Following up on a story from May 3, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the Oceanside California City Council voted 5-3 during a contentious three-hour meeting to phase out rent control for the residents of factory-built homes. The new ruling will only affect new residents to the communities, not current …
California City Council Ends Rent Control in Land Lease Communities Read More
Pr Web reports from Africa that ZY Properties of Lagos, Nigeria has responded to the country’s housing shortage by offering manufactured and modular homes and cabins that can be built and assembled quickly. Noting that Nigeria is a developing country that is trying to catch up to Western and Asian …
Nigerian Company Offering Modular and Prefabricated Housing Read More
In a communication from American Land Lease, Inc., MHMSM.com learned of the company’s newest community brand, Clearview Communities, an all-age community with many fitness and social activity opportunities and amenities that appeal to the higher-end manufactured housing resident. Operating out of Clearwater, Florida, this real estate investment trust (REIT) owns …
New Community Springs from Large Land Lease Operator Read More
The Manufactured Housing Global Network has issued manufactured housing production statistics for March, 2011. Of the 4,035 homes produced nationwide, 1,884 were single sections and 2,151 were multi-sectionals. Texas was the top producer with 893 total houses, followed by Alabama with 621 units produced, and Tennessee which manufactured 583 units. …
Texas Manufactured and Received the Most Manufactured Homes Read More
New America Media reports that some of the Federal Emergency Management Agency factory-built housing originally designated for Hurricane Katrina relief is now slowly making its way onto American tribal lands. Estimates range from 90,000 to 200,000 for housing units needed to replace inadequate housing on the 565 tribal lands across …
The Gadsden Times in Alabama reports that U.S. Representative Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) will introduce CJ’s Home Protection Act requiring manufactured housing producers to install weather alert radios in their new homes. Named for C.J. Martin, a young boy who died with his grandmother and great-grandmother during a tornado in Indiana …
Bill Will Seek Weather Radios in Manufactured Homes Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) issued a statement vehemently objecting to the Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s involving the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) investigations of issues of fire, safety and health in the manufactured housing industry, issues already covered by HUD. MHARR sees it as another …
Leagle reports Manufactured Housing Communities of Arizona, Inc. (MHCA), an organization representing community owners, is suing Gene Palma, the Director of the Arizona Department of Fire, Building and Life Safety. MHCA seeks to overturn a ruling requiring the owners of Cherokee Village MH and RV Park to reimburse home owners …
Arizona MH/RV Community Lawsuit Involves Wrangling Over Gas Lines Read More
Globe Newswire says Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO), one of the largest manufacturers in the U.S. of manufactured homes, is set to issue its fourth quarter fiscal year 2011 earnings report after the close of the market on Thursday, May 5. A live webcast will follow the next day, Friday, May …
Market Wire reports from Deer Valley’s corporate headquarters in Tampa, Florida, that their production facility in Guin, Alabama, was not damaged by the tornadoes last week, but they did lose communications and power for a day. All utilities were restored, and the facility reopened Monday, May 2, according to Charlie …
Deer Valley’s Alabama Factory Unharmed by Area Tornadoes Read More
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports Jerry Kern, city council member of Oceanside, California, wants to phase out rent control in the city’s 19 land lease communities with the proposal applying only to new residents. The current ordinance is administered by the city and limits rent increases to a percentage of …
The Daily News of Massachusetts reports that officials in Salisbury are trying to include pre-HUD code housing that has not been moved in 20 years in their housing stock in order to meet the requirements for affordable housing under Chapter 40B housing laws of 1969. The state has said in …
City Wants to Include Pre-HUD Code Housing in Figures Read More
From Alabama, the Birmingham News reports that Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) has initiated legislation that would require new manufactured homes to have weather alert radios installed in them by the manufacturer. The same bill passed in the House in 2007, but it did not make it out of the Senate. …
Weather Radio in Manufactured Homes could Become Federal Law Read More
From Pennsylvania, Lancaster Online spoke with emergency management officials concerning tornado preparedness in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the wake of the devastating tornadoes in the southern U.S. The area has several land lease communities, and is the single area in the state where tornadoes historically have struck. The Lancaster County Emergency …
From North Carolina, the Fay Observer reports the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide manufactured homes in North Carolina counties hardest hit by the April 16 tornadoes. In the 18 counties declared disaster areas by the federal government, there are almost 1,000 homes destroyed or uninhabitable that will receive …
Fox Business interviewed Warren Buffett, of Berkshire-Hathaway, and Kevin Clayton, CEO of Clayton Homes. Buffett remarked that it is good new housing has not gotten better because of the excess inventory of housing. He says when new home construction returns, employment will improve more than many people think. Kevin Clayton …
From California, The Sun of San Bernardino County says that the City Council of Yucaipa released a 49-page report on new methods to monitor homesite rents at manufactured communities. The report was criticized for being twice as long as the ordinance itself, and also for pitting residents against community owners. …
In a communication from Allen Hutto, General Counsel of the Manufactured Housing Institute of South Carolina (MHISC), MHMSM.com learned that the Institute has received a $20,000 grant from the state’s Energy Office to publicize Energy Star certified manufactured homes. The publicity begins next week on TV. Recently, the state legislature …
Energy Star Rating Gets Support from South Carolina Read More
Tulsa’s 3rd annual Great Southwest Home Show will take place at the QuikTrip Center at Expo Square, April 28-May 1. It is the largest indoor manufactured home show. The show begins April 28 and 29 for the industry and the doors will swing wide for the public Friday afternoon through …
Great Southwest Home Show Opens April 28 through May 1 Read More
Business Wire reports that Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) has been chosen for the fifth year in a row as Community Lender of the Year by the Manufactured Housing Institute ((MHI) at their annual Congress & Expo in Las Vegas. Wells Fargo Multifamily Capital has originated over $4.7 billion in community loans …
Corporate Giant Selected as Best MH Community Lender Read More
