For the first time in seven years, builder confidence for newly-built single-family homes has surpassed the 50th percentile mark, which indicates builders see the market as good rather than poor. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) gained eight points to 52. Based on a …
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The North East Community Action Agency (NECAC) in Hannibal, MO has joined the Next Step Network which gives them the opportunity to buy modular homes from Clayton Homes at 10-15 percent below market price. The goal is to provide low cost housing for people of modest means. Carla Potts, NECAC’s …
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According to what hibbingmn tells MHProNews, Minnesota State Representative Jason Metsa has been recognized by the Manufactured & Modular Home Association of Minnesota (MMHA) with its 2013 Friend of Affordable Housing Award for his efforts during this year’s legislative session. MMHA President Mark Brunner said, “Rep. Metsa was particularly effective …
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MHProNews has learned from the seguingazette in Seguin, TX the planning and zoning commission denied a special use request by Cavco Industries, Inc. for the temporary storage of flatbed trailers used to transport modular homes. According to Keith Alexander of Cavco the trailers were used to transport modular barracks to …
According to thetimes-tribune, a modular house built by some 50 students at Johnson college in Scranton, Penn. is scheduled to move up a winding road today where it will be sited and prepared for its new inhabitants. Although the school has been building modular homes as part of the construction …
MHProNews has learned from brandoninfo the Brandon (Minn.) City Council has upheld the decision of the city’s Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustment to approve the siting of a modular home. Neighbors, claiming the residence will harm property values, had complained that the structure was a manufactured home and was …
To meet the growing demand for housing in Atikokan, Ontario, Canada, Dave Bjorkman is opening Northwestern Modular Homes to provide an affordable alternative to stick-built homes. He says modular homes from the U S. are less expensive than Canadian models, so he buys from Skyline in Lancaster, Wis., Highland Manufacturing …
The wacotrib informs MHProNews the city of West, Tex., that was hit with the April 17 fertilizer explosion, is exploring the feasibility of bringing modular units to house the residents displaced by the blast. Each structure would house two families, but would cost $10,000 to haul from Killeen, Tex., not …
Updating a story MHProNews published April 23, 2013 concerning guidelines for homes in residential districts in Brooksville, Hernando County, Fla., tampabay reports the planning and zoning commission passed the ordinance 3-2. It resembles the “similarity ordinance” that was enacted in 2000 but then repealed in 2010 at the request of …
A guided bus tour sponsored by the Madison (WI) Trust for Historic Preservation will explore the history of residential architecture and their neighborhoods from the 1850’s to the 1950’s in Madison, Sat., June 10. Included on the tour will be a neighborhood of modular metal Lustron houses, built for returning …
MHProNews has learned from buffalonews students at Erie 1 BOCES’ Harkness Career and Technical Center in Cheektowaga, just east of Buffalo, NY, have completed a 1,200 square foot modular home that will be auctioned off Fri., June 7. “If you see this house, you would be surprised that twenty 17-year-old …
The National Modular Housing Council (NMHC) reports for the first quarter of 2013 modular home shipments hit 2,913, up 3.9 percent from the same period 2012. Compared to the same period in 2012, shipments rose in 11 states, declined in ten states, and remained virtually unchanged in 13 states. By …
Unlike the prefabricated housing that dominated the industry after WWII, SpineLock Living in Mansfield has developed a modular system the company’s CEO Derick Wilson hopes will revolutionize home building in Great Britain. The sections are transported to the site and then slotted together using a panelized interlocking system and then …
MHProNews has learned from nj.com the home renovation TV show “This Old House” will be covering the rebuilding of three homes that were in the path of Hurricane Sandy along the New Jersey coastline. One of them, in Manasquan, NJ involves replacing a 1940s house with a modular home. Instead …
According to the orlandosentinel, local and national law enforcement efforts are being stepped up in Orlando, Fla. due to a recent rash of human trafficking cases. Supportive services including modular housing are on the agenda for the newly-created task force established to deal with the victims. Central Florida non-profit, The …
Updating a post we published Nov. 22, 2012 regarding the Broad Group’s proposal to construct the world’s tallest building, Beijing gave its approval for the modular project that will house over 30,000 residents, according to troymedia. Set for construction in Changsha, China, in the Hunan Province, the 220-story building, Sky …
Modular builder Britco of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada has entered into a partnership with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation to create some mutually beneficial business opportunities. As newswire.ca tells MHProNews, the First Nation is comprised of 500 members who live along the shores of the Burrard Inlet in N. Vancouver, BC. With …
The standard.net.au reports from Warrnambool in southeastern Australia on the Indian Ocean all 17 lots designated for affordable housing sold within hours of being placed on the block by the Warrnambool City Council. Seven of the homes were snapped up by Rod Stephens of Modular Homes, as MHProNews has been …
As PRWeb informs MHProNews, Ramtech Building Systems of Mansfield, TX is in the final stages of completing the 272-room modular housing complex for Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX. Now 70 percent complete and on track for completion in Nov. 2013, the$9.7 million barracks will feature waterless urinals, a …
The Rumbling Bald Resort area of Lake Lure in western North Carolina has a new name on the Approved Builder roster: Vision Building Group (VBG) spent most of last year building and finishing a modular home at the resort. PRWeb says the company can now be used by current and …
