According to sidneyherald, Robert Emery’s application to update his Sunrise Mobile Home Park in Richland County, Montana has been approved by the Richland County Commissioners. Recreational vehicles (RVs) will be banned from the community which will have 19 manufactured homes with 20 feet between each unit, a turnaround area for …
Sunrise Manufactured Home Community will see Upgrades without RVs Read More
The owners of Blacksburg Estates manufactured housing community (MHC) in Virginia are reformatting their plan to move 20 manufactured homes to the other side of the 33.5 acre community after residents and others protested the rezoning request to develop most of the community. Owners Frank Bruno and Don Carter wanted …
Manufactured Housing Community will Continue as Affordable Housing Site Read More
The former property manager of Mobile Manor manufactured home community in North Platte, Nebraska has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for embezzling $18,000, and has been ordered to pay restitution at the rate of $100 a month following her sentence until the debt is paid. Barbara Jo Fox …
A 415 square foot customized tiny home now sited in the Bruton Park manufactured home community (MHC) in York County, Virginia may have to move because it has not been approved to meet the federal HUD Code standards for a manufactured home (MH). Karen and Tom Rogers lived with their …
The New York Times ‘ recent article on the MH/CFPB issue states that manufactured homes have become a crucial source of affordable housing in the South, West and northern New England, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) report last month, with prices of less than half the $94 per square …
New York Times on CFPB – Manufactured Homes Crucial to Affordable Housing Read More
According to CNBC, Chicago-based Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) earned funds from operations (FFO) for Q3 2014 of $63.1 million, $0.69 per share, besting Zacks Investment Research estimate of $0.66 per share. On revenues of $200.6 million, the REIT (real estate investment trust) reported net income of $25.7 million, or …
Equity LifeStyle Properties Bests Zacks Prediction Read More
Elkhart, Indiana-based Patrick Industries, Inc. will release its third quarter 2014 financials prior to the opening of the market on Thurs., Oct. 30, followed by a conference call at 10 AM eastern time that same morning. The call will be hosted by president and CEO Todd Cleveland and CFO Andy …
Patrick Industries to Disclose Q3 Financial Report Read More
A $10 million contract will be shared by several Florida colleges to provide training and education for the manufactured and modular housing industries, according to a report to MHProNews from sfcollege.edu. In a partnership with Santa Fe College, Polk and Seminole State Colleges, Miami Dade College Kendall Campus will serve …
Funding offered in Florida to train Potential MH Construction Workers Read More
Iowa Code 648-18 peaceable possession law can lead to the loss of ability to evict a resident from your manufactured home property if not done quickly enough, according to what the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association (IMHA) tells MHProNews. If a landlord allows a resident to remain in/on rented property for …
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) expressed concern to the manufactured housing industry that some on-site attached garages may violate compliance with the federal construction standards and regulations if completed when the home is finished. The Oklahoma Industry Insight from the Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma (MHAO) tells MHProNews …
Under a program administered by the Warren Public Housing Authority in Arkansas, manufactured homeowners who meet income guidelines can upgrade their homes with assistance from the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, as salineriverchronicle.blogspot.com informs MHProNews. A family in the Banks, AR area recently received a new, handicapped accessible manufactured home with …
Arkansas Program Replaces MH at One Percent Interest Read More
A 16-foot trailer with 20 manufactured home axles worth $500 was stolen from Jackson Mobile Home Service in Mountain Home, Arkansas, according to baxterbulletin to MHProNews. Joshua Craig Thompson of Mountain Home was arrested after he was found in possession of the trailer in neighboring Yellville. The axles were not found. …
The Workforce Housing Coalition (WHC) of Greater Seacoast is considering five parcels of land in York, Maine near the Kittery town line that could be developed as housing for people who earn modest salaries such as laborers, teachers, firemen and police. WHC Executive Director Ashlee Iber Amenti says the owners …
Factory-built Homes Could Alleviate Coastal Housing Issues Read More
The Housing Finance Commission (HFC) of Washington State has announced the winners of the 2014 Friend of Housing awards, including Ishbel Dickens, who was awarded the Margaret M. Sevy Affordable Housing Lifetime Achievement Award for her work with manufactured housing, according to djc.com. MHProNews recalls a story posted Feb. …
Washington Honors Six Affordable Housing Advocates Read More
Designed by ABI in East Yorkshire, England, with its moveable walls the Concept Van features a cinema, a ten-seat dining table and beds to sleep ten people, according to what dailymail.co.uk informs MHProNews. The 30 foot by 13 foot manufactured home (called “Caravan” in the UK) prototype has beds …
RV/MH historian, lecturer, author and librarian Al Hesselbart is retiring after serving the RV/MH Hall of Fame & Museum in Elkhart, Indiana for 20 years, MHProNews has learned. Carl Ehry, then president of the RV/MH foundation, which at the time was nearly bankrupt, was told if he wanted to be …
While the Great Recession took the wind out of the sails of Elkhart County, Indiana’s two largest industries – manufactured housing (MH) and recreational vehicle (RV) – RV manufacturers are now cheering their great recovery while the MH industry continues to slowly move forward, locally as well as nationally. The …
Indiana RV Industry Recovering Well; MH Industry Recovering Steadily Read More
The Surrey Manufactured Homeowners Association in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada wants the city council to better protect owners of manufactured homes (MH) and provide more rights. Specifically, as nownewspaper tells MHProNews, the association wants more remuneration for residents when communities close and standards created for management upkeep of communities. The provincial …
Canadian Manufactured Homeowners Seek Added Protection Read More
The city of Pelham, Alabama wants to close the Belle Vista Mobile Home Park it purchased for $3.1 million and re-purpose it as an expansion of Pelham City Park with greenways and trails, according to what al.com informs MHProNews. While residents of the 137 site manufactured home community (MHC) have …
Following a story MHProNews posted Oct. 22, 2013 entitled Will Texans take to Tiny Homes, a recent story about small homes on BillMoyers.com, asked if respondents could live in a tiny home, drew a series of responses. Gordon Billingsley said he lived in a 920 square-foot passive solar home and …
Tiny Homes/Factory-built Housing could Replace the Blight Read More
