The Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Low Income Housing Challenge pits eight teams from six West Coast universities against each other to develop affordable housing proposals for potential future development. Now in its 24th year, the goal is to attract undergrad and grad students to be part of the next generation …
Affordable Housing Competition Set for University Students Read More
A measure which unanimously passed a California state Senate committee would reclassify mobile homes that have added foundations along Malibu’s tony seaside community as personal property, not vehicles, since they are now luxurious homes. In some cases, residents have purchased adjacent lots, and added architectural details, plus the foundations, disguising …
Enriched Mobile Homes to be Taxed as Personal Property Read More
MHProNews has learned from tcpalm that firefighters in Stations 1 and 7 in Indian River County, Florida, will be temporarily housed in modular fire stations while renovations are being done on the stations. The county commission has approved spending $199,706 for modular housing on Old Dixie Highway for Station 1 …
Firefighters will Occupy Modular Housing during Renovations Read More
Drew Industries Inc., parent company of Lippert Components Inc., will release its first quarter financial results before the market opens Tue., May 5, 2015, followed by a conference call later that same day at 11 AM EDT to discuss the results and other business affairs, according to rvbusiness. The question-and-answer …
With funding from the National Foreclosure Settlement and the Neighborhood Stabilization programs, the city of Sterling, Illinois will build two new modular homes, one a single-family home, the other a duplex. The single-family home is 1,536 square feet, and the two-story duplex is 2,032 square feet. Trotter General Contracting in …
Two Initial Modular Residences Going up with Federal Funds Read More
Since 1940, the number of people living alone in the U. S. has grown from seven percent to over 25 percent, as washingtonpost informs MHProNews. But our housing stock is built for families: Two bedroom starter homes with one bath, three-bedroom family homes with two bathrooms, and apartments designed for …
Houston-based Aries Building Systems, which produces modular buildings for workforce housing, commercial applications, government, educational, healthcare and industrial sites is expanding westward to open the Pacific Northwest Major Projects Group in Bellevue Washington. Although temporary buildings comprise 20 percent of the Pacific Northwest’s business, it will focus on permanent structures …
MHProNews has learned from prnewswire that Nobility Homes, a Florida-based producer of manufactured and modular homes for more than 47 years, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Marketplace under the symbol NOBH. R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of OTC Markets Group, said, “We are proud to welcome …
Nobility Homes now Trading on Over-the Counter Market Read More
A new vendor of modular homes has recently opened in Liberal, Kansas, as MHProNews has learned from leaderandtimes. G&G Homes intends to respond to the local need for quality, affordable housing according to owner Gavin Wright, who has been in the business since he was nine years old, working with …
Sunday Morning Recap April 13-April 18, 2015 The big news of the week is that H. R. 650, The Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act, a major effort by the MH industry, finally passed the House. Deer Valley stock plummets one day, skyrockets two days later. In other news, a …
The Virginia Association of Manufactured and Modular Housing (VAAMHA) tells MHPronews the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development has announced a competition to design a safe, energy efficient, affordable and accessible home to allow people to age in place in VA. Part of the 2015 Virginia Governor’s Housing Conference …
Competition for Affordable, Energy Efficient Home Set in Virginia Read More
Established by Innovative Education Partnership, Inc., in collaboration with Clayton Homes and Executive Director Pat Bradley in 2013, the Clayton-Bradley Academy is entering Phase II of its three-point plan. The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) school will be constructing a 35,000-square-foot building to house administrative offices, classrooms, a full-size …
Clayton-Bradley Academy Expanding for Added Enrollment Read More
Construction of modular, multifamily apartment building Hilltop House began in mid-summer, and 7 1/2 months later it was open for occupancy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Champion Home Builders, Inc. built the 52 modules in 36 days, and it took eleven days to site the 65 apartments in an historic neighborhood …
Modular Multifamily Apartments is a Growing Attraction for Urban Areas Read More
A 118-unit modular apartment building complex is back on track in midtown Sacramento, California after the original module builder was replaced by Idaho-based Guerdon Enterprises. The Eviva Midtown apartments, originally scheduled to be built by Zeta Communities in North Highlands, California, have been redesigned with a more residential look, according …
Modular Apartment Complex in Restart Mode in California Read More
From Great Britain, westerngazette.uk informs MHProNews that Derek Yeomans, a candidate for South Somerset District Council in the Burrow Hill ward, states modular housing is the only way to solve the housing crisis in South Somerset. “Modular homes are wooden in construction. All the walls are made to a specific …
District Council Candidate Pushes for Modular Housing in UK Read More
Updating a story MHProNews published July 21, 2014, regarding modular housing units for students at Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU), dailyjournal tells MHProNews the school has raised its budget $1.1 million to cover the cost of buying and installing the units. The school had miscalculated by 50 the number of …
School Raises Budget to Cover Modular Housing Costs Read More
A planned $1.85 billion Northern Plains Nitrogen (NPN) plant for Grand Forks, North Dakota will draw 2,000 temporary workers to construct the facility over a 36 month period. With stories of increased crime rates coming from the other end of the state 330 miles away where thousands of oil patch …
Modular Work Camp may be Needed for Nitrogen Plant Construction Read More
In this week’s news, although we did not cover it, we are reminded of the power of nature as a tornado devastated a small town in Illinois. Otherwise, H. R. 650 may hit the House Floor this week. Can Tiny Homes site in MHCs? Modular housing being weighed in Boston, …
Sunday Morning Recap–April 5, 2015 to April 11, 2015 Read More
Following a story MHProNews last published March 11, 2015 about affordable modular homes on the planning board in Bluffton, South Carolina, the town’s Affordable Housing Committee voted to recommend to the Town Council a series of six modular homes by R-Anell Homes. The goal is to encourage redevelopment of blighted …
South Carolina Town Seeking Affordable Modular Housing Read More
As follow-up to a post MHProNews reported Sept. 24, 2014 regarding the stand-off between Forest City Ratner and Skanska over the 32-story Brooklyn modular housing complex—now called Pacific Park Brooklyn– partially completed, theguardian states construction will resume. Forest City had accused Skanska of cost overruns, while Skanska leveled charges of …
Brooklyn’s B2 Modular Tower to Resume Minus Modular Read More
