Mary McBrady, executive director of the Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA), noting the shortage of mid-priced housing in Mass., and a plethora of schools and researchers interested in housing policy within the state, says, “We, as an industry, need to be part of that conversation and dialogue.” As in many …
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Following a story MHProNews posted June 18, 2016 regarding a manufactured home that was sited in Stuttgart, Arkansas in a neighborhood not zoned for MH, city officials were initially told the home was a modular, which would be allowed. Now that the home has been sited, the mayor and two …
Federal Preemption should Allow the Manufactured Home to be Sited Read More
Engineering students at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado have built modest modular homes for the Navajo Reservation for nearly 20 years. The materials are purchased by the Southwest Indian Foundation, sergeants oversee the labor of the cadets who build the homes from the ground up, using mostly …
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What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Entry Level v Residential Style Manufactured Homes, Modular Homes and MH Appraisals – Tom Papszycki, Arrowhead Homes – Inside What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Louisiana Approves 336 home site MH community. Polish modular builder marketing in Sweden. Oregon legislator tryhing …
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President Jan Mikoluszko of Poland’s modular builder Unibep said the company is pulling out of Germany and ending its presence in Russia as well because “there is no space for foreign general contractors.” The company will now turn its attention to entering the Swedish market, as wbj.pl tells MHProNews. Mikoluszko …
As part of the USDA’s Rural Development Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Pilot Program, Dennis Miller is the first to purchase an energy efficient modular home, celebrating National Homeownership Day, in Putney, Vermont. Representatives of the USDA and Windham and Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) were also in attendance. The program allows …
USDA Offers Low Interest Loans for Manufactured Home Purchase Read More
MHProNews has learned from radionz.co.nz that the New Zealand government is contemplating building modular homes to meet the shortage of low-income housing in Auckland. Affordable Housing Minister Mrs. Paula Bennett said plans call for an initial round of 130-150 modular homes to determine if they meet the need. Housing New …
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Milwaukee’s most successful and oldest independent non-profit, Milwaukee Christian Center Neighborhood Improvement Project (MCC-NIP), the developer of 41 houses over the last decade that have been sold to low to moderate income homeowners, is building a modular four-bedroom, three-bath home. Funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), …
Non-profit Building Modular Home in Milwaukee for Low-income Family Read More
When first-grade teacher Deirdre Brackett of Sanford, New Hampshire retires she will move into a 196 sq. ft. tiny home she contracted with Sanford Regional Technical School in Sanford, Maine for the students to build the modular home, as journaltribune tells MHProNews. An average hotel room is 325 sq. ft. …
Modular Tiny Home, 196 sq. ft., has All the Amenities Read More
Yarrawonga Manufactured Housing (YMH) in Australia has been awarded a $1.1 million ($813,828 USD) federal grant to build a manufactured housing facility in Mulwala in New South Wales, Australia that will eventually employ 30 people when the project is complete, likely not for five years. As bordermail.com.au tells MHProNews, the …
Aussies get Grant to Build more Manufactured Homes Read More
Following the bankruptcy of modular builder M Space in late May, Gordon Brothers Group will begin the immediate disposition of assets of the company, including 2,400 floors of custom built modular buildings and complexes, as prnewswire informs MHProNews.. Headquartered in Park City, Utah, M Space provided modular buildings for education, …
A commentator for modularhomecoach was at the bank on a matter related to buying a car when he spied a five-inch stack of papers on a desk behind the lender, and casually asked about the stack. The woman replied, “Those are for a mortgage application for a new home,” adding …
Loan Officer calls Dodd-Frank a Huge Impediment to Lending Read More
Founded n 1985, Habitat for Humanity Canada has forged a partnership with Green Terra Homes that will give home buyers the option to donate one percent of their purchase to Habitat, thereby promoting sustainable building. Prefab homes and manufactured homes are constructed using steel from an average of six recycled …
Habitat Canada and Green Terra ask Homebuyers to Donate 1% Read More
June 15, 1976 marks the formal start for the first manufactured homes built to the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards passed in 1974. Administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the manufactured home standards are thus commonly called the HUD Code. Here on MHProNews and …
As a means to provide more housing for First Nation peoples in Manitoba and teach them a saleable skill, Fisher River Cree Nation Chief David Crate is lobbying the federal government in Ottawa, Canada to fund a program teaching residents home construction and home maintenance. The proposal includes partnering with …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Media Should Re-Visit Dodd-Frank Reporting in Light of Congressional Testimony Modular Versus Manufactured Homes: Which Is Right for You? What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Lake Villa MH community sells for $11.3 million. HUD Code production climbs 9.9% in April. …
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MHLivingNews.com will be doing a celebration feature to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the first factory-built homes constructed to the HUD Code for Manufactured Housing. The “big 4-0” is on June 15, 1976. MHLivingNews.com already has a new video that features a ‘walk down memory lane,’ reflecting the advances from …
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As part of Dublin, Ireland City Council’s drive to house homeless families that continue to increase in number quarterly, as MHProNews last reported March 3, 2016, work has begun preparing an open green space in Cherry Orchard for up to 24 modular homes. Rife with anti-social behavior in the past, …
Modular Homes Building Underway in Ireland for Homeless Families Read More
A longtime builder of surfboards in Australia, Nev Hyman became increasingly concerned about plastic waste he saw in the ocean, which led him to consider building inexpensive housing from recycled materials, as mashable informs MHProNews. Initially, he wanted to build homes using plastics, so he invested in a plastics recycling …
From Surfboard Builder to Sustainable Home Builder Read More
In a letter to the city of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, B. C. Housing requested a second extension, this one for nine-months, to continue using the temporary housing shelter on Lougheed Highway, which would allow more time to prepare a more permanent modular housing facility, according to mapleridgenews. The …
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