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More First Nations Turning to Modular

Throughout Canada, many First Nations native tribes are struggling with the dual challenge of quality, and affordable, housing. Mold and other natural elements, when combined with overcrowding, present issues tribal members call a “sad reality.” The solution, they believe, lies in modular housing. According to the CBC, the Yale First …

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Bark Worse than Bite? Manufactured Housing Institute Slams Trump Administration Lumber Tariffs

Comments from Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on CNBC yesterday regarding proposed anti-subsidy tariffs on Canadian goods raised quite a stir. “The tariff is not the beginning of a trade war with Canada,” said Ross. “It shows President Trump is making good on promises to hold Canada accountable for unfair practices such …

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Drama in Ohio: Fake News, Facts and Myths

The ongoing battle between the Ohio Manufactured Housing Association (OMHA) and Ohio Governor John Kasich over the status of the Ohio Manufactured Housing Commission (OMHC) has been taken to a whole new level, with what informed sources  are calling “fake news.” According to a story from WOSU, Gov. Kasich wants to …

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Trump Effect: Immigration, the Border Wall, and a $14 Billion Fix?

As the Daily Business News covered recently, President Donald Trump’s first 100 days have been a whirlwind of movement, including doubling down on his promises for immigration and building the border wall. At the heart of the conversation about building the wall is the cost, estimated to be $28 billion. …

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Triad Financial Services Creates New Program Manufactured Home Dealers

Triad Financial Services, Inc. tells MHProNews that it has formed the Triad Manufactured Home Risk Purchasing Group (RPG) for manufactured home dealers. Triad says that it created the program in response to the increasing demand for affordable liability insurance for manufactured home retail dealers. In addition to the insurance savings, …

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UPDATE: MHC Future in Doubt, the Other Side of Rent Control

In an update to the story that the Daily Business News originally covered here, residents at the Thetis Lake Campground community in View Royal, British Columbia, Canada, are facing an imminent threat. According to Western Investor, assessments on the community are threatening the viability of the most affordable housing option in …

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President Trump at 100 Days: Numbers, Polls

As President Donald Trump reaches the magic 100-day mark in office, new polling and statistics show that many American’s believe he’s getting the job done. According to Lifezette, approximately 73 percent of American voters approve of President Trump’s performance in fighting for American jobs in an ABC News/Washington Post poll …

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Modular Housing Visions are Looking Up in New York’s Big Apple

In an effort to tackle the affordable housing challenges in New York City, two designers have looked up, but not to build skyscrapers. According to Dezeen, Instant City: Living Air-Right, a plan created by designers Beomki Lee and Chang Kyu Lee, calls for using vacant airspace over existing New York …

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Acquisition, and Rumors of a Billion Dollar Acquisition, for Hometown America

In Australia, manufactured home builder and community owner Gateway Lifestyle Group has seen significant growth since the Daily Business News reported a potential deal with Hometown America last August to purchase National Lifestyle Villages (NLV), Western Australia’s largest operator of manufactured home communities. At the time, the proposed deal would …

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Keith Olbermann on Trump Supporters – Industry Reacts – When “Trailer Trash” Isn’t What You Think

In what is quickly becoming known as the “tweet heard ‘round the manufactured housing world,” former ESPN and MSNBC host Keith Olbermann’s reference to President Donald Trump supporters — former Presidential candidate Sarah Palin and musicians Ted Nugent and Kid Rock during their White House visit — as “trailer park …

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Manufactured Home Community Residents Reach Settlement In Legal Action

In Massachusetts, residents of the Chelmsford Commons manufactured home community have reportedly reached a six-figure settlement in a class action lawsuit against community owner, Michigan based RHP Properties. According to the Lowell Sun, the suit alleges that RHP improperly raised rents on residents over the last five years. As a …

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Trump, Carson, Creating Jobs by Supplying the American Dream

In the U.S., millions are still working, hoping and praying for the original American Dream: home ownership. More than a half a century since the “War on Poverty” began, not much has changed – and the nation is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis, where preservation, and creation, …

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Super Modular? Super Tower Takes Shape

In the U.K., modular housing continues to gain steam as a practical solution to the nation’s growing housing crisis. But in Wembley, just north of London it’s being taken to a whole new level. According to Construction News UK, Tide Construction and Vision Modular Systems have put the final piece …

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Respect Demanded: MHC Residents, Families, Speak Out

In California, the San Francisco Bay Area remains one of the most expensive places to live in the U.S., with some one-bedroom apartments running well over $3,000 per month. In the city of Pleasanton, an affluent enclave, the Vineyard Estates 55 and over manufactured home community remains one of the …

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Sunday Morning Weekly Recap Manufactured Housing Industry News April 16th 2017 to April 23rd 2017

Our theme for this month is: Manufactured Housing Industry Politics – Complicated Cross Currents, or April Fools? and our featured articles are now live on the MHProNews.com home page.  To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click the link above. Manufactured, …

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2018 RV/MH Hall of Fame Call for Nominations

Even though six months remain until the deadline, Darryl Searer, president of the RV/MH Heritage Foundation wanted to remind MHProNews, and industry professionals, that if they are considering nominating someone, now’s a good time to begin working on it. “Even though we are intensely planning for the induction dinner celebration for …

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Developer Plans to help MHC Residents Transition

Just outside of St. Louis, Missouri, a developer is dealing with the reality that sometimes, trying to do the right thing isn’t always enough. In a story the Daily Business News originally covered here, the city of Chesterfield’s only manufactured home community, Chesterfield Mobile Home Park, had rumors swirling about …

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Rollercoaster Ride may be Ending for Manufactured Home Community?

A long, and often confusing rollercoaster ride for residents at the East End Mobile Home Park in Manassas, Virginia may be coming to an end. But, as has been the case for the community, it won’t come without clearing a few hurdles. Per InsideNova, James Turner, an Alexandria lawyer and …

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Manufactured Housing – Investors Taking Notice?

While the value proposition for manufactured housing is well known to industry professionals, showing or explaining that value to the mainstream can be a challenge. According to recent information from NAREIT, that appears to be changing. New data shows that manufactured housing REITs now occupy an enviable place in real …

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Modular Home Builder Faces the Music

In Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, modular building manufacturer Britco laid off most of its employees earlier this month, in what the company is calling a “curtailing.” According to Infotel CA, Western One, Britco’s parent company, announced the sale of Britco’s rental and U.S. manufacturing businesses on March 6 to Black …

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