A large, upscale modular apartment complex may be in the offing just outside Albany, New York, according to what bizjournals tells MHProNews. Planned by Prime Cos., the modules for the 165-unit Hudson Square apartments will be made in Canada instead of in the U. S because of the value of …
High End Modular Apartments Planned for Upstate New York Read More
MHProNews has learned from 24dash in the United Kingdom that low-income housing group Incommunities, in collaboration with construction specialists in the Netherlands, are wrapping up plans to build six modular homes in Manningham, to be sited on part of the Green Lane development property. Six modules will be needed to …
Affordable Modular Units Planned for Old Apartment Building Site Read More
Made from cross-laminated lumber, Belgian firm Skilpod is producing small, modular inexpensive homes specifically designed for those, young and old, who want smaller homes. Designed in partnership with UAU Collective, the homes can be zero energy or energy positive with the use of solar panels, and may be useful for …
Belgium Mini Modular Suitable for Singles or the Elderly Read More
Futuristic housing on Mars, as envisioned by Foster and Partners, would involve parachuting three different types of semi-autonomous robots onto the planet to build a modular housing settlement before the astronauts arrive. As part of a 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, one robot would be pre-programmed for digging, one for melting …
The ARC Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing, based at the University of Melbourne, in Australia has been established to create a $15 billion modular housing sector so that the most advanced manufacturing technology will be used in prefabricated construction. With funding from a research council and industry, the …
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Following a series of posts MHProNews last published Sept. 24, 2015 regarding modular homes for the homeless in Dublin, Ireland, the city council’s head of housing, Dick Brady, has confirmed the selection of sites has begun. With more than 200 homes to be sited, Brady is looking at vacant council-owned …
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Montana State District Court Judge George Huss abruptly ended a jury trial early in Bozeman, and awarded a development corporation $650,000 to be paid by the Gallatin County Commission for denying a proposal to develop the Gateway Village subdivision and site factory-built homes, MHProNews has learned. The commission had denied …
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A complex of modular housing units in a small town in southern Italy when viewed from the air looks like swastikas, according to what thetimesofisrael tells MHProNews. Nestled in a neighborhood of the small town of Specchiolla in the Province of Brindisi, the four housing units that form each swastika …
Modular Housing in Italy, U. S. Look Nefarious from Air Read More
Following a story MHProNews last posted Sept. 15, 2015 regarding the proposed housing of homeless families in modular homes, the social support agency of the Archdiocese of Dublin, Crosscare, weighed in with its support of the proposal as an interim solution to the shortage of social housing in Dublin, reports …
World’s Advanced Saving Project (WASP) is an Italian company that has built a 40-foot tall, 20-foot wide 3D printer that uses clay and dirt to construct low cost houses. As realtytoday tells MHProNews, the huge machine, termed Big Delta, is a large metal frame with a nozzle in the middle …
A major pipeline build covering 52 miles from Cadiz to Canton, Ohio will create 400 jobs in the Dover area to serve as headquarters for the Marathon Oil project constructed by Price Gregory pipeline company, which is leasing 20 acres for offices and storage of tools, materials and equipment, according …
Factory-built Structures will Provide Offices and Storage for Pipeline Build Read More
With the need for 250,000 homes per year needed in London, as MHProNews reported Sept. 11, 2015, last year think tank New London Architecture and the mayor headed up an international call for help to solve the shortage, receiving over 200 proposals from architects, developers, and private citizens in 16 …
London Receives 200 Innovative Proposals to Address Housing Shortage Read More
According to moneyflowindex, shares of manufactured home community (MHC) owner Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) jumped by 3.55 percent in the past week, and 0.01 in the past four weeks. The shares have bested the S&P 500 by 6.34 percent in the past week and 1.07 percent for the past four …
Cavco Industries, Sun Communities Shine on Wall St. Read More
Following a story MHProNews last posted March 15, 2012 regarding a former Alabama lawmaker who admitted swindling nearly $250,000 from six post-Katrina victims for new modular homes that were never delivered, a judge denied his appeal for freedom in exchange for a down payment on restitution, according to bayoubuzz. John …
Former Lawmaker who Swindled Modular Home Buyers to Remain in Prison Read More
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MHProNews has leaned from winnipegsun that Tina McCorrister of the Peguis First Nation says 37 modular homes that were purchased from an American company for almost $3.5 million all have problems that make them uninhabitable. Mould was discovered in the first seven homes because they had not been properly wrapped …
Modular Homes Received by Canada’s Peguis are all Defective Read More
Following a story MHProNews published Aug. 19, 2015 regarding a container housing project for the homeless in Honolulu, Mayor Kirk Caldwell now proposes a temporary modular housing facility for homeless families on the Leeward Coast. “There are not enough sites for families and as we do our enforcement actions, we …
Honolulu Planning Modular Community for Homeless Families Read More
At a meeting of the Kent County Commissioners in Maryland, discussion turned to the importance of affordable housing as a means to attracting new business and young families to the county, according to myeasternshoremd. At the Maryland Association of Counties meeting, officials from several counties criticized a requirement of the …
Mandated Sprinkler Systems may be Slowing New Home Building Read More
In a letter to the editor of Asbury Park Press in New Jersey, Joan Finn, noting the loss of housing for 55,000 Ocean County residents due to Hurricane Sandy, many of whom were low-income renters who did not receive rebuild assistance, she asks where did they go. She says over …
New Jersey Citizen suggests Manufactured Homes for Hurricane Sandy Survivors Read More
