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Jul 30 2016July 30, 2016

CFPB Tries to Clarify Know Before You Owe, but Lenders Still See Glitch

By Matthew Silver / July 30, 2016 July 30, 2016 / Business, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, regulation

In an attempt to provide more clarity to lenders on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau(CFPC)’s “Know Before You Owe” mortgage disclosure rule, the agency has proposed “additional tolerance provisions, clarified a partial exemption for housing finance agencies, extended the rule’s coverage to all cooperative units, and provided more clarity …

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Jul 28 2016

MHARR Braces for EPA’s New Formaldehyde Ruling

By Matthew Silver / July 28, 2016 July 28, 2016 / Announcements, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is prepared to publish the final rule for national formaldehyde standards for composite wood products like particle board, hardwood plywood and MDF board (medium-density fiberboard), as the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) tells MHProNews. The final EPA standards are important for manufactured housing …

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Jul 28 2016July 28, 2016

Pennsylvania MH Community Owner Sued for not Paying Relocation Costs

By Matthew Silver / July 28, 2016 July 28, 2016 / Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

The owners of a manufactured home community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania have been sued by the state attorney general for engaging in unlawful and deceptive business practices. According to akvnews, the civil lawsuit alleges violations of the Manufactured Home Community Rights Act, and the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection …

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Jul 27 2016

Planning Commission Approves Siting of Two Manufactured Homes

By Matthew Silver / July 27, 2016 July 27, 2016 / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Sterling, Colorado City Council will hold public hearings on conditional use applications for two lots on which the owners want to site manufactured homes that will be rental properties, as journal-advocate informs MHProNews. Lillian and Ed Buck, appearing at at a Sterling Planning Commission meeting earlier this month, and …

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Jul 27 2016

Maine Manufactured Home Community Expanding

By Matthew Silver / July 27, 2016 July 27, 2016 / Business, Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Belfast, Maine Planning Board will consider the expansion of Penobscot Mobile Home Park from 20 homes sites to 34, as waldo.villagesoup informs MHProNews. The new owner of one year, Connecticut Property Management LLC, has 21 acres, including a large wetlands area, and intends to use part of the property …

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Jul 26 2016

Resident: Site Manufactured Homes on Vacant lots for Hillcrest Neighbors

By Matthew Silver / July 26, 2016 July 26, 2016 / home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

In a letter to the editor of Corpus Christi’s Caller Times, Nick Milam reinforces Andy Taubman’s previous suggestion that the city site manufactured homes on the numerous vacant lots they have seized for back taxes, and give them or sell them to public housing clients. Residents of the Hillcrest community …

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Jul 26 2016

MHARR Continues Tirade over HUD/MHI/DOE Collusion

By Matthew Silver / July 26, 2016 July 26, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) tells MHProNews the manufactured housing division at HUD waited beyond the last minute allowed to call for an Aug. 9 conference call of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) to discuss the Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed rules. The Federal Advisory Committee …

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Jul 24 2016July 24, 2016

Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 17-July 24, 2016

By Matthew Silver / July 24, 2016 July 24, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trends, Zoning

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Jul 22 2016

Wyoming City Finally Settles on MH and RV Ordinances

By Matthew Silver / July 22, 2016 July 22, 2016 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation, RV

Following a story MHProNews last posted July 19, 2016 regarding the updating of manufactured home regulations in Laramie, Wyoming, after years of delays, hesitations and changes, MHProNews has learned the Laramie City Council passed a final reading of a set of ordinances dealing with manufactured homes (MH) and recreational vehicles …

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Jul 22 2016July 22, 2016

Texas Commissioners Deny MHC App, Prompting DJ Pendleton to Come out Swinging

By Matthew Silver / July 22, 2016 July 22, 2016 / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, Zoning

In Del Valle, Texas, near Austin, despite a zoning recommendation from city staff in favor of a new manufactured home community as requested by the applicant, members of the Zoning and Platting Commission voted against the zoning change. Neighbors complained of crime– “We don’t want that increased vandalism, that increased …

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Jul 21 2016

The Dodd-Frank Legacy: Billions Spent, More Designated, Questionable Gains

By Matthew Silver / July 21, 2016 July 21, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Economy, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

Six years after passing the Dodd-Frank Act, which was designed to avert another financial crisis, the American Action Forum (AAF) asserts Dodd-Frank has imposed over $36 billion in final rule costs plus 73 million paperwork hours. That is an increase from last year’s $24 billion in final rule costs and …

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Jul 21 2016

Petitioners in Ill. City Seek Special Use Permits for MH Sitings

By Matthew Silver / July 21, 2016 July 21, 2016 / home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

On the old business agenda of the Madison County Planning and Development Committee in Edwardsville , Illinois, its next meeting will consider the petition of a couple requesting a special use permit to continue the siting of their multi-section manufactured home “for a period not to exceed five years.” At …

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Jul 19 2016July 19, 2016

Laramie, WY Updating 50-year old Manufactured Home Regulations

By Matthew Silver / July 19, 2016 July 19, 2016 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation, RV, Zoning

As kowb1290 in Laramie, Wyoming tells MHProNews, licensing of manufactured home communities (MHC) began in the 1950s, before zoning even existed, and has remained mostly unchanged as part of the zoning code since. The city council will consider the third and final reading of updated standards for MHCs on Tuesday, …

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Jul 18 2016

Canadian City to Deal with MH Community Rezoning, Hold Housing Forum

By Matthew Silver / July 18, 2016 July 18, 2016 / Business, Canada, Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Zoning

The Sooke City Council in British Columbia, Canada, south of the Vancouver area, is off for the summer, but when it returns in the fall, the councillors will be taking up an issue dealing with the owner of a manufactured home community (MHC) who wants to rezone 11,300 square feet …

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Jul 18 2016

Sweden wants to Site Modular Homes on Tiny Island

By Matthew Silver / July 18, 2016 July 18, 2016 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

While the 163,000 asylum-seekers who entered Sweden last year have been a boon for the country’s low income and temporary housing contractors, the jury is still out on whether the immigrants have helped the country’s economy. Meanwhile, the government’s Migration Board wants to provide modular housing for 2,000 on the …

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Jul 17 2016July 16, 2016

Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 10-July 17, 2016

By Matthew Silver / July 17, 2016 July 16, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Awards, Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trends

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Jul 15 2016July 17, 2016

Senate Passes Bill to Allow MH Purchase with Section 8 Vouchers

By Matthew Silver / July 15, 2016 July 17, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Senate has passed H. R. 3700, as the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews, the Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act (HOTMA), which will allow Section 8 vouchers to be used for the purchase of a manufactured home (MH). The House of Representatives passed the legislation in February, and President …

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Jul 15 2016

Congressional Budget Office: America Taxing Itself into Poverty

By Matthew Silver / July 15, 2016 July 15, 2016 / Business, Economy, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News

In an attempt to reach out to the 18 to 30 year old voter demographic (though she leads Trump by double, 45 percent are undecided), Democratic presumptive presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is offering free in state college education for families making up to $125,000 a year. She also advocates raising …

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Jul 15 2016

Manufactured Home Ordinance Redefines MH Registration in South Carolina

By Matthew Silver / July 15, 2016 July 15, 2016 / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

Darlington County, South Carolina is losing $7,800 each year to manufactured home (MH) residents not registering their homes, according to legistarweb-production, prompting the county to amend an ordinance that will re-define exceptions for registration of mobile and manufactured homes. Currently, temporary registration may be obtained for manufactured homes stored because …

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Jul 15 2016July 14, 2016

Large Manufactured Home Community Planned for Southwestern Louisiana

By Matthew Silver / July 15, 2016 July 14, 2016 / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

While the Calcasieu Parish police jurors in southwestern Louisiana approved a new 336-site manufactured home community (MHC) by a vote of 13 to 1, as MHProNews reported June 25, 2016, kplctv reports another proposal for a 987-homesite, also in Calcasieu Parish, is running into stiff opposition from a neighborhood organized …

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