In Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where the median sales price has grown to $647,000 for a single-family home, the growth of food stamp usage has risen dramatically 324 percent, from 260 people in 2003 to 1,104 in 2013, while the population has only increased 23 percent, reports delawareonline.com. While beach vacationers …
Many Seniors in Manufactured Homes Receive Food Stamps Read More
While MHProNews.com last reported on Feb. 25, 2014 that Commodore Homes was closing its modular plant in Danville, Virginia, and moving operations to a newer facility in North Carolina, elkharttruth.com says Commodore is expanding its Goshen, IN manufactured housing plant by 15,000 square feet, and eventually plans to hire over …
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 …
A Cheektowaga, New York senior housing community is being acquired by Northstar Realty Finance Company, a New York City-based real estate investment trust (REIT) and owner of a portfolio of manufactured housing communities. Syracuse-based Peregrine Senior Living is selling Peregrine’s Landing LLC for $12.5 million, buffalonews.com reports. As MHProNews.com posted …
MHProNews has been informed that officials at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and industry leaders are cheering the appointment of Pamela Beck Danner as the new Administrator for the Office of Manufactured Housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In the 1980’s Ms. Danner served as counsel …
Pamela Beck Danner to Head the Office of Manufactured Housing at HUD Read More
MHProNews.com has learned from northjersey.com 25 families living in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) manufactured homes as the result of Hurricane Sandy are facing an April 30 move-out date, although some have been told they must leave by April 1. That is when FEMA’s temporary assistance program will expire for …
Time Running Out on FEMA’s Manufactured Home Assistance Read More
Following a story MHProNews.com last posted Jan. 17, 2014 regarding the Clayton-Bradley Academy on the campus of manufactured home producer Clayton Homes in Maryville, Tennessee, thedailytimes.com reports the Academy and Maryville College have partnered in an exchange of resources. Maryville College will offer access to its academic and athletic facilities …
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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 …
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The owners of Hendrickson Estates and Hendrickson Heritage Park manufactured home communities in Sequim, Washington, just northwest of Seattle, say city fees for installing new homes have risen, adding insult to injury in the face of a housing industry battered by the recession. Jeanne Murray and Mel Hendrickson, co-owners of …
Assorted Fees a Deterrent to Siting Manufactured Homes Read More
Technology-based marketing services company SearchCore, Inc., which connects consumers with brands, products and services through comprehensive websites, announces additions to their ManufacturedHomes.com site including the most extensive list of producers of manufactured homes (MH), retail centers and floor plans available in the entire industry. The company’s next step will be …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports figures from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) indicate shipment of HUD Code homes hit 4,405 in January, a 3.8 percent increase over the 4,242 homes shipped in Jan., 2013. As MHProNews.com has learned, the top ten shipment states …
Manufactured Home Production Continues Upward Trend Read More
Frank Williams, father of Tim Williams, Executive Director of the Ohio Manufactured Housing Association (OMHA), passed away in Akron, Ohio March 1. Having served in the Army during the Korean War, Frank retired from Ohio Bell as marketing manager, and was very active as a coach during his childrens’ sports …
The manager of Clayton Home Sales in Lumberton, North Carolina, along with her husband and co-workers, won the title of Best Overall Chili at this year’s Rumba on Lumber’s Bud Light North of the Border Chili Cook-Off, held in Lumberton. Hunt, who also won a chili cook-off in South Carolina, …
In addition to the multiple modular workforce housing and mancamps, manufactured homes and recreational vehicles that have sprung up to meet the demands for housing in Watford City, North Dakota in response to the Bakken oil boom, the MacKenzie County Healthcare system is adding a modular unit to the hospital’s …
MHProNews.com has learned from fwbusiness.com that Elkhart, Indiana-based Drew Industries, Inc. is acquiring two nearby businesses for $48 million. Drew is shelling out $36 million for Innovative Design Solutions (IDS), a Troy, Michigan-based designer, developer and manufacturer of electronic systems. The company had sales of $19 million in 2013, of …
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
A manufactured housing community has been condemned and ordered shuttered and the residents given ten days to evacuate after the Ingham County Health Department in Lansing, Michigan discovered raw sewage on the grounds and solid waste strewn about. Hundreds of people living in 85 homes at the Life O’Riley Mobile …
License to Operate Suspended at Land Lease Community Read More
The Plantation on the Lake manufactured home community (MHC) in Calimesa, California intends to exercise its option to build the remaining seven percent of the home sites to which it is entitled, bringing the total number of sites to 562, according to newsmirror.net. Forty-seven new homesites were approved by the …
Updating a story MHProNews.com last published Nov. 8, 2013 regarding flood-prone Spruces Mobile Home Park in Williamstown, Massachusetts, town Selectmen signed a notice of discontinuance that will close the community Feb. 29, 2016. According to the Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Act, residents are entitled to at least two years written notice …
