Montana State District Court Judge George Huss abruptly ended a jury trial early in Bozeman, and awarded a development corporation $650,000 to be paid by the Gallatin County Commission for denying a proposal to develop the Gateway Village subdivision and site factory-built homes, MHProNews has learned. The commission had denied …
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A complex of modular housing units in a small town in southern Italy when viewed from the air looks like swastikas, according to what thetimesofisrael tells MHProNews. Nestled in a neighborhood of the small town of Specchiolla in the Province of Brindisi, the four housing units that form each swastika …
Modular Housing in Italy, U. S. Look Nefarious from Air Read More
Following a story MHProNews last posted Sept. 15, 2015 regarding the proposed housing of homeless families in modular homes, the social support agency of the Archdiocese of Dublin, Crosscare, weighed in with its support of the proposal as an interim solution to the shortage of social housing in Dublin, reports …
World’s Advanced Saving Project (WASP) is an Italian company that has built a 40-foot tall, 20-foot wide 3D printer that uses clay and dirt to construct low cost houses. As realtytoday tells MHProNews, the huge machine, termed Big Delta, is a large metal frame with a nozzle in the middle …
A major pipeline build covering 52 miles from Cadiz to Canton, Ohio will create 400 jobs in the Dover area to serve as headquarters for the Marathon Oil project constructed by Price Gregory pipeline company, which is leasing 20 acres for offices and storage of tools, materials and equipment, according …
Factory-built Structures will Provide Offices and Storage for Pipeline Build Read More
With the need for 250,000 homes per year needed in London, as MHProNews reported Sept. 11, 2015, last year think tank New London Architecture and the mayor headed up an international call for help to solve the shortage, receiving over 200 proposals from architects, developers, and private citizens in 16 …
London Receives 200 Innovative Proposals to Address Housing Shortage Read More
According to moneyflowindex, shares of manufactured home community (MHC) owner Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) jumped by 3.55 percent in the past week, and 0.01 in the past four weeks. The shares have bested the S&P 500 by 6.34 percent in the past week and 1.07 percent for the past four …
Cavco Industries, Sun Communities Shine on Wall St. Read More
Following a story MHProNews last posted March 15, 2012 regarding a former Alabama lawmaker who admitted swindling nearly $250,000 from six post-Katrina victims for new modular homes that were never delivered, a judge denied his appeal for freedom in exchange for a down payment on restitution, according to bayoubuzz. John …
Former Lawmaker who Swindled Modular Home Buyers to Remain in Prison Read More
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MHProNews has leaned from winnipegsun that Tina McCorrister of the Peguis First Nation says 37 modular homes that were purchased from an American company for almost $3.5 million all have problems that make them uninhabitable. Mould was discovered in the first seven homes because they had not been properly wrapped …
Modular Homes Received by Canada’s Peguis are all Defective Read More
Following a story MHProNews published Aug. 19, 2015 regarding a container housing project for the homeless in Honolulu, Mayor Kirk Caldwell now proposes a temporary modular housing facility for homeless families on the Leeward Coast. “There are not enough sites for families and as we do our enforcement actions, we …
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At a meeting of the Kent County Commissioners in Maryland, discussion turned to the importance of affordable housing as a means to attracting new business and young families to the county, according to myeasternshoremd. At the Maryland Association of Counties meeting, officials from several counties criticized a requirement of the …
Mandated Sprinkler Systems may be Slowing New Home Building Read More
While in previous years, students in construction classes at South Sioux City High School made clocks or built cabinets, this year, according to what siouxcityjournal tells MHProNews, they are building a modular home. Instructor Joe Krajicek said practicality was the momentum behind the new project. “We started looking at ways …
MHPronews has learned from constructionenquirer that modular building specialist Caledonian Modular in the UK is closing its Driffield manufacturing facility in East Yorkshire and transferring those operations to its Newark plant, with minimal loss of jobs. A spokesman for Caledonian Modular said: “Caledonian has ambitious plans to double revenue over …
Champion Homes Subsidiary Consolidating Space in United Kingdom Read More
MHProNews has learned from dezeen the Shelter Unit for Rapid Installation (SURI) was originally designed to provide modular housing after earthquakes, but is now being used to house the millions fleeing conflicts in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. Developed by Spain’s Surricatta Systems, additional units can be added to …
Spanish Modular Units Housing Refugees from Middle East and African Conflicts Read More
MHProNews last published a story on July 10, 2015, regarding the effort to site modular homes around Dublin, Ireland to ease homelessness of families who have been living in one-room motels for up to two years without cooking facilities. By exhibiting six samples of modular housing, the Dublin Region Homeless …
While MODS (Modular on Demand Structures) International of Grand Chute, Wisconsin has sold 300 modular homes worldwide converted from shipping containers, Jose Atencio and his girlfriend, Aubrey Lorge, are combining four of the units to make a 1,100 square foot home to be sited in Menasha, WI, the first of …
Company Ships Converted Modular Container Homes Worldwide Read More
The National Modular Housing Council (NMHC) tells MHProNews that 3,509 modular homes were shipped in the second quarter of 2015, a drop of one percent from the same quarter of 2014. Compared to the second quarter of 2014, 20 states revealed increases and 12 states lost shipment numbers, while in …
With the need in the United Kingdom of 250,000 homes per year to meet the demand, globalconstructionreview is telling MHProNews a new modular home is touted as being ready to occupy in only eight weeks from start to finish, half the normal 16 weeks to build, according to building research …
With concerns over the high cost of housing in New Zealand, the Auckland Home Show emphasized smaller and more economical options, according to stuff.co.nz. One of the small-living products was modular Ecotech homes, imported from China and then assembled on site. The process from order to completion takes four months. …
Modular Homes being Imported from China to New Zealand Read More
