Writing in nationalmortgagenews, Craig Nazzaro says there are two significant court cases now challenging the authority and structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), both of which would have been avoided had the agency been established with a five-member commission to operate it, not a czar, and with congressional …
Challenges to CFPB Constitutionality could Create Financial Havoc? Read More
The Long County Board of Commissioners in Hinesville, GA are grappling with an application for a rural subdivision that Mike Allen wants to build, but it is unclear whether the new homes will be manufactured homes or modular homes, according to coastalcourier. Similarly, the board has little information about water …
Board Needs More info about Proposed MH/Modular Community Read More
The Henry County Board of Supervisors in south central Virginia will hold a public hearing to respond to the request of Ruben Torrres to rezone property for locating a manufactured home (MH). The property is in a 100 year-old flood plain, as designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), …
Virginia County Recommends Manufactured Home Rezoning Request Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Conventional Housing and Manufactured Homes Video Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHARR Slams Danner, HUD. Clayton in line for air base homes contract. Sears Homes paved the way for prefab. Canada’s ATCO marching far South. Modulars for …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News April 17-April 24, 2016 Read More
Attached please find your copy of the April 21, 2016 “MHARR WASHINGTON UPDATE” — an exclusive report and analysis addressing: Ÿ MHARR LAW FIRM WARNS HUD Ÿ MHARR COMMENTS DEBUNK FHFA CHATTEL EXCLUSION Ÿ POST-PRODUCTION PROBLEMS IN WASHINGTON MULTIPLY Ÿ MHARR URGES ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HUD PROGRAM BUDGET Ÿ REAL MOTIVES …
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The 15 home site manufactured home community, Ward’s Park, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire is the most recent manufactured home community (MHC) in the state to become a resident-owned community, as nhpr.org tells MHProNews. New Hampshire is one of a handful of states with a right-to-purchase law that gives residents of …
Another New Hampshire Manufactured Home Community becomes Resident-owned Read More
MHProNews has been informed by therealdeal that Zachary Taylor RV Park in Okeechobee, Fla. was acquired by Coastal Income Properties for $3.3 million from a private seller. Capstone Manufactured Housing, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, brokered the transaction, led by Deucie Bies and Kevan Enger, the fourth manufactured home community …
Manufactured Home Community Sells for $3.3 Million Read More
Anisha S., 15, a student at Delhi Public School, East, was drawing homes built with blocks, as in Lego-type blocks. She was participating in Arun Swaminathan’s Designuru workshop on building modular homes that could later be disassembled and moved. The process does not require much space or skilled manpower, and …
Portable Modular Homes: A Solution to Teeming India’s Housing Woes? Read More
A proposed federal regulatory change could conceivably prevent tiny-home dwellers from living in their homes, which they say is an example of the government telling them how they can live, reports cleveland to MHProNews. As of last week, HUD had received 4,000 letters from angry supporters of the homes, which …
Local and State Regulations cover Tiny Homes, not HUD Read More
As Sheila Dey, Executive Director of the Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association (WMHCA), writes in publicceo, rent control is not the solution to the affordable housing crisis now gripping the state. Comparing a doctor trying to fix a broken leg by applying a band-aid, she said, “Government imposed regulations and …
Rent Control in Manufactured Home Communities Inhibits New Development Read More
The affordable housing state law Chapter 40B that requires ten percent of a municipality’s housing stock in Massachusetts to be considered affordable, does not now include manufactured homes (MH), even though the income eligibility of MH residents is met. Officials of Carver, MA are seeking an exemption from that rule …
Town Wants Exemption from Law that Disallows Manufactured Homes as Affordable Read More
As MHProNews publisher L. A. “Tony” Kovach told the Daily Business News, “Uncertainty hurts business. When people are afraid, spending slows. Anything that can harm business is noteworthy for a business or investment professional.” Writing in breitbart, Raheem Kassan tells MHProNews every time there is another Islamist terrorist attack that …
Uncertainty hurts business – no more Teddy Bears and Flowers Read More
MHI Board of Directors Member F. R. Jayar Daily told a congressional subcommittee on housing and insurance that “Manufactured homes are the most affordable homeownership option in the market today,” but the regulatory burdens and the lack of a secondary market for chattel loans reduce financial access for millions of …
MHI’s Daily tells Congress MH is Affordable Housing, Give us a Green Light Read More
Writing in seekingalpha, Brian Grosso tells MHProNews Deer Valley Corp. (OTCQX:DVLY) common stock is undervalued and may be a good investment because the stock is trading so low for no apparent reason. The company survived the disastrous downturn following the housing bubble, during which a number of manufactured and modular …
As newsmax informs MHProNews, The New York Times reports Donald Trump supporters defy typical, political norms. A demographic study released by The Times said, “The places where Trump has done well cut across many of the usual fault lines of American politics — North and South, liberal and conservative, rural …
Trump Support Strong among Manufactured Home Residents Read More
While governmental officials, industry leaders and financial executives agree that manufactured housing (MH) is a solution to the problem of affordable housing in the nation—Julian Castro, head of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUD) calls MH a “vital solution for folks of modest means”–regulations imposed by …
MHI’s Dick Jennison, CFPB’s Richard Cordray on Manufactured Home Loan Regulations Read More
A discussion at a meeting of the Preston (Minnesota) City Council centered around the height, placement and definition of “green belt” and “periphery” as it relates to manufactured housing (MH). Tim Johnston owns one of the two MHCs in town, as fillmorecountyjournal informs MHProNews. He planted a green belt several …
City Seeks New Ordinance for Screening Manufactured Home Communities Read More
by: Mark Weiss FEBRUARY 2016 The latest Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) proposed rule to implement — supposedly – the “duty to serve underserved markets” (DTS) mandate of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) raises a host of serious questions for the industry and its representation in …
New Duty to Serve Proposed Rule Raises Serious Questions Read More
Attached please find your copy of the February 16, 2016 “MHARR WASHINGTON UPDATE” — an exclusive report and analysis addressing: UNPRECEDENTED MISMANAGEMENT OF HUD PROGRAM MHCC JANUARY 2016 MEETING – EXCLUSIVE REPORT/ANALYSIS: · INTRODUCTION AND MEETING OVERVIEW · HUD UNVEILS OUTRAGEOUS ON-SITE RULE · HUD/DOE VIOLATE ENERGY CONSULTATION MANDATE · …
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A Hendersonville, North Carolina family intends to provide up to 21 new multi-section manufactured homes (MH) in a community for seniors, and will ask the Hendersonville City Council for a waiver of the city’s impact fee, as hendersonvillelightning tells MHProNews.. Cheria, Billy and Tony Duncan hope to buy Whiteside’s Green …
Prospective MHC Owners Plan to Upgrade the Community with New Homes Read More
