Heading to the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show January 12-14? The latest newsletter from Dennis Hill at Show Ways has updated information about exhibitors, hotels and seminars that will include information on effective pricing, self-financing and how to dominate your local market. The newsletter contains an up-to-date list of exhibitors including …
If he wanted to, Warren Buffett could have brought manufactured housing issues into the White House today. While the specific topics of discussion weren’t available, Buffett was there with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to give President Obama ideas on how to keep America competitive. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, of course, owns …
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Channel WAFB in Louisiana ran a story Tuesday titled Flames destroy manufactured home in minutes. We asked an expert, who says visual evidence from the photo suggests this is a pre-HUD Code mobile home, not a manufactured home built to the federal safety standards established by the HUD Code. Thus …
Scorched Louisiana Home Likely Misidentified as Manufactured Read More
From Florida, the Herald Tribune reports that residents of Country Lakes Villages, a two-property manufactured home community, have completed their bid to buy their properties for $31 million. According to the report, the homeowners bought the Palmetto property from California-based Country Lakes MHP Communities LLC. The deal that just closed …
From California, the Santa Monica Daily Press reports the City Council there is set to approve $9.2 million for a new manufactured home financing program. A maximum of 54 manufactured homes at the Mountain View Mobile Home Park, which can accommodate 105 homes, would be eligible for purchase under the …
From Iowa, KCRG reports that a crowd of a few hundred people recently attended a Johnson County Board of Supervisors meeting, nearly all of them rural residents opposed to a proposed property maintenance code. According to the report, the code is aimed at giving the county the power to require …
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The Manufactured Housing Institute’s actual shipments report indicates that 3,841 new HUD Code homes were shipped in October 2010, down 15.7 percent from October 2009. Decreases were across the board with shipments of both single-section and multi-section homes down compared with the same month last year. Compared with 2009, manufactured …
Also from the Manufactured Housing Institute Week in Review, FEMA’s National Disaster Housing Task Force has just published its Concept of Operations (CONOPS), which describes the Federal coordination of disaster housing assistance preparation in response and recovery. A public teleconference will be held on December 15 from 1:00 p.m. to …
FEMA Announces Teleconference on National Disaster Housing Concept Paper Read More
From Alabama, AL.com reports that a town formed in 2009 to stave off annexation may be unraveling due to a controversy over manufactured homes. About five months ago, at the height of the Gulf Oil Spill, more than three dozen neighbors petitioned to secede from the town limits. The catalyst …
From Massachusetts, Wicked Local Carver reports that some manufactured home owners there may be able to keep their sheds free of additional assessment. Residents of Cranberry Village were warned the town wanted to add the value of sheds and outbuildings to the community’s overall assessment. A petition lead to legislation, …
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From California, SignOnSanDiego.com reports that residents of the 76-acre De Anza Cove Mobile-Home Park (a mixed community including manufactured homes) have reached a $3.6 million settlement with the city of San Diego for the poor treatment they received from a property management company hired by the city. The property-management company …
Community Residents Receive Settlement After Harsh Actions by Management Read More
Provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will bring about the transfer of oversight on the SAFE Act from HUD to the newly-created Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) in July. That brings to light several issues, including competing definitions of a mortgage originator in the SAFE …
From the Lone Star State, the Courier of Montgomery County reports that a plan to build a manufactured home subdivision next to their neighborhood, the residents of Conroe’s Lincoln Heights went before the City Council seeking a meeting with city officials and developer Leo Hewett. The homeowners have expressed concern …
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The Virginian-Pilot reports that the Virginia Beach City Council has approved a resolution asking owners of factory-built home communities to give more help to tenants who may have to relocate. Long-term redevelopment plans would eliminate five of the city’s ten older factory-built home communities, containing some 900 homes. The measure …
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The real estate term chattel is falling out of favor with the manufactured housing industry. During a webinar December 9 on pending financial reform regulation, the Manufactured Housing Institute urged the industry to begin instead using the words personal property. It’s seems the term chattel could be relegated to the …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) held an information-providing webinar on Thursday concerning its top legislative priority in the coming year, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The law is considered the most comprehensive rewrite of rules governing banking and financial services in decades and is expected to …
Dodd-Frank Bill Could Create Additional Barriers to Financing Read More
Top manufacturers will be showcasing innovative techniques in home building at the Kentucky Exposition Center this January. MHMSM.com will be one of many exhibitors at the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show. “The show is an opportunity to have a fresh look at green, safe and affordable manufactured housing,” says Manufactured Housing …
Innovations in Home Manufacturing to be on Display at Louisville Show Read More
From California, the Napa Valley Register reports that troubled rental properties there could be replaced with new manufactured homes. The report indicates the county is filing a petition with the Napa County Superior Court to have a third party temporarily take over rental homes at Cuttings Wharf, where officials have …
Trouble With Properties in Wine Country Could be Solved with Manufactured Housing Read More
It looks like Champion is joining the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). Two independent, reliable sources have told MHMSM.com that Champion has applied to join the organization. According to its website, Champion is a leader in the manufactured housing industry and one of the largest modular homebuilders in …
From the San Luis Obispo Tribune comes a story about scaling down and stepping up into a manufactured home. The article features retirees Saul and Carol Goldberg who downsized to Avila Beach’s San Luis Bay Estates, an upscale community of manufactured homes. Residents own their lots and a homeowners association …
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