Kodasema, an Estonia-based construction firm, wants your prefab home to be set and ready to go in record time. “The furnished house will come in three different models: ‘Koda for Living,’ ‘Koda for Studying,’ and ‘Koda for Working,’” said Taavi Jakobson, co-founder of Kodasema. “They will function as homes, classrooms, and offices …
The Stuttgart, Arkansas City Council voted to table Ordinance 1943 during a December 6th meeting. While the feeling is that more clarity is needed, the stakes could be incredibly high. The Stuttgart Daily Leader reports that the proposed ordinance, recommended by the Stuttgart Planning Commission, would amend the code to …
City Council Tables Manufactured Home Ordinance, Industry Pro Speaks Out Read More
The two-and-a-half-year saga for the Kashechewan First Nation of Northern Ontario, Canada is finally over. According to the CBC, four hundred evacuees have now started to return home after flooding in May 2014 of from the Albany River forced them to evacuate. The evacuees have been staying in …
Kashechewan First Nation Return Home, New Modular Housing Welcomes Them Read More
Recent projects from China’s People’s Architecture Office (PAO) have involved the firm producing outside-the-box ideas to tackle housing issues in China, including living in a ventilation shaft and a pedal-powered RV. Their latest creation is akin to those innovations. They’ve done a prototype prefabricated home that can be disassembled and moved relatively easily …
Prefab Homes That Can Be Taken With You When You Move Read More
Builder Karen Adams is on a mission. The President and CEO of Green Dwellings in Palm Beach, Florida aims to be the Tesla of green homes. Green Dwellings recently completed a green home installation near the Intracoastal Waterway south of Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach. It’s not a mansion and …
Palomar Modular Buildings, a DeSoto, Texas based modular building manufacturer, has been awarded with a Portable/Modular Building contract from Region 7 Education Service Center Purchasing & Vendor Services (ESC), allowing Region 7 members to purchase modular buildings at favorable negotiated rates. “The portable/modular building contract with Region 7 gives Palomar …
Modular Company Helps Schools to Solve Fluctuating Enrollment Challenges Read More
For residents in need of affordable housing in and around Glenwood, Colorado, modular homes are helping to provide the solution. One of the first substantial additions to affordable housing stock in the area is underway in Roaring Fork Valley, as Crawford Properties LLC is adding 46 affordable housing units to …
Affordable Modular Housing Opportunity Helps Desperate Residents Read More
Supermarket giant Tesco, along with other chains, are exploring a bold new solution to the housing crisis… and offsetting their costs. Tesco and the other groups are in discussions with Apex Airspace, a property developer that specializes in buying the air rights above existing buildings and adding modular housing units …
The DeRidder, Louisiana City Council introduced proposed ordinances that will determine where residents can place modular housing, and under what conditions, during a meeting on November 14th. One of the ordinances allows for the placement of modular homes in districts zoned as B-1, (transitional business district,) R-2 (higher density single …
Wandsworth, a parish in West Yorkshire, England, is the site of an innovate affordable modular housing project. It is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2018. Pocket, a London-based builder of “starter homes for city makers” is building the Mapleton Crescent development – a 26-story, 89-home tower built …
Innovative, Affordable Modular Housing Highrise Set for Completion in 2018 Read More
Fiction Factory, a Holland-based builder, has unveiled its new modular home, which is made of layered cardboard. According to architects on the project, while cardboard is not among the normal top choices for building materials, the home, called “Wikkelhouse” (which translates to “wrapper house”) will they claim will last for …
IMPACT 20/20, an influential group of northwest Minnesota leaders representing diverse interests created to advance the region’s economic success, formed a task force in 2016 to address housing needs of the region. The group will host a housing summit on Wednesday November 16th, with a focus on workforce housing. According …
Housing Summit to Address Workforce Housing, Showcase Manufactured Housing Read More
Modular housing has seen significant progress over the years, with many levels of creativity. Revolution Homes, which the Daily Business News covered recently, has partnered with a number of designers to create progressive models. The team at HD-Channel has created a fun video that takes a look at the future of …
According to Dutch modular housing company Cubicco, not only are these hurricane-proof homes possible, they are popular. And they’re starting to pop up in Florida. According to Business Insider, Cubicco houses – which are made of laminated wood and cork – start at $200,000 and can be built in only …
Troy, Michigan-based Champion Homes has opened a 100,000-square-foot facility in Benton, Ky. The facility represents a $6.3 million investment for Champion and is expected to create 150 new jobs. “At Champion, we’re driven to produce the highest-quality affordable housing in part because we understand the special feeling our customers have …
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The problem of homelessness in Hawaii is well known, and affordable modular housing is being used to help solve the problem. According to KHON, the three homeless families in the Waianae community will be calling then home. “This is to house people out here on the west side who right …
Fearing another “crew camp” situation – one in which transient workers use parked RV’s for living – the Williston, North Dakota Planning and Zoning Commission denied two special use permits that would allow RV parking at Glen Villa and FM Parkway manufactured home communities, owned by Rick Carriger. According to …
City Controversy with Owner – RVs being denied in Manufactured Home Community Read More
Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson believes that a shipping container prefabs parked on the south side of the Vancouver Art Gallery holds the key to his city’s homeless and affordable housing crisis. Inside of the shipping container housing unit is a display model of a single suite that will be in …
Big Bet to Battle Homeless and Housing Crisis: Modular Homes Read More
In a new report released by CPA firm Novogradac & Company LLP, the firm talks with affordable housing industry experts about the impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), and what affordable housing may look like in 30 years. LIHTC industry experts …
Novogradac’s Report – Affordable Housing 2046 – Does MH Hold The Key? Read More
Noteworthy headlines on CNNMoney – FUBU CEO Stop and Frisked “Maybe 20 Times. U.S.: Wells Fargo Mistreated Military Members. WSJ Columnist Calls Trump “Unstable.” Why The Federal Reserve Isn’t Political. From WSJ: Ghost of Lehman Brothers Haunts Deutsche Bank. Some bullets from MarketWatch – ‘Housing party’ in the U.S. may be coming …
