Luxury modular homebuilder C3 Design, Inc. in Greenwood, Mississippi has purchased Franklin Homes of Russellville, Alabama which has produced modular residential and commercial buildings for 46 years. C3 Designs owner Fred Carl, Jr. tells MHProNews he will invest in infrastructure and expansion of the Franklin line, but it will continue …
While the tiny home movement is springing up in different parts of the country with newly-built homes and modular micro apartments ranging in size from 200 to 500 square feet, Hugh Siler has restored an original 1923 four-plex in Orange County, California, each apartment with 475 square feet. When Siler …
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Chapter 40B, Massachusetts’ comprehensive permit law, which encourages the production of affordable housing, allows developers of low cost housing to override some local zoning laws if the affordable housing stock of the community does not equal ten percent of total homes. Specifically, the new housing projects do not have to …
Legislation would Classify Manufactured Homes as Affordable Read More
MHProNews has learned Interfaith Housing Services in Hutchinson, Kansas has received two parcels of land from the Hutchinson Land Bank to construct two modular homes. The non-profit only had to pay closing costs, according to hutchnews. Interfaith’s director of operations, Ron Fisher, said the three-bedroom, two-bath homes will each have …
Following a story MHProNews posted June 17, 2015 regarding the Dublin, Ireland City Council’s plan to provide modular housing units for the city’s homeless, a Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) spokeswoman said the city is determining a site for examples of the units to go on display. She said the …
Last month the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe in Connecticut broke ground on an affordable housing project of four modular units that will be ready for occupancy in September. There had been a rental housing wait list for years that produced few results. The tribe’s Housing Committee recently replaced it with selection …
Indian Tribe Installing Modular Homes on Reservation Read More
A study by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) in Great Britain reiterates the need for 250,000 new homes each year for the next decade, as MHProNews reported July 2, 2015 instead of the 120,000 new units currently being produced, according to telegraph.co.uk. IME suggests modular homes would ease the …
Our goal in presenting news and views from the manufactured and modular home industry is to help you, our readers, make the best possible decision in your business. To that end, we continue to upgrade our presentation to better inform you. In this week’s news you will read of developments …
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The appeal to people who cannot afford traditional built homes is leading the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada to alter its land use rules for manufactured and modular homes so that any singe-detached home can be classified as a dwelling and sited anywhere in town. Planning Commission Chairman Brian …
Following a story MHProNews last reported on June 23, 2015 regarding proposed container units modified into modular housing for homeless residents of Honolulu, Mayor Kirk Caldwell had refused to sign a budget because funding for the program was not provided. As staradvertiser reports, in the aftermath of the assault on …
Attack on State Rep. Hastens Contract for Modular Housing Read More
The government in the United Kingdom continues to fall short of providing affordable housing because of its reliance on the private sector, according to worldcement/europe. Noting the need for 250,000 homes annually to tackle the spiraling home prices and the critical shortage of affordable housing, MHProNews understands the benefits of …
Manufactured Housing on Table for UK Affordable Housing Confab Read More
Following the nearly four-year-old on-again, off-again saga of Forest City Ratner’s building of what is billed as the largest modular residential structure in the world in New York City, the mega firm has created a new position to head the modular housing division. Manhattan construction firm executive Susan Hayes will …
Mammoth Modular Project in NYC Moving Forward, Again Read More
Low-income Vermont homebuyers interested in purchasing a high performance modular home made by Vermod of Wilder, Vermont may be eligible for a 30-year mortgage at 3.25 percent interest if the home is sited in a manufactured home community (MHC). Under the USDA Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Pilot Program, if the …
Low Interest Mortgages Offered to Manufactured Home Community Residents Read More
Cambodia’s two-story pilot Framework House, built of bamboo and wood, was initially aimed at families afflicted with HIV who are in poor health, but will now be targeted generally to those with low incomes. A collaboration of Atelier COLE, Habitat for Humanity Cambodia and Building Trust International, the family for …
$2,500 Bamboo and Wood House Measures 861 Square Feet Read More
Following a story MHProNews posted June 2, 2015 regarding modular container units to house homeless families in Oahu, Hawaii, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell refused to sign the budget in part because the city council deleted funding for the Office of Strategic Development (OSD) staff needed to operate the program. Existing …
Honolulu Modular Homeless Initiative will Seek Funding Elsewhere Read More
Enerdynamic Hybrid Technologies Corp. (TSX-V: EHT) has agreed to acquire EVIA Finance S.A.R.L., a global manufacturer and installer of patented modular housing units for CAD (Canadian)$45.7 million, or $37,017,000 USD. Based in Luxembourg, EVIA produces proprietary modular homes that can be built in under one day, are 70 percent more …
Canadian Energy Co. Buying Modular Builder EVIA Finance of Luxembourg Read More
In manufactured housing news, UMH planning MHC as other MHCs closing, programs help MH buyers, MHC sells for $98k per homesite, Texas reports MH sales. In modular news, Magnolia Homes may be revived, Brad Pitt moves mods to Indian Rez, Mods house Irish homeless, micro mods go urban. In company …
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A proposal by UMH Properties, Inc. originally presented ten years ago for 253 modular homes in Coxsackie, New York has re-emerged as a manufactured home community (MHC) development with 161 homes. The original plan ran into community opposition as well as a threat to an endangered bird species and a …
UMH Properties Alters Plans from Modular to a Manufactured Home Community Read More
GC Blackstone, a commercial and residential building and development company subsidiary of Concordis Group, Inc. (CNGI:OTC) is planning a micro modular apartment building in Dallas with 60 units to address the need for affordable housing in this high cost market. Designed for the urban millennial, the housing will offer the …
Concordis Developing Micro Modular Units in Urban Settings Read More
Updating a story MHProNews posted June 6, 2015 regarding the closing of Magnolia Homes in Gering, Nebraska, geringcitizen reports local business leaders are working to keep the facility open and maintain the jobs in the community. In the area since the 1950s and at its present location since 1972, Harry …
