A survey of 150 homebuyers by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) revealed they have remained consistent in their preferences for green features in their homes and their communities from 2007 to 2015. Similar to results from previous years, of those surveyed 90 percent said ENERGY STAR were important, …
Commercial Interest in Green Growing, but not for Home Buyers Read More
A team of designers and engineers from Daytona State College (DSC) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Florida–known as Team Daytona Beach–is building a solar-powered home as one of 14 international teams chosen to compete in the 2017 U. S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The competition requires students to …
Modular Home on Tap as Students Partner to Prepare for Solar Decathlon 2017 Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com NeighborWorks, Clayton Homes Partner with Next Step Homes in Waco, Texas How a Professional Couple saved $100,000 on a New Home in Tennessee What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MH Communities closing in Minnesota, New York. Cavco stock closes above $100. …
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What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Possible American Dreams! Engineer Skip VanZant on Evolving U.S. Housing What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Innovative Building Systems said to be filing for bankruptcy, closing Maine’s Keiser. UMH wins community award. Clayton defies criticism, turns $706M profit. Alberta fire pushing …
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Waltham, Vermont is saying goodbye to the six-year abandoned Gevry Mobile Home Park with the sounds of demolition, as it welcomes the new McKnight Lane neighborhood in its stead. Fourteen homes are being demolished and 14 new, affordable modular homes will replace them, according to Katie Forleo of the non-profit …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) tells MHPronews a three year project undertaken by the Department of Energy (DOE) compared the energy-saving attributes of three lab houses of varying designs tested side-by-side under controlled conditions in Russellville, Ala. The homes were built by Southern Energy Homes, part of the Clayton Homes …
Results of Comparable Energy Efficiency in Manufactured Homes Revealed Read More
A graduate student team from the University of Texas at Austin won the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) third annual Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition. As hud.portal tells MHProNews, the Austin team was one of four team finalists to come up with …
Students Compete to Redesign Affordable Housing Complex Read More
The newest material for building a home that MHProNews has discovered is hempcrete, a combination of hemp stalks (called hurds), limestone and water to form twelve-inch thick walls for support and insulation in building a 400 square-foot unit called HempHome:T+. The material is also resistant to fire, mold and pests, …
Forcht Bank of London, Kentucky has joined the SmartMH KY Alliance, an initiative to provide increased access to EnergyStar manufactured homes through flexible loan plans that save MH (manufacture home) owners money, while assuring them of low utility bills in the future, saving thousands over the life of the home. …
NextStep Sponsors Lending to Buyers of EnergyStar Manufactured Homes Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Surprising Solution, Roadblocks to U.S. Affordable Housing Crisis What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Manufactured home communities sell in VA, FL and MN. MHI insists GSEs make individual chattel loans. Letter to editor compliments MH. Community fined for violating Fair Housing …
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Builder of eco-friendly, sustainable modular homes, Geenfab announced it has completed its new factory in Washington state in anticipation of reaching a broader market in the West and beyond. Founder Johnny Hartsfield said the new facility will help the company expand production and services to clients. “We continue to focus …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Discovering a 9 out of 10 “Mobile Home Park” Lifestyle What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHC development on Pacific coast may wash out, while Hillcrest MHC in New Hampshire gets nod for expansion. UK modular plant to hire 400-500, modulars …
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The Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) has approved $14.4 million in loan and bond financing for a variety of projects throughout Vermont, according to what MHProNews has been informed by vermontbiz. Funding of $300,000 was approved to assist Vermod High Performance Manufactured Housing, LLC, a producer of energy-efficient modular homes …
Producer of High Tech Manufactured Homes Obtains Loan to Buy Facility Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Bad and Good – Two Sides – Manufactured Home Living and News Reporting What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Ishbel Dickens refuses debate with Carla Burr over PBS NewsHour report. Part of MHC to close. Jurisdiction ready to impose master meter …
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Mortgage lenders are reluctant to finance unusual residences because they are difficult to appraise, and if they should fall into foreclosure, they are tough to sell, according to themoretgagereports. The article includes a manufactured home with a couple of barns on ten acres as an unusual asset to evaluate, and …
Tedd Benson at Bensonwood in Walpole, New Hampshire approaches modular home design by considering the function and usable life of six distinct interconnected layers: site, structure, skin, space plan, systems, and stuff, as treehugger informs MHProNews.. The structure is designed to last 300 years, wrapped in an extremely-efficient thermal envelope, …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Personalizing Your Custom Home – at Half the Cost Sneak a Peek! What Millions Knows – Hiding in Plain Sight – The Home of the Future What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News HUD Code Home Production Continues Ascending. Multiple Insider Trades …
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Despite the cost of building/remodeling green as a potential barrier, a high percentage of home builders and remodelers are already building green and expect the trend to continue, according to modularhomecoach, noting it is not the Millennials driving the market but the 55 and older group. Consumers’ association with green …
Quirky hotel chain Snoozebox, which provides pop-up hotel rooms for music festivals and sporting events within 24 hours, has inked a contract with Ealing Council in the United Kingdom to provide 44 modular homes for emergency housing, according to telegraph.co.uk. With the need for 250,000 new homes annually to ease …
Housing Shortage leads to Modular Homes Rising in England Read More
Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California is this year’s site for the U. S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) biennial Solar Decathlon 2015 which begins Oct. 8 and runs for ten days. The “competition challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. …
Solar Decathlon Competition opens in California, runs Oct. 8-Oct. 18, 2015 Read More
