In an attempt to help house the homeless and low-income residents of Bithlo, Florida, outside Orlando, Tim McKinney, CEO of United Global Outreach (UGO) has designed a 456 square-foot tiny home that can be assembled with a screwdriver and wrench, meets current hurricane standards, and has a 40-year warranty on …
Old Manufactured Homes and Tiny Homes address the Florida Homeless Read More
The Seattle Times/Center for Public Integrity has allegedly targeted Clayton Homes and Berkshire-Hathaway affiliated finance companies in an attempt to derail much needed reforms to Dodd-Frank which harm millions of manufactured home (MH) owners and thousands of MH businesses. Mike Baker and Daniel Wagner – writers of the Seattle …
The city commissioners in Polk City, Florida are proposing to amend the city’s land development code to protect manufactured homes as well other residences in case they are damaged or destroyed in the future. Since the area is zoned C-2, general commercial, the current code would not necessarily allow homes …
Although in Commercial Zone, Manufactured Homes would be Replaced Read More
ROC Racks up Two More MHC Co-ops. Legislator Questions HUD Contract. HUD Code Production Rises. Modular Skyscraper Rises Quickly in China. Modular Future Questionable in NYC, as it Gains a Floor in Texas, adds Luxury Complex in Silicon Valley. Cavco Acquires Fairmont. MHCC Seeks MH Multifamily. Google Denied Modular Expansion. …
The Pine Haven manufactured home community (MHC) in Moss Bluff, Louisiana in the southwestern part of the state (just north of Lake Charles) has been sold and the 35 homes, some of which appear to have been built before the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) established standards for …
Ozy Media’s ‘Trailer House Nation,’ Corrections Needed Read More
OZY Media is a West Coast based ‘new media’ start up that has drawn millions in investments and supports a staff of some 17 people. Targeting Millennials, they self proclaim: “OZY is a digital news magazine focused on the new and the next.” Based in Mountainview, CA., they’ve reportedly attracted …
Multi-unit HUD Code manufactured homes took another step forward on May 5, 2015, as the General Subcommittee of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), following a two-hour conference call, unanimously approved a slate of proposals designed to authorize — and establish certain standards for – such homes. Under the proposals developed …
New rules and regulations for the moving and placement of manufactured homes (MH) was discussed at the Ramey (Penn.) Borough Council meeting May 4, as theprogressnews tells MHProNews. Code Enforcement Officer Joe Kercenneck discovered a multi-section home in town has a manufacturers seal of approval, but it does not have …
Borough Establishes Regulations for Siting of Manufactured Homes Read More
With 19 atriums, 800 apartments and office space for 4,000 workers, 1,200 employees of the Broad Sustainable Building Co. erected a 57-story modular skyscraper in 19 working days in Hunan’s provincial capital, Changsha, China, according to ca.news.china. The 2,736 modules that make up Mini Sky City were fabricated in 4 …
1) Who, What and Where: (Your name and your formal title at New Durham Estates).
Melville (President) and Thelma Fath (Secretary) at New Durham Estates, Manufactured Home Sales and New Durham Hardware.
Noting that the technology involved in manufactured housing (MH) has improved greatly over the years, especially since the inception of the federally regulated HUD Code in 1976, Robin Roy, writing for the Natural Resources Defense Council blog, Switchboard, says MH is poised to continue to play a vital role in …
Energy Efficiency on the Table at MHI’s Expo in Las Vegas Read More
Although over 200 people who lost their homes in the Colorado flooding of 2013 would like to return to Lyons, CO, on March 24 over 50 percent of the town’s voters rejected a proposal to allow 50 to 70 units of affordable housing on five to seven acres of 25.66 …
Committee Member wants Manufactured Housing to Lure Flood Victims Back Read More
The Yahoo Manufactured Housing Composite Value (MHCV) fell -1.21 percent after rising yesterday nearly ten percent, to close at 692.1. Tracked manufactured housing stocks closed mixed or even. Equity Lifestyle Properties moved up the most of tracked stocks, adding +2.31 percent, while Patrick Industries slipped more than other stocks, -1.54 …
Manufactured Housing Composite Value Slips; Dow, NASDAQ, S&P500 Edge Up Read More
MHPronews has learned from housingwire a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives voted to increase transparency of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act, H. R. 1265, sponsored by Rep. Sean Duffy, (R-WI) received 401 votes with only two opposed, that would subject the …
House Votes Overwhelmingly to Increase CFPB Transparency Read More
Writing in Manufactured Home Living News, MHProNews publisher L. A. “Tony” Kovach says those opposed to the passage of the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act, H. R. 650, which is scheduled to reach the House Floor for a vote this Tuesday, are fueling the mainstream media with misinformation about …
H. R. 650 will Lead to More Jobs, More Quality, Affordable Housing Read More
The Mobile Home Review Board in Vista, California was created by the city to hear disputes between manufactured home community residents and community owners, and to encourage fair treatment, as thecoastnews informs MHProNews. Three residents of the Green Valley Mobile Home Park had a hearing with the board April 2, …
Review Board agrees with Manufactured Home Community Owner Read More
A couple in Hermiston, Oregon who own four manufactured homes saw their property tax increase 65 percent from 2013 to 2014 on one of the homes, a 1970 Golden West model at Vista Park Mobile Home Park. Umatilla County Tax Assessor Paul Chalmers says it was an anomaly, that the …
Couple Questions Tax Increase on pre-HUD Code Home Read More
Aries Building Systems of Texas, builder of modular schools, multifamily housing and hospitals is expanding into Oregon and the northwest. From its headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, the company will have facilities in Bend, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. Aries plans to focus on custom and standard temporary and permanent modular buildings, …
Modular Building Producer Expanding into Northwest Read More
A ten percent hike in site rents at Wild Meadows manufactured home community (MHC) in Dover, Delaware was ruled unjustified by an arbitrator appointed by the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority. The December Corporation, manager of the MHC, sought to raise site tents from $437.15 to $482.89 on 185 member …
Site Rent Increase Denied at Manufactured Home Community Read More
According to what newsobserver reports from North Carolina regarding deadly tornadoes, “While the perception might be that tornadoes target trailers, the reality is that manufactured housing is the least safe place to be in severe weather, second only to an automobile. It’s just that simple.” In fact, it is not …
Article on Manufactured Homes and High Winds Gets it Wrong Read More
