home to some 4,000 mostly migrant workers, 70 of the families have been relocated to Mountain View Estates, a government-subsidized development of 181 new modular homes, …
ZolmaxNews reports Sun Communities, Inc. (SUI) of Southfield, Mich. says it will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.63 per share on Friday, April 19 to investors of record April 1, 2013. Representing a $2.52 annualized dividend, the dividend yield is 5.29 percent. BMO Capital Markets, commenting on the stock, upgraded …
Four uninhabitable manufactured homes at Florella’s Park in Northfield, Minn. that have been empty for years will be removed by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) using funds from a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Block Grant, as southernminn tells MHProNews. According to federal standards, HRA must acquire the homes …
The Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma (MHAO) tells MHProNews the rules on the installation of new and used MH have been revised. New homes have to follow the plans laid out by the manufacturer or the engineer/architect, and the homeowner is not responsible for site preparation. For used homes, the …
The santamariatimes tells us the Northern Santa Barbara County Manufactured Homeowners Team (NSBCMHT), which promotes the welfare of MHC residents, is linked to the legislative action arm of the Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League (GSMOL). This year’s legislative agenda includes AB1205, a measure that would provide mediation services to resolve …
The Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA) informs MHProNews a series of legislative amendments to the 2008 General Laws concerning manufactured housing is now before the Mass. Senate. In replacing particular sections of current laws, it defines the make-up of the manufactured housing commission, outlines the establishment of a Manufactured Housing …
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MySuncoast reports from Venice, Fla. a magistrate in Sarasota County determined property taxes on some of the 19,000 manufactured homes in the county were improperly increased between 22 percent and 90 percent because the property appraiser’s office did not abide by Florida statutes. Although the companies that own the communities …
The goldstreamgazette tells MHProNews the residents of Lombardy MHC in Langford, British Columbia, Canada near Vancouver have been living under the threat of their community being sold the past two years. The senior residents who comprise the 20 home community are protected somewhat by a policy passed by the city …
