New York City is experiencing such a shortage of affordable housing that lotteries for affordable housing receive thousands of applications for a fraction of available units. According to modularhomecoach, state legislators in Albany are debating whether to renew the 421-a tax abatement, a program that promotes low cost residential development. …
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Karoleena, an Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada modular home builder, has been selected to build the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) show’s prize home, according to infotel.ca. The 3,800 square-foot, $2.1 million dollar modular home took six months to build and 30 days to assemble on-site. It will be trucked to the …
“A pocket neighborhood is different from a traditional neighborhood because there’s a function: The front porch has to be big enough so you can sit on it on a Sunday morning as your neighbor walks by,” said Bob Provost of Carriage House Modular Homes LLC of South Burlington, Vermont. The …
The Modular Building Institute’s 2015 Awards of Distinction has honored Guerdon Modular Buildings as best-in-show for its Domain Apartments in San Jose, California. As multihousingnews informs MHProNews, the five-story, 444 unit luxury townhouse-style community includes nine-foot ceilings, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, in home washers and dryers and high-quality finishes. …
MHProNews has learned from Next Step Network that Chris Nicely has joined Next Step Homes, the for-profit subsidiary of Next Step Network, as Chief Executive Officer. Next Step Network is a Louisville, KY-based 501(c)3 not-for-profit that seeks to put affordable factory-built housing within everyone’s reach regardless of their income. MHProNews …
MHProNews has been informed by Caitlin Nauert of the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TNHA) the Texas Senate has passed SB 1264 and the House has approved companion bill HB 1990 which will allow multifamily modular construction to be four stories tall instead of the current three stories. Of the 6,268 …
With 19 atriums, 800 apartments and office space for 4,000 workers, 1,200 employees of the Broad Sustainable Building Co. erected a 57-story modular skyscraper in 19 working days in Hunan’s provincial capital, Changsha, China, according to ca.news.china. The 2,736 modules that make up Mini Sky City were fabricated in 4 …
MHProNews has learned from globenewswire that manufactured and modular home builder Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) has acquired Fairmont Homes, Inc. of Nappanee, Indiana through its wholly-owned subsidiary, FH Group, LLC.. With manufacturing plants in Indiana and Minnesota, Fairmont produces manufactured and modular homes and park model recreational vehicles (RVs), and …
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Broad Rock Elementary School in Richmond, Virginia is receiving a 12-classroom modular complex, and E.S.H. Greene Elementary is getting one with nine classrooms, each unit with two bathrooms, interior hallways and enough space to serve meals, as richmond tells MHProNews. Both schools are above 125 percent capacity, and while school …
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Blocks Modular of Calgary, Alberta Canada are converting steel shipping containers (“seacans”) into hotel suites, affordable housing units, staff accommodations and cottages, according to what globalnews.ca tells MHPronews. “It is narrow, but that’s only one. And you put two or three together with the proper floor plan and it opens …
Shipping Containers becoming Modular Housing north of the Border Read More
Noting that the technology involved in manufactured housing (MH) has improved greatly over the years, especially since the inception of the federally regulated HUD Code in 1976, Robin Roy, writing for the Natural Resources Defense Council blog, Switchboard, says MH is poised to continue to play a vital role in …
Energy Efficiency on the Table at MHI’s Expo in Las Vegas Read More
MHProNews has learned from riverheadnewsreview on Long Island, New York that single-family home construction has risen in Riverhead Town, nearly doubling last year over 2013, including factory-built homes. Although it is considerably less than the 381 permits let in 2002 and 271 in 2003 in the run-up to the housing …
Following a story MHProNews last published March 18, 2015, regarding Buncombe County, North Carolina officials considering lifting a ban on manufactured homes (MH) in all residential areas of the county, over a dozen residents spoke opposing it at a Board of Commissioners meeting April 7. Although the topic was not …
County Hears from Citizens Regarding Expansion of Manufactured Housing Read More
The former president of Better Built Homes of St. Augustine, Florida has been arrested and now faces eight counts of misappropriating construction funds between $1,000 and $100,000, and one count of larceny. According to staugustine, a release from St. John’s County informs MHProNews William Keith Leary allegedly accepted approximately $500,000 …
Owner of Modular Homes Business Faces Embezzlement Charges Read More
The prototype of a super energy-efficient modular home with zero carbon footprint will be completed this summer in Henderson, Nevada, and the designer, Aeron Tozier, hopes to spread his concept nationwide. Set to be “super insulated” with radiant heat barriers and rigid, spray and batt insulation, he also plans to …
If the Forge Land Company can get around neighborhood opposition, it will turn two parking lots in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco into two eight-story modular apartment buildings containing 238 studio apartments. A Planning Commission public hearing was scheduled for April 30, but postponed to June 4 because the …
Modular Mini-Apartments Proposed for San Francisco’s Tenderloin District Read More
The timesfreepress informs MHProNews the Blythe Early Head Start Program in Cleveland, Tennessee has been using a modular building in Blythe Park since 2010, but it has become a source of contention for the city council and the neighborhood association. The building takes up 9,000 square feet of the 59,000 …
While many studies have shown that homeownership continues to be a large part of the American Dream, the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University reports in 2013 home purchases fell for the ninth consecutive year, and homeownership has dropped to 65 percent, the lowest rate in 20 years. …
Manufactured Housing may Become the New American Dream Read More
Following a story we last reported on March 25, 2015 regarding the need for additional classrooms in Licking Heights, Ohio, the school board approved $211,000, by a vote of 5-0, to purchase six used modular classrooms for Licking Heights Central Middle School for school year 2015-2016. MHProNews has learned from …
Sun Releases Q1 Financials, Patrick, Drew set to do same. One modular dealer opens in Midwest, another spreads West. MHC Makes Room for Retail Frontage. Fannie Mae Exempts MH Loans from Caps. ROI for MHCs Rises. Malibu Mobile Homes Taxed as Personal Property. Elizabeth Warren Blocks Reform. MHC Owner Yields …
