Tribune242 reports from the Bahamas the VTrade Company, now operating its light manufacturing business out of an 86,000 foot warehouse, is considering making modular homes or electric cars and expanding into an available 240,000 square foot facility in Freeport. The firm currently makes energy efficient light bulbs, distributes hardware products …
The ABQJournal tells MHProNews that the Farmington, New Mexico metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has the highest percentage of manufactured housing as part if its inventory of any metro area in the U. S., at 32 percent. Two-thirds of the county’s 128,529 residents live outside the city in rural areas, including …
From msn.co.nz MHProNews has learned the government of New Zealand will add one and two bedrooms to 2,000 existing homes, three-fourths of them in Auckland, to help ease the country’s overcrowding. Under the same program, costing $370 million, 500 new two-bedroom modular homes will be built, the National Party Housing …
The Coshocton City Council is trying to set standards on what type of structures may be allowed in the city, according to the coshoctontribune in Ohio. Service Director Jerry Stenner wants to follow the code adopted by the Ohio Revised Code, but also wants to exclude pre-HUD Code homes and …
According to palmspringslife, in the 1960’s architect Don Wexler designed seven all steel modular homes in North Palm Springs, Calif. in conjunction with the Alexander Group, each selling for $14,000. The intent was to build 36 homes but the price of materials became prohibitive, as everything except the concrete foundation, …
The latimes tells MHProNews one of the exhibits at the Alternative Building Materials & Design Conference and Expo, which opens at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, will also feature a modular home like several home shows we have covered recently. The one on display is a “granny flat”by Modular Lifestyles, …
The industryandtechnologytimes informs MHProNews Japanese builder Kase Sogo will partner with S. Korea’s G. S. Architects & Associates to establish modular home builder Kase Co. in Korea. Model homes will be built near temples in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, although customization is also available. A Kase Co. official said, “Given …
From down under MHProNews has learned Australian companies Elenberger Fraser and Unitised Building have developed a residential, modular building system suitable for a skyscraper as well as a stylish single-family home. According to gizmag.com, in order to eliminate waste, the dimensions of the prefab building blocks, termed Klik, take into …
Robeson County, North Carolina manufactured home dealer McMillan Properties has been banned from doing business by Attorney General Roy Cooper for selling substandard homes and homes that were never delivered. According to what carolinalive tells MHProNews, 52 consumers in the Robeson County area have filed complaints against Bradley and Sherry …
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According to Easier.com, the continuing housing shortage in western North Dakota due to the Bakken Formation oil boom has led to another player in housing market development. Property Horizons Director and Founding Partner Robert Gavin explains, “There are 15,000 oil workers and rising in North Dakota. Many have families who …
According to northbaybusinessjournal in Calif., Santa Rosa-based HybridCore Homes is designing the first phase of an 81-unit modular apartment complex in Williston, North Dakota, where the Bakken Oil Field has created a large demand for housing. The second phase calls for an additional 324 apartments. The name refers to the …
PRWeb reports Oak Creek Homes announces the opening of its new home center, its 17th in Texas, in Midland, TX to sell manufactured and modular homes and commercial buildings. General Manager Craig Johnston says the shortage of affordable housing and the rise in apartment rentals spurred the company to open …
In Prefabulous and Almost Off the Grid, Sherri Koones’ most recent book about prefabricated housing, she features over 30 homes which consist of pre-made components to varying degrees. A long-time proponent of factory-built homes, Koones notes that many home builders are more focused on selling homes than adapting to new …
The huffingtonpost says an over-used two-bedroom one bath modular home that once housed 13 Oglala Sioux on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation now graces the National Mall in Washington, D.C. after being placed in front of the U. S. Capitol April 17 as part of Trail of Hope for Indian …
Regional sales manager for Greenstar Building Systems Randy Duggan writes in the Daily Journal of Commerce from Seattle that the Northwest is beginning to accept modular construction as a viable alternative to site-built. Noting the press has covered commercial modular projects as well as nonprofits exploring low-cost modular housing, he …
TheNation reports the Stwo Group of Thailand will open a factory in Rangsit, Thailand in five months to manufacture modular homes and buildings following a 30 percent growth in residential development. Prerapat Srisakulpinyo, CEO of Stwo, says, “We expect to sell about 100 Aidol MYH-branded houses and buildings constructed under …
Following up on the multiple housing woes of the northern Ontario (Canada) Cree Community of Attawapiskat with sewage backup problems off and on since 2009, forcing residents to evacuate their homes, as MHProNews last reported Feb. 5, 2013, now the homes and the community hospital have suffered the same fate …
ValleyNews from Mount Holly, Ver. tells MHProNews former state senator Will Hunter wants to turn an old roadhouse stopover for skiers in years gone by into a rehab house for 12 or so women who are recovering from substance abuse, and is asking the state for $300,000 to fund it. …
MHProNews has learned from gainesville.com a planned 38 unit modular housing complex to accommodate 112 homeless veterans may be scuttled by the Veterans Administration because the Alachua Count Housing Authority (ACHA) has made “minimal progress toward completion,” according to a letter received by the authority from Jeffrey L. Quarles, director …
According to mercurynews from California, both Santa Clara University and Stanford University will have entries in this year’s Solar Decathlon sponsored by the U. S. Department of Energy. The biennial competition fields 20 university teams to build the most comfortable, energy-efficient and aesthetically pleasing modular homes that leave the smallest …
