The Dickinson Press in Dickinson, North Dakota, reports a modular housing complex to house workers for an oil company will be constructed on the grounds of the old Fryburg School. Energy Resource Group received a special use permit from the Billings County Commission for the project that will house 200 …
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The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) newsletter this week states Henry Czauski, the new Acting Deputy Administrator of the HUD Manufactured Housing Program, spent several hours visiting a manufactured housing plant and retail store in Pennsylvania. Accompanied by MHI staff as well as officials from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy …
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The Langley Advance in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, says modular builder Britco has been chosen for the tenth year to provide the prize home at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) Aug 20 through Sept 5. Unlike many of the disaster-relief and smaller dwellings the company makes, this 3,100 square foot …
CBCNews of Alberta, Canada, says the Alberta government is sending 350 modular homes to the residents of Slave Lake, Alberta, following the wildfire that devastated half of the town in May. The first homes will go to those who had no insurance or were under insured, according to provincial housing …
Bartlesville Radio reports that the City Council in Dewey, OK received a request for a zoning variance to put two modular homes on lots in the city. Two people in this northeastern Oklahoma town, including the petitioner, spoke in favor of the variance, and four opposed it. Council members voiced …
Bluffton Today, of Bluffton, South Carolina, reports members of the town’s Affordable Housing Committee discussed methods of determining how the six affordable modular housing units being built will be sold. Town Growth Management Director Marc Orlando says a consultant has been hired to market the single-family homes, screen applicants for …
The Roanoke Times says building of a 70 unit modular townhouse project has begun in Christiansburg, Virginia, to provide affordable housing and to stimulate the economy. Called Forest Hills at Belview, the $13.5 million venture will offer housing to those who meet strict low-income guidelines. Funded by the Obama administration’s …
The Ottawa Citizen says modular home builder Guildcrest Homes is opening a retail outlet in Carleton Place, a town of 10,000, west of Ottawa, in an attempt to reach out to its customer base. While the 250 homes it builds each year are built in Morewood, this 1,000 square-foot show …
SmallCapInvestor reports that Universal Forest Products (NASDAQ:UFPI) posted a 21 percent increase in its stock price today to top the list as the top performing small cap stock. Universal makes wood and wood alternative components for manufactured and modular housing. Despite a 69 percent drop in its profit for the …
Newswise says the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification Commission and Community Revitalization Commission has awarded a $2,445,000 grant to the University of Virginia (U.Va.) to design, develop and manufacture affordable, energy-efficient and disaster-recovery housing. The focus will be on economic revitalization in formerly tobacco-dependent communities by creating 50 jobs in state-of-the-art facilities …
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In a communiqué to MHMSM.com, Mary Gaiski, Executive Vice-president of the Pennsylvania Manufactured Housing Association (PMHA), announces the following board members who will return for an additional two-year term, and their positions: Sean Dalton, Insurance Director; Tracy Kirby, HUD Manufacturer Director; Mark Bowman, Modular Manufacturer Director; John Fanelli, Southwestern District …
The Pakistan Observer in Islamabad notes that home construction prices are so great that people should consider a modular home. The prices of steel, diesel fuel, coal, cement and wages have all increased, making it difficult for a middle class family to build a home. In addition, the government has …
Switchboard says the modular Katrina Cottages that were built for survivors of that deadly hurricane are now being used as offices, educational facilities and affordable housing. The article, published in the newsletter of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), says one developer is using 12 of them in Buena Vista, …
The Press Democrat in California reports HybridCore Homes of Santa Rosa, California, is collaborating with Champion Homes of Troy, Michigan, to build demonstration homes in Washington, D.C., and in North Dakota. These two areas were chosen because of new home construction currently in progress. HybridCore’s demo home displayed last fall …
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The Joplin Globe reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is placing 43 of their homes in Country Acres Mobile Home Community for homeless survivors of the May 22 tornado. There are already 186 homes, and acreage is available to develop 30 more if needed. One of the first …
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The Montreal Gazette reports Tenta Inc., of Quebec, Canada, has developed a modular home that is earthquake and flood-proof. Working with a Haitian company, Maurice Monette designed the 400 square-foot unit as a solution for Haiti’s earthquake refugees. Its high-density foam panels slide into an aluminum frame which allows the …
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YourHomeCanada says a company named Modular Additions is busy adding modular second storeys to many of the pre- and post-WWII bungalows that dot Toronto. Owner Vadja Jericevic says there are about 13 basic designs among the 70,000 bungalows in Toronto, and he has drawn up plans for each that can …
The Ashley County Ledger in Hamburg, Arkansas, reports Mayor Dane Weindorf said at the Hamburg City Council meeting that a representative from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) single-family housing program will be taking applications for home loans ranging from zero percent and up, depending upon income. He suggests …
From New Mexico, the Cibola County Beacon says Gateway Mortgage Group has opened a branch in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that will specialize in Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Section 184 loans. The Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program was established by Congress in 1992 to provide Native Americans with access …
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Great Britain’s International Business Times says Jerseyville, Illinois, in the southern part of the state near St. Louis, Missouri, is the site for 32 new modular single-family green homes. Each 1,424 square foot three bedroom home in the Lexington Farms development has the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) …
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