gazettextra reports the covenants and zoning agreements established when an RV community was developed in the 1970’s have not been enforced. The original rules for Rock River Leisure Estates RV park in Edgerton, Wisconsin, state it is a vacation resort and does not allow permanent year-round living beyond nine months, …
RV Community Deals with Issue of Permanent Residency Read More
BloombergBusinessWeek reports Honolulu City Councilman Tom Berg has proposed building modular housing on agricultural lands in Oahu as a means to meet the demand for affordable housing. He suggests allowing the homes to remain there for up to five years, and that the cost of leasing would be similar to …
SouthCoastToday reports that the 51 residents of Edgeway Mobile Home Park in Middleboro, Massachusetts may finally get street lights that were supposed to be installed over a decade ago. Only 51 sites 0f the planned 74 are currently occupied because the city revoked the license of the MH community owner, …
MHC has Long-standing Issues Between Owners and Town Board Read More
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Manufactured Housing Division (MHD) executive director, Joe A. Garcia, addressed the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) annual meeting this morning in Fort Worth. Garcia praised the TMHA for the low incident of complaints from consumers, and the high level of legal …
The Valley Independent Sentinel in Ansonia, Connecticut, reports an application for development of two manufactured home communities in Oxford has been withdrawn by builder Garden Homes Management Corporation. The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) received a letter from Garden Homes president Richard K. Freedman in which he said, “You may …
MHC Developer Persists, Will Submit Plans a Third Time Read More
Isurfwebster reports that Malcolm Coffman approached the Dixon City Commission to request a moratorium on the issuance of building permits while working to enact zoning laws to prevent “mobile homes” from being set up in neighborhoods with high-value traditional houses. Coffman owns a conventional house with a reported value of …
Emotions heat over plan to place ‘mobile home’ near traditional houses Read More
The Vermilion Standard reports the Vermilion Town Council in east-central Alberta, Canada, has voted to retain the 14 residential lots along 44 Avenue for manufactured housing, instead of changing it to R2 single family residential. The proposal to change the zoning came after several years lack of interest in developing …
MurerietaPatch reports the Murrieta City Council is set to vote Tuesday on amending its regulations for manufactured and pre-HUD Code mobile homes. “The City now desires to limit the age of a manufactured or mobile home…to promote and ensure the aesthetic quality of neighborhoods, to minimize the devaluation of communities …
Murrieta proposes new restrictions for Manufactured Homes Read More
News-Journal reports that Michael Dunn’s third effort at getting an okay for a development for manufactured homes has meet with approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission. The proposal now moves on to the city council, where a simple majority on September 8 could clear the way for Dunn’s project. …
New manufactured housing development planned near Greggton Read More
The New Haven Independent in Connecticut asserts that Garden Homes Management Corporation has plans to develop two manufactured home communities in Oxford. The filing with the Planning and Zoning Commission for the first proposal, called Oxford Commons, would have 99 multi-section manufactured homes on 32 acres. The second project, Donovan …
Bartlesville Radio reports that the City Council in Dewey, OK received a request for a zoning variance to put two modular homes on lots in the city. Two people in this northeastern Oklahoma town, including the petitioner, spoke in favor of the variance, and four opposed it. Council members voiced …
The Times Leader reports the Kuttawa, Kentucky, City Council in northwestern Kentucky is updating its zoning ordinance concerning manufactured homes. State law prohibits banning manufactured homes from inside a city, but the city council zoning proposal is requiring homes to have either brick or masonry skirting around the bottom. Another …
The Times and Democrat reports from Orangeburg, South Carolina, residential property that once held two factory-built homes that were demolished reverted to site-built construction, according to the zoning commission. It is located in an RS district, which means single-family site-built homes only. The owner died and his son now wants …
The joint report recently published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on “Safety and Health in Manufactured Structures” says a great deal about HUD and the manufactured housing industry – though not what its authors likely intended. MHARR …
Following up on an article we published May 24 regarding Cordova, Alabama, Mayor Jack Scott’s insistence on keeping Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) homes out of Cordova, The Birmingham News reports that 200 people showed up for a city council meeting to protest the ban, many venting their frustrations. Mayor …
Tempers Flare at Cordova, Alabama, City Council Meeting Read More
With 19 years in the industry, Jay Hamilton has become the new executive director of the Georgia Manufactured Housing Association. In a conversation with MHMSM, he indicated he has held numerous sales positions, first with Champion Homes, and more recently with Fleetwood Homes as Regional Sales Manager until they sold …
In a follow-up to our story published May 2, the Daily News reports the Salisbury, Massachusetts, Town Council voted to ask the state legislature to amend the Chapter 40B housing law so factory-built homes that have not moved in 20 years can be counted towards the town’s inventory of affordable …
Town Wants to Include LLC Homes in Affordable Housing Inventory Read More
The Somerville Patch of Somerville, Massachusetts, reports a 15,000 square-foot vacant lot will soon be home to a nine unit modular housing building on Cedar Street. Plans have been approved by both the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals, and the foundation will be poured once the city …
Modular Housing Building Going Up in Suburban Boston Read More
APRIL 28, 2011 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Regulations DivisionOffice of General CounselU.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentRoom 10276451 Seventh Street, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20410-0500 Re: Docket No. FR-5506-N-01 Reducing Regulatory Burden — Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563 Dear Sir or Madam: The following comments are submitted on behalf of the …
MHARR Comments on HUD’s Failure to Implement Obama’s Regulatory Fairness Order Read More
MAY 6, 2011 by Danny Ghorbani — Capping a process that began a decade ago with an MHARR Petition for Rulemaking, HUD has published proposed revisions to its Subpart I notice and correction regulations. That proposal, which is the subject of comprehensive MHARR comments, presents, at best, a mixed …
