GeekWire introduced us today to Blockable, a Seattle, Washington based factory built housing operation led by a former Amazon manager. GeekWire noted that, “According to an SEC filing, Blokable is looking to raise approximately $3 million and so far has brought in about $1.36 million. The document lists Jason Calacanis, …
Blokable – Making “Housing As Easy as Ordering A Car” Read More
It was the early 1970s. Then – as now – affordable housing was an issue. Then as now, quality, affordable homes were needed in urban settings — not just in land-lease communities. Nor limited to scattered, rural homesites. The home in the featured photo above was reportedly produced in Elkhart, …
Flashback Report – Urban Factory-Home Building Project, What It Could Mean Today Read More
As June 2017 winds to a close – a time which President Donald J. Trump proclaimed to be Home Ownership month – Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Dr. Ben Carson hosted a video broadcast via Facebook, which MHLivingNews captured, enhanced from the original and provided to the Daily Business …
HUD Secretary Ben Carson Exclusive Video – ‘Absolutely!’ ‘We Need Crusaders’ Read More
Gallions Reach in East London, UK, is home to an unused gas plant, a deteriorating shopping center and a floodplain that reaches out to the Thames River as it leaves London, an open area that gives one a slight sense of desolation, according to Inside Housing. In the middle of …
The Affordable Housing Crisis and the State of Off-Site Housing, Expert’s Commentary Read More
Where is the lack of affordable housing not an issue? It is particularly severe in urban areas of California. People are renting garages to live in in some neighborhoods around Los Angeles. The Mercury News reported in April, 2017 the median price for a single-family home in the nine-county Bay …
Being “green” is all the rage for millions of Americans. Indeed, sustainability is good – and all forms of modern factory building are demonstrably more sustainable than their on-site built counterparts tend to be. Just the reduction in wasted materials, which sources say runs about 30 percent, is significant for …
Closer Look, VERMOD’s ZEM= Zero Energy Modular – ‘Manufactured Home Replacement’ Read More
The New June 2017 articles on the MHProNews.com home page are live, with the full line up on display at this link here. If you’ve been super busy, traveling, have been on vacation, or are new to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, welcome to our weekly recap of the Manufactured Housing Industry’s “News, Tips …
Sunday Morning Weekly Recap Manufactured Housing Industry News June 18 to June 25, 2017 Read More
In a move reflecting a growing trend across the nation, the city of San Bernardino, CA is partnering with Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services “to ensure that persons of all walks of life have opportunities to find suitable and affordable housing in San Bernardino,” according to a report from the city’s …
As people all across the nation flock to urban areas seeking opportunity that is not so readily available in small towns and rural areas, the price of homes tend to rise along with the value of land. Readers of MHProNews are familiar with our many stories of manufactured and mobile …
The Homeless are Finding Benefactors in Many Cities Read More
The hands down king of affordable permanent housing in the U. S. is single section (a.k.a. ‘single wide’) manufactured homes. On a cost per square foot basis, they are hard to beat, as U.S. Census Bureau – and other research from sources such as Zillow, or the National Association of …
Are Americans Hunting for the Single Sectional Manufactured Home Alternative? Read More
The AZ Republic has been reporting on a brewing scandal that could make FEMA’s embarrassment over their Louisiana placement of Manufactured Housing Units (MHUs) pale by comparison. The Navajo Housing Authority spent $12 million building 91 new homes, all but one was later demolished. Then, “After failing to spend nearly …
Modular Housing Scandal? HUD Investigating, Senator McCain Blasts, Wants Reforms Read More
Europeans, Asians, Canadians and others world-wide are among those who come to the U.S. – and/or research online – about the differences and similarities between their version of factory crafted housing with what is found here in the United States. That same exercise is useful in reverse. It’s helpful to …
Michael Geller, Making a Home for Manufactured Housing, a Vision for America Read More
As Matthew Silver and RC Williams have previously reported, the San Francisco Bay Area is no stranger to high housing costs, and the fact that several are turning to manufactured, prefab and modular projects to help meet their needs. So, it’s no surprise that as Google, like other employers, are …
“Though mobile homes offer a relatively inexpensive but comfortable housing alternative, it appears that this trend has made the United States more vulnerable to tornadoes over time,” claims Climate Change, Tornadoes And Mobile Homes: A Dangerous Mix. Mark Skidmore and his colleagues crafted the Michigan State University study, which said, …
What Michigan State Climate, Tornado and ‘Mobile Home” Researchers Missed, and Admitted Read More
Tim Connor has been doing sales, management and corporate coaching, training and speaking in the manufactured, modular and prefab housing industry for over 20 years. Connor is one of the few sales authors with a book selling over a million copies that has been translated into two dozen languages. With over 4,000 global …
“There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” – Mark Twain “How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” – Abraham Lincoln “We don’t plan to respond any further…Our analysis captures …
Explosive! MSU’s Mark Skidmore on Flawed Tornadoes and “Mobile Homes” Study, Exclusive Read More
Sophia is one of many stories that the Drudge Report is tracking about the rapid advance of AI – artificial intelligence and advancing robotics. Sophia can tilt her head, furrow her brow and converse with you in convincing ways. Phys states that up to 85 percent of current jobs could …
Meet Sophia, AI Robot Wants Your Job, Says “Trust Us” Read More
“Prefab goes in disguise with these sleek tiny dwellings from Estonian company ÖÖD. With mirrored glass facades—reminiscent of Portuguese prefabs inspired by minimalist artists—ÖÖD homes blend into their surroundings, appearing especially sublime in rural or natural landscapes,” crows Curbed. Designboom sings, “ÖÖD promises that in eight hours anyone can build …
Meet ÖÖD, $50,000 Mirrored PreFab Installs in 8 hours Read More
You may agree or disagree with CNN’s clearly slanted coverage of President Trump, as even Harvard’s recent media study reported. But one must give credit where it’s due. CNN gave solid coverage recently on the growing factory-built home movement. They even got (most) of the facts and nomenclature right. What …
Pouring Gas on PreFab Fire, CNN Report Spotlighted Read More
Bryan Crump, owner of Cedar Creek Homes in Columbia Missouri, is making plans to relocate his business to the 4900 block of North Baltimore street in Kirksville, MO. Crump’s development and site plan for the lot will be considered by the Kirksville Planning and Zoning Commission at its June 14 …
Manufactured Modular Home Business Plans New Location Read More
