The Journal of Commerce in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada reports the largest modular housing project for seniors in B.C. officially opened as the result of the Senior’s Rental Housing (SRH) program. The 36-unit Baker Gardens will also provide housing for persons with disabilities, and will be managed by Kootenays, a …
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The Rapid City Journal reports from South Dakota that while a veteran developer’s plan to replace aging factory-built homes with new manufactured homes is a noble idea, the project falls short of meeting city codes. Bob Akers bought Deluxe Mobile Home Park and other MHCs from a bank after the …
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The Staten Island Advance reports the multi-story modular apartment building being assembled in Tompkinsville, New York, is attracting quite a bit of attention. Funded with a mix of government subsidies and private investment, the project will be managed by the Community Agency for Senior Citizens (CASC). A collaboration of the …
WNDU-TV reports from Elkhart County, Indiana, that Hi-Tech Housing, Inc. will double its employee roster to meet the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) demand for 500 additional emergency housing units for North Dakota residents routed by the flooding of the Souris River this past spring. Based in Bristol, IN, this …
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The Pakistan Observer in Islamabad notes that home construction prices are so great that people should consider a modular home. The prices of steel, diesel fuel, coal, cement and wages have all increased, making it difficult for a middle class family to build a home. In addition, the government has …
The Joplin Globe reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is placing 43 of their homes in Country Acres Mobile Home Community for homeless survivors of the May 22 tornado. There are already 186 homes, and acreage is available to develop 30 more if needed. One of the first …
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The Ashley County Ledger in Hamburg, Arkansas, reports Mayor Dane Weindorf said at the Hamburg City Council meeting that a representative from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) single-family housing program will be taking applications for home loans ranging from zero percent and up, depending upon income. He suggests …
Delaware Online reports the Delaware State Senate has voted down a rent control ordinance. The bill would have required land lease community (LLC) owners to obtain approval for rent increases beyond the consumer price index increase the previous year. The approval would come from the Governor’s Advisory Council on Manufactured …
MHMSM.com extends a hearty welcome to the baby daughter and first child of Drew Peters of Manufactured Home Source and his wife, Christine. Kaia Peters was born Wednesday, June 22, in Reno, Nevada. Drew has been President of Manufactured Housing Source (MHS) of Incline Village, Nevada, for seven years. MHS …
MHMSM.com has learned that HME Solar Solutions of the Netherlands has developed a factory-built home with a solar panel roof that will not only function as the sole energy source for the small vacation home, but can combine with other HME homes to generate energy for a community. The entire …
The Neosho Daily News says ten Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) manufactured homes have arrived at Neosho’s Camp Crowder, south of Joplin, Missouri, where they will be prepared for distribution to several sites in factory-built communities in Jasper and Newton Counties. Fifty more homes are set to arrive this week …
FEMA Housing Begins Arriving for Joplin MO Survivors Read More
The Sulphur Daily News from Sulphur, Louisiana, says the city council has extended by six months the ban on “the construction, location or the siting of recreational vehicles, motor homes, [pre-HUD Code] homes, trailers, manufactured houses and manufactured trailers” in town. The ordinance was originally enacted in June of 2010, …
Following up on a series of stories we published about rent control ending in Oceanside, California communities, the last one being May 26, the San Diego Union reports the battle is heating up again, Southern California style. After the city spent millions to defend rent control, the Oceanside City Council …
WREGNews3 in Memphis, Tennessee, says Shelby County residents of factory-built homes who were flooded out recently will have to seek higher ground if they relocate or replace their homes. An ordinance passed in August 2010 requires the floor of a manufactured home to be one foot above the 100-year flood …
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WGRZ2 reports from Cheektowaga, New York, just outside Buffalo, that two modular homes built by seniors from area high schools will be auctioned off, and the proceeds will buy supplies for next year’s students to build homes. Thirty students, all interested in working in the home building field, spent two …
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The Toledo Blade says Springfield Township officials have established a partnership program with two area schools that will provide shelter to residents of five nearby communities of pre-HUD Code (mobile) homes. Residents of Royal Village would go to Dorr Elementary School, and Woodside Terrace residents would be sheltered at Springfield …
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The Daily Comet reports from Thibodaux, Louisiana, just west of New Orleans, that the city council voted to permit factory-built housing in areas where it had been previously banned. There are four residential districts in the city. R-1 is the most restrictive and R-4 the least restrictive. The move allows …
Alabama’s 13 says Cordova is not the only city in Alabama hit by the April 27 tornado that does not allow manufactured housing outside an existing community of factory-built homes. Fultondale, just outside Birmingham, has a similar ordinance that Mayor Jim Lowrey says will be enforced, while adding the city …
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The Boston Globe reports the only community of factory-built homes in Boston sits on the Charles River and is owned by the residents. The 104 unit community just received word from Mayor Thomas Menino that the city will invest $815,000 to upgrade sewers, roads and electric power lines. The article …
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The Daily Camera in Boulder, Colorado, says residents of Orchard Grove, a factory-built home community in Boulder, want to change five acres of empty land from medium-density residential to manufactured housing. The community of 450 residents is included in Boulder’s affordable housing quota. In 2008 the city rezoned the occupied …
