“I have learned that there’s a big need for low-income families to get some help,” says Robin Davis, of Davis Homes, a manufactured and modular home dealer in Peachland, North Carolina, reports ansonrecord. She says in the year since the business opened, about 400 people have come in and many …
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The Dublin, Ireland City Council has voted to erect up to 400 modular homes for the growing family homeless population following a plan rejected by the councillors to renovate 64 vacant apartments in O’Devaney Gardens The Dublin Joint Homelessness Consultative Forum (DJHCF) adopted a plan to “develop and propose a …
Guerdon Modular Buildings of Boise, Idaho has hired Pete Murray as president and chief operating officer (COO) as the company continues its growth in the western U. S. market, building modular multi-housing developments, reports idahobusinessreview. Murray has been vice-president of western manufacturing operations for Welch Allyn, a medical device maker …
Actor Brad Pitt initiated the Make it Right foundation to provide modular homes for survivors of Hurricane Katrina after it devastated the Ninth Ward in New Orleans. Now he is partnering with the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to bring 20 eco-friendly modular homes to be placed in a sustainable village …
Brad Pitt’s Foundation Installing Modular Homes for Fort Peck Indians Read More
Sydney, Australia-based architect Stephen Sainsbury has designed Ecoshelta, a series of modular homes constructed of wood frames and corrugated metal siding and roofs that can be made in a variety of styles with minimal environmental impact. The interiors are lined with plywood from certified-sustainable plantations, as curbed.detroit informs MHProNews. The …
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The University of Texas at Austin is partnering with Germany’s Technische Universitat Munchen to build a modular house that runs on water and sunshine for the U. S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition. According to customhomeonline, the home is also net zero for water and energy, and is based …
Super Efficient Modular House Destined for Solar Decathlon Read More
MHProNews has learned a medical mission to the town of Milot, Haiti, 75 miles from the capital, Port-au-Prince, included an ambulance donated to Sacre Coeur Hospital by George Gilpin, CEO and President of EasCare Ambulance in Dorchester, Massachusetts. In addition, the hospital last month received four modular housing units courtesy …
A New Jersey supplier of modular shipping containers that repurposes them to commercial applications, temporary modular houses and military uses has converted 16 containers for use as a five-story Air Traffic Control Tower fitted to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards. While this particular one is designated as a temporary tower …
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Gavin and Garrett Wright announce the opening of their new modular home sales center, G & G Home Center in Liberal, Kansas, and invite everyone to their grand opening Thursday, June 11 for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Their father, Darrell Wright established D & H Homes in Garden City, Kansas in …
Modules for a 700 unit apartment complex set for Fox Creek, Alberta, Canada will be built in a company-run factory near Shanghai, China and assembled on site, with the first phase of 48 suites, each 980 square feet, to be ready for occupancy in early 2016. Calgary’s Stack Modular is …
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In manufactured housing news, L. A. “Tony” Kovach defines path to revitalize the MH industry, while one MH supplier picks new head, another MH producer closes, HUD Code production continues rising, MHC reverting to stick-built homes, Cavco seeks tax abatement, AZ MHC closing, Sen. Donnelly and MHI’s Jennison defend H.R. …
The Manufactured and Modular Home Association of Minnesota informs MHProNews its 2015 Spring Conference kicks off the evening of June 8 in Plymouth, MN with an outdoor reception. Workshops during the Conference include: 2015 Session Update and Special Session Manufactured Home Sales, Required Forms, Laws, Installation Standards, and Licensing Reqirements …
Australian modular builder Ecoliv built a show home for the 2014 Sustainable Living Festival, according to treehugger. It features numerous green attributes including a vertical garden at the front entryway, a dry-tolerant garden fed with greywater and water cachement, a 2 kilowatt grid-connected solar system and solar hot water, electric …
MHProNews has learned Dowling Construction Co. in Oshkosh, Wisconsin lost its entire 25-person construction staff in 2008 in the wake of the housing bubble. The company was not able to hire anyone until they brought on two employees last year; they are now up to five workers, and have branched …
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A plan to modify 25 shipping containers into modular housing units that would each be subdivided into three or four living spaces of 40 to 53 square feet to house the homeless in Oahu, Hawaii has been announced by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. The aim is to provide temporary living …
Shipping Containers will become Modular Housing for the Homeless in Hawaii Read More
A Calgary, Alberta, Canada company that is building a modular motel in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada from steel shipping containers has plans to repeat the concept in the small town of Brudenheim near Fort Saskatchewan in central Alberta. Rhys Kane, business development director for Ladacor, says, “You can modify these …
A four-bedroom, two-story, Cape Cod modular house built by dozens of high school students at Portland Arts and Technology High School (PATHS) over the course of four academic years was finally sold and sited on the new owners foundation in Durham, Maine. A couple moving back from out of state …
The Giles County High School Technology Center Building Trades in Pearisburg, Virginia west of Roanoke is putting the final touches on a modular home that will be trucked to a site June 26 where a father and son will move into the home in August, according to roanoke. The 1,200 …
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The U. S. news this week was dominated by the flooding that ravaged Texas, leading to the loss of some 30 lives, 4,000 damaged homes and millions of dollars in damages. In manufactured housing news, residents at an MHC threaten to move because of high utilities, UMH acquires another MHC, …
Swedish architect Jonas Wagell has designed a modular home that is delivered flat-packed and requires only two days to assemble on site. The design includes an insulating polystyrene core clad with plywood or plastic laminate. The Mini House modules consist of prefabricated walls, framing, roofing and trim-less windows. Wagell tells …
