Champion Homebuilders of Troy, Mich. has been selected to provide 36 modular homes as part of phase two of Detroit’s Penrose neighborhood rebuild. The initial 36 homes in the effort, orchestrated by developer Star Development Corp. of Ann Arbor, Mich., were also Champion products, as is Penrose Art Center, an …
Bringing modular homes into West, Tex. to people displaced by the April 17, 2013 explosion will cost $10,000 each, which does not include hooking up to utilities. The forty units, as MHProNews reported June 11, 2013, would house two families apiece, but will be available only to residents who are …
Growing faster than any other segment of the housing industry, the Building Systems Council in Nova Scotia, Canada says manufactured and modular home sales comprise 7-8 percent of the total housing market, having increased in sales by 50 percent the last 15 years. Trevor McKay of the North Grant Park …
Manufactured and Modular Home Sales Rise in the North Read More
Sustainable design is woven into the Nicholson modular housing development in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Combining 110 privately owned units with 89 affordable rental dwellings, the offset building height of the stacked modules provides access to light and views, and maximizes winter sun and cross ventilation. The greenery in the shared …
199 Unit Modular Building Breaks Up the Skyline Down Under Read More
Hive Modular of Minneapolis suffered mightily during the recession, but the company has been growing in Canada, enough to have three locations: Altona in Manitoba, Toronto, and one will be set to the east in Quebec. Hive started as a “night job” in 2005 by Paul Stankey and two friends, …
Modular Designer begins in U. S., Flourishes in Canada Read More
Flood waters that displaced up to 900 people in Calgary, Alberta, Canada caused over $250 million in damages and led to the issuance of a state of emergency by Mayor Naheed Nanshi. According to Bruce Burrell, head of the Calgary Emergency Management Agency, “We’re in conversation with the province about …
The Spinelock Group in Mansfield, England is planning its first development of 18 energy efficient, modular homes in the central part of the country. Each home is comprised of four modules and when finished will be 30 percent larger than neighboring houses, bright, airy and spacious with energy bills below …
Modular Housing Development Planned for United Kingdom Read More
Residents of the Dallas West Mobile Home/RV Park in Dallas, Tex. just minutes from downtown received fliers June 11 announcing they had until Aug. 31 to move or face eviction. Dallas-based Cienda Partners bought the property in 2006, one year after the city council rezoned the community for apartments, and …
Manufactured Housing Community Closing, Residents must move by Aug. 31 Read More
Elkhart County in northern Ind. topped the nation for job growth in 2012 with a rate of 7.4 percent from Dec. 2011 to Dec. 2012, as compared to a national rate of 1.9 percent, according to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The county, and neighboring LaGrange County, are …
Indiana County has Highest Job Growth in the Nation Read More
The Ikea Foundation, the Refugee Housing Unit (RHU) from Sweden and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have pooled resources to develop a modular dwelling to house refugees and other displaced persons. The 55 square-foot unit has a steel skeleton with lightweight but durable plastic panels for the …
Non-profits Team with United Nations to Produce Modular Shelters Read More
Just north and a little east of downtown Indianapolis five modular homes are set to be built in the Cottage Home area on a stretch of land surrounded by small, older homes from the late 1800’s. Priced at $300,000 to $350,000, the first two homes (already sold) will be 1,800 …
Factory-built homes in Japan are a rarity, in part because Japanese roads are narrower and strict regulations govern size of cargo that can be moved on them. One man in Ibaraki Prefecture has a part-time operation importing very basic modular homes from Canada. Though very plain looking, they were built …
The expansion of an oil refinery in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia will make it the world’s largest integrated oil refinery and petrochemical production facility, and modular builder Red Sea Housing will provide housing for the 9,000 employees working on the expansion. The 527,000 square foot facility will include accommodations for all …
Modular Housing part of Refinery Expansion in Middle East Read More
After World War II prefabricated home builder National Homes of Lafayette, Ind. supplied affordable homes for thousands of people between 1945 and 1965. Two to four-bedroom homes with 1,000 to 1,600 square feet costing $7,000 to $16,000 with down payments of $900—less for veterans—put homeownership within range of the majority …
National Homes Sold Thousands of Prefabricated Dwellings Read More
For years in Australia, mining and construction companies used dongas, transportable single-room aluminum buildings for workers, which have now evolved to modular housing, but few modular structures were made for residential housing in the last ten years. Ausco Modular has supplied thousands of units of modular workforce housing over its …
Modular Residential Housing Ramping up in Australia Read More
Updating a story MHProNews last covered March 25, 2013 regarding the closure of a manufactured housing community slum in California, after a decade of legal battles the 4,000 resident community is set to finally close June 30, 2013. Located in the Coachella Valley just west of Joshua Tree National Park, …
Metal travel trailers evolved as an interesting, inexpensive way for a family to take a vacation, but the Great Depression transformed them into dwellings as people lost their homes. During WWII, the units provided portable quarters for the military as well as housing for factory workers that were part of …
In the Beginning…from Travel Trailers to Manufactured Homes Read More
As many as 120 men once again faced homelessness after the Haven of Rest, which operated for 25 years, providing emergency and transitional housing, closed its doors this month in Tallahassee, Fla. Last week modular housing was delivered to the new Westgate Community residential campus as temporary shelter until a …
A four-acre site occupied by a manufacturing plant that closed in 1990 and now owned by the Carthage Industrial Development Corp. (CIDC) in Carthage, New York is set for six homes to be built by Thousand Islands Area Habitat for Humanity. In collaboration with the village of Carthage and the …
A new modular transportable cabin has been developed in a range of five designs in Australia. Measuring 29 feet X 12.5 feet, the steel-framed Affordable Portable (AP for short) costs $61,000 and is comprised of two modules. The dwelling includes a fold-down and a loft bed, is fully wired and …
