MHProNews has learned the Ohio Manufactured Homes Association (OMHA) is opposing State Senate Bill 113 which would require owners of manufactured home communities (MHCs) to pay for cleanup of any meth lab discovered on their property, regardless of their knowledge of the crime. There is a push in the Senate …
Ohio Measure would Require Community Owners to Clean up Meth Labs Read More
From a hearing June 11, 2015 from the House Financial Services Committee entitled, “The Future of Housing in America: Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development” at which Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) questioned HUD Secretary Julian Castro about the need for housing finance reform, and bank lenders leaving …
The Dublin, Ireland City Council has voted to erect up to 400 modular homes for the growing family homeless population following a plan rejected by the councillors to renovate 64 vacant apartments in O’Devaney Gardens The Dublin Joint Homelessness Consultative Forum (DJHCF) adopted a plan to “develop and propose a …
MHProNews has learned that another board director of Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) has been involved in insider trading. James Gero purchased 10,000 shares of stock June 11, 2015 at $57.00 per share for a total of $570,000, according to insidertraderreport. The insider transaction was reported to the Securities and Exchange …
Residents of manufactured homes with a taxable value under $61,000 in Lakeland, Florida will have to pay a disproportionate amount of the proposed fire assessment fee policy compared to other residents of the city, according to a methodology used to determine the fee. Bill Brent of the Federation of Manufactured …
Fire Fee in Florida Disproportionately Affects Manufactured Home Residents Read More
A group of Canadian manufactured homeowners is asking the city of Surry, British Columbia for more protection from developers who are closing manufactured home communities (MHC) to repurpose the land. The Surry Manufactured Home Owners Association (SMHOA) is protesting the proposed shuttering of Park Mobile by WestStone Group that will …
Canadian Group Protests Closing of Manufactured Home Community for Senior Facility Read More
Michigan’s Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed Bryan Davis of Redford, MI to the state’s Manufactured Housing Commission, according to realestaterama. The commission establishes policies that govern all aspects of manufactured housing (MH), including year-round and seasonal communities. Davis, a business agent for the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters, represents organized …
Michigan has New Member on Manufactured Housing Commission Read More
In a blog from thehill, former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, now president and CEO of the American Bankers Association, noting June is American Housing Month, says he hears from bankers across the country who tell him regulations are standing in the way of homeownership. He says nearly two-thirds of Americans …
Expanding Portfolio Loans could help Consumers Purchase Homes Read More
MHLIvingNews and MHProNews publisher L. A. “Tony” Kovach interviewed Brent Bolding, head of quality control at Sunshine Homes in Red Bay, Alabama. The interview documents the steps a manufactured home producer must go through in assuring the product is made correctly. Bolding, a former self-employed businessman, now in his tenth …
Video Interview Documents Quality of Sunshine Manufactured Homes Read More
The rights of residents of manufactured home communities (MHCs) will be the topic at a meeting in McKinleyville, California on Sat., June 13 sponsored by two advocacy groups, the Humboldt Mobilehome Owners Coalition and the Golden State Manufactured Homeowners League. Mary Ella Anderson with the Humboldt group says site rents …
Rights of Manufactured Home Community Residents to be the Topic Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) tells MHProNews a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor, Navigant Consulting, is contacting producers of manufactured housing, especially smaller manufacturers, to obtain feedback on new proposed energy standards for manufactured housing. MHARR maintains the new standards are unnecessary and excessively costly, although they …
MHARR says the DOE is Seeking Support for New Manufactured Home Energy Standards Read More
The Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is considering a measure that would allow residents of manufactured home communities (MHC) the opportunity to challenge a rent increase in their community. Senator Stewart Greenleaf says many MHC residents are seniors on fixed incomes whose rent increases rise faster than the cost …
Pennsylvania Legislature Weighs Manufactured Home Community Rent Control Read More
New Jersey continues to deal with the rebuilding of homes along the Atlantic Coast as a result of Hurricane Sandy, the Oct. 2012 storm which killed 117 people in the U. S., leveled thousands of homes and left a path of destruction costing $65 billion. The Christie administration has set …
Manufactured Homes Still on Assistance List in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy Read More
The Gerry Park for Mobile Homes in Gary, Indiana has been sold to Arogas, Inc. by former owner Pat Quinn which owns Mr. Fuel gas stations in the area. Arogas already owns a 9.3 acre adjoining site that has been rezoned for industrial use and is expected to be home …
Indiana Manufactured Home Community closing for Redevelopment Read More
MHProNews reported May 25, 2015 that Jeffrey L. Et Al Gendell sold 18,783 shares of Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) stock at an average price of $40.92 for $1,144,260.36. According to lulegacy, Gendell, a major shareholder of Patrick, sold an additional 48,500 shares on June 3, 2015 for $40.03 per share …
Gendell Unloads more Patrick Industries, Inc. Stock Read More
Following a story MHProNews last reported on Oct. 24, 2014 regarding rent reduction, drainage and road repair problems at the Easton Mobile Home Park that have been an issue for residents for the last ten years, Selectmen, serving as the Mobile Home Park Rent Control Board, have agreed to consider …
Rents may Roll Back at Manufactured Home Community in Long Need of Repairs Read More
In manufactured housing news, L. A. “Tony” Kovach defines path to revitalize the MH industry, while one MH supplier picks new head, another MH producer closes, HUD Code production continues rising, MHC reverting to stick-built homes, Cavco seeks tax abatement, AZ MHC closing, Sen. Donnelly and MHI’s Jennison defend H.R. …
The phone at the Home Center rings or a customer walks in and asks for information about “trailer houses” or “mobile homes,” phrases which smack of thin walls and floors, cheap paneling, fire traps, unsafe, low rent occupants, etc., imagery that goes back nearly 40 years. Returning to that era, …
The 80-100 residents at Wheel Inn Ranch RV and Mobile Home Park in Scottsdale, Arizona will have to relocate by January following the purchase of the land last year for over $3 million by MHP Scottsdale LLC, led by developer Ryan Hartman, according to azcentral. While many of the residents …
Arizona Manufactured Home Community will be Repurposed under New Ownership Read More
Through a series of interviews with manufactured housing industry professionals, politicians and consumers and a bevy of statistics and graphs, MHLivingNews and MHProNews publisher L. A “Tony” Kovach documents the pitfalls and stumbling blocks that prevent manufactured housing from becoming a major player in meeting the growing need for affordable, …
The Path to the Rebirth of the Manufactured Housing Industry Read More
