A recent article in the Seattle Times by Al Levine, former Deputy Executive Director of the Seattle Housing Authority, puts the spotlight on steel modular housing as a practical answer to help solve the challenge of housing the homeless. “I find it hard to comprehend that we can’t do a …
Cities Housing the Homeless – are Modular Homes an Answer? Read More
Sydney architect Alex Symes believes that he has the answer to combat Australia’s housing shortage and sustainability and housing shortage issues. Symes, founder of Big World Homes, describes his concept as IKEA on steroids. He says that a drill, hammer and wrench are all that’s needed to put together the …
Ikea Style “Flat-Pack” Homes – the Answer to Australia’s Housing Shortage? Read More
Eric Dean is out to help solve the worldwide housing shortage, one factory-crafted home at a time, reports ProSales Magazine’s Gary Thill. “A house is a very simple thing, but every time we build a house we seem to reinvent the wheel,” Dean told the audience at the FEA 2016 …
Fab or fad? Innovative PreFab Homes could Disrupt Building Trades, Solve Shortages Read More
1) Who, What and Where: (Your name, your role/job title and the organization or firm and where you are based.)
Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA, LLC, Concord, NH.
“Lyons does not want a mobile home park (sic),” said Carrie Davis-Gonzales, resident of the Foothills Manufactured Home Community in Lyons, CO. “I think it is because of the illusion that mobile homes decrease property value stigma. But when I moved here 20 years ago, it seemed like there were as …
This past week wraps up our theme of Superior September 2016 coverage of the news that matters for manufactured housing industry professionals, and all those who follow or are engaged in the factory-built home industry. The articles below will include special reports from respected writers Joe Dyton and RC Williams. …
Commercial real estate company NorthStar Realty Finance Corp (NYSE: NRF) recently received an average rating of “Hold” from a handful of analysts that are covering the firm, reports Baseball News Source’s James Conley. Among the six analysts, two rated NorthStar’s stock a “buy” and the four issued a “hold” recommendation. …
NorthStar Realty Finance’s target price and investor moves Read More
Houston County, MN commissioners chose to opt out of a recently enacted state law at their meeting on September 20th. Minnesota statute 394.307 (signed into law on May 12) “defines and regulates temporary family health care dwellings on residential property,” Houston County zoning administrator Aaron Lacher told the commissioners. According …
County Zoning Administrator Aaron Lacher Opting Out “Granny Pod” Law Read More
Depending on which network you tune into, election related news can be starkly different. The rift in the mainstream media over how to cover the 2016 Presidential race matches the fact that trust in media has dropped near all-time lows. The LA Times, in their highly touted unique Daily Tracking …
Clinton, Trump Try New Lines of Attack – Daily Tracking Poll, Political Cartoons Read More
An already tumultuous relationship between Denver Meadows Mobile Home and RV Park owner Shawn Lustigman and the community’s residents has only gotten worse in recent weeks. “In two years, I’ll be homeless,” resident Petra Bennett told The Aurora Sentinel. “I need two tractor trailers to move it at $10,000; I …
Try telling Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign – or former GOP nominee John McCain – that that crowd size doesn’t matter. Of course it does. It is an indication of enthusiasm. Over 60% of those polled answer the ‘right track, wrong track’ question by saying that the nation is on the …
Trump’s New Theme vs Clinton – Follow the Money, Crowd Shouts Back: ‘Lock her up!’ Read More
Residents of the Lowry Grove community in the Minneapolis, MN suburb of St. Anthony lost their bid to block the sale of the property, according to a ruling by a Hennepin County Judge. “We continue working together to save Lowry Grove. We will organize more action,” said Antonia Alvarez, president …
Battle Over Community Owner’s Rights vs. Resident’s Rights highlighted in St. Anthony case Read More
The first super-hyped presidential debate of the 2016 election cycle is history. There is what the pundits say. There is what the politicos and news junkies walked away with. There are instant polls, which to a certain degree will reflect what their readership composition is. Then there are the voters. …
The Big First Presidential Debate – Pundits, Politicos and Instant Polls Read More
Democratic strategist and long-time Clinton ally, adviser and supporter – Doug Schoen says, that “Change and Corruption” should be key themes in the Clinton vs Trump debate. Schoen also stated that the pundit class may read the ‘winner’ differently than what the general public does, which may not be clearly …
First Debate May Draw 100 Million Viewers, Election Headline Coverage Rundown Read More
The saga of the legality of placement of tiny houses continues to play out throughout the United States. Coconino County, in north-central Arizona, is one such place. Amanda Acheson, Sustainable Building Program Manager for Coconino County, said she is contacted an average of once per day by someone either interested …
New Rules for Tiny Houses crafted, Manufactured Housing Connections Read More
Continuing our periodic series of headline news from around the web and various left-right-center news sources, leading up to the November 8, 2016 vote for the next president of the United States. Save time here: grab your campaign news at a glance, pick the topics you want to know more …
Noteworthy headlines on CNNMoney: Janet Yellen fires back at Donald Trump – the Fed is not political! Does Warren Buffet have a new favorite bank? No rate hike from the Fed, dials back forecast. Star investor charged with insider trading. Some bullets from MarketWatch – Apple reportedly in talks to …
Big Day for UFPI, ELS – MHCV rises; No Fed Rate Hike, Dow Jumps too Read More
“I accept fully responsibility for all unethical sales practices,” Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO John Stumpf said in a prepared statement on Capitol Hill yesterday, testifying before the Senate Banking Committee. As millions have heard, 5,300 workers were fired and the company agreed to pay $185 million in fines to …
Wells Fargo and the CFPB – Who are Feds Working for – Consumers? Business? Itself? Read More
It was a different era, but these words from a prior anti-establishment candidate come to mind in reading the top headline, linked below. “There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the two major parties…” – but the addendum querry to that insight today might be, is there a dime’s …
Outed! Hillary’s Bush! 7 Weeks to November 8th Voting – Trump Surges to lead Read More
Rob and Andrea Cook of Powell, Wyoming had a plan. The Cook’s bought a 26,000 square foot property. Part of the plan in buying it was to create a 7,300 square foot lot for a pre-HUD Code mobile home, to be placed on a permanent foundation on their property in …
Cooks Avoid normal Zoning Flap over “Mobile Home” placement Read More
