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 …
TheTownTalk reports from Alexandria, Louisiana, that a planned multi-family, modular housing development was blocked at a city council meeting by residents concerned that property values would fall and crime would increase. The council was considering a proposal to change the zoning from agricultural to multi-family to allow for the housing. …
MHProNews has learned that Cavco Industries CEO and Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Chairman Joe Stegmayer has accepted the invitation from the Midwest Manufactured Housing Federation (MMHF) to address the 2012 Louisville Manufactured Housing Show. When asked what topics he plans to cover, Stegmayer replied, “On behalf of MHI and the …
MHARR (Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform) says Nov. 14, 2011, a House-Senate conference committee approved cutting HUD’s $14 million MH budget request to $6.5 million. MHARR has continually pointed out that HUD added contractors and program staff to the MH program as production declined. The report says the proposed …
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 …
EarthTechling reports the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) bought two 1,500 square foot, multi-section manufactured homes now placed at its Richland, Washington, facility for energy experiments. One will serve as the baseline representing an average existing home in the area. The other home will be outfitted with energy efficient, highly-insulated …
The JournalSentinel reports while Republicans and Governor Scott Walker lauded the efforts of the state legislature to create jobs in their three-week session, the Democrats are skeptical of their claims. However, they did pass legislation that would allow trucks to transport larger and heavier loads, like modular homes, on the …
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 …
Following up on a story we published Oct 21, 2011, about the oil boom and subsequent housing shortage in Williston, ND, ArgusLeader reports neighboring South Dakota is reaping benefits from the black gold rush driving the economy. Custom Touch Homes in Madison and Superior Homes in Watertown have contracts to …
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 …
JournalSentinel reports from Milwaukee that a Lustron house, made of porcelain-covered steel panels, is not considered historic and may be torn down. The company made about 2,600 of these prefabricated homes from 1948 to 1950 for returning GIs following World War II before going bankrupt. Innovative for its use of …
CanadaWire reports Innovative Composites International,, Inc., of Toronto has inked a deal to supply Brazil S.A. with $160 million worth of EcoScape modular homes over the next three years. In the agreement with Brazilian contractor Millenium Brasil Limitada and consultant Green Intelligence Corporation, the large project homes will be shipped …
GreenMuze reports a conceptual modular house featuring computer-controlled glass panels that control the amount of light entering the home is engineered for quick assembly, and is adaptable to harsh living conditions, including the desert. The California Roll House, created by designer Christopher Daniel, is engineered from fiber reinforced plastic and …
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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ConnecticutCollege reports its steel prefabricated house in New London, CT, manufactured by General Houses, Inc., of Chicago will be disassembled and shipped to Milner + Carr in Philadelphia, where each panel will be cleaned and restored. Built in 1933 for Winslow Ames, founding director of the New London Lyman Allyn …
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 …
VancouverSun reports the brothers Goodjohn were at the edge of disaster a couple of years ago with their high-end modular business, and now have ten office employees, 30 on the production line, and sales approaching $20 million. Businessman W. Brett Wilson helped Karoleena, Inc., develop a business plan and invested …
CrainsNewYork reports a conference in New York City to discuss the shortage and expense of housing in the city resulted in several innovative approaches by advocates and architects, including modular. Many of the proposals at the Citizens Housing and Planning Council are for smaller, cheaper quarters, and some suggest communal …
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 …
