Chicago, IL. Allegations have been circulating by email that Sterling Estates in Justice, IL will be closed as a manufactured housing community. The email alleges that letters have gone out from the bankruptcy court to residents, giving them 1 year to vacate. The email further alleges that residents were also …
Following up on a post from Feb. 21 from TheTandD.com, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, the Cope Town Council approved a final ruling to ban future locations of manufactured housing within the town limits. Current homes will be grandfathered in. A manufactured home sitting on property that is sold will be given …
ReadMedia, Inc. reports the New York State Home and Communities Renewal (HCR) has approved $52.5 million to provide and preserve 756 affordable housing units as part of a community development project across the state. The public-private partnership will address issues of safety and accessibility, especially for the elderly and those …
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BClocalnews.com from British Columbia, Canada, says the residents of a manufactured home community no longer fear a bare-land strata that they thought would force them to leave their homes. The provision would give them the opportunity to buy the land their homes sit on, and maintain their access to communal …
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Leagle.com, a website devoted to court cases, reports Stephen Scott Edwards bought 11.34 acres of agriculturally-zoned land in Bladen County, North Carolina, three and one-half years ago to establish a manufactured home community. The Planning Board turned down his request to rezone the land, saying while it met safety and …
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The Coffs Coast Advocate in Australia reports that Stonelake Design and Construction spent five years developing its Memod series of two-bedroom manufactured housing cottages that it unveiled last week at Park Beach. The affordable housing has a waterproof floor, and due to its comprehensive tight construction, could float if it …
11 update says manufactured home production was down 12.89 percent over January of last year. The report says HUD is directly responsible for the precipitous drop of HUD Code manufactured houses from 374,000 in 1998 to under 50,000 last year. It says the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Title 1 program …
As reported in Azle News Online, Retired Major General Leroy Sisco is president of the non-profit Military Warriors Support Foundation, an organization that helps disabled veterans receive job counseling, scholarships, and other supportive services. He and Jim Thomason of the Fort Worth Air Power Council, another organization dedicated to helping …
The Wausau Daily Herald reports Wisconsin’s Democratic Party has leveled charges at Gov. Scott Walker that his eliminating sales and other taxes on manufactured housing built in the state but sold beyond the border is politically motivated. Wausau Homes’ owners donated a total of $25,000 to Walker’s campaign over a …
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As reported in the Knoxville News-Sentinel, Clayton Homes, in conjunction with five MBA students from the University Of Tennessee College Of Business Administration in Knoxville, conducted research to gain customer input in making their product. For 13 weeks, the students studied the industry and Clayton’s competitors, interviewed company officials and …
From Sedalia, North Carolina, The News-Record.com reports that after two public hearings, the town council voted four to one to permit multi-sectional homes in three designated areas of town. Reporter Tiffany Jones says the three areas equal a total 37 acres of one-time farmland, and the new zoning ordinance allows …
STLtoday.com reports Ed Atherton, general manager of a Clayton Homes dealership in St. Louis, says, “Our homes get better and better, year after year. These are not the old trailer homes that many people remember.” Noting that the same materials are used in manufactured housing as in conventional houses, he …
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The sprinkler debate in Minnesota attracted a standing-room only crowd to the House Commerce and Regulatory Reform Committee, according to the Twin Cities Daily Planet. The bill would prohibit sprinklers from being installed in new or existing homes. The sponsor of the bill says the National Fire Protection Association measures …
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A real estate broker in Phoenix says he has sold three manufactured home communities in the last two months to out-of-state investors. Russ Warner says the growing senior presence and the stability of the investment are fueling demand across the country. He notes that investors who have left this portfolio …
The Ogemaw County Herald in Michigan reports that a new county ordinance will not allow any manufactured home 20 years or older to be brought into the county. The new standards were approved unanimously by the Ogemaw County Board of Commissioners Feb. 24, and will take effect March 11. Homes …
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A “Know Your Rights” workshop was presented by the South Coastal Counties Legal Services (SCCSL), Inc., to over 50 residents of manufactured home communities in Taunton, Massachusetts. Attendees learned about resident and owner responsibilities, rent control, eviction procedures, local ordinances, and the new Homestead Act. Funded by a grant from …
Bloomberg.com reports excerpts from billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders Saturday. On the topic of home buying, Buffet urged the policymakers who are getting ready to overhaul the nation’s home loan policies to consider the example of Berkshire’s manufactured home unit, Clayton Homes, which also …
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The Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, collaborates with Neighbor Works in their I’M HOME (Innovations in Manufactured Homes) program, which supports a wide range of sustainable, affordable housing. Realizing the need to change the framework that separates manufactured housing from stick-built, and to open doors to …
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Legislation introduced in the Iowa Senate Feb. 17 makes changes to existing laws regarding the sale and subsequent occupancy of manufactured homes in rental communities. The proposal deals with disclosure of title and tax assessment information by the seller, liens and mortgages encumbered by ownership, interest rates, abandoned homes, late …
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The Johnson County Health Department in Iowa City, Iowa, has denied the Regency Mobile Home Park’s appeal to charges it is not responsible for 28 abandoned manufactured homes that pose a health and safety risk. While agreeing that the homes need to be disposed of, Regency claims the responsibility for …
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