The Williams County Commission in Williston, North Dakota voted to adopt new guidelines putting restrictions on new or renewed applications for temporary housing as of August 1, 2015, as willistonherald reports. As the price of oil has fallen and the demand for oilfield workers has subsided, the commission is phasing …
Temporary Modular Housing being Restricted in Bakken Oilfield Read More
Writing in wsj, former Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee Phil Gramm, noting the effects of Dodd-Frank on the banking system, says although the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing has increased bank reserves, lending has barely risen. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reports that 1,341 commercial banks have closed since 2010, …
A variance request by Ridge Park LLC to allow for the placement of 28 modified shipping containers for worker housing was passed by the Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board in Louisiana. The property had been re-re-zoned in 2013 from Agricultural and Mixed Residential to R-MHP — Manufactured Home Park, …
Modular Workforce Housing Planned for Southwest Louisiana Read More
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews on Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed its Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, which includes the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (S. 682/H.R. 650) per Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby’s (R-AL) request. While passage of the …
Help Ensure Passage of The Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act Read More
In a pattern that MHPronews has reported at least five times going back to Nov. 7, 2014, dakotafinancialnews reports Patrick Industries (NASDAQ:PATK) major stockholder Jeffrey Gendell has unloaded another mass of stock, this time 37,901 shares in a transaction dated Friday, July 17, 2015. According to the Securities and Exchange …
Gendell Unloads More Patrick Stock for $1.48 Million Read More
Following up on a post MHProNews wrote July 13, 2015, regarding the Huntsville, Texas, City Council’s vote to prohibit the new siting of manufactured homes within the city limits, D. J. Pendleton, Executive Director of the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA), informs MHProNews the city council reversed its decision. The …
Texas City Reverses Decision, Votes to Allow Manufactured Housing Read More
A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 22 owners of manufactured homes (MH) in Burnside, Minnesota after the city sent notices telling the homeowners they need to remove their carports because they were installed without permits, according to kstp-tv5. City Code Enforcement Coordinator Christopher Forslund said the …
Lawsuit Challenges Removal of Manufactured Home Carports Read More
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) resolved an action with American Honda Finance Corp. over charges the auto maker’s pricing policies discriminated against people of color, resulting in their paying higher interest rates, regardless of creditworthiness, than white borrowers for auto loans. As part …
Honda Agrees to Cease Discriminatory Automobile Lending Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Congressman Stephen Fincher is demanding Fairness for MH owners Deer Valley CFO Steve Lawler Inside MH Video and Home Tour Cancer Cures and Today’s MH What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform’s (MHARR) Mark Weiss documents …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News-July 12-July 19, 2015 Read More
M. Mark Weiss, JD – President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in an email to MHProNews and the Journal, said that the reported termination of the dispute resolution (DR) subcontract between the Savan Group LLC and HUD’s entrenched monitoring contractor, the Institute for Building …
Today’s Manufactured Homes – Amazingly Low Complaints, per Federal Report Read More
Following a story MHProNews posted July 8, 2015 regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) postponement of implementing mortgage loan transactions under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA), or TRID, Senate bill S. 1711 would provide temporary safe harbor from that enforcement. According to nationalmortgageprofessional, …
Senate Bill 1711 Provides for TRID Hold-harmless Period Read More
Executive Director of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association (IMHA) Joe Kelly tells MHProNews recent court decisions have made it more important than ever for manufactured home community (MHC) operators, regardless of their size, to have their leases and other written documents vetted by an attorney who knows real estate law …
Manufactured Home Communities need Specialized Attorneys Read More
An attempt by Danny Wyant to site three new single-section manufactured homes (MH) on his mother’s property in Waynesboro, North Carolina is being met with stiff opposition from neighbors and the city council, even though Planning Director Michael Barnes said current ordinances do not prohibit the placement. Siting of manufactured …
Council Set to Deny Siting Request for three New Manufactured Homes Read More
The village of Somers, Wisconsin has issued 17 violations against the Alfred and Embassy Mobile Home Park for bad skirting, dangerous stairs, tall weeds, and junk in the middle of the street that could block first responders, according to kenoshanews. Trustee Joe Cardinali said the general appearance of the community …
Manufactured Home Community Hit with Multiple Violations Read More
Following a story MHProNews posted July 9, 2015 regarding the Huntsville (Texas) City Council initial vote to prohibit manufactured homes from being sited inside the city limits, unless they are in a manufactured home community, opposition to the vote has surfaced. Due to be finalized at the July 21 city …
Huntsville City Council to Vote on Prohibiting Manufactured Homes from City Read More
A resident at the Misty Mobile Home Park in Rupert, Idaho claims water pressure in her manufactured home (MH) is sometimes so low she is unable to flush the toilet or take a shower, especially on weekends. She also says raw sewage sometimes seeps from pipes outside. According to magicvalley, …
Manufactured Home Community Resident Complains of Water, Sewer Issues Read More
The Wilkesboro (North Carolina) Town Council updated codes and ordinances that apply to new manufactured home communities (MHCs), including an amendment requiring approval by the Wilkesboro Board of Adjustments (BOA). Ordinances were last updated in the 1960s. Under the amended ordinance, there can be no more than five MH per …
North Carolina City Updates Manufactured Home Community Regulations Read More
The Huntsville, Texas City Council agreed with the Planning & Zoning Commission’s recommendation that prohibits manufactured homes (MH) from being sited outside MH communities, while grandfathering in existing MH, according to itemonline. Although Councilman Ronald Allen mounted a spirited opposition to the ruling, noting that people have paid taxes on …
Texas City Votes to Keep Manufactured Homes only in Communities Read More
MHPronews has learned Arlington Estates manufactured home community (MHC) outside Blair, Nebraska was sold May 20 to local businessman Clifton Johnson by Kacey Witte. Licensed for 16 home sites, Arlington is zoned light industrial, which legally means no homes can be moved into the community, and those damaged more than …
Land Lease Community may Continue as Non-Conforming Read More
Add Parkland Estates Cooperative, Inc. of Litchfield, New Hampshire as the state’s 114th resident-owned community, according to Steve Varnum of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund. What had been Hillsboro II Mobile Home Park became Parkland Estates June 26, 2015 when the residents of the 33 home site community negotiated …
Community Loan Fund Assists another Community into Co-Op Status Read More
