Daily-Times reports from Kirtland, New Mexico, the San Juan County Commissioners will be voting Dec. 6, 2011, on an ordinance that will require future developers of MHCs to obtain county approval and pay a plan-review fee. The water and septic service must be approved by the New Mexico Environment Department, …
WHMI in Livingston, Michigan, west of Detroit, reports the Tyrone Township Planning Commission approved zoning changes for Cider Mill Crossings MHC, recently purchased by Sun Communities, Inc. at a tax sale for just over $400,000. The previous owner left some projects short of completion before filing bankruptcy, and Sun asked …
At the “State of the Manufactured Housing Industry” Congressional Field Hearings in Danville, Virginia, Nov. 29, members of the House Congressional Subcommittee on Housing, Insurance, and Community Opportunity heard from a variety of persons in the MH arena. Henry Czauski, Acting Deputy Administrator for the Office of Manufactured Housing programs, …
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JoplinGlobe reports since the devastating tornado of May 22 took out one third of Joplin, Missouri’s housing, as of Nov. 16, 559 households are being served through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This includes the 24 acres of meadowland sited with 375 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) manufactured homes, …
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SaltLakeTribune reports about two dozen land lease community (LLC) residents attended a Capitol Hill Business and Labor Committee hearing to support legislation that calls for mediation in cases of MHC owner-resident disputes. Rep. Janice Fisher (D-West Valley City) introduced a bill that would provide for nonbinding mediation if the rent …
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Uticaod reports from New Hartford, New York, just west of Utica, the town has issued more permits for manufactured housing this year than in the previous two years combined. There have been only seven permits for site-built homes this year. Noting the 31 permits for MH, New Hartford town Codes …
FremontTribune reports from Nebraska the charity, Rebuilding Together, and Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation have partnered on 450 projects since 2007 to help elderly, disabled, and low-income homeowners with renovations and repairs. Recently, volunteers and Rebuilding Together board members installed energy-efficient windows and doors on the factory-built home of Cleo …
Daily-Times reports from Farmington, New Mexico, that in San Juan County, in the northwestern corner of the state, the county commissioners took another step towards regulating manufactured home communities. An ordinance was passed requiring developers to obtain a license from the community development department and pay a fee for building …
TheDickinsonPress reports residents of a land lease community in Dickinson, North Dakota, may be relocated to make room for a parking lot for a four-story modular dormitory to house students of Dickinson State University. Linda Steve, Dickinson State University Alumni and Foundation representative, said at a city Board of Adjustment …
RiverheadNewsReview reports from Long Island, New York, that prices for manufactured housing in Riverhead have fallen 38 percent since 2008, even though more homes are being purchased. The median price fell from $36,000 in 2008 to $22,500 this past year. The 500- homesite Glenwood Village continues to offer new, upscale …
In the SantaMariaTimes, Ron Faas, lobbyist for the Northern Santa Barbara County Manufactured Homeowners Team, says Santa Barbara (CA) County’s long-planning division has drafted a manufactured-home park closure conversion ordinance that the Board of Supervisors had requested. Noting the importance of local ordinances to assure the availability of low cost …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) says the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) report in support of a “conditional sprinkler system” for HUD Code homes destroys the opportunity to debunk the myth that manufactured housing poses a fire risk worse than traditional one and two-family homes. The National …
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Bradenton reports Champion Commercial Structures, a division of Champion Homes, will team with Russell Building Group to build 83 housing units for Flint, Michigan’s, Smith Village Neighborhood. Funded by a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant, the homes will replace thousands of dilapidated houses that were demolished, with low to …
Coloradoan reports that over the last 12 years in Fort Collins, Colorado, more than 340 families have been displaced from their MHCs by landowners seeking more lucrative commercial development. Now, another community is joining the ranks. The 32 families of Bender Mobile Home Park have been told by developer Gino …
JoplinGlobe reports Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Chief William Fugate returned to Joplin for the first time since the five days he spent following the EF-5 twister that leveled a central city area May 22. The area has received $181.5 million in FEMA assistance for housing and temporary schools, fire …
EnterpriseNews reports from Massachusetts that Hometown America of Chicago has purchased Oak Point MHC in Middleboro, MA for $55 million, making it the largest real estate transaction in Middleboro history. The 1,000 acre 875 homesite community has homes clustered in neighborhoods, and includes a ballroom, exercise facility, and club house. …
TheGazette reports from Iowa City, Iowa, that Regency Mobile Home Park in Johnson County has been the target of complaints in recent years for poor water quality, abandoned homes, and charges of fraud. Johnson County does not have jurisdiction over enforcing improvements to the 230 homesite community; its board of …
SavannahNow reports the first of six modular homes that comprise the Wharf Street affordable housing project in Bluffton, South Carolina, just west of Hilton Head, is set to arrive this week. General contractor Beaufort Construction, Inc., has been building the foundations while the houses are being manufactured by Crestline Custom …
MyDesert reports the legal division of the California Department of Housing and Community Development says Desert Hot Springs violated state law when it attempted to impose impact fees amounting to over $500,000 on the owners of Palm View Estates MHC. The city had assessed Palm View $7,000 for each manufactured …
LivingstonDaily reports from Michigan the owner of a land lease community (LLC) does not want her property master-planned as a future MHC. Renee MacRitchie, the owner of Songbird Acres, says the designation will decrease the value of her property and neighboring properties as well. According to Putnam Township Supervisor Ron …
