Austrian students from Vienna University of Technology won top honors at the U S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Solar Decathlon, besting 18 other entries from around the world for “designing, building, and operating the most cost-effective, energy-efficient and attractive solar-powered house.” The modular wooden frame home, Austria’s first ever entry …
A group of businessmen seek to turn a a long-vacant warehouse in Camden, New Jersey into a global manufacturer of modular homes, with the potential of hiring 1,000 employees. The $30 to $40 million for the project is expected to come from private, state and federal sources, with a planned …
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The owner of the 53 home sites at Summer Winds in Old Orchard, Maine hopes to convince the town’s planning board to change use of the units from seasonal to year-round. The gated community is currently classified as a resort community that can only be occupied from April 1 to …
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Founded in 1971 as a manufactured home retailer, Oak Creek Homes of Texas began building manufactured homes in 1993 and recently celebrated the production of its 50,000th home, as MHProNews has learned. With manufacturing facilities in Fort Worth and Lancaster, Texas and Lynn, Alabama the 705 employees build homes ranging …
A housing business plan for the city of Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada indicates a moderate to high growth plan through 2025 will require between 1,800 and nearly 2,600 new housing units, including available land. As part of that estimate, the estevanmercury.ca informs MHProNews that affordable housing and entry-level dwellings, including purpose-built …
The Wisconsin Housing Alliance has learned a “stop work” directive has been issued from the Obama Administration to the Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) that may choke off shipment of new HUD Code manufactured homes (MH). IBTS is a non-profit that provides contractor support for monitoring services of …
A modular affordable housing project for 16 low-income people with mental illnesses will be dedicated Wed., Oct. 9 in Closter, New Jersey, in the far northeastern corner of the state. After seven years and $3.5 million from the state’s special needs housing trust fund and other state sources, the Van …
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy last October that ravaged over 100 factory-built homes in Moonachie, New Jersey’s Vanguard and Metropolitan Mobile Home Park, of the 3,500 people statewide awarded rebuilding grants, only ten were for manufactured homes. The 400 residences in the two communities comprise one of the most …
Manufactured Home Owners of Moonachie Miffed in Jersey Read More
Creative Concrete Products, LLC of Mount Vernon, Washington produces and installs Duraskirt, a concrete re-leveling skirting for manufactured and factory-built homes produced before 1995 that rest on steel frames supported by piers instead of a foundation. A change in leveling may be caused by the ground settling, resulting in doors …
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M SPACE Holdings LLC formed in 2001 to provide emergency modular housing for catastrophic events, but has since branched into building up-scale and workforce modular housing, especially in the Williston Bakken oil and gas development in North Dakota. The company currently has seven developments located across six different locations, and …
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The Washington County (Virginia) Habitat for Humanity has received a donation that will allow the organization to establish a Land Bank and help sustain it in coming years, according to tricities.com. Two professors from Emory and Henry College had left a legacy fund with Emory United Methodist Church which has …
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An 80-acre commercial and residential development a half-mile from Killdeer, North Dakota will include two apartment buildings and a modular hotel, all in response to nearby oil drilling in the Bakken field. The $3.9 million hotel will sport 60 rooms aimed at electricians and plumbers who are engaged in short-term …
Britco, one of the largest modular construction businesses in the industry, has announced plans to build a workforce housing project in northern Alberta, Canada for Devon Energy Corp. British Columbia Premier Christy Clark met with Britco officials to launch the $100 million modular project with over 1,500 rooms to be …
We last posted a story June 29, 2013 regarding the closing of manufactured housing (MH) slum Duroville and the opening of modular development Mountain View Estates, where many of the Duroville residents moved. Sept. 30, two nonprofit representatives, a handful of county employees, and three Riverside County (California) supervisors went …
A pediatrician at Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a passion for design and sustainable housing has begun the process of bringing in the first solar-powered modular homes to the city. Dr. Orooj Fasiuddin’s urbanHAUS will site the first home on a lot in the Morningside neighborhood. A two bedroom …
The May 15, 2013 tornado that tore through a Hood County, Texas neighborhood left six people dead, and damaged or destroyed nearly 270 homes. MHProNews has learned many of the dwellings were older factory-built units, and 60 were Habitat for Humanity homes in Rancho Brazos. While rebuilding efforts are continuing, …
Military Modulars Repurposed in Tornado Torn Texas Read More
A solar-powered modular cabin designed by Italian architect Daniele Menichini has a bathroom but no kitchen. Planned as an alternative to a hotel room, the minimalist Green Zero has one bedroom but could accommodate more people as a cabin or guest house, as MHProNews has learned from tgdaily.com. The rainwater …
The Missouri University of Science and Technology entry in the U. S. Solar Decathlon 2013 competition adapts to the environment for sustainable efficiency. The modular Chameleon House relies on innovative engineered radiant systems incorporating solar thermal and roof mount collectors, ventilation and heat recovery. The adaptable partition wall with an …
The Engineering Excellence Awards in Sydney, Australia in Products, Manufacturing Facilities and Processes was conferred on TEKTUM Space2.0, for its design of a full-size modular house that is transported on a flatbed trailer which unfolds at the site with all services and finishes in place. According to engineersaustralia.org.au, the final …
Current zoning laws in Midland, Texas prevent updated manufactured housing (MH) from replacing dilapidated factory-built homes because the zoning has been changed since the homes were sited. 1F3 zoning in certain areas only allows for stick-built homes in certain areas. As cbs7kosa.com tells MHProNews, the city says up to 28 …
Restrictive Zoning of Manufactured Homes may be Lifted Read More
