Former residents of the condemned Life O’Riley Mobile Home Park in Lansing, Michigan, are moving on with their lives, although this is very difficult for many of them. The health department condemned Life O’Riley last year for unsafe living conditions after discovering sewage backing up into the units. WILX-TV, Lansing, …
Former Life O’Riley Residents Move On With Their Lives Read More
At last! A news outlet is finally telling a more balanced story about tornado safety and manufactured homes. WJTV in Jackson, Mississippi, interviewed a resident who lost one manufactured home in a tornado last year on April 28, 2014. He now has a new manufactured home and has made sure …
Some areas of the country are experiencing dramatic surges in population. Cities in Texas are cashing in on the movement of people who want to take advantage of the many job opportunities there. The relocation of companies to Texas’ favorable business atmosphere has brought a lot of new people into …
Shrinking Population Contributes to Decrease in Home Sales Read More
PR Web tells MHProNews that Austin affordable housing provider YourPark.com is poised to make its debut on the INC list of fastest-growing companies in the US. Organized four years ago, YourPark.com acquires and manages manufactured home parks and communities in several areas. Currently the company owns 11 communities in Austin, …
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As the value of land in certain areas increases and more lucrative opportunities for land use appear, residents of many manufactured home communities across the nation find that they are faced with moving. They either must move their homes to another location or abandon them and find other living arrangements. …
Manufactured Home Owners Adjust to Changing Times and Situations Read More
One of the most historic waterfront manufactured home communities in Manatee County, Florida, recently sold to a Scottsdale, Arizona, investor. On January 23, Charles Ellis bought Two Rivers Mobile Home Park through his company Paradise Communities for $6.3 million. The previous owner, Two Rivers, Inc., of Sarasota, bought the community for …
Bradenton Manufactured Home Community Sells for $6.3M Read More
A lot of the stories in today’s news concerns all the various people who might be running for U.S. President next year. Among those is one candidate who says she is definitely not running. Nevertheless, the Washington Examiner tells MHProNews that recent election polls from Iowa and New Hampshire show that …
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It’s always sad to leave a home you’ve loved and put your money and efforts into. That’s the dilemma facing residents of the Burton Avenue Mobile Home Park in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Many of the 200 residents who lived at the community were notified in July 2013 that the site …
KHON-TV in Honolulu tells MHProNews that a bill aimed at establishing manufactured housing communities throughout the state of Hawaii moved forward Thursday in the Hawaii State Legislature. HB1265 would require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide the communities with manufactured homes or shipping containers converted into homes …
Bill to Create Low-Income Manufactured Housing Communities in Hawaii Advances Read More
On February 5, Skyline Corporation (NYSE:SKY) announced it will remain an independent company and will remain focused on its plan to build long-term shareholder value. This decision was supported by a Special Committee of the Board that determined “for a variety of reasons, remaining independent represents the best opportunity to …
Skyline Decides to Remain Independent to Continue Recent Successes Read More
In its newest round of appointments to the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), announced in a February 4, 2015 News Release (see, copy below), HUD has once again denied the industry collective voting representation – an important right that it provides to the MHCC “users” group (i.e., consumers) – while …
HUD Again Denies Collective Industry Mhcc Representation — Uses Selective Appoi Read More
Homeowners in Oceanside, California’s manufactured home communities have been meeting with the mayor about interference in the sale of their homes by community owners. As a result, the city council has directed the city attorney to look into the matter. Mayor Jim Wood requested City Attorney John Mullen to meet …
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Washington, D.C., February 3, 2015 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), manufactured housing industry production grew again during December 2014, leading to a fifth consecutive year of annual industry production increases. Just-released …
Finally, things are looking up for the manufactured housing industry in a small town in Nebraska. The Scotts Bluff County Commissioners have lifted a 20-year restriction banning single section manufactured homes within the county. The Scottsbluff Star Herald tells MHProNews that Scottsbluff has a population of approximately 15,000 and is the …
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Owners and residents of manufactured home communities in Garden City, Idaho, feel that city officials are trying to eliminate some or all of these communities. “They’ve been chipping away at our rights for years and years,” Dustin Block, who owns 10 manufactured home communities, explained. “This city is trying …
The Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET), an organization with no telephone contact number or physical address on its Internet website, announced in a January 28, 2015, news release that it has formed a “Modular and Manufactured Housing Rating Quality Assurance Standard Task Force” in connection with its “Home Energy Rating …
Whom should we believe in considering which way the housing market will go in 2015? There are several articles that predict an increase in home sales because many lenders including FHA, and those offering loans backed by Fannie and Freddie, as well as conventional lenders have lowered down payments to …
Gary Shilling Says Nothing Is Going to Save the Housing Market Read More
It looks like loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will not be the only loans available with a 3% down payment. Marketwatch tells MHProNews that more lenders are lowering down-payment requirements, allowing borrowers to commit 3%, or even less, of a home’s purchase price to get a mortgage. …
Factory-built homes roll down one modular home builder’s assembly line each week in a giant hive of activity fueled by more than 120 employees. Once assembled, the homes are loaded onto flatbeds, trucked to their new locations, placed on footings and a foundation, and then, in a very short period …
Canadian Modular Home Builder Brings New Ideas and New Life to the Industry Read More
On January 23, 2015, an Indiana manufactured housing community owner was charged on two counts of discrimination because of his refusal to rent a manufactured home to a racially-mixed couple. Jamal L. Smith, in his official capacity as the Executive Director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission (ICRC), issued charges …
