The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reports the last Katrina manufactured home has left New Orleans. “Another page has turned in New Orleans’ post-Katrina history,” New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a news release. “At the end of the day, FEMA trailers were never meant to be permanent housing …
USAToday tells MHProNews.com sustainable, energy-efficient home-building has increased in the wake of actor Brad Pitt’s founding of Make It Right, a response to the housing needs of victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Living Homes of California has developed a modular 1,232 square foot home with three bedrooms and …
The 54 homeowners at Big W Mobile Home Park in Derry, New Hampshire, are celebrating ownership of their community. The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund (NHCLF) and ROC -NH (Resident Ownership Capital-New Hampshire) are celebrating their birthing of the 100th MHC in New Hampshire. Not one of the 100 has …
Robert Ludgate, Jr., the Alsace Township engineer in Temple, Pensnsylvania says he has agreed to table a township requirement for manufactured homes at the Urban Acres Mobile Home Park to have exterior cast-iron sewer traps. MHC owners Erica and Kevin Ernst told the township supervisors of the 75 homes in …
John Quale, professor of architecture at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville has turned his sights on developing energy efficient affordable housing. “The people who are at the lower end of the income level are the ones who need the most help in reducing their energy inefficiency, and yet they …
From KIVI-TV in Boise, MHProNews.com learns that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will visit a modular facility in Idaho Friday. Following fundraisers at the Grove Hotel, Romney will hold a public event to be held at Guerdon Enterprises in Boise. Guerdon Enterprises manufactures multi and single-family modular homes and serves …
CBS News Smart Planet recently ran a segment on HybridCore Homes which use nearly all recycled construction materials to build, and are completed in about two months. According to the broadcast, the homes gain both from the efficiencies of an assembly-line process and the fact that weather doesn’t effect construction …
As follow-up to an article we posted Dec. 26, 2011, SantMonicaDispatch tells MHProNews.com the Village Trailer Park in Santa Monica, CA has likely been saved from the wrecking ball by the LA Landmarks Commission. The owners of the 108 home site LLC (land lease community) wanted to develop the property …
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A source has informed MHProNews.com that Apex Homes, Inc. of Middleburg, Pennsylvania, a modular home builder, filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy the end of January. Calls to Apex for confirmation were referred to an asset management company, which did not immediately return calls. Apex has been in business …
Wellsboro, Pennsylavania, County Assessor Deb Crawford of Tioga County says manufactured home owners need to obtain a trailer release if they sell or move their homes in order to avoid receiving a continuing tax bill. Without the permit “we would not know there is a new owner, “Crawford says,” (and) …
ModularHomeCoach informs MHProNews.com Canadian modular home builder Alouette Homes has been acquired by Quebec modular homes manufacturer Bonneville Homes. According to Danny Bonneville, co-president of Bonneville, “This acquisition will double the size of our production facilities and allow us to move forward with the ambitious growth program we introduced a …
NorthCentralPA reports the Wall Street Journal says the Fleetwood Homes factory in Nampa, Idaho has increased production 25 percent since last fall to keep up with demand in the North Dakota oilfields for manufactured homes. Upon adding 40 employees, factory manager Jeff Chrisman says without this new demand he would …
DunedinPatch in Florida tells MHProNews.com in looking at five ‘green’ developments in Dunedin, the Glencairn Cottages stand out as a modular home neighborhood two blocks from downtown. Each of the fourteen homes have 1,500 to 2,000 square feet, attached garages, gourmet kitchens, and energy-efficient appliances, insulation, pipes and ductwork. Built …
Manuel Santana, director of engineering for Cavco Industries, told a congressional subcommittee HUD’s negligence in implementing the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 has contributed to the industry’s 80 percent decline in production. In testimony prepared for the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity, he said …
Noozhawk tells MHProNews.com the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission in California is considering an ordinance that would require MHC owners to file for a closure permit if they are selling their community, and to pay all residents market value for their homes. Commissioner C. Michael Cooney says the measure is …
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According to Consumer Reports, York International has re-announced a recall of gas furnaces made for manufactured homes following 393 incident calls since the furnaces were manufactured 1995-2000. 336 of the calls have come in since 2004, when the first recall was announced. Sold under the brand names Coleman, Coleman Evcon, …
A new German design for temporary housing utilizes leaf-like panels made of fiber-reinforced polymer that fit together to create a self-supporting modular dome. Inhabitat tells MHProNews.com the panels are translucent, allowing in daylight and spreading light at night. At 1650 lbs. it has a high strength-to-weight ratio, is easily moveable, …
Frontier Communications Corp. of Stamford, Conn. donated $10,000 to the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Ind. according to RVBusiness. A major provider of communications products to northern Indiana consumers, according to Tom McNulty, executive director and president of the museum, the funds will help maintain the financially struggling facility. …
AZCentral tells MHJProNews.com that Phoenix-based Cavco Industries, Inc. reported at its earnings webcast Feb. 2 its profits mushroomed compared to last year. Net income for the third quarter 2012 which ended Dec. 31 was $1.68 million, or .24 cents a share, as opposed to $24,000 for the same period a …
Newswire from Canada tells MHProNews.com eight leading Saskatchewan credit unions are teaming with the HeadStart on a Home program to provide down payment loans for entry -level buyers to purchase a home. The loans are repayable within five years at Credit Union prime. This $200 million program will provide 1,000 …
