A recent article in the Seattle Times by Al Levine, former Deputy Executive Director of the Seattle Housing Authority, puts the spotlight on steel modular housing as a practical answer to help solve the challenge of housing the homeless. “I find it hard to comprehend that we can’t do a …
Cities Housing the Homeless – are Modular Homes an Answer? Read More
Lustron Stories, a new book by Cleveland photographer Charles Mintz, explores what it’s like to live in, and own, one of the historic all-metal Lustron homes. The story dates back to 1948 in Columbus, Ohio where they were manufactured over a period of two years. The mass produced, easy-to-assemble homes …
Historic Lustron PreFab Homes Draw Renewed Interest Read More
The unscientific Drudge Report’s flash poll reflected a lop-sided victory for GOP VP hopeful, Mike Pence over the Democratic Nominee, Time Kaine. CNN also showed Pence as the winner, as they reported: “An unflappable Pence benefited from the contrast and won the night — with 48% of those who watched …
Advantage Mike Pence over Tim Kaine in lone VP Debate, per CNN/ORC Poll Read More
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) stock was down 1.74% on September 30th, hitting a price of $77.18, which has raised concerns for some traders who wonder – is part of a new pattern? According to the Press Telegraph, analysts expect earnings of $0.83 per share, which would be an increase …
ELS Shares Down, Bank of Montreal Acquires New Stake Read More
The Vice Presidential debate will be tonight. The LA Times says the following about the snapshot and best places to catch the debates live. What: The only vice-presidential debate of the 2016 election, featuring Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine, moderated by Elaine Quijano of CBS News When: 9 …
Rasmussen, Clinton Trump tied, VP Debate Tonight & Clinton WikiTeased Read More
Eric Dean is out to help solve the worldwide housing shortage, one factory-crafted home at a time, reports ProSales Magazine’s Gary Thill. “A house is a very simple thing, but every time we build a house we seem to reinvent the wheel,” Dean told the audience at the FEA 2016 …
Fab or fad? Innovative PreFab Homes could Disrupt Building Trades, Solve Shortages Read More
“Lyons does not want a mobile home park (sic),” said Carrie Davis-Gonzales, resident of the Foothills Manufactured Home Community in Lyons, CO. “I think it is because of the illusion that mobile homes decrease property value stigma. But when I moved here 20 years ago, it seemed like there were as …
Scientific public polling demonstrates that the clear majority of Democrats and progressive voters favor Hillary Clinton for president. Similarly, the vast majority of Republicans, self-identified conservatives and evangelicals favor Donald Trump. According to a Fox News poll released on Friday evening, if the election were held that day, either major-party …
Fox – If Election today, Florida Decides it, NYT – Trump Tax Release – Analysis Read More
Noteworthy headlines on CNNMoney – FUBU CEO Stop and Frisked “Maybe 20 Times. U.S.: Wells Fargo Mistreated Military Members. WSJ Columnist Calls Trump “Unstable.” Why The Federal Reserve Isn’t Political. From WSJ: Ghost of Lehman Brothers Haunts Deutsche Bank. Some bullets from MarketWatch – ‘Housing party’ in the U.S. may be coming …
Houston County, MN commissioners chose to opt out of a recently enacted state law at their meeting on September 20th. Minnesota statute 394.307 (signed into law on May 12) “defines and regulates temporary family health care dwellings on residential property,” Houston County zoning administrator Aaron Lacher told the commissioners. According …
County Zoning Administrator Aaron Lacher Opting Out “Granny Pod” Law Read More
Home prices in the Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.) metro are expensive. The average price for a detached home in the Fraser Valley, for example, is $900,000. A typical condominium can set you back $248,000. Compare that to the typical manufactured home in B.C., which sells for around $80,000. According to …
Plans to transform what the Boulder City Review called a “blighted mobile home park” (sic) into townhouses came before the city’s planning commission. The plan to transition the Boulder City Mobile Home Park into a townhome community were unanimously approved by the town’s commission on September 21st, with Chairman Jim …
Boulder City Planning Commission Approves Rezoning Of Mobile Home Park Read More
An already tumultuous relationship between Denver Meadows Mobile Home and RV Park owner Shawn Lustigman and the community’s residents has only gotten worse in recent weeks. “In two years, I’ll be homeless,” resident Petra Bennett told The Aurora Sentinel. “I need two tractor trailers to move it at $10,000; I …
A full-blown battle over rent control is on in Humboldt County, CA, reports the Lost Coast Outpost’s Ryan Burns. The Humboldt Mobilehome Owner Coalition established a ballot measure, Measure V, that would regulate rent hikes on manufactured home land-lease sites. It aims to prevent a community’s owners from making what …
When retiree Lois Requist decided to downsize from her two-story condo to a manufactured home community in the San Francisco metro area, she was met with some resistance by friends and neighbors—some unfortunately threw the awful “T” word – “tr—lr trash” – at her. Despite the criticism, Requist is happy …
The stock of Skyline Corporation (NYSE: SKY) hit a 52-week high of $12.72 last week, according to a recent report from BarChart. While the stock price has had its ups and downs throughout 2016, Skyline executives have kept a positive tone and goal-oriented approach, which has clearly paid off. Their …
Skyline Corporation Hits 52-Week High. Is Near-Term Analysis Positive? Read More
The first super-hyped presidential debate of the 2016 election cycle is history. There is what the pundits say. There is what the politicos and news junkies walked away with. There are instant polls, which to a certain degree will reflect what their readership composition is. Then there are the voters. …
The Big First Presidential Debate – Pundits, Politicos and Instant Polls Read More
In the effort to provide shelter for the many displaced after the devastating August flooding in Louisiana, Mississippi-based Lexington Homes is about to step into the limelight, the Clarion-Ledger reports. Lexington Homes, a HUD Code manufactured home builder, was awarded a $6.76 million fixed-price contract from the Federal Emergency Management …
“It does not appear that DOE grasps the unique challenges that small manufacturers encounter.” — U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy A controversial proposal by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for manufactured housing has drawn support as well as growing opposition. An arm of the United States Small …
SBA, George Washington University, Blast Proposed DOE Energy Rule for Manufactured Housing Read More
The saga of the legality of placement of tiny houses continues to play out throughout the United States. Coconino County, in north-central Arizona, is one such place. Amanda Acheson, Sustainable Building Program Manager for Coconino County, said she is contacted an average of once per day by someone either interested …
New Rules for Tiny Houses crafted, Manufactured Housing Connections Read More
