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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News June 5-June 12, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Media Should Re-Visit Dodd-Frank Reporting in Light of Congressional Testimony Modular Versus Manufactured Homes: Which Is Right for You?   What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Lake Villa MH community sells for $11.3 million. HUD Code production climbs 9.9% in April. …

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The Hill’s Angels Ride Again

One of Western Canada’s largest modular home retailers, Jandel Homes is once again sponsoring the Hills Angels MS Bike fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis, as they ride from LeDuc to Camroe, Alberta, Canada, just outside Edmonton which is Jandel’s home base. MS Bike has been critical to the MS Society’s fundraising …

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Modular Homes Building Underway in Ireland for Homeless Families

As part of Dublin, Ireland City Council’s drive to house homeless families that continue to increase in number quarterly, as MHProNews last reported March 3, 2016, work has begun preparing an open green space in Cherry Orchard for up to 24 modular homes. Rife with anti-social behavior in the past, …

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From Surfboard Builder to Sustainable Home Builder

A longtime builder of surfboards in Australia, Nev Hyman became increasingly concerned about plastic waste he saw in the ocean, which led him to consider building inexpensive housing from recycled materials, as mashable informs MHProNews. Initially, he wanted to build homes using plastics, so he invested in a plastics recycling …

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Modular Homeless Shelter Planned for British Columbia

In a letter to the city of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, B. C. Housing requested a second extension, this one for nine-months, to continue using the temporary housing shelter on Lougheed Highway, which would allow more time to prepare a more permanent modular housing facility, according to mapleridgenews. The …

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Employment Services Offered to Former Mod-U-Kraf Workers

Following a story MHProNews last posted May 11, 2016 regarding the sudden end of operations for Innovative Building Systems (IBS) and the fall out that closed Excel Homes, and  Mod-U-Kraf Homes in Rocky Mount, VA, roanoke reports the Franklin Center in Rocky Mount held a support and job-seeking gathering for …

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Modular Home on Tap as Students Partner to Prepare for Solar Decathlon 2017

A team of designers and engineers from Daytona State College (DSC) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Florida–known as Team Daytona Beach–is building a solar-powered home as one of 14 international teams chosen to compete in the 2017 U. S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The competition requires students to …

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Manufactured Housing is Moving in New Mexico

Mark Duran, executive director of the New Mexico Manufactured Housing Association, stated the resurgence in appeal of the manufactured home (MH) stems from the desire of home ownership, built-in amenities and lower cost, and today’s buyers range from the starter home set to the well-being who have often cashed out …

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Minority-owned Builder Plans Modular Homes as Infill in Minneapolis

In an attempt to revitalize Minneapolis’ North Side which is plagued with crime, high unemployment and boarded-up housing, the largest black-owned business in Minnesota is moving its headquarters to the area. It intends to establish a new company that will sell and site modular homes as infill for some of …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News May 22-May 29, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com NeighborWorks, Clayton Homes Partner with Next Step Homes in Waco, Texas How a Professional Couple saved $100,000 on a New Home in Tennessee What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MH Communities closing in Minnesota, New York. Cavco stock closes above $100. …

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Former MH Community Property will Host Modular Homes for Homeless

The one-time site of a manufactured home community in Caversham, United Kingdom will soon see 28 modular homes for homeless families, as MHProNews has learned from getreading.co.uk. The goal of the Reading Borough Council is to address the chronic lack of temporary housing in the borough and reduce the use …

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Modular Home Dealer Ordered to Jail on 21 Theft Charges

Harking back to a post MHProNews published Feb. 23, 2016 regarding Wyoming Homes owner David Valenti pleading guilty to 19 counts of theft for not delivering modular homes for which he had been paid, he has now pleaded guilty to 21 counts of theft, alleging he stole over $240,000 from …

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Manufactured Housing Institute’s National Congress and Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing

From naplesnews, MHProNews has learned Fort Myers, Fla.-based Murex Properties won the 2016 Community of the Year award, Western Region for its Dolce Vita manufactured home community (MHC) east of Phoenix. The annual honor was bestowed upon Murex at the Manufactured Housing Institute’s National Congress and Expo for Manufactured and …

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Cavco Industries Releasing Quarterly Numbers May 26

MHProNews has learned from globenewswire that manufactured and modular home producer Cavco Industries, Inc. will release its financials for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016 on Thurs., May 26, 2016, after the close of the market. On Fri., May 27, 2016, at 1 PM eastern daylight time, senior management …

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MH Industry Leaders Pursue New Marketing Strategies

At the 2016 National Congress & Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing held in Las Vegas, 700 manufactured housing (MH) professionals heard a panel of industry leaders state that, with the onset of seniors downsizing, single-parent households and Millennials becoming the largest consumer group, the time is ripe for MH …

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Ireland Dealing with Severe Affordable Housing Shortage

Noting that one third of the people in Ireland need some form of state support to buy or rent a home, Housing Minister Simon Coveney, speaking to the Housing Agency’s annual conference, said, “Affordability is the real challenge facing housing in Ireland.” Facing a deadline at the end of July …

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Self-sustaining Community Features Vertical Gardens

Presented at the 2016 Venice Architecture Bienalle, and set to launch this summer in the Netherlands, this new self-reliant concept involves waste recycling, energy generation and food production to attain sustainable living. Based on a study from Stanford University, each village combines homes, greenhouses and public buildings, interconnecting vertical farming …

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“The Tesla of Housing” Claims Dutch Architect Knijtijzer

Dutch architect Jurrian Knijtijzer has developed a stackable and addable, modular building system for homes, offices, clinics or schools that is also 95 percent recyclable. Made of sustainable lumber from a tree farm—his company, Finch Buildings, plants a tree for every one they cut down–builds the 13 ft. X 33 …

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Modular Apartment Builder Seeks Replacement for Keiser

The fallout continues from the bankruptcy of Innovative Building Systems, as MHProNews last reported May 7, 2016, closing Keiser Homes, leaving the developers of 82 High Street in Farmington, ME, a nonprofit affordable housing complex, to find a replacement builder. The complex’s board of directors will review proposals from three …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News May 15-May 22, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Illinois Professional Couple Discover their Getaway Home near Florida’s top Beaches What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MH Community adding 46 homes. Malibu manufactured home goes for $3.5 million. Oregon MHC sets new record. Oklahoma City has first modular hotel. Americans …

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