Following a story MHProNews.com last posted Sept. 5, 2013 regarding a rejected proposal to use modular jail cells in Dutchess County, New York instead of paying other counties to house the overflow of prisoners, the state legislature voted $6.49 million to purchase and install modular “pods” as a temporary fix …
Poughkeepsie, New York will Install Modular Jail Cells Read More
The Board of Trustees of Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas voted unanimously to install nine modular student housing units on property adjacent to campus to accommodate incoming students, according to gctelegram.com. Eight of the modular units will each house eight students, and the ninth will be for …
The Anson County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina has unanimously approved a conditional use permit to allow Davis Family Homes to locate a manufactured and modular home sales center in Peachland, in south central NC. Currently zoned R-20 residential, the variance will allow a change to HI, heavy industrial, …
Property Rezoned for Manufactured, Modular Home Sales Read More
The Whitefish (Montana) City-County Planning Board, unable to conduct business last month because a quorum was not achieved, will consider a conditional-use permit request from the Whitefish Christian Academy to install four modular classrooms, MHProNews has learned. A growing student population will utilize the units until a permanent facility is …
The Wisconsin State Legislature pushed thru sales tax breaks for three specific industries, according to the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau, as reported by beloitdailynews.com. One of them is the Wisconsin modular homes manufacturing industry, which will realize a savings totaling about $980,000 per year, MHProNews.com has learned. Without the tax …
Sales Tax Removed from Wisconsin Produced Modular Homes Read More
Anchorage, Alaska’s comprehensive plan recognizes manufactured housing as an affordable option, but Anchorage 2020, as it’s called, does not protect manufactured housing communities (MHCs) from redevelopment, resulting in the loss of nearly 500 housing units since 2000. The replacement dwellings are less dense, and with the slowdown in production of …
In a split vote, the Neighborhood Conservation District Committee (NCDC) of New Orleans approved the demolition of two houses on the campus of the Lusher Charter School to be replaced with temporary modular units for student housing. MHProNews.com has been informed the site would then become green space. One committee …
The Ohio Manufactured Homes Association (OMHA) presents the “Showcase of Factory Built Homes” at the MAPS Air Field and Museum in North Canton, Ohio, May 16, 17 and 18. Featuring 20 fully furnished and landscaped homes representing 14 factory built homebuilders. The 45 indoor exhibitors will include lenders, MH communities, …
HUD Code & Mods Featured at Eastern Ohio Home Show Read More
Homark Homes of Red Lake Falls, Minnesota is investing $6 million to expand its construction of modular and manufactured homes to include multifamily modular housing. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development will assist with the expansion of the facility to the tune of $456,000, providing Homark creates at …
Homark Homes Expanding to Include Multifamily Modulars Read More
Seattle, Washington businessman Walter Tarr is building a five-unit modular apartment complex near the University of Texas in Austin, his alma mater. As bizjournals.com informs MHProNews.com, each 1,300 square-foot unit will have three bedrooms and a den, with average rent of $3,000 monthly, built by Palomar Modular of DeSoto, Texas. …
A proposal before the Affordable Housing Committee in Bluffton, South Carolina would replace 24 pre-HUD Code homes with new modular homes, ranging from a one-bedroom, 600 square foot home to a four bedroom model with 2,000 square feet. According to islandpacket.com, prospective owners could make no more than 120 percent …
Specializing in modular units for industry, business, education and health facilities, Ellis Modular is now pursuing federal contracts through the General Services Administration. “The opportunity to service government accounts opens up significantly more markets throughout the region as our goal continues to be to expand our modular solutions business,” states …
On July 22, 2013 MHProNews.com covered a story from Midland, Texas where the Midland Independent School District (MISD) had plans to buy modular housing for staff because the Eagle Shale energy exploration in the southwest part of the state was gobbling up housing resources. In nearby Odessa, a one-bedroom unfurnished …
Texas School District Acquiring Modular and Manufactured Housing Read More
Franklin County (Missouri) Planning Director Scottie Eagen reports her office has been getting complaints of people living in tents, travel trailers and recreational vehicles as their primary residence in an attempt to skirt residency rules. A new ordinance has banned that practice, as cbslocal.com informs MHProNews.com, and violators could be …
While Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE:BRKA) says its profit for the first quarter 2014 slipped nearly four percent from last year, at the same time its revenues shot up about the same amount. First quarter earnings hit $4.71 billion this past quarter versus $4.89 billion for the same period last year. …
Berkshire Hathaway: Q1 2014 Revenues Up, Profit Down Read More
Sixteen high school students and their carpentry teacher from a program begun at Walter W. Brown High School in Langham, Saskatchewan, Canada constructed a modular building that will provide housing for four low-income families in Saskatoon. The students constructed all of the 660 square foot units in eight months, from …
Students Build Modular Housing for Habitat for Humanity Read More
Next Step Homes is the factory-built home distribution channel for parent company Next Step Network, which mobilizes nonprofit resources to provide affordable and ENERGY STAR homes for low income residents across the nation. Next Step couples its 25 nonprofit community housing development organizations with heavy hitters in the factory-built housing …
Private, Public Alliance Provides Efficient Factory-built Homes to Low Income Americans Read More
North of the border in Saskatoon, in Central Saskatchewan, Canada, 27 modular homes built in 2010 by Lethbridge’s Triple M Housing are alleged to virtually all have water problems—either leaky basements, roofs, or windows, sometimes more than one. Having changed its name to Vantage Developments, the company says the warranties …
According to virtualpressoffice.com, the value of the U. S fracking fluid market grew from $18.4 billion in 2012 to $26 billion in 2013 and is expected to hit $37.3 billion in 2018. With the resurgence of domestic energy production across the nation, for the first time ever analysts say the …
Liberty Homes’ modular CentreBlock townhome display in Burnaby’s UniverCity neighborhood offers a contemporary, predominantly white kitchen with flashes of color on the countertops and the backsplash, according to theprovince.com of British Columbia, Canada. Designer Martie Knockaert says white never goes out of style because it can be combined with many …
