The Daily Business News has provided in-depth coverage of the reaction to the National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast and story Mobile Home Park Owners Can Spoil An Affordable American Dream, and the attack on investor owned communities by MHAction. The ongoing response from the industry’s professionals is to keep pointing …
NPR, MHAction memo, Cities Raise Fees, Close Manufactured Home Communities too Read More
The so-called “tiny home” movement has received quite a bit of coverage, both good and bad. Some call them sustainable and affordable, while others say that they are an impractical, illegal and an ineffective solution. Nevertheless, the media tends to love tiny houses. In Palm Springs, California, realtor Paul Kaplan …
Beginning of the Smaller Manufactured Home Revolution? Read More
A new year, a new month, and a new set of featured articles are found on the MHProNews.com home page. Our theme for will be posted on the Masthead blog Tuesday. More Featured Articles will be posted Tuesday, including addtional ones that are upcoming trade show related. To see the …
A Montana and Idaho nonprofit agency has launched a program to help people who live in what they called “mobile homes” to make repairs and improvements without having to resort to taking out high interest loans. Missoula based Montana and Idaho Community Development Corp. (MICDC) is rolling out the new …
Agency Offers “Mobile Home Improvement Loans” for Communities and Homes Read More
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service (RHS) announced it would begin a pilot project that would open up lending for manufactured home loans on existing (pre-owned, used) manufactured homes, per a report by Brian Collins on National Mortgage News. Doug Ryan, director of affordable homeownership with the …
New Federal Lending Option “Opens” for Manufactured Homes in Quiet, pre-New Year Report Read More
Roger Thompson is one of the millions of manufactured home owners who are happy, but with one big difference. He was willing to go on camera and tell his story to all who will listen. Thompson says that the people “…that come into my home are like, “Oh my gosh…This …
Thompson – ‘OMG! Manufactured Home Like My $200,000 House!’ Read More
A flurry of comments follows the controversial, and many would say, flawed story by National Public Radio’s (NPR) correspondent, Daniel Zwerdling. Broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered, one professional suggested that the taxpayer-sponsored program ought to be renamed, Only Progressive Viewpoints Considered. Tim Williams, M. Mark Weiss and community owner/investor …
In a story that the Daily Business News originally covered in September, residents at the Lowry Grove Mobile Home Park in St. Anthony, Minnesota have received news that the deadline for closing the community has been pushed from March 15 to June 30, 2017, the end of the school year. …
In a follow up to a story that the Daily Business News originally covered in October, hundreds of residents are now facing imminent eviction from the East End Mobile Home Park in Manassas, Virginia. And, once again, they are asking the city council to help. But they feel that they …
Residents Facing Eviction Ask City Council for Lifeline Read More
As December rolls on, the current featured articles are found on the MHProNews home page. Our theme for this month is: DAAD = Dramatic! Advent! Adventure! December 2016! To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click the link above. Manufactured, …
The Christmas spirit is alive and well around the nation in the manufactured housing industry this season. Michael A. McClendon runs a nonprofit outreach organization, Whatever It Takes, that was designed to help homeless men. Then, a woman approached him in need with her two children. Her husband had beaten …
Christmas! Business Donates Manufactured Homes to Those in Need Read More
Data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows that Americans bought homes in November at the fastest pace in nearly a decade. Sales of existing homes rose 0.7 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.61 million housing units. That was up from a downwardly revised …
U.S. Existing Homes Sales Reach Highest Level in Nine Years Read More
Toronto, Canada based Tricon Capital Group Inc. (TCN.TO), recently announced that its Tricon Lifestyle Communities (“TLC”) investment vertical has acquired a portfolio of three manufactured housing communities in California comprising a total of 421 residential pads for $30.4 million. Tricon Capital tells the Daily Business News that two of the …
Inside Look – Tricon Capital’s Recent Manufactured Home Community Moves Read More
UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE: UMH) has been busy in the week leading up to the Christmas holiday. UMH announced on December 19th that it has closed on its $4.33 million acquisition of a community in Ohio. The all-age community contains 124 developed homesites situated on approximately 121 acres with and occupancy …
UMH Properties Makes More Moves, Promotion Announced Read More
For residents of the Kayadeross Acres Manufactured Home Cooperative in Ballston Spa, New York, Christmas came early this year. New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), ROC USA and PathStone announced that thanks to a $3.4 million loan, homeowners in the 33-acre community were able to purchase the land …
NYS Homes and Community Renewal, ROC USA and Pathstone Deliver Christmas Cheer Read More
The combination of strong winds, lack of water and a wheel bearing sparked blaze led to the loss of half of a manufactured home in Pilot Point, Texas on December 17th. Per the Herald Democrat, firefighters from nearby Tioga, Gunter, Collinsville and North Shore helped Pilot Point crews to fight …
Wheel Bearing Blaze Chars Manufactured Home on Roadway Read More
An O’Fallon, Illinois “mobile home” resident took a cold matter into their own hands. It didn’t end well. A resident’s effort to warm frozen pipes under his home resulted in a fire and smoke damage on December 18th. Per the Belleville News-Democrat, the home’s resident told officials that he was …
Blowtorching A ‘Mobile Home?’ Bad Idea, Says Official Read More
MHProNews and MHLivingNews Publisher L.A. “Tony” Kovach has penned an open letter to newly appointed Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson. “Let me begin by congratulating you and President-elect Donald J. Trump. By way of introduction, like you, my truly better half and I publicly supported Mr. …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has released a report, “Quick Facts Trends and Information About the Manufactured Housing Industry ” which includes key data and shows growth for the industry. The report cites that manufactured housing provides a practical, viable and affordable housing solution for residents across a wide range of …
Manufactured Housing Industry Statistics and Fast Facts Reports 2007-2015 Read More
As December rolls on, a new set of featured articles are found on the MHProNews’ home page. Our theme for this month is: DAAD = Dramatic! Advent! Adventure! December 2016! To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click the link …
