MHProNews has learned from constructionenquirer in the UK that Elements Europe has been chosen by Berkeley Homes to manufacture 130 modular rooms for Premier Inn’s hotel in Woolwich, south London. Elements Europe will also make the stair cores and linen rooms as it works closely with EPR architects to finalize …
While the 163,000 asylum-seekers who entered Sweden last year have been a boon for the country’s low income and temporary housing contractors, the jury is still out on whether the immigrants have helped the country’s economy. Meanwhile, the government’s Migration Board wants to provide modular housing for 2,000 on the …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Educator, Builder Compare Conventional House to Residential Style Manufactured Home Living & Quality Illinois Professional Couple Discover their Getaway Home near Florida’s top Beaches What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Section 8 vouchers good for buying manufactured home. CBO: U. S. …
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New Zealand’s home builder Lite Green Projects is collaborating with Melbourne, Australia-based modular builder Habitech Systems to deliver super-insulated modular houses across the Tasman District, an area at the northern end of South Island of New Zealand. Andrei Martin of Lite Green said Habitech’s panel system provides high performance energy …
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MHProNews has learned from fidaily that GW&K Investment Management LLC purchased 15,805 shares of common stock of manufactured home community owner, Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) for the quarter ending June 30, 2016, increasing its stake to 2.3 percent. According to the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), GW&K’s investment is now …
Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett of New Zealand says the government is moving ahead with plans to build modular social (low income) housing as part of a comprehensive plan to increase the housing supply in Auckland and provide housing for the more vulnerable. Most of the homes will be one …
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The Freeland (Penn.) Borough Council along with the Freeland Business and Development Authority voted in favor of a redevelopment project on Ridge St., which will involve demolishing three blighted properties and placing two $100,000 modular homes on the property. Town Solicitor Donald Karpowich, noting the desire to expand the tax …
Named Retailer of the Year by the Manufactured Housing Institute for the Northeast/ Mid-Atlantic region in 2003 and 2013, Plattsburgh Housing Outlet in Plattsburgh, New York, in the northeast corner of the state, is hosting a home building seminar July 21. Topics at the seminar will include lending requirements, manufactured …
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What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Educator, Builder Compare Conventional House to Residential Style Manufactured Home Living & Quality Double-Digit Manufactured Home Sales Growth, MHARR July 7 Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News House defeats two amendments that would cripple proposed MH financing. Ohio county pursuing …
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The Foremost Homes modular home factory near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania is at the middle of a custody dispute between the former and current owner, which modularhomebuilder says may be prompting the auction of equipment on July 13, 2016. Foremost is comprised of two factories, the modular home plant and the panel-making …
Ownership of PA’s Modular Builder Foremost Homes in Court Read More
Skyline Corp. (NYSE:SKY) of Elkhart, Indiana announced today, according to what yahoo.finance reports, that Scott Parkhurst has been chosen to lead the company’s National Sales Manager division. Now responsible for marketing initiatives and growth for Skyline’s ten operating divisions, he previously worked for the company as a division sales manager, …
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The Riverside tiny home by Nashville, TN-based New Frontier Tiny Homes measures 242 sq. ft., and at $79,000, this modular comes ready-to-move-in furnished, down to the the cutlery, furniture and all other accoutrements, according to what gizmag tells MHProNews. Sitting on a triple-axle trailer, the ebony stained cedar board and …
Using low-income housing tax credits from the Internal Revenue Service, the $6.4 million modular senior housing project in Huntington, West Virginia, which when completed before the end of the year will consist of 30 one-bedroom units measuring about 650 sq. ft. and 10 two-bedroom units of about 800 sq. ft …
Modular Apartments for Seniors to be Occupied by Year’s End Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com St. Petersburg, FL – Misjudging Mobile Homes – Tale of Two Cities What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News House committee requesting documentation from CFPB. Modular apartments replacing old apartment buildings. Zeman plans MH build in Florida. Maine city gets community development …
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Over four-and-one-half years after Tropical Storm Irene tore through Waterbury, Vermont, destroying 11 manufactured homes (MH) with waist deep water, developer Bob Baker with Paramount Homes is replacing the damaged units with 11 modular homes he will rent out. “As strong Vermonters, we just rebuild and that’s what we’re doing. …
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People walking through a sleek new design home in San Diego overlooking the Pacific do not realize it is made of recycled shipping containers until they are told, as realtor tells MHProNews. “There’s a stigma, a misperception,” listing agent Jonathan Sanders says of the modular construction which his company and …
A project to replace deteriorating apartment buildings in Farmington, Maine with modular units moved closer to fruition as the Board of Selectmen accepted a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), and appointed an eight-member advisory board to oversee the building. MHProNews last posted a story about the project, called 82 …
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MHProNews has learned from robesonian that Tony Prevatte, owner of Prevatte Home Sales in Lumberton, NC has been elected president of the North Carolina Manufactured and Modular Homebuilder’s Association’s board of directors. A 45-year veteran of the modular housing industry, Prevatte will guide the 18-member board of directors as it …
Updating a story MHProNews has covered numerous times, the last being March 3, 2016 about the modular homes for the homeless families in Dublin, Ireland, Dick Brady, the Dublin City Council’s housing manager said even though the timetable was off—the homes were supposed to be ready at Christmas, but were …
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With Dodd-Frank, financing and CFPB related issues routinely on the minds of manufactured housing industry professionals, The Daily Business News has learned from American Banking News the following report on the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), which is made available below. “The Manufactured Housing Institute has been leading the campaign to bring more …
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