The abqjournal in New Mexico reports a proposal to make manufactured housing have a more southwestern style look may meet with opposition because of the increased cost to people living in the houses. As part of an initiative to improve the Airport Road area in south Santa Fe, Councilor Carmichael …
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Tropical Storm Isaac entered the Gulf of Mexico early Monday staying on a northwesterly track away from the Florida peninsula, but eerily similar to Katrina’s in 2005. According to the National Hurricane Center Isaac is expected to be a hurricane in a day or so before it hits land fall. …
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The Brownsville Herald in Texas says the San Benito utility board will try to pass a $10 monthly fee on manufactured homes to help pay for a $17.7 million water and sewer plant upgrade in this city just north of Brownsville. Last year the city levied the fee on unmetered …
Harking back to a story we have been following since Sept. 2011 and that we last covered July 13, 2012, Edgeway Mobile Home Park in Middleboro, Massachusetts has been under a cloud of violations, court judgments, and missed deadlines since it first opened in the 1990’s, and now, since original …
sussexcountian reports from Georgetown, Delaware manufactured housing communities are becoming a hot topic in the race for the state representative seat in District 37. A “rent justification” bill that would have required approval from the Governor’s Advisory Council on Manufactured Housing for any increase in rent at an MHC beyond …
As follow up to a story we posted Aug. 13, 2012 concerning Cameron’s Mobile Estates in Santee, California attempt to raise rents in their 303 site community by an average of $422. to $557, utsandiego says the Santee City Council unanimously upheld a decision by the Santee Manufactured Home Fair …
WFTV reports the city of Casselberry, Florida just north of Orlando wants to demolish vacant factory-built houses and replace them with Habitat for Humanity homes, which has a waiting list of 21 families in Seminole County and Greater Apopka wanting to buy Habitat homes. Casselberry has applied for neighborhood stabilization …
Harking back to a story we have been following over a year about Garden Homes Management seeking approval to develop a manufactured housing community in Oxford, Connecticut since 2006, through a series of denials and re-submissions and a court case, the Conservation Commission, Inland Wetlands Agency (CCIWA) will hold a …
In re-visiting a story we last published Aug. 15, 2012 about the Clawson Mobile Home Park in Boone, North Carolina being closed to make way for a 266-unit student housing complex, the WataugaDemocrat reports the Boone Town Council unanimously voted Tue. Aug 21 to deny the petition by Mega Builders …
centredailytimes says residents of Penn State Mobile Home Park in State College, Pennsylvania have been told by the new owner they have until next July to move their homes or they will be demolished. At a meeting Monday, Aug. 21 Centre County and human service housing assistance organizations informed residents …
LoanSafe reports the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is charging the owners and manager of Rainbow Terrace Mobile Home Park in Albert Lea, Minnesota for violating the Fair Housing Act. The community manager allegedly made discriminatory remarks about a Mexican couple who wanted to lease a home …
Canada Newswire reports Killam Properties, Inc. of Canada has declared a monthly dividend of $0.04833 per common share to be paid on Sept. 17, 2012 to shareholders of record on Aug. 31, 2012. Killam’s dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) offers shareholders the opportunity to reinvest their dividends in additional common shares. …
The Union Bulletin tells MHProNews the College Place Planning Commission in College Place, Washington is holding a hearing to change the zoning classification for Sunset Villa Mobile Home Park from Mobile Home Subdivision to multi-family residential in order to comply with state law regarding cities’ authority to regulate manufactured housing. …
The LongBranch-EatontownPatch informs MHProNews the Pine Tree Manufactured Home Park in Eatontown, New Jersey has added a playground for children, the Borden Foundation Playground, another improvement the Affordable Housing Alliance has made since acquiring Pine Tree in 2007. In addition to a new water distribution system and replacing outdated oil …
Yahoo!Canada reports Reuters says The Villages in central Florida, the largest retirement community in the world and one of the largest land lease communities in the country with thousands of manufactured homes among the 40,000 houses spread over 20,000 acres, hosted (presumed) Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan who brought …
mlive tells MHProNews the Swartz Creek Meadows MHC in Lennon, Michigan has until Aug. 31 before the Clayton Township Board of Trustees initiates legal action for unpaid water, sewage, and property taxes totaling $167,697.73. Swartz Creek owner MHPI Inc., does not deny it owed the township, but a misunderstanding at …
smmirror tells MHProNews from Santa Monica, California the state has dissolved all redevelopment agencies because of the shortage of state funds, effectively pulling the plug on many capital improvement projects (CIP) that had been planned statewide. However, certain projects already agreed to before the cutoff date will go forward, including …
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The Truth in Lending Act (TILA) was set up to promote informed use of consumer credit and increase transparency by requiring disclosures about its costs and terms. A joint group of federal agencies that oversee truth-in-lending concerns, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), are proposing to amend Regulation Z, …
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As follow-up to a story we posted Aug. 7, 2012 about the Clawson Mobile Home Park in Boone, North Carolina closing Oct. 4, 2012 and being sold to developers who will erect student housing, the WataugaDemocrat says the Boone Planning Commission voted in favor of the rezoning request. Developer of …
LedyardPatch reports from Ledyard, Connecticut the residents of 55 plus community MHC Stonegate Village are opposing a plan by the owners to develop an undeveloped 22 site area for residents of all ages, including seven units as affordable to comply with HUD requirements. Owner Third Garden Park, LP of Stamford, …
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