A Novato, Calif. non-profit that operates Marin’s three homeless shelters will partner with modular builder Blu Homes to site 14 one and two-bedroom compact homes to be rented to low-income, formerly homeless families with children. According to marinij, Marin-based Homeward Bound, which also operates transitional housing, has raised one third …
OregonLive tells MHProNews the first modular multifamily affordable apartment project in the Northwest was sited in Portland, Oregon Thurs. Oct 11. Built in Aumsville, OR, Kah San Chako Haws–”East House” in Chinook— took 13 months to design and construct and cost $1.7 million, about $190,000 each unit. Architect Stuart Emmons …
Fastcodesign reports the new Starbucks in Denver looks more like something from the TV show Bonanza. Made of old Wyoming snow fencing, the modular unit is a drive-thru and walk-up only with no indoor seating, no internet connection, 500 square feet in size, LEED Certified and just large enough for …
According to dl-online in west central Minnesota, Homark Homes of New York Mills, MN is building two modular bunkhouses for a gold mine in Musselwhite, Ontario, Canada. Each building will measure 28 feet by 282 feet and will house 76 mining workers in two-man units. While their focus remains on …
The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia tells MHProNews a building system called Klik can manufacture everything from single houses to high rise apartment buildings. Using either square, linear, L-shape or C-shape bases that support up to 14 different single and three-bedroom apartments, four Melbourne apartment buildings have been constructed recently …
Augusta, Georgia’s WBJF-TV tells MHProNews Augusta businessman Donnie Thompson and a New York City developer are proposing dozens of modular homes on a six acre tract that Thompson recently bought from the city for $300,000. Mayor Deke Copenhaver says, “We need to bring more residents into downtown Augusta. Our loft …
Investors tells MHProNews the stocks of Patrick Industries (PATK) and Drew Industries (DW) surged this past week. Drew advanced seven percent, and Patrick, which jumped 20 percent at the beginning of the week, settled at plus 13 percent. Both companies are major component suppliers to the manufactured housing and RV …
The MinotDailyNews reports from Minot, North Dakota manufactured homes are being welcomed in many older neighborhoods following the Souris River flooding in June of 2011 that took out some 4,100 homes. Many of the houses lost were older, smaller homes that can be replaced quickly and affordably with manufactured houses. …
WishawPress reports from northern Scotland in Great Britain, the Motherwell police station has officially opened 12 modular cells to help with the management of prisoners. Strathclyde Chief Constable Stephen House, newly-appointed head of the Police Service of Scotland, says “Modular cell buildings are a new approach to prisoner and staff …
Matthew Iglesias, writing in Slate magazine, notes that durable goods—appliances, furniture, vehicles, airplanes— are primarily mass-produced in factories because that is the most cost-effective way to produce the least expensive product for the consumer, and the highest wage for the worker. Some of these products occupy space in homes, which …
WVPubCast tells MHProNews two new modular homes now dot Route 52 just outside Welch, West Virginia in the southwestern corner of the state. Penni Padgett, Housing Director of the Council of the Southern Mountains, notes it is a milestone. “It is a small start but it is a start,” she …
EarthTechling informs us the Solar Decathalon Europe competition was won by a French team’s modular, stackable solar home that produces enough energy to earn the net zero ranking—-and charge the family’s electric car. Utilizing a nano tower design, the Canopea can be stacked vertically for high density sustainable housing, and …
A Czech designed energy-efficient modular home, the Freedomky, features a heat recovery ventilator and air-to-air heat pump as well as photovoltaics and solar thermal hot water. As OregonLive tells MHProNews, this “tiny house movement” home is available in 248 and 409 square feet, and can be assembled in five hours. …
BizJournals reports from Seattle, Washington nonprofit developer Common Ground is considering several options to increase affordable housing in the state, according to a study the organization released. It costs $200,000 to develop a new rental housing unit in Washington, twice the national average, and the state is restrictive about what …
The history of the modular Deck House will be the focus of a symposium in Lincoln, Mass. Oct 10, according to WickedLocal. Founded by Bob Brownell in 1959, the exposed post and beam construction homes feature free flow interiors of upscale materials such as mahogany wood and slate, much different …
PRWeb reports GDH Housing, LLC in Covington, Louisiana will construct, deliver, and assemble a modular 77 room hotel, comprised of 48 modules, to Williston, North Dakota to ease the rapidly growing need for quality accommodations in support of the oil exploration effort. Through an agreement with modular home builder Ritz-Craft …
The herald-mail reports the Washington County Board of Commissioners in Maryland voted unanimously to opt out of a state mandated requirement to install sprinkler systems in all new one and two-family houses and townhomes. The Maryland General Assembly passed a measure earlier this year to prevent local jurisdictions from diluting …
NZHerald tells MHProNews from New Zealand the Kitset home by Box Living utilizes the strength of Kiwi-made Glulam timber for a series of floor and roof cassettes to make their modular houses. The construction features a timber post-and-beam exoskeleton with stainless-steel cross braces that has been approved for seismic, wind …
After Hurricane Katrina destroyed 4,000 homes in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans with its 12 feet of surging water, the population of the area fell from 17,000 to 3,000 today. The $14.45 billion construction of new floodwalls that successfully withstood the wrath of Hurricane Isaac may encourage more …
JetsonGreen reports Hive Modular in Minneapolis, Minnesota is making inroads into the neighborhoods of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The B-Line Medium 010, with 2,075 square feet, offers three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths, and features Plyboo cabinets, Hardie fiber cement exterior, Cambria countertops, Ames tile and Insteon lighting controls. With energy efficient …
