Western Petroleum LLC and its parent company, Pilot Logistics, are facing up to $30 million in fines for a crew camp violating zoning regulations in North Dakota’s Bakken oil patch, according to crookstontimes.com. The Williston Herald reports a conditional use permit for the site was approved in 2011 for 40 …
Crew Camp Operator Facing nearly $30 Million Fines in Bakken Oil Field Read More
A non-profit organization dedicated to teaching life skills to young men and women utilizing current and former National Football League (NFL) members, is partnering with a New Jersey modular home builder to sponsor the ProPlayer Football Camp and Charity Flag Football Game at Toms River High School North June 26 …
Modular Builder Teaming with NFL Players to Guide New Jersey Youth Read More
The Bow River overflowed its banks in Siksika, Alaska last June, following a deluge that also swamped part of southern Alberta, Canada, putting downtown Calgary under water. 170 homes belonging to Siksika Reserve residents were hit by rising tide, with many destined for demolition. Evacuees from the 7,000 person reservation …
Enrollment at the Southwest Licking (SWL) schools in Pataskala, Ohio, just east of Columbus, has grown from 3,490 in 2002 to over 3,900 during the most recent school year, and the district has not added any buildings, leading Superintendent Robert Jennell to state the school board needs to acquire another …
New Jersey’s First Lady, Mary Pat Christie, will be on hand to welcome the first two modular homes constructed since the devastation of Hurricane Sandy at Union Beach, New Jersey, according to abc27.com. The grant project, “Rebuilding Union Beach,” was funded by the Hurricane New Jersey Relief Fund and the …
For members of the Cranberry Island Realty Trust (CIRT), the three years spent negotiating the movement of two modular homes to the Great Cranberry Island off the coast of Maine has reached fruition. “It’s becoming increasingly difficult for people to make homes out here year round when they can’t afford …
An hour east of Palm Springs, California, in the eastern Coachella Valley, where manufactured housing communities (MHC) dot the landscape of farmworkers who are sometimes living in dilapidated pre-HUD Code homes, lies St. Anthony’s Trailer Park, says nytimes.com. The community’s sporadic clean drinking water (arsenic has been found in the …
Challenged MHC in California Transformed with Public Space Read More
The acquisition of much larger Fleetwood Homes by manufactured and modular home builder Cavco Industries, Inc. of Phoenix, Arizona, originated during the 2008 financial crisis when Third Avenue Value Management Fund, which has been following the MH industry, contacted Cavco’s CEO Joe Stegamyer and together they purchased bankrupt Fleetwood in …
Third Avenue Management Pleased with Cavco Investment Read More
MHProNews has learned from canberratimes.com.au in Australia that Gundaroo, pop. 300, will be the first town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales to receive an off-grid solar-powered modular home. Prominda delivered the home with wiring and hot water units in the walls, plumbing in the floors and insulation …
Solar-powered Modular Home First in Australian Region Read More
The Martin County Board of Commissioners in Florida adopted an interim moratorium on building permits for the construction of modular homes in residential future land use designations, according to tcpalm.com. Meanwhile, MHProNews understands the county planning agency proposes to amend Article 3 and Article 6 to distinguish between modular homes, …
Updating a story MHProNews posted June 12, 2014 regarding theft charges against Wyoming Homes owner David Valenti of Moosic, Pennsylvania, citizensvoice.com reports he is also entangled in a dispute over property he leased and then allegedly refused to vacate after it was sold in April, 2013, leaving behind a manufactured …
The owner of Wyoming Homes in Moosic, Pennsylvania has been charged with theft for allegedly receiving down payments for modular homes and neither delivering the goods nor returning the money. According to citizensvoice.com, David Valenti has been charged by Luzerne County detectives in their criminal complaint with two counts of …
Having built modular housing since 1947, Atco Structures and Logistics is upping the ante for its workforce housing as companies battle for skilled labor in an increasingly competitive market, according to calgarysun.com. With new models featuring large bedrooms with double beds, full showers, sound-dampening walls and walk-in closets, Jason Kialeu …
Updating a story MHProNews last published June 9, 2014 about an affordable modular housing initiative in Bluffton, South Carolina, wsavtv.com reports the city tripled the amount budgeted to $150,000 to conduct home-owning classes and money-saving tips of homeownership, and waive some of the permit fees. Applicants for the 22 modular …
As part of Gov. Duval Patrick’s 2012 plan to increase affordable family housing throughout Massachusetts, MHProNews.com has learned from wggb.com that Neighborhood Housing Services of Springfield, in western Massachusetts, has received $450,000 to construct six affordable modular housing units for families and seniors with modest incomes. The Department of Housing …
The city council of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada is asking for public input on a proposal to replace four homes with a modular apartment complex containing 60 units in the downtown area. Council gave first reading on a bylaw amendment to change the zoning from R2 residential semi-detached to CBD-C, which …
Sixty Unit Modular Apartments Planned for Canadian City Read More
Updating a story MHProNews first posted May 22, 2013 regarding a planned disaster housing project in New York City, myfoxny.com reports the first stackable, modular prototype has been sited in Brooklyn. Intended to keep disaster victims in their neighborhood, the basic 480 square-foot unit has a combined living room and …
Modular Emergency Housing Prototype Sited in Brooklyn Read More
A new ordinance unanimously passed by the Hamlet (North Carolina) City Council allows any factory-built home to be sited within the city limits providing it is set on a concrete foundation and “the tongue, axles, transporting, lights and removable towing apparatus shall be removed subsequent to final placement.” The previous …
New Ordinance Allows Placement of Pre-HUD Code Homes Read More
Real estate developer Ian Cassels of New Zealand intends to build 2,000 two-bedroom modular apartment units for Wellington measuring about 225 square feet each. As director of The Wellington Company, Cassels has already signed a contract to develop land owned by the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust, where a prototype …
Waterloo (Iowa) Community Schools officials succeeded in convincing Waterloo’s Planning, Programming and Zoning Commission to allow two modular classroom buildings to remain at Kingsley Elementary school while district officials deal with balancing the burgeoning student population. Sited in Sept., 2010, each building contains two classrooms, both of which had been …
School District Juggles Kids, Continues Using Modular Classrooms Read More
