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New Mexico Manufactured Housing Association to Award Scholarship

By / February 11, 2014 / Awards, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Albuquerque (New Mexico) Community Foundation oversees the awarding of 16 scholarships. The New Mexico Manufactured Housing Association (NMMHA) Scholarship offers $1,000 for graduating New Mexico high school seniors who live in manufactured homes. MHProNews.com has learned from abqjournal.com applicants must have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0. …

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Patrick Industries to Release Financials

By / February 11, 2014 / Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Manufactured housing component and building supplier Patrick Industries, Inc. (PATK) is set to release its financial results for 2013 before the market opens on Thurs., Feb. 20. According to twst.com, a conference call will be held later that morning at 10:00 AM eastern time to discuss the results. CEO and …

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Applications Open for VAMMHA Scholarships

By / February 11, 2014 / Awards, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

The Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association (VAMMHA) announces applications are being accepted for its 2014 Scholarship Program. Applicants must be employed by VAMMHA member companies or be the children or grandchildren of employees and have a 3.0 grade point average (GPA). They are required to submit three letters of …

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Awards Given to DeRose, McNeil

By / February 10, 2014 / Awards, Business, Communities, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

The Indiana Manufactured Housing Association/Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council (IMHA/RVIC) honored past president Adriane DeRose with the President’s Award, bestowed upon a deserving board member each year. From Carefree Homes of Pendleton, Indiana, DeRose received the honor from IMHA/RVIC President Eric Oaks. The Citizen of the Year Award, presented to someone …

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One More Manufactured Housing Plant Working

By / February 10, 2014 / Advocacy, Business, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Following up on the manufactured housing statistics for 2013 MHProNews.com posted Feb. 4,  the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) reports total floors shipped in December 2013 were 6,289, an increase of 15.1 percent compared with December 2012. As shipments increased 9.7 percent year-over-year, the number of plants reporting increased by one …

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Fannie Mae Loans for Manufactured Homes Rise in 2013

By / February 7, 2014 / Business, Economy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

According to multihousingnews.com, government services enterprise (GSE) Fannie Mae reports in 2013 it provided $28.8 billion in multifamily finance, covering 507,000 multifamily units. Over 85 percent of of the multifamily units financed by Fannie Mae in 2013 were affordable to tenants earning at or below the median income in their …

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City Approves Manufactured Housing Revisions

By / February 7, 2014 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Grove, Oklahoma City Council adopted a manufactured home (MH) ordinance including revised definitions for manufactured homes, non-conforming residential manufactured home communities and residential manufactured home communities. The ordinance says where an MH can be sited and what standards an MH must meet in order to be placed in Grove, …

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Justice Hits MHC with Fair Housing Complaint

By / February 7, 2014 / Business, Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, regulation

The U. S. Department of Justice has informed MHProNews.com that the owner and manager of Four Seasons Estates Mobile Home Park in Effingham, Illinois have been charged with violating the Fair Housing Act’s (FHA) prohibition against racial discrimination in their 126 homesite community. Owner Lorraine Wallschlaeger and manager Barbara Crubaugh, …

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Zell: U. S. becoming more Urbanized

By / February 7, 2014 / Advocacy, Business, Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, RV

In an interview with Bloomberg News‘ Betty Liu, investor Sam Zell says the residential market in 2014 will be benign. “The demand for single-family houses is, in my judgment, muted.” Asked what happened to all the demand for the generation Xers who are supposed to be moving out of their …

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Iowa Manufactured Home Installers Need Fewer Hours

By / February 6, 2014 / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Following a story MHProNews,com posted Feb. 5, 2014 regarding certification of manufactured housing installers in Iowa, Joe Kelly, executive vice-president of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association (IAMHA), says the state has reduced the number of hours of continuing education from 12 to 8. The current three year certification ends June …

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Component Supplier to the Manufactured Housing Industry to Release Financials

By / February 6, 2014 / Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BXC), a component supplier to the manufactured housing industry, will release fourth quarter financial results before the market opens on Thursday, Feb. 20, according to Nasdaq.com, followed by a conference call at 10:00 AM. CEO Mitch Lewis, and CFO and treasurer Doug Goforth will discuss the company’s …

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Manufactured Housing Installer Certification Set

By / February 5, 2014 / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Joe Kelly, executive vice-president of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association (IAMHA), tells MHProNews the required continuing education to maintain manufactured housing installer certification will be held March 3, 4 and 5 at the Iowa Department of Public Safety Building in Des Moines. More details will be posted as soon as …

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Village Denies Manufactured Home Community

By / February 5, 2014 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Poplar Grove Planning and Zoning Commission in Illinois, just east of Rockford, has unanimously voted down a proposal for developer Flora Meadows to build a 284-site manufactured home community in the village on two parcels of land. After hearing the concerns of nearby homeowners, according to what WIFR.com tells …

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Rent Control Initiatives Challenged by Land Lease Community Owners

By / February 5, 2014 / Business, Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, regulation

Following a story MHProNews.com first posted Aug. 23, 2013, both the Lake County (Calif.) Board of Supervisors and the Lakeport City Council have rent control initiatives regarding manufactured housing communities on separate ballots sponsored by a “Save our Seniors” group. While the county ballot is set for June, and the …

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Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act Garners Support from Rep. Forbes

By / February 4, 2014 / Advocacy, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

The Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association (VAMMHA) informs MHProNews.com that U. S. Congressman Randy Forbes (R-Chesapeake) has signed on as co-sponsor of the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (HR 1779). He joins fellow Virginians Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Roanoke) and Rep. Robert Hurt (R-Chatham) as supporters of the legislation. …

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Fees Reduced for Manufactured Home Owners

By / February 4, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

The Madison County Board in Illinois has altered an ordinance that will reduce the amount manufactured home owners have to pay on their own land. Previously they had to pay $300 for a special use permit, which paid for Madison County Board representatives to inspect each home every five years …

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UFPI Elects Mary Tuuk to Board

By / February 4, 2014 / Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

MHProNews.com has learned from marketwatch.com Universal Forest Products, Inc. (UFPI) has announced that Mary Tuuk, executive vice president of corporate services and secretary of the board of directors of Firth Third Bancorp, has been elected to UFPI’s board of directors. In her role at Fifth Third she is responsible for …

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2013 Manufactured Home Production Hits 60,000

By / February 4, 2014 / Advocacy, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Trends

The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports the statistics from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUD) indicate HUD Code manufactured home production in Dec. 2013 rose 14.3 percent over Dec. 2012 to 3,985 homes, yielding 60,228 homes for 2013. This marks an increase of …

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Wisdom Homes Opening First Manufactured Home Retail Center

By / February 3, 2014 / Business, Company News, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Following a story MHProNews.com first posted Jan 31, 2014 regarding Search Core, Inc.’s launching of manufactured home retail centers named Wisdom Homes of America, Inc., marketwatch.com reports the first full service center will open in Rhome, Texas Feb. 15. The lease includes 2,000 square feet of office and light warehouse …

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Manufactured Homes Moving in Maine

By / February 3, 2014 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

Bob LeClair, executive director of the Maine Manufactured Housing Board, in anticipation of the weekend’s model show for factory-built homes at the Civic Center in Augusta, noting the resurgent interest in off-site built homes, says, “Back in 2006, before we had the big drop in the market, modular homes and …

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