Single mom and Army Staff Sgt. Michelle Satterfield was surprised at the last regular season home game of the Pittsburgh Steelers when she received a ceremonial key to a modular home in White Oak, Pennsylvania, where she will be near her fellow soldiers in the 14th Quartermaster Detachment in Greensburg. …
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A Welsh company, Affresol, has developed a modular house from recycled plastic that is mixed with a harder-than-concrete pourable resin, which is waterproof, fire retardant and rot proof. MHProNews has been informed by cltampa that each Thermo Poly Rock saves 18 tons of waste from landfills, and five or more …
The Martinsville (VA) Henry County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and modular home builder Nationwide Custom Homes announce the expansion of the company’s production line by adding 59 employees, increasing output by 35 percent, with the set-up scheduled to be complete by the end of the year. As demand grows for …
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What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Conventional Housing and Manufactured Homes Video Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHARR Slams Danner, HUD. Clayton in line for air base homes contract. Sears Homes paved the way for prefab. Canada’s ATCO marching far South. Modulars for …
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The expansion of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island will add 3,747 people to the population of Oak Harbor, Washington, a 20 percent increase by 2036, 70 percent of whom are military or civilian personnel associated with the base. Located in the far northwest corner of the continental United States, Oak …
Clayton may get Nod to Add Housing at Growing Air Base Read More
Built by Beracah Homes, a modular homeless shelter for female veterans has just been sited in Milford, Delaware adjacent to a facility for male veterans, in use since 1996, according to capegazette.villagesoup. Staffed by Home of the Brave personnel, as MHProNews has learned, the new two-story, four bedroom home, which …
Sears was a pioneering mail-order company that sold watches, underwear, furniture, appliances—and from 1908 to 1940 sold 100,000 homes through a catalog. As the timesununion states, “The pieces arrived packed in boxes that contained lumber, cut to length and numbered for convenience, as well as shingles, doors, windows, molding, plumbing, …
Sears & Roebuck Homes Presaged HUD Code and Modular Homes Read More
Seeking to strengthen its ties in South America, Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based ATCO Group has acquired a 50 percent stake in Chile’s Sabinco Soluciones Modulares S. A., a space rental and workforce housing firm that accounts for ten percent of the modular housing market in Chile. Although it was not disclosed …
Canada’s ATCO Acquires Stake in Chilean Modular Housing Company Read More
Writing in nreionline, R. Byron Carlock, Jr. of Price WaterhouseCoopers reminds MHProNews of the “invention” of the suburbs 70 years ago when Bill Levitt returned from the war and steered his family home construction business into building tract housing, appealing to the millions of returning veterans.`He envisioned mass-produced housing, eventually …
National Real Estate Guru Affirms Manufactured Housing to meet Affordable Demand Read More
The social action organization Architects for Society (AFS) has designed a hexagonal housing system for catastrophic situations that can be assembled by occupants-to-be. Designed to be shipped to disaster areas in pieces, the Hex House contains typical home amenities and can last 15 to 20 years. Multiple homes can be …
Housing Complex Designed by Social Action Architects Read More
As part of a joint attempt to create more affordable housing in Waco, Texas, Clayton Homes in Waco is building a modular duplex to be sited on a lot owned by non-profit NeighborWorks, according to what wacotrib informs MHProNews. Each of the two 1,100 square foot units will feature three …
Clayton, Next Step, NeighborWorks Collaborate on Low-income Housing Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Quality Control Manager report-Highland Mobile Home Park, St Petersburg FL What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Montana town to proposed MHCs: one yes, one no. Building material made from hemp. Manufactured homes do not qualify as affordable homes—yet. Modular homes for …
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The newest material for building a home that MHProNews has discovered is hempcrete, a combination of hemp stalks (called hurds), limestone and water to form twelve-inch thick walls for support and insulation in building a 400 square-foot unit called HempHome:T+. The material is also resistant to fire, mold and pests, …
Sweden is swarming with refugees, creating a housing crisis which the government wants to address with modular homes, which is setting off swarms of criticism from the left and the right. According to sputniknews, the opposition states the homes will have outlived their usefulness after 10-15 years and will be …
Refugees Swelling need for Modular Housing in Sweden Read More
For Q3 of 2016, manufactured and modular home builder Skyline Corp. (NYSE:SKY) reports net sales from continuing operations rose 25 percent over same quarter 2015, $47,697,000 versus $38,109,000. The report also reveals a net loss from continuing operations of $514,000, much lower than the loss of $2,911,000 in Q3 2015. …
All the rustic charm of the old English Shepherd’s Hut is captured in the tiny homes of Contemporary Shepherd Huts but with added modern touches like a skylight that runs the length of the home, kitchen and bathroom. The traditional shepherd huts were made for taking a snooze after a …
Following the continuing story of modular homes for the homeless in Dublin, Ireland, the first installment of which were originally set for last Christmas, as MHProNews posted March 3, 2016, utv.ie reports the homes will now cost approximately 1.5 times more than originally stated, around €243,000 each ($215,298 USD). The …
Modular Housing Costs higher than Original Estimates Read More
Updating a story MHProNews last posted June 18, 2015 about the possible re-opening of the former Magnolia Homes in Gering, Nebraska, starherald reports former owner Doug Fillingham is set to re-open as Family Built Homes, hiring many of the same employees who lost their jobs last June when Magnolia ceased …
Former Magnolia Homes Modular Facility Re-opening as Family Built Homes Read More
Following a story MHProNews posted March 23, 2016 regarding modular homes built by ex-cons in Pittsburgh, Daniel Bull, president of builder Zero Six Eight (an ex-con himself), gave a presentation to the Allentown, PA Community Development Corporation (CDC) about building modular homes on Arlington Avenue. Saying he has already had …
Plans for Ex-cons to Build Modular Homes Moves Forward in Allentown, PA Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com State Inspector Becki Jackson – Safety & Quality of Manufactured Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Feb. HUD Code manufactured home production rises 27.6%. Notable deaths in the manufactured home community. Rent control inhibits new MHC development. Resident-owned community grateful …
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