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OSHA Announces a Three Month Phase-In Period for New Fall Protection Rules

By / October 23, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Institute

On June 9, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a three month phase-in period for new tougher fall-protection rules designed to protect the health and safety of roofers and other residential construction workers. The new rules are effective June 16, 2011. However, unless individual states decided otherwise, contractors …

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Housing Pro States New Low May Be Coming

By / June 15, 2011 / Business, Economy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, news-at-noon

HousingWire reports RealtyTrac’s senior vice president says he does not expect a full recovery of the housing market until 2015.  Rick Sharga, speaking at HousingWire‘s REO (Real Estate Owned) Expo in Fort Worth, Texas, says 2010 saw 2.9 million foreclosure filings, the most ever.  There were 550,000 foreclosure filings in …

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Industry Decline Worsens – Disinformation Persists

By / June 10, 2011 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., June 10, 2011 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics complied on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), manufactured housing production continues to decline significantly in 2011. In April 2011, 3,944 HUD Code homes were …

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Consensus Recommendations for FEMA Industry Day, June 7, 2011

By / October 23, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Institute

MHI Disaster Housing Task Force Universal Design Temporary Housing Unit What does the term “Universal Design Temporary Housing Unit” mean? Please expand beyond how it is defined in the Industry Day Agenda. Session I–Codes and Amenities What are the benefits/challenges of building to a HUD code–Small Footprint Universal THU The …

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Wall Street Banker Blames New Regulations for Slow Recovery

By / June 9, 2011 / Business, Economy, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, news-at-noon, People, regulation

CNNMoney reports in an exchange between Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, that Dimon said the government is stifling the recovery with its reforms, including the Dodd-Frank Act (Dodd-Frank).  Bernanke spoke in Atlanta at the International Monetary Conference and acknowledged the recovery is slow.  Dimon …

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FEMA Homes Restricted in Another Alabama Community

By / June 8, 2011 / Communities, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, news-at-noon, regulation

Alabama’s 13 says Cordova is not the only city in Alabama hit by the April 27 tornado that does not allow manufactured housing outside an existing community of factory-built homes.  Fultondale, just outside Birmingham, has a similar ordinance that Mayor Jim Lowrey says will be enforced, while adding the city …

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County Extends Reinstatement Time for Unoccupied MH

By / June 8, 2011 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, news-at-noon, regulation

The Reno Gazette-Journal in western Nevada reports the Lyon County Board of Commissioners has amended an ordinance that primarily affects manufactured housing.  Any manufactured home over 15 years of age that has not been occupied for 12 consecutive months or more, according to electrical power records, may not be reoccupied …

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MHARR Calls for FEMA Funding to Include HUD Code Homes

By / June 1, 2011 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

On a closely related matter, MHARR has called on Congress to adopt specific language that would commit the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to include HUD Code manufactured housing as part of any post-disaster emergency relief and/or permanent replacement housing that it provides with $1 billion in new funding approved …

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Home Buyers Stimulate Economy More than Renters

By / June 1, 2011 / Economy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, news-at-noon

HousingWire reports that a survey of over 1,000 borrowers by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) revealed half could not afford the required 20 percent down payment under the qualified residential mortgage (QRM) plan, despite housing prices being at record lows.  USA Today‘s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data …

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Boston’s Sole Community of Factory-built Homes Gets Good News

By / May 31, 2011 / Communities, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, news-at-noon

The Boston Globe reports the only community of factory-built homes in Boston sits on the Charles River and is owned by the residents.  The 104 unit community just received word from Mayor Thomas Menino that the city will invest $815,000 to upgrade sewers, roads and electric power lines.  The article …

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Tuscaloosa County Receives FEMA Homes

By / May 25, 2011 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, news-at-noon

Following up on an article we published here May 20, the Tuscaloosa News says eight Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) homes have been delivered to Tuscaloosa County following the devastating tornadoes of April 27, and are being sited at a community outside the city limits.  Over 250 FEMA homes have …

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FEMA Homes Require Installation Effort to Be Habitable

By / May 24, 2011 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, news-at-noon

The Birmingham News reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved nearly 250 FEMA manufactured homes for refugees of last month’s tornadoes in Alabama, but so far only 35 are occupied.  Before a home can be sited, officials have to make certain the space is suitable, and that …

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City Ordinance Prohibits FEMA Homes, Despite Emergency Need

By / May 20, 2011 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, news-at-noon, People, regulation

WBRC MyFoxAL reports from northern Alabama that dozens of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) homes are available for victims of the tornadoes, but not in Cordova, Alabama, in Walker County because the city ordinance prohibits single section homes inside city limits.  Mayor Jack Scott says double-sectionals are allowed in certain …

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HUD Providing Assistance for South Dakota Flood Victims

By / May 18, 2011 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, news-at-noon

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced the agency will provide federal disaster assistance to homeowners and low-income renters in 28 counties in South Dakota following floods that forced people from their homes in March.  President Obama issued a disaster declaration last week for these counties.  The …

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Errata on Report of Canadian Builder Supplying Modular Homes to Japan

By / May 15, 2011 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, news-at-noon

MHMSM.com acknowledges with regret errors in an earlier story, Canadian Company Sending Temporary Modular Units to Japan on May 13th.  A representative speaking for Viceroy Homes, Ltd., clarified that the company is providing 1000 temporary homes (not more), per order from the Japanese government. While they do hope and anticipate …

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Survey Says Single-family Building Stalled, Multi-Family Building Expanding

By / May 12, 2011 / Business, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, news-at-noon, Trends

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says its 55+ Housing Market Index indicates that the expectation for single-family homes construction remains low.  This quarterly report by the NAHB Economics and Housing Policy Group says people who may want to live in a smaller home cannot sell the larger one …

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Foreclosed Homes May House Alabama Tornado Victims

By / November 12, 2015 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, news-at-noon

International Business Times reports that Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan says there are 1,000 foreclosed homes in Alabama that could be available to house people left homeless by the April 29 tornadoes.   Although the government does not have an exact number of how many people are …

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Rent Control on the Table as City Plans Annexation

By / May 10, 2011 / Communities, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, mobile home, news-at-noon, regulation

The Press-Enterprise reports that the city of San Jacinto, California, is planning to annex some land that includes Country Lake Mobile Home Community.  Country Lake residents are protected by a rent control ordinance in Riverview County, but San Jacinto does not have rent control, so any agreement could apply only …

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FEMA Homes Arriving in Areas Hit by Twisters

By / May 9, 2011 / Communities, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, news-at-noon

The Times Daily reports from Northern Alabama that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) homes have started arriving in Franklin County to house victims of the April 27 tornadoes in areas where rental housing is limited.  Eleven homes arrived over the weekend, and 30 more FEMA homes are expected by local …

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