GoBogolusa reports the Bogolusa, Louisiana City Council voted 5-2 to permit modular homes in all residential districts of the city, although manufactured homes are not permitted. The state fire marshal has given its OK, but restrictions by the public works department include the houses must face the street and must …
MSNBC tells us Seth Jason at The Motley Fool says he judges company performance by comparing inventory increases to revenue increases: if inventory expands faster than sales, it could indicate a problem, one which he suggests may be happening at Cavco Industries. Trailing 12-month revenue rose 157.9% while inventory increased …
BusinessWire reports RW Middle East has begun work on a $98 million contract to build a modular residential development in Simawah, Iraq. The Iraqi Ministry of Housing chose Sama Al Douh Contracting and Real Estate Investments as the developer, and RW will design and build the precast modular units based …
Virtual-Strategy reports as an alternative to assisted living for an aging relative, Connecticut-based PALS Built offers handicap accessible modular additions attached to the primary home at a cost lower than that of assisted living. The modular units are manufactured by Practical Assisted Living Solutions, LLC. The newly appointed president and …
The VCStar tells us from Ventura County, California a rent increase at an MHC has triggered a lawsuit by residents challenging the Thousand Oaks City Council’s decision of last year to remove the age and income restriction agreement for determining site rents and instead place that authority under the auspices …
UkiahDailyJournal reports the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors in north central California unanimously voted down a rent control ordinance that would affect all 60 MHCs in the county. While proponents said it would protect seniors on fixed incomes, opponents said it stifles free enterprise while also noting a study by …
HamptonRoads reports from Suffolk, Virginia in the southeast corner of the state, a modular home in two sections is being moved here from North Carolina. Accompanied by escort vehicles, the procession will likely slow traffic around 1-2 PM along a route from Carolina Road to the siting at Blythewood Lane. …
MarketWatch reports Deer Valley Corporation is restructuring key management personnel to focus on several opportunities the company wants to explore. Joel Logan, president and general manager of Deer Valley Homebuilders (DVHB), Inc., will become executive v.p. and COO (Chief Operating Officer) of the parent company with responsibility for new business …
From The Jerusalem Post in Israel MHProNews.com learns 33 families currently residing in five apartment buildings in Ulpana will voluntarily leave their outpost in the West Bank by July 1 and move into modular housing in nearby Beit El. The High Court of Justice said the buildings have to be …
LosAltosPatch reports the first modular multifamily LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-Certified building in Silicon Valley, in California features exposed structural steel frame, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified wood exterior that comprises the modules, solar panels that provide 100% of the energy to the units, zero VOC (volatile organic compounds) …
The KingmanDailyMiner says the Kingman City Council has entered into an agreement with the Arizona Office for Manufactured Housing to set fees for MH placements, inspections, and renewals. An MH placement permit with three inspections was set at $300. Additional inspections would cost $47 each, and a six month MH …
NewsTimes tells us one of the strongest wind zones in the Northeast is on lower Cape Cod in Massachusetts, where winds during hurricane season typically reach 120 mph. A vacation home now being built by Modular Architecture of Wilton, Connecticut, with a spectacular view of the ocean front will feature …
DanaPointTimes reports from California the Dana Point Planning Commission approved a coastal development permit to allow siting of a 2,352 square foot modular home in Monarch Bay Terrace. Some 30 residents opposed the home, protesting it would lower property values and that it does not fit in with the other …
The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado reports a 900 square foot modular home is being constructed through the Academy’s Field Engineering and Readiness Laboratory (FERL) by 75 cadets from the Air Force, five from the Navy, and four West Point cadets as part of their hands-on training. “They start …
Slovenian architectural studio Coodo has designed a series of modules that can be coupled horizontally or vertically to provide large household space, or used separately for a playroom or guest house. The thick polyester panels stretched over a galvanized steel frame provide thermal insulation. Two modules can comprise a two …
With manufactured housing increasing production nine consecutive months, as MHProNews has noted previously, smallcapnetwork says the time might be ripe to get into the manufacturing and modular housing market. Cavco Industries (NASDAQ:CVCO) reports net sales for the entire fiscal year 2012 hit $443,066,000, an increase of 156% over last year, …
StateJournal reports from West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has extended the executive order that suspends the consumer sales service tax and use tax on manufactured and modular housing purchases, as well as on certain building materials, in the wake of the flooding and wind damage that hit the state …
KeystoneEdge in Pennsylvania reports Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania invested $60,000 in high-end modular home builder Taylored Building Solutions in Taylor, Lackawanna County, to update a computer program for tracking financial functions. Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) is a venture capital investment company that partners start-up tech firms …
The MarionStar in Marion, Ohio tells MHProNews.com the 1,525 square foot modular house that students in construction technology at Tri-Rivers Career Center have been building since Jan. 2011 will be auctioned off June 18. The three bedroom, two bath home is based on a design from Unibilt Industries. The buyer …
9and10news from Michigan reports Lippert Components, Inc. out of Goshen, Indiana announces Jeffey Few has been hired as the newly-created Director of Product Development to hone in on state-of-the-art technology and automation in design, machinery, and production. Few has experience in automotive and architectural design as well as a strong …
