At the meeting of the Madison County Board in Edwardsville, Illinois, new rules for siting manufactured homes in unincorporated areas were adopted, according to what the altondailynews tells MHProNews. In addition to a $300 fee each time the property changes residents, the new rules include: A manufactured home in any …
County Sets Hoops for Manufactured Home Owners to Jump through Read More
The Humboldt Mobilehome Owners Coalition is seeking a ballot initiative to put rent control in manufactured home communities (MHC) to the voters in Humboldt County, in far Northern California, according to times-standard. The group has to obtain 3,000 signatures to be on the Nov. ballot. The Mobile Home Park Space …
Manufactured Home Community Residents seek Rent Control in Northern CA Read More
Following a topic we last covered Nov. 5, 2015 regarding the numbing effect of mandated sprinkler systems on home building in Maryland, lawmakers held a hearing to determine if counties can opt out of a new state law requiring all new homes, including manufactured homes (MH), to have sprinkler systems. …
Maryland Counties want to Opt out of Mandated Sprinkler Read More
Millions of manufactured home MH owners and thousands of MH professionals are being adversely impacted by the current state of CFPB regulations. Yet the fog created by interest groups that oppose changes to Dodd-Frank or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) current policies have slowed the progress in the Senate …
Cutting through Media Fog for Manufactured Home Owners and Pros Read More
The town of Snowflake, Arizona has signed off on an agreement for Navajo County to be responsible for enforcing installation standards of manufactured housing and factory-built buildings. The county has a previously signed agreement with the AZ Department of Fire, Building and Life Safety Office of Manufactured Housing for the …
Responsibility for Enforcing MH Installation Standards Passes from Snowflake to County Read More
A measure before a Kansas House committee would provide vocational training and equipment for inmates at the Ellsworth Correctional Facility to produce up to five homes a year that would then be sold or donated to a needy family. Current law restricts the sale of prison-made goods like dormitory and …
Kansas Manufactured Housing Association Opposes Home Building in Prison Read More
Currently in Corpus Christi, TX, the city owns a number of vacant lots it wants to site with homes, according to what caller tells MHProNews, and intends to infill with affordable housing. Streets Committee Chairman Andy Taubman is in favor of using manufactured homes as infill, and to this end, …
City may Infill Vacant Property with Manufactured Homes Read More
Following a story regarding the proposed rule by HUD that would draw a better distinction better manufactured housing and Park Model RVs, as MHProNews posted Feb. 13, 2016, two national RV associations issued a joint statement which reads, “This proposed rule provides a critical solution to the regulatory uncertainty that …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Manufactured and Mobile Homes Aren’t Just for Millionaires – Main Street, Middle America Too What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News High rents tough on low-income families. Residents of co-ops save money. Drew notches record revenues. New HUD rule supported by U. …
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Following a story MHProNews posted Feb. 8, 2016 regarding the exemption of recreational vehicles (RVs) from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) definition of manufactured housing (MH), proposed new rules would not exempt RVs that are used as a primary residence or for permanent occupancy. According to realestaterama, …
As dailydemocrat tells MHProNews, a 2006 study by the University of New Hampshire compares resident-owned manufactured home communities (MHC) to those owned by investors. The research revealed those who live in a community owned by the residents, called cooperatives, have lower site rents, higher average home sales prices as well …
Study Reveals Resident-Owned Communities pay less for Sites Read More
The following letter to the editor of TCPalm is expressed tongue-in-cheek to make the writer’s point that manufactured homes are neither mobile nor vehicles. Quoting in its entirety: Jerry Nashel, Vero Beach Letter: Manufactured homes have to be registered as ‘vehicles’ Once upon a time, manufactured homes were mistakenly called …
Testifying before the Ohio House of Representatives’ Financial Institutions, Housing and Urban Development Committee in support of HB 273 regarding abandoned MH, OMHA Executive Director Tim Williams stated that current removal of abandoned MH (valued under $3,000) laws are effective in some counties where an affidavit of value is signed …
Ohio’s Association Director Williams Testifies before House Committee Read More
Following a story MHProNews last posted Dec. 14, 2015 regarding a proposed ordinance in Mohave County, Arizona that would restrict siting of manufactured homes to be no more than seven years old, the planning and zoning commission (P&Z) amended the ordinance to accept MH built after 1976, according to mojavedailynews. …
Ordinance Changed, County now Welcomes HUD Code since 1976 Read More
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures rule, or TRID, that went into effect in Oct. has a slight typographical error in the supplementary information, as housingwire tells MHProNews. The section in question deals with the application of tolerances to property insurance premiums and taxes, homeowner’s association dues, …
Actress and singer Hilary Duff and ex-National Hockey Leaguer Mike Comrie, over two years since splitsville in Jan., 2013, have finalized their divorce, as tmz informs MHProNews. Duff gets to keep their Beverly Hills mansion and a manufactured home in prized Malibu–”it’s a very ritzy thing among the rich”–, but …
Hollywood Calling: Quitsville Leaves Hilary Duff with Malibu Mobile Home Read More
As MHProNews reported Dec. 21, 2015, professional services firm Dewberry assisted with the siting of manufactured homes for the Oglala Sioux tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, marking the first presidential disaster declaration made directly to an Indian tribe. From directionsmag, MHProNews has learned Dewberry has …
Dewberry Still Assisting Sioux with Manufactured Homes Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Lifestyles of the Rich and Frugal: Manufactured Mansions Take Their Place in the California Sun What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Small community banks declined 20.5% since Dodd-Frank. Seattle Times prods investigation of Clayton. Town officials resign over MH siting. Seniors …
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The mayor, one city council member, the city attorney, city manager and a Board of Adjustment member have all resigned their posts in Marquette, Iowa, pop. 462, according to thegazette, possibly in response to the city ‘s inaction on a zoning violation, as MHProNews has learned. On Wed., Mayor Dave …
Factory-built Home Causes Wholesale Resignations of Mayor and Staff Read More
As part of the Seattle Times‘ ongoing year-long rant on Warren Buffett’s/Berkshire Hathaway-owned Clayton Homes and their affiliated lenders, Mike Baker and Daniel Wagner have succeeded in drawing Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s attention and his state’s Department of Commerce. This is resulting in a bill to investigate the sales, financing …
