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Apr 8 2013

Regulation will Require Replacing Older MH with HUD Code Homes

By Matthew Silver / April 8, 2013 April 8, 2013 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

The carrollnews informs MHProNews the Hillsville (Ohio) Town Council has changed several town codes, including the following that applies to non-conforming manufactured homes (using non-conforming spelling): “Removal and replacement of a manufactured home which constitutes a nonconforming used on an individual lot or within a manufactured home park ore removal …

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Apr 8 2013April 7, 2013

Fundraiser for Residents Forced to Move

By Matthew Silver / April 8, 2013 April 7, 2013 / Advocacy, Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Updating a story MHProNews covered Sept. 5, 2012 regarding the closing of two MHCs in State College, Penn., a graduate of Penn State University and fellow church congregant with residents of the communities is sponsoring a benefit to assist those displaced by the closings. Musician Pat Elliott has organized the …

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Apr 8 2013April 7, 2013

Florida Community Acquired from Bank

By Matthew Silver / April 8, 2013 April 7, 2013 / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The heraldtribune reports MHC Mermaid’s Manor in Bradenton, Fla. has been acquired out of foreclosure by trusts in the name of Harold E. Crye and Hazel Ann Ball for $1.2 million, from BOFI Federal Bank. The 70-site Mermaid’s was previously owned by Tampa’s CPM Properties LLC, managed by Harvey Estes, …

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Apr 5 2013

Morgan Management Founder Honored

By Matthew Silver / April 5, 2013 April 5, 2013 / Awards, Business, Communities, Company News, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

According to the brightonpittsfordpost, Robert Morgan, founder and CEO of Rochester, NY-based Morgan Management has been named recipient of the 2013 Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award by the RIT Saunders College of Business. Honored for 30+ years of successful business in Rochester, the company Morgan founded now employs 950 …

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Apr 5 2013

YES! Adds to Portfolio

By Matthew Silver / April 5, 2013 April 5, 2013 / Business, Communities, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

MarketWatch reports Denver-based YES! Communities has acquired a portfolio of 64 manufactured housing communities (MHCs) comprised of 14,000 home sites mostly in the Atlanta and Dallas metropolitan markets, but also including Corpus Christi and El Paso, Texas, as well as Las Cruces and Las Alamos, New Mexico. With the completion …

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Apr 4 2013

Intentional Community buys Manufactured Homes

By Matthew Silver / April 4, 2013 April 4, 2013 / Communities, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

According to paloaltoonline, 15 people share three houses, a trailer, a vegetable garden and household tasks in an intentional community, called Greenwave, along a small Palo Alto (Calif.) side street. Owned by three of the members to whom the others pay rent, the three homes are manufactured housing to keep …

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Apr 4 2013

ROC Strikes Again

By Matthew Silver / April 4, 2013 April 4, 2013 / Business, Communities, Company News, Finance, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

Updating a story we posted Feb. 27, 2013 concerning residents of Wheel Estates MHC in North Adams, Mass. trying to buy their community, iberkshires informs MHProNews the nearly $4 million loan went through, financing managed by ROC (resident-owned communities) USA of New Hampshire. For years residents have allegedly complained the …

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Apr 4 2013

Supporter of MHCs Leaving Council

By Matthew Silver / April 4, 2013 April 4, 2013 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, People

According to thenewstribune, Tumwater City Council member Betsy Spath will resign her position effective April 30, 2013 because she is leaving her position as a geriatric care manager for a law office and moving out of state. In addition to protecting manufactured housing communities in the city while on the …

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Apr 4 2013April 4, 2013

Proposed Measure would Challenge Conversions

By Matthew Silver / April 4, 2013 April 4, 2013 / Communities, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Updating a post from March 22, 2013, we reported on the legislation in the state house the Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League (GSMOL) in California is promoting, and what has been added. As we stated, AB 1205 would provide mediation services between resident and management to resolve disputes; and AB …

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Apr 4 2013April 3, 2013

MH Production Holds Steady

By Matthew Silver / April 4, 2013 April 3, 2013 / Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Trends

The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports statistics from the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reveal production of HUD Code manufactured homes hit 4,151 units in Feb. 2013, six more than the 4,145 in Feb. 2012. Total industry production for 2013 is 3.2 percent higher than …

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Apr 3 2013April 3, 2013

Appraisals of Manufactured Homes Often off Base

By Matthew Silver / April 3, 2013 April 3, 2013 / Advocacy, Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The March 27 Webinar, Real Homes, Real Value: Improving Real Property Appraisals of Manufactured Homes sponsored by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), addressed the problems of getting accurate appraisals on manufactured homes across the country. Doug Ryan, Director of Affordable Homeownership Initiatives at the CFED, says the Innovations in …

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Apr 3 2013

RV/MH Hall of Fame Nears Goal

By Matthew Silver / April 3, 2013 April 3, 2013 / Advocacy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, RV

In honor of Fleetwood Enterprises founder John C. Crean, the Crean Foundation has donated $60,000 to the RV/MH Hall of Fame’s “Burn the Bank Note” initiative to raise $150,000 by April 30, 2013, according to information MHProNews has received. The Robert “Boots” Ingram’s family challenge grant of $50,000 requires the …

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Apr 3 2013April 2, 2013

Relocation Authority to Continue?

By Matthew Silver / April 3, 2013 April 2, 2013 / Advocacy, Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

MHProNews has learned from delawarenewszap members of the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority (RTA) testified before the Joint Sunset Committee to extend the authority five more years. The HRA is set to sunset July 1, 2014. Established in 2003 to assist manufactured homeowners who need to relocate due to a …

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Apr 3 2013June 11, 2013

UMH Acquires Tennessee Manufactured Housing Community

By Matthew Silver / April 3, 2013 June 11, 2013 / Business, Communities, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Stockhouse reports UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) has acquired the 274 homesite Holiday Mobile Village in Nashville, Tenn. for $7,250,000. Situated on approximately 68 acres with an occupancy rate of 82 percent, MHProNews has learned this purchase bumps UMH into owning 68 communities with 12,800 developed homesites. Samuel A. Landy, President, …

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Apr 2 2013

Parish Votes on New Siting Ordinance

By Matthew Silver / April 2, 2013 April 2, 2013 / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

The Advocate informs MHProNews from Clinton, LA north of Baton Rouge, the Police Jury has a new ordinance that governs the siting of manufactured homes in unincorporated areas of the parish. The version chosen was the one supported by the parish’s Planning and Zoning Commission over one proposed by jury …

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Apr 2 2013

Community Water Problems Flowing

By Matthew Silver / April 2, 2013 April 2, 2013 / Business, Communities, Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

DelMarVa report from north of Millsboro Del. owner Helen Cropper has been unable to repair the drinking water problem at Forest Park MHC, and will now have to raise rents to pay for the fix. In he past ten years the water has had an unacceptable level of nitrates 95 …

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Apr 2 2013

Oil Field Workers Expected

By Matthew Silver / April 2, 2013 April 2, 2013 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, RV

According to gosanangelo, the San Angelo City Council in south central Texas is anticipating the arrival of oil field workers and wants to legally define where the expected RVs will locate. Currently they are allowed in manufactured home communities, but cannot exceed over 30 percent of the units sited there. …

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Apr 2 2013April 1, 2013

Various Entities Collaborate on Envelope Research

By Matthew Silver / April 2, 2013 April 1, 2013 / Advocacy, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) reports home manufacturers Clayton Homes, Fleetwood Homes, Golden West Homes, Hallmark Homes, Karsten Homes, and Skyline Corp. will partner with the Calif. Manufactured Housing Institute and the Systems Building Research Alliance to research new and innovative envelope systems. With wall and roof building technologies expected …

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Apr 1 2013April 1, 2013

Clayton-Bradley Academy set to Open

By Matthew Silver / April 1, 2013 April 1, 2013 / Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Updating an article we posted Feb. 11, 2013 regarding Clayton Homes’ teaming with teacher Patricia Bradley to open Tenn.’s first STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) school, KnoxNews says the Clayton-Bradley Academy in Maryville has hired a full staff of teachers and enrolled half of the anticipated K-6 students. Adjacent …

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Apr 1 2013March 31, 2013

Elkhart Tops the Nation

By Matthew Silver / April 1, 2013 March 31, 2013 / Business, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, RV, Trends

RVBusinses informs MHProNews Elkhart County, Indiana led the nation in job growth for the period Sept 2011 to Sept. 2012 for the largest U. S. counties, with 6.9 percent versus the national rate of 1.6 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While Elkhart hosts several component suppliers to …

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