MHProNews.com has learned from duncanbanner.com the Duncan City Council in south central Oklahoma approved a $6,450 contract with Flanigan Construction and Roofing to repair hail damage to the modular house at the water treatment plant. In other news, the city council also approved $19,000 in infrastructure support for a 40-unit …
While Boston is undergoing a surge of residential construction, the majority are luxury rentals that go for $3,500 or more per month, according to bostonglobe.com. While only 22 percent of the 6,600 rental and ownership units across the city under construction are affordable to households earning between $50,000 and $100,000, …
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Plans are afoot in Thief River Falls, Minnesota to convert a seven-acre plot into 29 single-family modular homes, providing the city can find a developer. In order to qualify for a Minnesota Housing Finance Agency grant, the city has to have an option to buy a specific property, and would …
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Calling it the “best kept secret in America,” Sheri Koones understands the precision that goes into the manufacture of every factory-built home and especially appreciates the sustainability of its energy-saving features. The author of five books on prefabricated housing, she delineates between the pre-HUD Code homes and the manufactured and …
According to pacificnewscenter.com, included in Guam’s Gov. Eddie Calvo’s 2014 State of the Island address is construction of transitional housing to accommodate up to 15 homeless households composed of adults only. With funding from the public health department, the Guam Housing Corporation (GHC) is leading the effort to find appropriate …
MHProNews.com has learned Black Diamond Group Limited of Calgary, Alberta, Canada has inked a 1,244 person workforce camp contract for the Montney Shale region of northeastern British Columbia, expecting to generate $34 million over the three year term of the agreement. The first 622 beds will be installed during the …
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Bean Station, Tennessee-based Norris Homes, a division of manufactured and modular housing industry giant Clayton Homes, recently named Atlantis Homes LLC of Delmar, Delaware as its Independent Retailer of the Year for 2013. Based in Smyrna, DE, Atlantis is family-owned and operated since 2001, and also has model home centers …
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An ad in The Wall Street Journal advertises a modular home manufacturing company with three plants totaling 260,000 square feet capable of generating $100 million in annual revenue for sale. According to woodworkingnetwork.com, the three facilities turn out modular and panelized homes as well as “building components.” Claiming it is …
A British Columbia, Canada modular company is converting shipping containers into workforce housing for liquified natural gas (lng) workers in far northern BC near the Alaska line. The thousands of workers expected for the developing lng industry will be welcomed with flat screen TVs, computer workstations, floor-to-ceiling windows, air conditioning …
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Following up on a post MHProNews.com published Feb. 19, 2014 concerning a modular housing project aimed at singles in London, England in need of affordable accommodations, the 100 square foot modular cube costs around $50,000 to build and can be rented for $235 a week—two-thirds less than the going rate. …
Updating a story MHProNews.com posted April 7, 2014 regarding a modular eight-unit affordable housing project in St. Helena, California, the napavalleyegister.com tells us Calistoga Affordable Housing (CAH) still needs to raise $681,000. The project is too small to compete for affordable housing grants. Projected rents are $1,000 for a two-bedroom, …
Modular Housing on Hold: Funding Short, Lawsuit Outcome Unclear Read More
Following a story MHProNews.com last reported April 17, 2014 regarding the disposition of a modular juvenile detention center on the banks of the Mississippi River in Vacherie, Louisiana, the St. James Parish Council voted to reduce the price from $2.5 million to $1.87 million. State law requires the building must …
Following a story we last posted May 16, 2014 regarding 24 affordable modular homes Bluffton, South Carolina will use to replace aging pre-HUD Code homes, the 2015 $19.64 million budget will need an added $100,000 as seed money towards that initiative, as proposed. According to thestate.com, Town Manager Anthony Barrett …
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The Manufactured and Modular Home Association of Minnesota (MMHA) reports that manufactured home lender and Green Tree Financial founder Larry Coss passed away May 18 after a two-year fight with cancer. He started Green Tree in 1975 and built it into one of the top lenders in the country, selling …
Gloucester Township in Camden County, New Jersey will soon have three temporary modular units for homeless military veterans, according to nj.com. The Home of the Brave is a partnership between the county and Volunteers of America, which will manage the 30-bed shelter. MHProNews has learned they intend to begin housing …
Robert Calhoun bought Sunrise Mobile Home Park in Goose Creek, South Carolina in the 1970’s and expanded the home sites from 102 to 325, added a swimming pool and a gated section, and lost only three of the property’s 115 live Oak trees, as the area grew up around him. …
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Updating a story MHProNews.com last posted April 16, 2014 regarding the Stack, a 28-unit modular apartment building in the Inwood section of New York City, therealdeal.com reports the city’s first modular development is now leasing. Designed by Gluck+ and developed by Kimberly Frank and Jeffrey Brown, the 56 modules were …
New York City’s First Modular Apartments Ready to Lease Read More
On the CBS Sunday Morning show segment May 18, the commentator -Mark Straussman – interviews a man standing in a manufactured housing community (MHC) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, who refutes the stigma often attached to residents, saying, “That is totally unfair, these are really good people, hard-working people you would …
According to marketwatch.com, Cavco Industries, Inc. will release its financials for Q4 of its fiscal year 2014 on Thurs., May 22 after the close of the market. Discussion of the results by senior management will take place in a live webcast the next day, Fri., May 23 at 12:00 PM …
Following a story MHProNews.com posted May 6, 2014 regarding a proposal to replace pre- HUD-Code homes in Bluffton, South Carolina with new affordable modular models, islandpacket.com supports the project but with reservations. Noting the city got in over its financial head with a $1.2 million previous plan that replaced dilapidated …
