Nielsen Ratings reports during the 10 PM eastern time slot when Donald Trump’s wife Melania and former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani were addressing the first night of the Republican National Convention, several cable news outlets raised their viewer audience substantially over four years ago, while one slipped in the ratings. …
22 Million Tune into GOP Convention; the Media Rundown Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Educator, Builder Compare Conventional House to Residential Style Manufactured Home Living & Quality Illinois Professional Couple Discover their Getaway Home near Florida’s top Beaches What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Section 8 vouchers good for buying manufactured home. CBO: U. S. …
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The Senate has passed H. R. 3700, as the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews, the Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act (HOTMA), which will allow Section 8 vouchers to be used for the purchase of a manufactured home (MH). The House of Representatives passed the legislation in February, and President …
Senate Passes Bill to Allow MH Purchase with Section 8 Vouchers Read More
Darlington County, South Carolina is losing $7,800 each year to manufactured home (MH) residents not registering their homes, according to legistarweb-production, prompting the county to amend an ordinance that will re-define exceptions for registration of mobile and manufactured homes. Currently, temporary registration may be obtained for manufactured homes stored because …
Manufactured Home Ordinance Redefines MH Registration in South Carolina Read More
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Deer Valley Plummets -27.14%; Patrick Advances +3.04% Read More
With Dodd-Frank, financing and CFPB related issues routinely on the minds of manufactured housing industry professionals, The Daily Business News has learned from American Banking News the following report on the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), which is made available below. “The Manufactured Housing Institute has been leading the campaign to bring more …
American Banking News – Key MHI Staff “Excoriated” for Failing Their Mission, Members Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Entry Level v Residential Style Manufactured Homes, Modular Homes and MH Appraisals – Tom Papszycki, Arrowhead Homes – Inside What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Louisiana Approves 336 home site MH community. Polish modular builder marketing in Sweden. Oregon legislator tryhing …
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In an attempt to preserve affordable housing, Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) convened a gathering at Portland City Hall to discuss what steps can be taken to preserve manufactured home communities (MHC), in the throes of a hot real estate market that sees them potentially jeopardized with redevelopment. Noting …
Oregon Legislator Wants to Preserve Manufactured Home Communities Read More
A new report from the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies indicates home ownership rates have fallen over the last ten years to 63.7 percent, as Millennials continue living in their parents’ basements or are renting. MHProNews has leaned from washingtontimes that 36.4 percent of U.S. households opted to …
Family Formation May Increase but Homeownership May Not Read More
Milwaukee’s most successful and oldest independent non-profit, Milwaukee Christian Center Neighborhood Improvement Project (MCC-NIP), the developer of 41 houses over the last decade that have been sold to low to moderate income homeowners, is building a modular four-bedroom, three-bath home. Funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), …
Non-profit Building Modular Home in Milwaukee for Low-income Family Read More
While the Arizona Office of Manufactured Housing (MH) enforces the state’s manufactured home landlord-tenant act, it does not apply to rental homes. The city of Tucson does take care of MH rentals, having responded to about 20 calls this year regarding insufficient cooling, requiring owners to fix the problems, according …
Manufactured Home Rentals in Arizona could be Troubling Read More
A manufactured home has been sited in Stuttgart, Arkansas in an area zoned residential R-2, which does not allow manufactured homes (MH), creating a conundrum for the Stuttgart City Council. At an April 19 meeting Code Enforcement Officer Gary Norris said the home was modular and meets the city building …
The HUD manufactured housing program, on June 14-15, 2016, held its second in-person conference with State Administrative Agencies (SAAs) and state and private Primary Inspection Agencies (PIAs) in as many years. Following the 2015 conference, in its report to members and the industry, MHARR observed that the meeting was “remarkable” …
HUD-SAA-PIA Meeting Exposes Continuing HUD Defiance On Full And Proper Implement Read More
The United States Government Publishing Office summarizes the Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing according to the Department of Energy guidelines thusly: ”The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing a proposed rule to implement the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which directs DOE to establish energy conservation …
Prelude to the Department of Energy’s Energy Standards Read More
Updating a story MHProNews last posted May 4, 2016 regarding the repurposing of Lowry Grove manufactured home community (MHC) by a new owner in St. Anthony, Minn., the mostly Hispanic residents, since learning in April the MHC was being sold for $6 million, vowed to block the sale, which would …
MH Community Residents Going to Court to Resist Relocation Read More
Although the Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro called manufactured housing a “vital solution” to the nation’s “affordable housing crisis,” the federal manufactured housing program for forty years has been one set of wasted opportunities after another, according to M. Mark Weiss, president and CEO of the …
MHARR’S Mark Weiss says Happy Anniversary HUD Code?? Read More
Waterhouse Management Corp. of Roseville, California, which runs the Pinto Lake Mobile Estates in Watsonville, CA, has asked for a $211 a month across the board increase for all the homeowners at the 177 site manufactured home community (MHC). Waterhouse contends the county’s formula for determining annual rent increases does …
MH Community Owner Seeks $211 Month Increase per Site Read More
In a video presentation, Frank Rolfe, a partner with Dave Reynolds in Mobile Home University, RV Horizons and MHP Funds, says he can call his congressional representative in Missouri and find out the chances of legislation passing that could positively affect the manufactured home industry, like altering Dodd-Frank. Since it …
Frank Rolfe, Bob Crawford Video Comments on Current and New MH Association Read More
The Spring 2016 installment of the federal Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda (SRA) was officially published in the Federal Register on June 9, 2016. The SRA details expected developments and projected timetables for pending and anticipated federal regulatory actions. As is typically the case, this edition of the SRA contains information concerning …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Media Should Re-Visit Dodd-Frank Reporting in Light of Congressional Testimony Modular Versus Manufactured Homes: Which Is Right for You? What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Lake Villa MH community sells for $11.3 million. HUD Code production climbs 9.9% in April. …
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