The Alpine Park manufactured home community (MHC) in Dubuque, Iowa was ordered to pay a $5,000 civil penalty and $3,924 in actual damages to a resident stemming from the community management’s decision to prevent a visitor from entering the community because of the breed of a service dog. According to …
Judgment Upheld against Land Lease Community over Visiting Service Dog Read More
At a meeting of the Kent County Commissioners in Maryland, discussion turned to the importance of affordable housing as a means to attracting new business and young families to the county, according to myeasternshoremd. At the Maryland Association of Counties meeting, officials from several counties criticized a requirement of the …
Mandated Sprinkler Systems may be Slowing New Home Building Read More
Following a series of MHProNews posts reporting the sale of Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK), especially within the last three months, and largely by Jeffrey L. Gendel,l dakotafinancenews states major stockholder Tontine Capital Partners LP unloaded another 60,000 shares of Patrick at an average price of $44.42 for a net value …
Following a story MHProNews posted Feb. 27, 2014 regarding Winchester Ranch manufactured home community (MHC) in San Jose, California, the battle over some of the most expensive land in the country that sits under MHCs in Silicon Valley continues to burn brightly, much like the fires consuming parts of northern …
Battle Rages over Repurposing of California Manufactured Home Communities Read More
The Ford County Commission in Dodge City, Kansas denied Rosario N. Acosta-Aponte’s request to rezone residential land on Highway 50 to commercial for selling manufactured homes. He wanted to display five homes built in 2000 or later and would not take trade-ins, as dodgeglobe tells MHProNews. Zoning Administrator Mark Shriwise …
Rezoning Request Denied for Manufactured Home Retailer Read More
If Bill Stetson and other residents at Green Meadows Mobile Home Park in Concord, New Hampshire so choose, they may become the 114th co-operative owners of their own manufactured home community (MHC) in the state. A resident of Green Meadows for 31 years, he said, “This is an opportunity that …
Residents of Land Lease Community may Seek Co-operative Ownership Read More
Following a story MHProNews last published June 4, 2015 regarding the impending closing and planned relocation of residents of Wheel Inn Ranch RV and Mobile Home Park in Scottsdale, Arizona, the city’s Human Services Department will help residents, many of whom are elderly and/or disabled, in their transition. While MHP …
Manufactured Home Community Residents Get Help from City, Fellow Citizens Read More
Following a story MHProNews last published April 10, 2015 regarding the continuing hit-and-miss saga of Forest City Ratner’s 34-story modular tower at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, B2, curbed.ny reports a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request reveals there was considerable water damage in April and July, 2014. However, problems …
Documents Reveal Major Problems at Large NYC Modular Project Read More
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Following a story MHProNews posted Aug. 27, 2015 regarding a judge’s ruling that the city of Pearl, Mississippi was illegally trying to eradicate manufactured home communities (MHCs) through attrition, three owners of Pearl MHCs have filed a Federal lawsuit charging the city with “purposeful discrimination” against low-and-middle-income housing, according to …
Federal Housing Discrimination Suit Filed against Pearl, Mississippi Read More
With the only verification of complaints by consumers against companies that there was a transaction of some sort, the mortgage finance industry remains perplexed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s publishing of unverified and anonymous charges against specific companies in their complaint narrative database. Since many of the complaints contain …
The Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) informs MHProNews that both houses of the legislature voted to allow modular buildings and housing to be built four stories high, or 60 feet. Several of TMHA’s members expressed an interest in building modular hotels, multi-family and assisted living facilities in order to compete …
Modular Building Raising the Roof One Floor; MH Related Bills that were Checked Read More
A poll commissioned by the U. S. Consumer Coalition and conducted by Zogby Analytics revealed 55 percent of consumers compare the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) financial data collection methods to the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance programs, saying they are both intrusive, according to news.heartland. Stating the CFPB infringes …
Poll calls Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Intrusive, Existence Challenged in Court Read More
According to ncconsumer, a bill in the North Carolina House Judiciary IV Committee would no longer require manufactured home dealers to return all payments made on a purchase if the dealer changes the terms of a signed contract. As MHProNews understands, the dealer would only be liable for the initial …
Bill in North Carolina Legislature would Alter Manufactured Home Sale Terms Read More
Writing in MHHomeLivingNews, award-winning writer Jan Hollingsworth recounts the story of the older gentleman, likely a farmer, in bib overalls who visited a manufactured home dealership in Kentucky. After two hours of perusing the possibilities of different homes, he chose one. But when he asked the salesman for help in …
The upcoming byelection in Canning, in Western Australia, will see a candidate for the Greens party who is a strong supporter of factory-built home construction, according to communitynews.au. Vanessa Rauland, a Curtin University lecturer, renewable energy advocate and small business owner has a background in low carbon urban development, and …
Candidate in Aussie Election Supports Manufactured Housing Read More
Following a story that MHProNews last reported June 20, 2015 regarding UMH Properties, Inc.’s long-time plan to build either a manufactured or modular home community on 106 acres it owns in the Village of Coxsackie, New York, while UMH (NYSE:UMH) wants to move forward with the project, the village is …
UMH Properties Pushing to Develop Manufactured/Modular Home Community in New York Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Renters’ Nation: The Dark Side of Dodd-Frank and Its Impact on Affordable Housing Mary Zokoe talks Martin Motor Sports, Community Guidelines, More! Inside MH Road Show Video What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News CFPB imposed appraisal rule on HPML loans one …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Aug. 23-Aug. 30, 2015 Read More
Ted C. Jones, chief economist and senior vice president for Stewart Title Guaranty Co. in Houston, says financing the buying and selling of houses will be much more difficult when the mortgage disclosure rules go in to effect Oct. 1, as newsok tells MHProNews. “We’re going to continue to have …
Title Company Head says Mortgage Disclosure Rules will Delay Home Sales Read More
Following a story MHProNews last posted on Feb. 24, 2015 regarding the closing of the Life O’Riley manufactured home community the previous year, and subsequent forced evacuation of all the residents in ten days because of unsanitary conditions, code enforcement has been moved back from the state to the city. …
