A site plan has been approved by the Waverly Village planning board in northeastern Pennsylvania for six two-family modular apartments, TheDailyReview tells MHProNews.com. When board members raised concerns about fireproofing, developer Tim Steed said the apartments exceed state fireproofing codes and HUD standards. The village mobile home statute, which village …
The Pallet-House has designed transitional, modular dwellings utilizing the pallets on which emergency food, clothing, and other supplies are delivered to disaster scenes for as little as $500. TreeHugger says the pallets can also be re-made into compact, affordable housing for up to $3000 using a few power tools. The …
WillistonHerald in North Dakota reports that Rugby Homes, in business since 1963 and selling RVs in Williston for six years, has hired a full time salesman to sell modular and manufactured housing for the North Dakota-based company. The oil boom in the area, as we have reported previously, has created …
Global Industry Analysts, Inc. estimates the global prefabricated housing market will hit 829,000 units by 2017. DigitalJournal tells MHProNews.com the U.S. and UK have the majority share of the market, but Australia and New Zealand are the pioneers in the Asian market, although Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea have burgeoning …
ClosetsDaily tells MHProNews.com Salem, Oregon modular home builder Ideabox offers factory-built homes designed to incorporate IKEA interiors. Working with an IKEA dealer in Portland, OR, co-owner Cindy Russell says, “We design the layout and our clients can select the colors. Homes are complete when they leave the factory, ready to …
MHProNews.com has learned a National Modular Housing Council report indicates shipments for modular homes were up 7.9 percent fourth quarter 2011 over the same period 2010, to 3,030 units. During that year, eleven states showed increases, eleven had decreases, and seven states had insignificant change. Nebraska, Maryland, Texas, and Virginia …
There don’t appear to be any shortage of Internet connections in Attawapiskat, or at least not for those in Canada concerned about the conditions there. From the Toronto Sun, MHProNews.com learns that the prime minister’s office and the office of the aboriginal affairs minister were recently flooded with e-mails about …
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One of the largest manufacturers of commercial modular buildings in North America, WesternOne Equity Income Fund’s Britco division acquired a new facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and one in Waco, Texas in recent months. Headquartered in Langley, British Columbia, the company is currently involved in producing 280,000 square feet of …
The Great Southwest Home Show, billed as the World’s Largest Indoor Manufactured Home Show, is packing a wallop of seminars, forums, and workshops in addition to all the vendors and homes from the nation’s foremost manufacturers. March 1 and 2 will be Industry Days with workshops ranging from new financing …
From north of the border Sys-Con says Innovative Composites International, Inc. (ICI) has inked a deal to provide RedLeaf Homes, Ltd. with modular housing to distribute to mining camps, First Nations, and in other rural areas. RedLeaf will maintain exclusivity providing they generate $5 million worth of revenue annually. ICI’s …
Westminster Patch in Westminster, Maryland, tells MHProNews.com modular housing units have reached the battlefront in Afghanistan. Thomas Beyard, Westminster’s Department of Planning, Development and Zoning Director, is serving a 400 day assignment with the Maryland National Guard in Afghanistan. He reports the modular barracks at the Kandahar Air Base are …
Turquoise Investments of San Antonio, Texas, will be providing modular housing units for oil field workers in west Texas if the Pecos Economic Development Council (PEDC) gets its way. According to CBS7KOSA, Pecos mayor Venetta Seals says people coming to town cannot find a hotel room. The Pecos City Council …
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From Massachusetts and Metro West Daily News, MHProNews.com learns that an affordable housing project long underway will soon bear the fruit in the form of new modular homes. Undertaken by the Sudbury Housing Authority, the project adds affordable housing units without the expensive proposition of buying new land. The project …
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NineMSN of Australia tells MHProNews.com the Fleetwood Corporation, a producer of RVs and modular accommodations for residential and commercial applications, announced its profit for the six months ending Dec. 31, 2011 rose ten percent to $26.89 million. CEO Steven Price attributes the earnings report to increased demand for temporary accommodations …
This 1,400 square foot modular home in Wimberley, Texas,has three bedrooms, two baths, and lots of deck space. Produced by Ma Modular of Austin, TX the home has Energy Star appliances and HVAC, 2X6 exterior wall studs, a Galvalume double-lock standing-seam metal roof, Gerkin windows, and other energy efficient features. …
Four modular apartments to be built in Naramata, British Columbia (BC), Canada will provide affordable housing for seniors and persons with disabilities, continuing an ongoing trend of the Senior’s Rental Housing initiative. Federal and provincial governments contributed a combined total of approximately $720,000 through an amendment to the Canada-British Columbia …
The DailyPress of Escanaba, Michigan, informs MHProNews.com of the passing of longtime manufactured and modular housing dealer Philip L. “Phil” LaMarch on Feb. 14 at age 92. He began in the automobile business, than switched to RVs and mobile homes, and developed Far View Estates, the first manufactured home community …
According to SeniorHousingNews, with health care costs rising and the economy still not thriving, “Granny pods” may start appearing in your neighbors’ backyards. Small modular homes, Med-Cottages, 288 square feet, outfitted as needed for the particular resident, assembled in a backyard, can give seniors a sense of independence while keeping …
MHProNews.com has learned through GizMag Bellomo Architects has designed a modular house that arrives in a ten-foot box and is assembled much like IKEA furniture. Bent steel tubes form the base structure of House Arc, which comes with an easy-to-follow graphic manual and requires no special training to assemble. When …
USAToday tells MHProNews.com sustainable, energy-efficient home-building has increased in the wake of actor Brad Pitt’s founding of Make It Right, a response to the housing needs of victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Living Homes of California has developed a modular 1,232 square foot home with three bedrooms and …
