A request for special permission to site a recreational vehicle (RV) on private property in San Angelo, Texas for one year was approved by the town’s city council. Jesus Tellez says he wants to live in the RV while he builds a house on the same property, according to sanangelolive.com. …
The Calaveras County Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) in California is a collaboration of the county sheriff’s office, the district attorney and the probation department in an attempt to ease overcrowding in the state prison system and send qualified offenders back to their home counties for supervision. Many who return become …
Modular Transitional Housing for Offenders Suggested Read More
Referring back to a story MHProNews.com published March 17, 2014 regarding the new housing reform finance bill being discussed in the Senate Banking Committee, Credit Suisse AG says it will only cover losses after private capital bears the first ten percent, which will lead to more expensive mortgages. The proposal …
Housing Finance Reform Addendum; Lender Adds Manufactured Housing as Eligible Read More
Although the town of Loyall, Kentucky in the southeastern part of the state has 20 manufactured homes (MH), no more can be added until the state legislature passes a law requiring counties to hire building inspectors, from what harlandaily.com reports. That position has not been filled locally in 13 years. …
Fort Collins, Colorado has seen five manufactured home communities (MHCs) close in the last 20 years, displacing 461 families, and of the 14 remaining communities that represent 1,336 homesites, eight are set for redevelopment. MHProNews.com has learned 73 percent are owner-occupied. A study from 2012 to determine the place in …
Colorado City: Net Loss of Manufactured Housing Homesites Read More
MHProNews.com has learned residents at Hickory Hill manufactured housing community (MHC) in Klecknersville, Pennsylvania, just north of Allentown, are forming a homeowners association and considering taking the owner to court for allegedly overcharging them on their utilities. They also claim the owner, Albert Jinks, requires them to buy upgrades—decks, garages …
Following a post MHProNews.com published March 13, 2014 regarding the new housing reform bill introduced by Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) for the Senate Banking Committee, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs us the replacement for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would provide manufactured home (MH) loans …
New Finance Reform Bill Includes Manufactured Housing Read More
Marking a new chapter in resilient architecture in high water zones for vulnerable coastal cities, Nigerian architect Kunle Adeyemi, in conjunction with his Lagos and New Amsterdam-based firm NLE, has designed modular floating homes linked into neighborhoods, and perhaps even entire floating cities. Currently many people in the Makoko neighborhood …
The Richmond County (North Carolina) Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustments upheld a notice of violation for a nuisance problem at a manufactured home in the town of Hamlet in south central NC. County planner James Armstrong said manufactured homes in the county must comply with Housing and Urban Development …
A major aspect of the bipartisan housing finance reform legislation introduced by Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) of the Senate Banking Committee is a mortgage cooperative to ensure small and regional lenders can sell their loans for cash. As nationalmortgagenews.com informs MHProNews.com, the cooperative would initially be …
Mortgage Cooperative may Replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Read More
In order to better zone and regulate the temporary housing facilities that many oilfield workers live in, the Williams County (North Dakota) commissioners voted to update the definition of crew housing, and will charge companies $400 per person for each one living in modular workforce housing zoned for non-residential use. …
County Commissioners Dealing with Modular Workforce Housing Read More
The Village Board in Poplar Grove, Illinois just north of Rockford denied a request to develop 72 acres into two manufactured home communities (MHCs), as a packed boardroom meeting erupted into applause. Flora Meadows applied for two permits for Hawthorn Meadows South and Hawthorn Meadows North, but Board Chairman John …
A petitioner in Asheville, North Carolina requested the Buncombe County Commissioners rezone a small riverfront manufactured housing community (MHC) from R1 to R-3 to allow him to site three park model homes for vacationers, according to thetribunepapers.com. One of the commissioners, who has been in the MH industry, said the …
Although the demographics of Beckley, West Virginia changed little between 2000 and 2010, and the town and Raleigh County are anticipated to have virtually no population growth in the coming years, the 2014 Comprehensive Plan is designed to meet future needs. As part of the plan, the West Virginia Development …
Beckley, West Virginia Encourages Modular Home Building Read More
Following a story MHProNews.com published Feb. 18, 2014 regarding legislation in the Virginia House of Delegates that would streamline the titling of manufactured homes, the Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association (VAMMHA) informs us the legislation has passed the General Assembly and awaits Governor Terry McAuliffe’s signature. Introduced by Senator …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) reports the Obama Administration’s 2015 budget proposes $10 million to fund the HUD (Housing and Urban Development) Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards program, and HUD intends to increase the label fee to $100 per floor. Under the proposal, as MHProNews .com has learned, instead …
MHProNews.com has learned that Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL, has become the tenth U. S. senator to sign on as a co-sponsor of S 1828, the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-IN, introduced the legislation in the Senate Dec. 16, 2013. The other senators who have signed …
City officials in North Platte, Nebraska are reaching out to owners of manufactured home communities (MHCs) in developing minimum standards for manufactured homes, realizing that some people are bringing substandard homes into the city and then abandoning them instead of fixing them up. Zoning administrator Judy Clark says a Health …
City Developing New Ordinance for Manufactured Homes Read More
Now that responsibility for enforcing the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) has been transferred to to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the question of whether the agency would sue alleged violators or accept a monetary settlement with the promise that it cease its errant ways has been decided—at …
Updating a story MHProNews.com posted Feb. 26, 2014 regarding the building of roundabouts in Wisconsin, Rep. David Craig (R-Big Bend) sponsored legislation, supported by the manufactured housing industry, that would give final say over traffic circles to local municipalities. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation wants to decide where they should …
Measure Supported by Manufactured Housing Industry Read More
