Although Baldwin County’s planning director recommended to the planning and zoning commission and to the county commission that 1.4 acres be re-zoned from single-family to manufactured housing in far south Alabama to permit siting of seven manufactured homes, the county commissioners denied the request. AL.com tells MHProNews a small contingent …
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The dailypilot informs MHProNews from Costa Mesa, Calif., just south of Los Angeles, a number of MHCs, especially those with a view of the ocean, may be on the verge of conversion to condominiums or other types of development. The Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League (GSMOL) has been meeting with …
As follow-up to a story we last posted May 17, 2011 whereby the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed a lower court’s ruling that rent control at Rancho Mobile Home Estates in Goleta, Calif. is constitutional, the owner of Rancho, Daniel Guggenheim, recently won a state case that permits him to sell …
MarketWatch reports Sun Communities, Inc. intends to offer 4,500,000 shares of its common stock in a underwritten registered public offering. Proceeds will be used to repay debt, fund acquisitions, and for general corporate purposes. As underwriters, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, and BMO Capital Markets will have a 30-day …
The brenhambanner from Brenham, Texas. reports a variance that would have allowed the construction of a 106-site manufactured housing community has been voted down by the Brenham City Council. As MHProNews has learned, Adolph Wehmeyer had requested the variance. Brenham is just northwest of Houston. (Image credit: Wikipedia)
According to capegazette.villagesoup, Delaware State Representative Ruth Briggs King, whose race we covered last Nov. 2, 2012, represents District 37, which consists of 25 percent manufactured home residents. In response to a letter to the editor in the capegazette, Rep. King writes of the legislation she intends to introduce that …
Updating a story MHProNews posted Jan. 14, 2013 about residents of Killam Properties, Inc.’s Mountain View Estates MHC at Lake Echo, Nova Scotia, Canada having to boil their water (or buy it bottled) for 14 months, it is now safe to drink for the 300 families who live there. One …
The columbiamissourian tells MHProNews the High Hill Circle Mobile Home Park in Columbia, MO will expand by 16 homesites if the Doris Overton Trust, the owner of the MHC, has its way. The proposal would rezone the 26.4 acres from moderate density residential to residential manufactured home. The major infrastructure …
The Salt Lake Tribune informs MHProNews a measure that unanimously cleared a House of Representatives committee is more favored by MHC residents than by MHC owners. HB143’s sponsor says today’s manufactured homes are expensive to move if someone’s site lease is terminated, and defines acceptable reasons for eviction. It says …
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Killam Properties, Inc. says the company has partnered with Corporate Research Associates to offer residents of its manufactured housing communities and apartments the opportunity to offer suggestions and opinions through on-line surveys. Participation is voluntary, personal information will not be shared, and responses will be collected in aggregate and not …
StreetInsider informs MHProNews that UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) has finalized its deal for ten all-age MHCs for $67,500,000, a total of 1,654 developed home sites to add to its portfolio. The acquisition includes five communities in Ind., four in Penn., and one in Mich., with an average occupancy of 85 …
Updating a story we posted Jan. 25, 2012, about a marina development in Poquoson, Vir. that included a 50 site MHC, the dailypress informs MHProNews the entire Whitehouse Cove project is flourishing. While so far only 13 of the homesites are occupied, eight more are committed and the developer thinks …
From Freehold, NJ, gmnews reports Gene Landy and Sam Landy and UMH Properties, Inc., have been honored by the Monmouth (NJ) Council, Boy Scouts of America, for their leadership and philanthropy in support of the scout movement. Council President Kurt Kalafsky said, “This recognition reflects Gene and Sam’s dedication to …
Under Massachusetts law, MHC residents have the opportunity to match an offer by a third party to buy their community once it is offered for sale. Wheel Estates’ owner Morgan Management has a signed purchase agreement from Real Estate Seekers LLC for $2.73 million for the North Adams, MA community …
The marshfieldnewsherald informs MHProNews a woman at the 37-site Birch Tree Estates MHC in Plover, Wis. brought domesticated rats home from pet stores, and over time they bred with wild rats and soon the rodents numbered in the hundreds. The woman has been evicted, and motion sensors in the house …
Responding to an article in newschief concerning the push by manufactured housing community (MHC) residents in Fla. to limit rent hikes, the writer argues that homeowners should gain from the equity they put into their homes when they try to sell it. Currently, when a home changes hands the site …
According to hostmadison, the city of Madison, the state of Wis., and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are partnering to build a storm shelter for the 540 residents of the Highland Manor Mobile Home Park on the southside of Madison. With an $1.18 million FEMA grant, the $1.52 million, …
The battlecreekenquirer reports a group of residents from the Triangle Mobile Home Park in Emmett Township, Mich., which has not had a valid license since new owners assumed control in 2010, took their complaints about the community’s conditions to a meeting of the Michigan Manufactured Housing Commission. However, because complaints …
RVBusiness informs MHProNews the RV/MH Heritage Foundation in Elkhart, Ind. has announced the names of those to be inducted into the Class of 2013 RV/MH Hall of Fame. In addition to five inductees from the RV sector, which includes Lawrence Lippert, founder of Lippert Components, Inc., now a subsidiary of …
NewswireCa tells MHProNews Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Killam Properties, Inc. (TSX:KMP) announces the board of directors has declared a monthly dividend of $0.04833 per share that will be paid to shareholders of record Feb. 28, 2013 on March 15, 2013. This is the same monthly dividend amount that was paid Nov. …
