Residents of the Driftwood Mobile Home Park in Modesto, California, were issued voluntary evacuation orders on Friday. The community sits along the Tuolumne River, and with another major storm system due to hit the area; officials were not taking any chances. While some of the homes in the community sit …
At a recent Ronda, North Carolina Board of Commissioners meeting, guest speakers had a lot to say, dominating the entire first half hour. According to the Elkin Tribune, the issues were around Ronda’s Mobile Home Resolution and Shady Hill Mobile Home Park. David Yelverton and Shannon Neal, potential purchasers of …
In the northern California city of Arcata, the City Council voted last week to approve a draft ordinance on rent control for manufactured home communities. According to the Times-Standard, the draft ordinance is based of Humboldt County‘s Measure V, which was approved by voters in November. The Daily Business News …
In the state of Nevada, the Department of Business and Industry presented a plan last week to combine the manufactured and state housing divisions. According to administrators, the move will improve efficiency and responsiveness to the public. “The merger would provide better service and open up resources for the agency,” …
The Safe Haven Mobile Home Park in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, has a very interesting history. But, unlike most communities, this one has accomplished that feat without even being built. According to the Daily Iberian, before a permitting battle could begin, the Iberia Parish Council was eyeing its manufactured home community …
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In California, the San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most expensive places to live in the state. Some one-bedroom apartments in downtown San Francisco can start at $4000 per month. South of San Francisco, in the city of Sunnyvale, one of the last affordable housing havens in the …
In the Mohawk Valley of New York state, an ongoing battle between a manufactured home community and the town it’s in, one side landed what could be a knockout blow. According to the Times Telegram, Bill and Virginia Jaquish, owners of the Creekside Mobile Home Park in German Flatts have …
A new month means new-featured articles on the MHProNews.com home page. This month’s theme? Frank, Frustrations and Free Enterprise February in MHLand, 2017. 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, modular and prefabricated home …
The town of Faro in the Yukon Territory of Canada wants to move the factory-built homes from land it owns in order to develop a recreational vehicle park, much to the consternation of residents who assert some of their homes are too old to move, according to what cbc.ca tells …
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The proposed expansion of a manufactured home community in Water Valley, Mississippi, appears to have hit a snag after a city meeting this week. According to the Oxford Eagle, city officials said that the city does not have the capacity to provide sewage for the entire project. In response to questions …
The residents of Balls Ferry Fishing Resort & Mobile Home Park in Anderson, California, were dealt a blow by heavy rains this week, which caused the nearby Sacramento River to crest and flood the community. According to the Record-Searchlight, heavy rain slammed into the area on Monday and into Tuesday, …
Silverpoint Homes, a West Virginia-based company that specializes in the sale and construction of modular houses, is the new owner of the former Nationwide Homes of the Triad in Whitsett, North Carolina. According to Triad Business Journal, this is the second location for Silverpoint Homes in the state, with the …
Modular Builder Acquires Retailer, Misconceptions Corrected Read More
A visit to a manufactured home community in Chapmanville, West Virginia, by the Logan County Health Department quickly turned into a crisis. Community landlord George Evans told residents of the Caroline Estates Mobile Home Park on January 29th that they needed to be out of the community by January 31st …
Bad Actor? MHC Residents Given 48 Hours Notice to Vacate Read More
A new month means new-featured articles on the MHProNews.com home page. This month’s theme? Frank, Frustrations and Free Enterprise February in MHLand, 2017. Manufactured, modular and prefabricated home professionals know that how a home got to its location should not define a person or their dwelling. What the Daily Business News spotlights …
A tragic event in Champaign County, Ohio, on Monday shined a bright light on the differences between mobile and manufactured homes, and why terminology matters. The mobile home fire left Kalleen Emmons, 23, in critical condition and Robert Garringer, 31, in serious condition. Two children were also injured. According to …
Mobile, Manufactured Home Fire Myths go Up in Smoke Read More
UMH Properties (NYSE: UMH) celebrated its 50th anniversary at the New York Stock Exchange last week, including ringing the closing bell. At the same time, a Nashville publication that had previously offered the company praise was telling a very different story. According to the Tennessean, residents at UMH owned properties …
The southern U.S. was severely affected this weekend, as tornadoes and storms destroyed homes, injured dozens and killed 16. According to the Chicago Tribune, a tornado blew through a manufactured home community in rural Cook County in southern Georgia causing damage and killing seven people. “The tornado leveled the park …
Tornadoes, Severe Weather Ravage South, Misconceptions Abound 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 this month is: Jiu Jitsu January in Manufactured Homeland, USA. To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, …
Residents of a Cleves, Ohio manufactured home community are breathing a sigh of relief. For now. According to WCPO, residents of the Candlelight Mobile Home Park have been in a fight to save their homes, and they got one company to back off and not force them out. But residents …
In Richmond, Virginia, a manufactured home community is going through the pains of change. Dennis Pasqualino purchased Rudd’s Trailer Park at auction in March. When the purchase was completed, he told residents that he planned to install surveillance cameras and remove some of the empty homes. While that hasn’t happened …
