The owner of two unfinished sections of a modular home in the Village of East Aurora, New York has been ordered to remove the units from his property within 30 days for not bringing them up to code. When John Apgar purchased the homes from a BOCES school in 2013 …
Following the devastation caused by Typhoon Soudelor, which slammed into the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) on Aug. 2, 2015, the GreenStay two-bedroom modular house made of old shipping containers at the Garapan Fishing Base has received well over a thousand visitors since opening to the public last …
MHProNews has learned that Pleasant Valley Homes, Inc., of Pine Grove, Pennsylvania has acquired Fork Creek Park Model Recreational Vehicles, an Amish-built maker of vacation and recreation homes, which will now be built in the company’s state-of-the-art facility in Schuylkill County, PA. Pleasant Valley currently produces Pine Grove HUD Code …
A story MHProNews last published Sept. 10, 2015 concerning a business in Brewer, Maine that has been converting shipping containers into modular buildings since 2011, was ordered to cease and desist. The attorney general’s office said it was making manufactured homes (MH) without a license. It has now received a …
SnapSpace may Move Modular Container Building Operation to South Carolina Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Local Star Chambers Wage War on Affordable Housing What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Thugs threaten modular homeless housing in Dublin. Dodd-Frank reform dropped from bill. Fowl foul manufactured home expansion. Ordinance classifies 3 types of MH. Site-built starts & permits …
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Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway’s office tells MHProNews reports the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has been lax in its oversight of manufactured homes MH), stating the agency did not follow up on problems discovered during inspections of manufactured and modular homes. The audit, as stltoday reports, found problems with 11 …
MO Commission Insufficient in its Oversight of New Manufactured Homes Read More
Following the continuing saga of modular homes being built in Ballymun in Dublin, Ireland to house the growing homeless population, the Dublin City Council said, “the contractor’s security staff was threatened by persons unknown wearing balaclavas (ski masks). They were told to go back to the north or their machinery …
A public hearing by the Cold Spring (New York) Zoning Board of Appeals may determine if a three-bedroom modular house and accompanying garage may be sited at 230 Main St. across from Philipstown’s 1867 Town Hall, according to phillipstown.info. Prepared by Westchester Modular Homes for Sarah DeFranco, plans for the …
Modular Home Proposed for Long Vacant Historic Property Read More
In Brooklyn for nearly 20 years, modular builder Capsys will close their manufacturing plant in Brooklyn’s Atlantic Navy yards, laying off 54 union employees, according to what Crain’s New York tells biztimes, as the company looks for a more affordable location. As MHProNews published March 12, 2014, Tom O’Hara, the …
Modular Builder Capsys closing Brooklyn Navy Yards Facility Read More
A writer posed a question to columnist Roy Booker in the quadcitytimes asking what are the rules regarding siting a manufactured home (MH) on a private lot in several Iowa cities. Ryan Rusnak, in Community Planning & Economic Development for the city of Davenport, said an MH could occupy any …
Following a story MHProNews initially posted Nov. 13, 2015, regarding a new ordinance in Mohave County, Arizona that requires manufactured homes (MH) moved within the unincorporated areas of the county to be no older than seven years, MH owners protested at the County Commission meeting, leading commissioners to postpone voting, …
Commissioners Step Back from Restrictive Seven-year Ordinance Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Why Families, Singles and Couples are Attracted to Good Manufactured Home Communities Police Chief’s Wife is on Town Council and Loves Manufactured Home Living What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Homeless Housing in Dublin in Dispute. FEMA CA Wildfire Housing to …
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MHProNews has been informed by analystratings that CEO of Skyline Corp (NTSE:SKY) Richard Florea bought shares of Sky for $3,120, which increases his holdings by 5.71 percent. Florea bought the stock, according to Skyline’s website, at $3.12 per share for the 1,000 shares, and now owns 18,500 shares. MHProNews last …
In response to the tiny home movement, where the location is nearly as important as the home itself, according to what freshome tells MHProNews, Portuguese engineering firm Friday has developed a floating modular home, Floatwing. Constructed of eco-friendly materials, there are four structural configurations, and while the width is fixed …
Updating the post MHProNews published Dec. 2, 2012 regarding the modular homes for the homeless in Dublin, Ireland, the Drimnagh Residents Association has warned the Dublin City Council that it may take legal action against Environment Minister Alan Kelly’s plans to site 29 homes on an empty lot on Curlew …
Modular Homeless Housing in Dublin Hits another Snag Read More
Edsart Bedsier, a native of Holland but now a 22-year resident of Costa Rica, has built houses around trees, and his Crystal House is made from recycled glass bottles, according to ticotimes. His next project, as MHProNews has learned from Jim Maher, is to convert unused shipping containers, many of …
Modular Container Homes in Costa Rica will be Off the Grid Read More
MHProNews has learned from wtop1h, although no movies based upon “The Hobbit” or “Lord of the Rings” trilogy are in the works for the holiday season, Florida’s Green Magic Homes has developed “hobbit holes,” designed to be part of the landscape like the homes from the mythical Shire in “Lord …
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If Kim Mele has her way, next summer she will have a campground near Methow, Washington, renting out 12 vintage travel trailers to campers who want to spend a few days in the woods on riverfront property, according to what methowvalleynews tells MHProNews. Each unit is being refurbished with a …
“New materials and technology have taken modular housing light years away from the transportable homes of the 1970s, offering a sophisticated product with drastically reduced build times,” says au.news.yahoo. Modular housing has become a more viable alternative in the past decade with the introduction of new lightweight and thermally efficient …
