Following a story MHProNews posted April 29, 2014 regarding postponement of the mark up of the housing finance reform bill by the Senate Banking Committee, nationalmortgagenews.com reports the bipartisan legislation by Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) will be voted on by the committee on Thursday, May 15. …
Since year one of the Obama administration, the number of businesses failing outnumber the businesses being created for the first time in recent memory, according to Ray Hennessey, writing in entrepreneur.com about data collected by the Brookings Institution. While Brookings does not point to any particular culprit, Hennessey says its …
Brookings Institution reports Negative impact on Business Since 2008 Read More
Anchorage, Alaska’s comprehensive plan recognizes manufactured housing as an affordable option, but Anchorage 2020, as it’s called, does not protect manufactured housing communities (MHCs) from redevelopment, resulting in the loss of nearly 500 housing units since 2000. The replacement dwellings are less dense, and with the slowdown in production of …
The city council of Hayward, California has approved a new measure regarding the closure of manufactured home communities (MHC), according to contracostatimes.com. The new guidelines would require the owner to pay the full relocation costs of the home, including installation expenses, lodging during the move, as well as first and …
City Imposes Stiff Measures on Closing a Manufactured Home Community Read More
A proposal before the Affordable Housing Committee in Bluffton, South Carolina would replace 24 pre-HUD Code homes with new modular homes, ranging from a one-bedroom, 600 square foot home to a four bedroom model with 2,000 square feet. According to islandpacket.com, prospective owners could make no more than 120 percent …
Updating a story MHProNews.com last reported on March 25, 2014 regarding the Life O’Riley Mobile Home Park in Lansing, Michigan condemned because of unsanitary conditions, State Representative Andy Schor introduced Bill 5513 to give local leaders more clout in dealing with problems at manufactured housing communities (MHCs). Lansing city officials …
Measure would Empower Local Officials over Land Lease Communities Read More
The Cottonport (Louisiana) Town Council is being asked to change the ordinance that governs the distance between a manufactured home (MH) and the property line, according to avoyellestoday.com. Keith Ducote says more people are buying multi-section homes and the current ordinance should be changed from 25 feet to 20 feet …
Change Requested for Siting Multi-section Manufactured Homes Read More
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James L. Clayton, Chairman, Clayton Bank and Trust, Chairman of American City Bank, Tullahoma, TN
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According to Ned Fowler, the founder and executive director of the Northwest Regional Housing Authority, there are 8,100 manufactured homes (MH) in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and 5,500 are pre-1976 factory-built homes. At a meeting of city and county officials, Fowler said there are 2,502 renters and 2,380 owners in …
Pre-HUD Code Homes in North Carolina becoming Dilapidated Read More
MHARR continued its final push for the complete implementation of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 with a positive hour-long meeting on April 10, 2014 with senior-level HUD officials, including HUD Assistant Secretary/Federal Housing Commissioner Carol Galante and newly-arrived HUD Manufactured Housing Program Administrator Pamela Danner. This intensified MHARR …
Investors are discovering the modern manufactured housing (MH) and ‘off site’ home building industry in a variety of ways. Some appear to be from negative media coverage (a pair of recent examples shown below), others in print, online or TV are clearly positive. Some non-profits are also interested-to-focused on manufactured …
Investors Discover the Walmart of Affordable Housing Read More
With the goal of 15 percent of the housing in Carrboro, North Carolina to be in the affordable range by 2020, the Board of Aldermen held a roundtable discussion about a variety of possibilities. According to chapelboro.com, Alderperson Jacquelyn Gist, noting affordable doesn’t just mean just low mortgage rates, adds, …
Manufactured Housing an Option to Increase Affordable Housing Read More
Following a story MHProNews.com last posted Feb. 18, 2014 regarding a sheriff’s race in San Joaquin County, California in which the contender says modular jail cells would help ease overcrowding, Sgt. Pat Withrow, of the county sheriff’s department, says the county can afford four modular units which would hold 64 …
Candidate for Sheriff Continues Pitching Modular Jail Units Read More
A carpet cleaner in Springfield, Virginia blames Yelp.com for a rash of alleged fraudulent negative reviews that owner Joe Hadeed claims reduced his business by 30 percent. He narrowed down the anonymous complaints to seven, based on time frame, sales data and location, and sued them in July, 2012 for …
Consumer Online Reviews: Fairness Colored by Free Speech? Read More
As you may or may not be aware, the below article regarding manufactured homes and manufactured housing communities was published in the March 13, 2014 edition of the New York Times Magazine. Given the nature of article and its negative references to manufactured homes, communities, manufactured homeowners, community residents and …
To expand the company’s business in east Texas and Louisiana, Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFPI) has acquired a 50 percent stake in Upshur Forest Products, LLC, which has sawmill facilities in Gilmer, Texas. “Among our strategic goals is to grow our industrial business, and we’re doing that in a steady …
Universal Forest Products Acquires Sawmill in Texas Read More
The Washington Post famously hands out “Pinocchios” for false or misleading statements made by public officials they fact check, including notables such as U.S. President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other foreign or domestic public figures. Since the MHIndustry’s George F. Allen boldly proclaims himself weekly to be …
George Allen Fact Check: 6 Errors/Contradictions in one section alone (290/1)? Read More
A request for special permission to site a recreational vehicle (RV) on private property in San Angelo, Texas for one year was approved by the town’s city council. Jesus Tellez says he wants to live in the RV while he builds a house on the same property, according to sanangelolive.com. …
Washington, D.C., March 16, 2014 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) today lauded the inclusion of specific MHARR-proposed language in the bi-partisanGSE housing finance reform bill (S. 1217) released on March 16, 2014 by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID). The MHARR …
On Sunday, March 16 at 4:47 PM ET, a news release was received from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) on the topic of the highly-charged issue of a Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE, “Fannie and Freddie”) reform plan. Some 3 Hours and 43 minutes later, at 8:30 PM on the same …
