Following a story out of Washington, Indiana MHProNews has been covering on which we last reported Dec. 18, 2015, regarding the classification of factory-built homes into three categories for purposes of siting, existing homes would be grandfathered in. If a manufactured home has to be replaced, the replacement home must …
Indiana City Relaxes Restrictions on Replacing Manufactured Homes Read More
The 7,000 square foot duplex condominium penthouse once owned by Richard Klarchek, former head of Chicago-based Capital First Realty, which owned a portfolio of manufactured home communities (MHCs) around the Midwest, sold for $4.25 million last month, according to chicagobusiness. It came on the market in Feb. at $6.4 million. …
MHProNews has learned from Marcus & Millichap that Dan Mulkey, vice president investments in the firm’s Tampa Bay office, arranged the sale of Livingston Mobile Home Park in Lutz, Fla. The 65 home site manufactured home community (MHC), set on ten acres, sold for $1,465,000 to a Tampa-based buyer who …
In New Mexico, Michael Baca’s appeal to keep a pre HUD Code home was denied by the Torrance County Commission by a 2-1 vote Dec. 23, although it did pull at the heartstrings of the commissioners to essentially deny a family a place to live. Mr. Baca, with two kids, …
Manufactured home community owners in Bismarck, South Dakota are complaining that special assessments imposed by the city council on manufactured home sites are double those of lots for single-family homes, adding it puts an unfair burden on those who can least afford it. Residents pay taxes on their homes and …
Special Assessments on MHC Sites draws Ire of Owners Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Local Star Chambers Wage War on Affordable Housing What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Thugs threaten modular homeless housing in Dublin. Dodd-Frank reform dropped from bill. Fowl foul manufactured home expansion. Ordinance classifies 3 types of MH. Site-built starts & permits …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Dec. 13-Dec. 20, 2015 Read More
Under a new manufactured housing ordinance being drawn up by the city of Washington, Indiana, as washtimesherald tells MHProNews, incoming Building Commissioner Bryan Sergesketter states there are three types of manufactured housing, as Lindsay Owens writes: “Type I, which is set on a permanent foundation; Type II, which is brought …
New Ordinance Classifies Manufactured Homes into Three Types Read More
Long-time manufactured home retailer and community owner Mary “Irene” Younkin, 95, passed away in Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 5, 2015. She was chairwoman of Greenlawn Realty, and co-founder of Greenlawn Mobile Home Sales as well as Greenlawn RV Center, and several land lease communities. Inducted into the RV/MH Hall of Fame …
MHProNews published a story on October 18, 2013 reporting that the owners of California’s Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, the Jissers, were interested in selling the community of 104 homes for possibly over $30 million if their plan is approved by the city of Palo Alto, where the median home …
Palo Alto Levying Millions on Manufactured Home Community for Closing Read More
Updating a story MHProNews posted from Mohave County, Arizona Nov. 16 regarding an ordinance that would restrict manufactured homes (MH) older than seven years from unincorporated areas of the county, the Mohave County supervisors voted to send that section back to planning and zoning, and not enforce it until P&Z …
A new ordinance requiring all manufactured homes (MH) being moved from one property to another within the county must have been produced no more than seven years from the request date for the permit, under a zoning change that takes effect in Mojave County, Arizona, Dec. 2, 2015. The previous …
Ordinance Requires Manufactured Homes to be Under Seven Years Read More
The Seward County, Kansas commissioners have agreed to ease restrictions on replacing a manufactured or mobile home with a newer model by not requiring the owner to apply for a special zoning exception, which necessitates a public hearing with board of zoning appeals. As leaderandtimes tells MHProNews, the planning commission …
Kansas County Eases Upgrade on Manufactured Home Replacement Read More
MHProNews has learned from azbigmedia that Westview Mobile Home and RV Park in Glendale, Arizona has been sold for $1 million by 6331 W Glendale LLC to Westview Park LLC, arranged by John Sheedy with Park Brokerage Inc. The 33 home site all-age manufactured home (MH) and recreational vehicle community …
Land Lease Community Sells for $1 Million in Arizona Read More
Addressing the notion that many people think “mobile home” when modular home is mentioned, modularmusings tells MHProNews that Bill Gassett, in an article entitled Maximum Exposure Real Estate Blog on the Pros and Cons of Modular Homes, says that customization is not available in modular home building. Noting the need …
The Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA), at its 44th Annual Meeting and Convention held in Little Rock, presented Industry Achievement Awards to association members for their contributions to the manufactured home industry. AMHA Executive Director J. D. Harper tells MHProNews Country Comfort Homes of Hot Springs, AR was named 2015 …
Arkansas MHA Names Industry Achievement Recipients Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Hope Fair Housing tell MHProNews that the DOJ has announced “that the owners and operators of the Williams Trailer Court mobile home park in Marion, Illinois, had agreed to pay $75,000 to settle allegations that they discriminated against African Americans and families with children, …
Justice Strikes Again – another Manufactured Home Operation Settles Case Read More
5 years after its passage, Dodd-Frank remains one of the hotly contested legacies of the Obama Administration. Supporters of the law believe that it provides important consumer protections. Others point to facts suggesting CFPB over-reach with respect to manufactured housing chattel – or personal property, “home-only loans” – are creating …
Twin Town Homes was incorporated in Maine 60 years ago and Bob Huatori has been there for 50 of those years, starting as a lot boy when he was 20, becoming president 25 years ago, and inheriting the business in 2006 when the son of the founder, Hayward Luck, passed …
Updating a story MHProNews published Jan. 16, 2015 regarding the city of Pearl, Mississippi’s attempt to prevent a manufactured home community (MHC) from refilling vacated sites with manufactured homes (MH), Madison-Rankin Circuit Judge John H. Emfinger ruled the city does not have that authority, saying the ordinance would destroy the …
Judge Rules Manufactured Home Community’s Right to Replace Homes Read More
MHProNews has learned from athensreview the Athens (Texas) City Council voted to amend an ordinance that alters the age of manufactured homes (MH) that are allowed to be sited in the city. The ordinance originally allowed MH from 1990 to be moved in, according to Athens Director of Planning and …
Texas City Allows only Newer Manufactured Homes to be Sited Read More
