The brenhambanner from Brenham, Texas. reports a variance that would have allowed the construction of a 106-site manufactured housing community has been voted down by the Brenham City Council. As MHProNews has learned, Adolph Wehmeyer had requested the variance. Brenham is just northwest of Houston. (Image credit: Wikipedia)
According to capegazette.villagesoup, Delaware State Representative Ruth Briggs King, whose race we covered last Nov. 2, 2012, represents District 37, which consists of 25 percent manufactured home residents. In response to a letter to the editor in the capegazette, Rep. King writes of the legislation she intends to introduce that …
Updating a story MHProNews posted Jan. 14, 2013 about residents of Killam Properties, Inc.’s Mountain View Estates MHC at Lake Echo, Nova Scotia, Canada having to boil their water (or buy it bottled) for 14 months, it is now safe to drink for the 300 families who live there. One …
The columbiamissourian tells MHProNews the High Hill Circle Mobile Home Park in Columbia, MO will expand by 16 homesites if the Doris Overton Trust, the owner of the MHC, has its way. The proposal would rezone the 26.4 acres from moderate density residential to residential manufactured home. The major infrastructure …
NewswireCanada says Killam Properties, Inc. reports funds from operations (FFO) in Q4 2012 rose 15.7 percent over the same period for 2011, and overall net operating income (NOI) increased 1.4 percent year-over-year. For 2012, FFO increased 13.7 percent 2012 over 2011, and overall net operating income rose 5.4 percent 2012 …
KnoxNews informs MHProNews Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, which is the parent company to Clayton Homes, says the company produced 25,872 homes in 2012, an increase of 13.5 percent over 2011. “That output accounted for about 4.8 percent of all single-family residences built in the country, a share that …
The charltoncountyherald reports from Folkston, GA in the southeastern corner of the state that Lifestyle Cabinetry, a division of Universal Forest Products, Inc. (UFPI), will be opening soon in the Okefenokee Industrial Park. Once a truss plant, Lifestyle will initially hire a dozen workers, and intends to hire up to …
MHProNews has learned from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), according to data from the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for the first month since Sept. 2012 the manufactured housing industry recorded an increase in production in Jan., 2013. HUD Code manufacturers turned out 4,242 homes, …
Killam Properties, Inc. says the company has partnered with Corporate Research Associates to offer residents of its manufactured housing communities and apartments the opportunity to offer suggestions and opinions through on-line surveys. Participation is voluntary, personal information will not be shared, and responses will be collected in aggregate and not …
The setexasrecord tells MHProNews an east central Texas woman has filed suit against Oak Creek Homes of Vidor, TX accusing the dealer of deceptive trade practices and breach of warranty for a manufactured home she bought in Sept. of 2010 for $55,406. Noting the home has been repaired ten times …
StreetInsider informs MHProNews that UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) has finalized its deal for ten all-age MHCs for $67,500,000, a total of 1,654 developed home sites to add to its portfolio. The acquisition includes five communities in Ind., four in Penn., and one in Mich., with an average occupancy of 85 …
Lippert Components, Inc., component supplier to the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries, is part of a strong industrial growth pattern in Elkhart, Ind, as etruth informs MHProNews. Lippert began as a steel fabricating plant in rural Michigan in the 1950’s, and has been fabricating chassis for manufactured housing since …
Updating a story we posted Jan. 25, 2012, about a marina development in Poquoson, Vir. that included a 50 site MHC, the dailypress informs MHProNews the entire Whitehouse Cove project is flourishing. While so far only 13 of the homesites are occupied, eight more are committed and the developer thinks …
ValleyMorningStar reports from Austin, TX, State Senate Bill 499 would streamline the process that allows MH owners who have un-imbursed legal claims against MH dealers to access reimbursement from a fund established by the state. The Manufactured Homeowners Recovery Trust Fund pays actual damages through a budgeted $300,000 yearly fund. …
RnRMarketResearch reports demand for prefabricated housing will expand 15 percent annually through 2017, but manufactured housing’s share of that will fall as conventional mortgages become easier to obtain. The study, based on data from 2002, 2007, and 2012, is combined with current market conditions, industry structure and competition in its …
As statesmanjournal informs MHProNews, the Silverton (Ore.) Planning Commission voted to approve an application by Universal Forest Products, Inc. (UFPI) to move into the former Champion Homes’ Redman Housing facility in the city’s industrial park. The wood-product manufacturing plant would consolidate operations now being conducted at nearby Woodburn and McMinnville, …
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) report to Congress Feb. 22, 2013, which focuses on housing problems faced by very low-income families, found in 2011 almost 8.5 million families either paid more than half their income in rent and/or lived in substandard housing. MHProNews has learned this is …
Under Massachusetts law, MHC residents have the opportunity to match an offer by a third party to buy their community once it is offered for sale. Wheel Estates’ owner Morgan Management has a signed purchase agreement from Real Estate Seekers LLC for $2.73 million for the North Adams, MA community …
Recordonline informs MHProNews owners of pre HUD Code homes in Fallsburg, NY, just south of the Catskill Mountains may have their homes replaced with new, energy efficient manufactured homes. Under a state grant, up to ten aging manufactured homes will be replaced, providing the applicant owns the home and the …
In the 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly, the Senate is considering a measure that would punish unscrupulous “manufactured structure” dealers by revoking their license for up to five years, which includes all factory-built residential and commercial buildings. It would put the industry on the same legal footing as building contractors. As …
