From Texas, the Seguin Gazette reports that a gas leak prompted a brief evacuation at a Cavco plant there. The report indicted a fork lift had hit an overhead gas line. Within 20 minutes, the gas was off and the workers returned.
The first half of the year is the season for home shows, and 2011 is proving to be a milestone for those featuring manufactured housing. Following the successful Louisville Manufactured Housing Show in Kentucky, work is underway to bring the return of another event featuring the economy and innovations of …
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Unlike the manufactured housing industry in the United States, the market for manufactured homes in Canada remains rather prosperous by comparison. A Canadian Manufactured Housing Institute (CMHI) report for the 3rd quarter of 2010 shows some 3,608 factory-built single-family homes were started in the third quarter, representing a 17 percent …
From Canada, News 1130 reports that the City of Vancouver will start calling for submissions from architects and designers for a pilot project to get modular and affordable housing up and running. Officials told the reporter the city has a number of land holdings and is surveying locations for the …
From the Calgary Herald comes news that an Arizona manufactured home community is trying to lure Canadians with sunshine and sweet deals. The article notes for the past few weeks, the Canadian dollar has been at, just below or just above its American counterpart. The last time that happened, snowbirds …
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CBSDFW.COM reports on manufactured home owners in Grapevine, Texas upset with the city over requests to bring additions up to code. Resident Phillip McNeal built an addition 20 years ago for his son and was asked recently by the city to see some paperwork for it. Several other residents of …
From Colorado, the Wet Mountain Tribune reports that the town of Silver Cliff saw an uptick in building and zoning permits issued in 2010. A total of 29 permits were issued in Silver Cliff last year as compared to 20 in 2009 and three of the 29 involved factory-built housing. …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) sent out a bulletin indicating an Executive Order regarding federal regulation issued by the White House on over-regulation marks a major policy and has implications for manufactured housing as a federally-regulated industry. “In fact,” the bulletin states, “it appears this Order almost …
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Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) industry members participated in a high-level briefing on Capitol Hill today focused on high energy performance in manufactured and modular homes. Emanuel Levy, Systems Building Research Alliance, and Kevin Clayton, Clayton Homes, Inc., presented to a standing-room-only audience. The briefing addressed “manufactured” housing, built in a …
A factory-built home owner in Martinsville, Virginia was highlighted this week in the Martinsville Bulletin for something he didn’t have, a high electric bill. A photo provided with the article shows Danny Clifton holding up his most recent electric bill, which totals $36.46, from Appalachian Power Co. Clifton attributes his …
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SmarTrend outlined its top five companies in the Residential Real Estate Investment Trust’s (REIT)’s industry as measured by the price to cash flow ratio. Three of the five involve manufactured housing communities. SmarTrend says Equity Lifestyle Properties has a price to free cash flow ratio of 13.7x based on a …
World Interior Design Network reports that The Architecture for Health In Vulnerable Environments (ARCHIVE), an international charity based in the US, recently announced the winners of a global architectural competition inviting architects, designers and health specialists for the building of ‘healthy homes’ for Haiti. The Haitian government-sponsored competition is intended …
A new report by Global Industry Analysts indicates the global prefabricated housing market had registered a moderate to flat growth during the period 2004 to 2007. The market witnessed a further blow in 2008 and 2009 due to the economic recession. However, the market is on the verge of recovery …
Tinamarie Smith, president of the Manufactured Housing Association of Maine shared a letter with MHMSM.com she wrote in preparation for a meeting January 12th with Senator Olympia Snowe and Professor Elizabeth Warren, who is tasked with establishing the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was created by the …
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AZJournal.com reports that Dale Call, the administrator of the Snowflake Arizona Planning and Zoning/Building Safety Department, made a presentation on a proposed overlay zone for manufactured homes at the Jan. 11 town council meeting. The report indicates the council has asked staff to research the feasibility of creating a new …
Exhibitors and attendees were heading home Friday from the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show. Promoters indicate the event was a resounding success with nearly 1,000 attendees. MHMSM.com Publisher and Marketing Director L.A. ‘Tony’ Kovach reports that “homes were sold, exhibitors were overall happy; attendees were in a good, upbeat mood.” More …
MHMSM.com Contributor and Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber took a break from a busy schedule at the National Association of Home Builder’s (NAHB) International Building Show (IBS) in Orlando today to tell us about some of the excitement surrounding home exhibits by both Champion and Palm Harbor Homes. Suzanne provides some insight about …
From Tennessee, Blount Today reports that the Community Partnership Award given by Maryville Schools Foundation has been presented to Clayton Homes. The award is granted to a business that serves as a sustaining partner through financial support for the Maryville City Schools and youth programs in the community. As the report …
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From Kansas, the Salina Journal reports community owners are concerned about the city’s effort to clean up some of the town’s 13 mobile home parks. According to the report, Salina’s director of community and development services, told commissioners that city staff found caved-in roofs, missing doors, steps and skirts and …
NaplesNews.com reports LeeCorp Homes Inc. is hosting a grand opening featuring Jacobsen Homes 2011 models on Saturday, Jan. 15 at its model center in Estero, Florida. Jacobsen Homes is based in Safety Harbor, Florida and has been building manufactured homes since 1959. LeeCorp Homes is Southwest Florida’s exclusive dealer of …
