MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. Coming up, Central Florida firm plans $14M-$15M affordable housing project But first…these stories: ____________________________________________________________________ ECObitat: A Lush Modular Prefab With Living Green Walls by Bridgette Meinhold, 07/23/10 Felipe Campolina’s ECObitat is a modular housing system designed specifically to …

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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. Coming up, Congressman Walter Jones Says SAFE Act Wasn’t Meant to Regulate Manufactured Home Industry But first…these stories: ____________________________________________________________________ DOE Announces $30 Million for Energy-Efficient Housing Partnerships RealEstateRama The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced 15 research and …

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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. Coming up, Concrete houses from South Florida headed to hurricane-prone region But first…these stories: Single-Family Housing Starts Virtually Unchanged in June National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Single-family housing starts were virtually unchanged from the previous month at …

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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. Coming up, New Manufactured Home Community Opens in Staunton, Virginia But first…these stories: Four Leaf Properties Reports Robust Sales Gains in Q2 Manufactured housing sector outlook very positive for remainder of 2010 CHICAGO, July 19th/PRNewswire. Four Leaf Properties, …

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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. Coming up, Keeping Assisted-living Patients in Their Homes But first…these stories: Riverview Homes, Inc. Is Named a Major Event Sponsor Vandergrift, PA (PR.com). The Relay For Life is the primary local fund raising activity of the American Cancer …

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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. Coming up, First Eyewitness Report on MHI Summer Meetings But first…these stories: Green Builder Blu Expanding Internationally Sells Two Homes in Virgin Islands; Signs Caribbean Distribution Agreement WALTHAM, Mass., July 15 /PRNewswire. Green builder Blu Homes, Inc. today …

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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, Home Sales Perk Up in South Carolina–AND—final preview of MHMSM.com’s exclusive report, MEMA Cottages Loved and Hated Five Years after Hurricane Katrina But first…these stories: Zeta Communities Gets a Boost for Net-Zero Modular Green Homes By …

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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, High-End Prefab Home Purveyor Launches More Affordable Collection –AND—a sneak preview of MHMSM.com’s exclusive report, MEMA Cottages Loved and Hated Five Years after Hurricane Katrina But first…these stories: Zeta nets $5 million more by Lindsay Riddell, …

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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, Restoring AD&C Lending Key to Promoting Job and Economic Growth But first…these stories: Reasons for optimism as signs of economic rebound emerge in area By LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE [VELL-eh-ket] TOLEDO BLADE BUSINESS WRITER Economists say nearly …

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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, Insurer Study on Manufactured Homeowners Provides Insights But first…this story: Manufactured homes offer value and quality at a reasonable price By Cullen Lea Charleston Post and Courier For Equity Homes, affordability and value is the name …

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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, Great News in MHI’s Monthly Economic Report But first…these stories: NAHB to Sue EPA Over Lead Paint Regulations July 8, 2010 – A coalition of housing industry groups joined the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) …

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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, NAHB Applauds EPA’S Decision to Delay Lead [led] Paint Certification Enforcement But first…these stories: Foremost Receives Marketing Award of Excellence The Insurance Marketing Communications Association (IMCA) has honored Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Foremost Insurance Co. with a …

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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, Contact FHFA and Congress Immediately to Request Modification of the Enterprise Duty to Serve Underserved Markets Proposed Rule,detrimental to the Manufactured Home Industry. YOU are called to respond! But first…this story: NAHB Announces Call for Entries …

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MHMSM.com presents News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, As seasonal Hurricane risks rise, Studies prove Modern Manufactured Homes are a safer bet But first…this story. MHARR Comments on Grossly Inadequate DTS Rule As promised earlier, MHARR has prepared and filed these comments — detailing the gross weaknesses and …

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MHMSM.com presents News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, HUD PROPOSES NEW RULE TO ALLOW ON-SITE COMPLETION OF FACTORY-BUILT MANUFACTURED HOMES But first…this story. New Orleans Slowly Embracing Sustainable Building Practices By Jennifer Goodman for EcoHomeMagazine.com Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, home builders are still working …

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MHMSM.com presents News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, Modular Homes join the Green Technology Movement But first…this story. BOONE — Winston-Salem JOURNAL STAFF reports that The North Carolina Energy Office is introducing a $3.7 million program to improve energy efficiency in homes, designating Appalachian State University’s Energy Center …

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MHMSM.com presents News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, Virginia Tech’s Prefab Lumenhaus Wins Solar Decathlon Europe But first…these stories. Deer Valley Corporation Increases Production Rates to Stabilize Growing Backlog TAMPA, FL–(Marketwire – 06/28/10) – Deer Valley Corporation  today is informing shareholders that the Company’s average production rates for …

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MHMSM.com presents News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, Excel Homes and Maryland Community Builders Foundation Join ABC’s ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ But first…these stories. The National Modular Building Council Reports shipments rise in the first quarter of 2010. The National Modular Building Council, or NMHC’s Quarterly Modular Housing …

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MHMSM.com presents News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, “Homes in a box” to create new markets for factory built homes But first…these stories. Small Eco-Modular Homes Gain Popularity Modular homes made from salvaged materials and touting green furnishings are perfect for eco-conscious homebuyers Those in attendance at the …

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MHMSM.com presents News at Noon with Erin Patla Coming up, Experts Say While Important, Title 1 Only Part of Financing Puzzle But first…this story. Bringing the Pieces of Home Together They are the Rodney Dangerfields of new housing; they get no respect. Often misnamed and misunderstood, they are the exception …

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