The providencejournal informs MHProNews the Rhode Island Builders Association Home Show will include a full size modular home for the second straight year. CRM Modular Homes of Johnston, RI will construct the home inside the Rhode Island Convention Center for the show, which is schedules to run from April 4 …
MyWestTexas tells MHProNews housing supplier Goliath Industries, responding to the urgency one year ago for oilfield housing, quickly sited 21 leased modular housing units to accommodate 50 workers southwest of Odessa, Texas. From clearing the land to welcoming the first occupants took a mere four weeks, but now the company …
The marshallindependent reports from Marshall in southwest Minnesota that the Lyon County Board of Commissioners has approved a three-year tax abatement for a modular housing business seeking to move to a facility in Cottonwood, just north of Marshall. C. David Hoefer of Goshen, Ind. says the as yet unnamed company …
DelMarVa report from north of Millsboro Del. owner Helen Cropper has been unable to repair the drinking water problem at Forest Park MHC, and will now have to raise rents to pay for the fix. In he past ten years the water has had an unacceptable level of nitrates 95 …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) reports home manufacturers Clayton Homes, Fleetwood Homes, Golden West Homes, Hallmark Homes, Karsten Homes, and Skyline Corp. will partner with the Calif. Manufactured Housing Institute and the Systems Building Research Alliance to research new and innovative envelope systems. With wall and roof building technologies expected …
RVBusinses informs MHProNews Elkhart County, Indiana led the nation in job growth for the period Sept 2011 to Sept. 2012 for the largest U. S. counties, with 6.9 percent versus the national rate of 1.6 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While Elkhart hosts several component suppliers to …
According to bizjournals, Thomas M. Saltsgiver, president and founder of modular builder Muncy Homes, Inc. of Muncy, Penn., has applied with the Pennsylvania Dept. of Banking and Securities to acquire 85 percent of the common stock of First Cornerstone Bank in King of Prussia, Penn. While the bank is 90 …
In updating a story we first posted Feb. 7, 2013, myfoxny informs MHProNews, 17 modular homes have been acquired by the Affordable Housing Alliance in Eatontown, NJ with $1 million donated by the Robin Hood Foundation. Originally, Robin Hood had distributed $45 million of $67 million raised, including funds from …
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KENS5-TV reports from Encinal, Texas developer David Monnich is building modular housing from shipping containers and is planning a 70-unit building in the Eagle Ford Shale oilfield area. Noting they stack nine high on cargo ships, Monnich says, “They’re structurally proven. They were insulated, framed and prewired before we brought …
PRWeb reports from Houston, Texas that while noting more internet searches for homes are being done on mobile devices rather than desk or lap tops, Oak Creek Homes has developed a mobile version of its website, enabling shoppers to view the entire line of manufactured and modular homes and request …
According to salemnews, Salem State University is preparing to seek bids for a three-story modular dormitory to house the influx of 100 freshmen for the fall semester. A college official says two of the residence halls are at 124 percent capacity, and some two student rooms now accommodate three. Once …
KeyNews reports from Key West, FL the 44 factory-built homes that comprise the Old Town community may soon be replaced with two and three-bedroom stick-built or modular townhomes. Southernmost Cabana LLC bought the property from the Archdiocese of Miami in 2009 for $2.4 million and has submitted preliminary plans that …
Governor Andrew Cuomo has proclaimed April 27 – May 5, 2013 as Factory-Built Home Days across New York State, coinciding with the New York Housing Association’s 2013 Spring Symposium and Legislative Summit April 30-May 1 in downtown Albany, NY. In his proclamation, the governor states manufactured housing is a source …
DNAinfo informs MHProNews the third in a series of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Workshops took place March 26 in Staten Island, with representatives from the mortgage industry, an architect, and a flooring specialist on hand to educate attendees. Topics included modular homes, restoring damaged credit, and loan and grant options available. …
According to EarthTechling, Panoramic Interests is developing a LEED Platinum, 23 modular- unit housing development in a building in San Francisco with solar water heating, low flow faucets, water cachement and other green features packed into 295 square foot units with natural light and ventilation. The 16 modules were built …
According to what cjonline tells MHProNews, the Kansas House of Representatives passed SB 74 that restricts prison programs in which inmates build modular homes, with proponents saying the correctional system should not compete with private enterprise. The vote was 87-32 in favor of the restriction. An amendment to permit the …
MHProNews has learned from PRWeb that modular builder ATCO Structures & Logistics was honored several times at the Modular Building Institute (MBI)’s 2013 Awards of Distinction. First place in the permanent modular commercial housing category was for MEG Energy Pirate’s Cove Lodge near Christina Lake that is as much resort …
Updating a story we covered Oct. 16, 2012 concerning the federal court-ordered closing of Duroville, an MHC in the Coachella Valley in California, and home to some 4,000 mostly migrant workers, 70 of the families have been relocated to Mountain View Estates, a government-subsidized development of 181 new modular homes, …
Four uninhabitable manufactured homes at Florella’s Park in Northfield, Minn. that have been empty for years will be removed by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) using funds from a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Block Grant, as southernminn tells MHProNews. According to federal standards, HRA must acquire the homes …
According to gobogalusa in Louisiana, the Washington Parish Planning Commission is considering proposed guidelines that will require modular homes be subject to the same requirements and provisions as stick-built homes. Currently, the parish exempts modular structures ten feet by twelve feet or smaller, but under the new ordinance all modular …
