Following a story MHProNews last reported on June 23, 2015 regarding proposed container units modified into modular housing for homeless residents of Honolulu, Mayor Kirk Caldwell had refused to sign a budget because funding for the program was not provided. As staradvertiser reports, in the aftermath of the assault on …
Attack on State Rep. Hastens Contract for Modular Housing Read More
The government in the United Kingdom continues to fall short of providing affordable housing because of its reliance on the private sector, according to worldcement/europe. Noting the need for 250,000 homes annually to tackle the spiraling home prices and the critical shortage of affordable housing, MHProNews understands the benefits of …
Manufactured Housing on Table for UK Affordable Housing Confab Read More
Following the nearly four-year-old on-again, off-again saga of Forest City Ratner’s building of what is billed as the largest modular residential structure in the world in New York City, the mega firm has created a new position to head the modular housing division. Manhattan construction firm executive Susan Hayes will …
Mammoth Modular Project in NYC Moving Forward, Again Read More
Low-income Vermont homebuyers interested in purchasing a high performance modular home made by Vermod of Wilder, Vermont may be eligible for a 30-year mortgage at 3.25 percent interest if the home is sited in a manufactured home community (MHC). Under the USDA Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Pilot Program, if the …
Low Interest Mortgages Offered to Manufactured Home Community Residents Read More
Cambodia’s two-story pilot Framework House, built of bamboo and wood, was initially aimed at families afflicted with HIV who are in poor health, but will now be targeted generally to those with low incomes. A collaboration of Atelier COLE, Habitat for Humanity Cambodia and Building Trust International, the family for …
$2,500 Bamboo and Wood House Measures 861 Square Feet Read More
Modular units are being used to expand the women’s section of the Livingston County Jail in Howell, Michigan. A spike in heroin related offenses has increased the female inmate population from around a dozen inmates daily 12 years ago to 60, in an area designed for 31. The new design, …
Michigan Jail Expansion will Include Modular Cells Read More
Following a story MHProNews posted June 2, 2015 regarding modular container units to house homeless families in Oahu, Hawaii, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell refused to sign the budget in part because the city council deleted funding for the Office of Strategic Development (OSD) staff needed to operate the program. Existing …
Honolulu Modular Homeless Initiative will Seek Funding Elsewhere Read More
Enerdynamic Hybrid Technologies Corp. (TSX-V: EHT) has agreed to acquire EVIA Finance S.A.R.L., a global manufacturer and installer of patented modular housing units for CAD (Canadian)$45.7 million, or $37,017,000 USD. Based in Luxembourg, EVIA produces proprietary modular homes that can be built in under one day, are 70 percent more …
Canadian Energy Co. Buying Modular Builder EVIA Finance of Luxembourg Read More
In manufactured housing news, UMH planning MHC as other MHCs closing, programs help MH buyers, MHC sells for $98k per homesite, Texas reports MH sales. In modular news, Magnolia Homes may be revived, Brad Pitt moves mods to Indian Rez, Mods house Irish homeless, micro mods go urban. In company …
Sunday Morning Recap June 14, 2015 to June 20, 2015 Read More
A proposal by UMH Properties, Inc. originally presented ten years ago for 253 modular homes in Coxsackie, New York has re-emerged as a manufactured home community (MHC) development with 161 homes. The original plan ran into community opposition as well as a threat to an endangered bird species and a …
UMH Properties Alters Plans from Modular to a Manufactured Home Community Read More
GC Blackstone, a commercial and residential building and development company subsidiary of Concordis Group, Inc. (CNGI:OTC) is planning a micro modular apartment building in Dallas with 60 units to address the need for affordable housing in this high cost market. Designed for the urban millennial, the housing will offer the …
Concordis Developing Micro Modular Units in Urban Settings Read More
Updating a story MHProNews posted June 6, 2015 regarding the closing of Magnolia Homes in Gering, Nebraska, geringcitizen reports local business leaders are working to keep the facility open and maintain the jobs in the community. In the area since the 1950s and at its present location since 1972, Harry …
“I have learned that there’s a big need for low-income families to get some help,” says Robin Davis, of Davis Homes, a manufactured and modular home dealer in Peachland, North Carolina, reports ansonrecord. She says in the year since the business opened, about 400 people have come in and many …
Davis Homes in NC Offers Paths to Manufactured Home Ownership through USDA Read More
The Dublin, Ireland City Council has voted to erect up to 400 modular homes for the growing family homeless population following a plan rejected by the councillors to renovate 64 vacant apartments in O’Devaney Gardens The Dublin Joint Homelessness Consultative Forum (DJHCF) adopted a plan to “develop and propose a …
Guerdon Modular Buildings of Boise, Idaho has hired Pete Murray as president and chief operating officer (COO) as the company continues its growth in the western U. S. market, building modular multi-housing developments, reports idahobusinessreview. Murray has been vice-president of western manufacturing operations for Welch Allyn, a medical device maker …
Actor Brad Pitt initiated the Make it Right foundation to provide modular homes for survivors of Hurricane Katrina after it devastated the Ninth Ward in New Orleans. Now he is partnering with the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to bring 20 eco-friendly modular homes to be placed in a sustainable village …
Brad Pitt’s Foundation Installing Modular Homes for Fort Peck Indians Read More
Sydney, Australia-based architect Stephen Sainsbury has designed Ecoshelta, a series of modular homes constructed of wood frames and corrugated metal siding and roofs that can be made in a variety of styles with minimal environmental impact. The interiors are lined with plywood from certified-sustainable plantations, as curbed.detroit informs MHProNews. The …
Australian Modular Home available in Multiple Configurations Read More
The University of Texas at Austin is partnering with Germany’s Technische Universitat Munchen to build a modular house that runs on water and sunshine for the U. S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition. According to customhomeonline, the home is also net zero for water and energy, and is based …
Super Efficient Modular House Destined for Solar Decathlon Read More
MHProNews has learned a medical mission to the town of Milot, Haiti, 75 miles from the capital, Port-au-Prince, included an ambulance donated to Sacre Coeur Hospital by George Gilpin, CEO and President of EasCare Ambulance in Dorchester, Massachusetts. In addition, the hospital last month received four modular housing units courtesy …
A New Jersey supplier of modular shipping containers that repurposes them to commercial applications, temporary modular houses and military uses has converted 16 containers for use as a five-story Air Traffic Control Tower fitted to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards. While this particular one is designated as a temporary tower …
Modular Air Traffic Control Tower built by SEA BOX Read More
