SanteePatch reports from Santee, California that the city’s 12 manufactured housing communities account for 12 percent of all the homes in this town just east of San Diego. Seven of the MHCs are 55+ communities, and in 1989 the city enacted a rent control ordinance which has been successfully upheld. …
MHProNews has learned from the U.S. Dept. of Urban Development (HUD) that the owner and staff of MHC Heritage Point Mobile Home Park in Montgomery, Alabama have been charged with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to rent a home site to an African American family and for following …
As follow-up to a story we published this Monday, Aug. 6 about YES! Communities purchase of 42 MHCs comprised of 10,500 home sites from American Residential Communities (ARC), also of Denver, the NewsObserver reports from North Carolina ten of the communities and 2,500 of the home sites are in Greensboro …
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The StatesmanJournal reports from Aumsville, Oregon city officials are trying to comply with a state ordinance that permits recreational vehicles long-term stays in manufactured housing communities. Current city code prohibits long-term stays because chemicals in RV holding tanks kill bacteria that processes raw sewage in the city sewer system. State …
The WataugaDemocrat says residents of Clawson Mobile Home Park in Boone, North Carolina were notified April 3 they have six months to move because the owners are selling the property to developers who intend to build a multi-building student apartment complex on the 20 acres. The community owners and developer …
TheMcDowellNews reports last month the Marion City Council in Marion, North Carolina adopted new regulations for manufactured homes sited on individual lots within the city, requiring them to have siding and roofing to make them blend in with neighborhood site-built homes. Additionally, no manufactured home is allowed within 300 feet …
Joe Kelly of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association tells MHProNews Denver-based YES! Communities and real estate investment firm Stockbridge Capital Group of San Francisco have purchased a portfolio of 42 manufactured housing communities from American Residential Communities (ARC), also of Denver. The 10,500 home sites, located in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, …
wickedlocal reports from South Plymouth, Massachusetts in the southeastern part of the state near Cape Cod Bay, residents at Long Pond Village are disgruntled because they have been unable to use the clubhouse for six months, where they used to have bingo, lectures, and other events. “Other events” evidently includes …
PRNewsWire reports Freehold, New Jersey-based UMH Properties, Inc. announced it closed on the acquisition of eleven manufactured home communities comprised of 968 home sites situated on 200 acres for $28,250,000. With a 92% occupancy rate, ten of the communities are in Pennsylvania, and one is in New York. The publicly-owned …
MarketWatch reports Southfield, Michigan-based Sun Communities, Inc. announces it has purchased Northville Crossing manufactured housing community just west of Northville, MI including personal property, inventory and chattel loans for $32.3 million cash. The 756 site MHC is a multi-section community established within the last 15 years. As MHProNews has learned, …
Following up on a story we have been covering for over a year, and last reported on July 25, 2012, voicesnews says the Conservation Commission, Inland Wetlands Agency (CCIWA) in Oxford, Connecticut, has acknowledged receipt of Garden Homes Management’s newest application for a 124-unit manufactured housing complex despite not having …
The tctimes in Fenton, Michigan reports the problems allegedly emanating from the Lake Ponemah Mobile Home Park have become a bone of contention between some of the residents, the Fenton Township Board of Trustees, Genesee County Undersheriff Chris Swanson, the MHC owners, and state governing board Michigan Manufactured Housing Commission …
LakesMail from Australia tells MHProNews a proposal to site 251 manufactured homes in Halekulani in New South Wales, southeastern Australia, will be determined by Wyong Shire councillors. The Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council, which owns the two sites proposed for the development on Lake Munmorah north of Sydney, says the …
Following up on a series of articles first published a year ago and last reported July 12, 2012, voicesnews says Garden Homes Management Corp. has resubmitted plans for 121 manufactured homes on 40.79 acres to the Oxford (Connecticut) Conservation Commission, Inland Wetlands Agency (CCIWA). Garden Homes has been denied approval …
NewPortRicheyPatch says Walden Pond Mobile Home Park in New Port Richey, Florida is closing as the result of Tropical Storm Debby and residents must be out by July 31, 2012, according to a letter dated July 6 and sent under the letterhead Walden Pond LLC. Owner Paul Beraquit says because …
Ron Richardson, 81, entrepreneur, real estate investor, Air Force veteran, and business owner passed away in Las Vegas, July 5, 2012. In addition to being an investor in an insurance company and a commuter airline that is now part of Continental Express, “commodore”, as he liked to be called, bought …
The LansingStateJournal reports Moon Lake Estates MHC between Bath and Perry Michigan needs major water and sewer improvements following a power failure and two water main breaks that has led to a notice from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for residents to boil water. The community’s license was …
MarketWatch says commercial real estate firm Walker and Dunlop, Inc. provided $67,680,000 in Fannie Mae financing to Hometown America, LLC for five manufactured housing communities comprised of over 1,800 home sites located in Illinois, Massachusetts, Florida and New Jersey. The age-restricted communities cover over 500 acres. Walker and Dunlop specializes …
KamloopsNews reports Leonard Estates Trailer Park residents in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada have evacuated their homes due to a raw sewage leak seeping from the ground along a row of a dozen modular homes in the community. Located on aTk’emlup First Nation Indian reserve, Health Canada (HC) found several spots …
JournalPioneer states Tim Banks, a member of the Board of Governors of Killam Properties of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and CEO of design and construction firm APM of Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada spent time at the Boys and Girls Club in Summerside, PEI. Killam and APM are each donating …
