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Arcata, CA Residents Concerned about Rents in MH Community

By / June 22, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, People

Following concerns expressed by manufactured home community (MHC) residents in Arcata, California regarding rising site rents, the Arcata City Council directed the Community Development Department to take a demographic survey of MHC residents as well as the history of rents. As times-standard tells MHProNews, Community Development Department specialist Mohamad Alnakhlawi …

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CFPB Director Richard Cordray Targeted in Ads

By / June 22, 2016 / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People

The head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is now the target of television ads that allege Dir. Richard Cordray is going to run for governor of Ohio, and that the CFPB is seeking to limit arbitration clauses, which is seen as beneficial to plaintiff attorneys. MHProNews has learned …

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Modular Tiny Home, 196 sq. ft., has All the Amenities

By / June 20, 2016 / Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People

When first-grade teacher Deirdre Brackett of Sanford, New Hampshire retires she will move into a 196 sq. ft. tiny home she contracted with Sanford Regional Technical School in Sanford, Maine for the students to build the modular home, as journaltribune tells MHProNews. An average hotel room is 325 sq. ft. …

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Manufactured Home Rentals in Arizona could be Troubling

By / June 19, 2016 / Communities, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, People

While the Arizona Office of Manufactured Housing (MH) enforces the state’s manufactured home landlord-tenant act, it does not apply to rental homes. The city of Tucson does take care of MH rentals, having responded to about 20 calls this year regarding insufficient cooling, requiring owners to fix the problems, according …

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Manufactured Home Sited Illegally in Arkansas

By / June 27, 2016 / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, regulation, Zoning

A manufactured home has been sited in Stuttgart, Arkansas in an area zoned residential R-2, which does not allow manufactured homes (MH), creating a conundrum for the Stuttgart City Council. At an April 19 meeting Code Enforcement Officer Gary Norris said the home was modular and meets the city building …

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Measure would Replace Dilapidated Manufactured Homes in NY

By / June 17, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Finance, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

A bill that passed in the New York State Senate, sponsored by Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensberry), would fund a home replacement program for qualifying state residents who have older, dilapidated mobile and manufactured homes, and own the property. The replacement units would be new, affordable energy-efficient units, according to adirondackdailyenterprise, …

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MH Community Residents Going to Court to Resist Relocation

By / June 26, 2016 / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Updating a story MHProNews last posted May 4, 2016 regarding the repurposing of Lowry Grove manufactured home community (MHC) by a new owner in St. Anthony, Minn., the mostly Hispanic residents, since learning in April the MHC was being sold for $6 million, vowed to block the sale, which would …

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As Government Grows, Regulations Impose, the Economy Slows

By / June 16, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Economy, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Saying people have forgotten President Reagan’s line: “The government is not the solution, it is the problem.” The larger the government grows, the slower the economic growth, writes Richard W. Rahn in washingtontimes. The article MHProNews posted June 9, 2016 reports Donald Trump promises to end Dodd-Frank and its chokehold …

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Loan Officer calls Dodd-Frank a Huge Impediment to Lending

By / June 15, 2016 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People

A commentator for modularhomecoach was at the bank on a matter related to buying a car when he spied a five-inch stack of papers on a desk behind the lender, and casually asked about the stack. The woman replied, “Those are for a mortgage application for a new home,” adding …

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Just as CFPB’s Authority is Challenged, it Binges on Big Ad Dollars,

By / June 14, 2016 / Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People, regulation

Coinciding with Republicans and business groups hollering for the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to be a five-person commission instead of a single director, make the agency’s funding in some way subject to congressional oversight, with lawsuits challenging its very authority, the CFPB is pitching a substantial …

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Frank Rolfe, Bob Crawford Video Comments on Current and New MH Association

By / June 13, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Communities, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

In a video presentation, Frank Rolfe, a partner with Dave Reynolds in Mobile Home University, RV Horizons and MHP Funds, says he can call his congressional representative in Missouri and find out the chances of legislation passing that could positively affect the manufactured home industry, like altering Dodd-Frank. Since it …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News June 5-June 12, 2016

By / June 11, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Awards, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Events, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trends, Zoning

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Media Should Re-Visit Dodd-Frank Reporting in Light of Congressional Testimony Modular Versus Manufactured Homes: Which Is Right for You?   What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Lake Villa MH community sells for $11.3 million. HUD Code production climbs 9.9% in April. …

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Congressional Testimony Negates Sensationalized Charges of Predatory Lending

By / June 11, 2016 / Business, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

With all the negative publicity swirling around alleged predatory lending for purchasers of manufactured homes by the Seattle Times, National Public Radio and BuzzFeed within the last year, it’s time the media paid attention to congressional testimony that refutes these notions, according to L. A. “Tony” Kovach, publisher of MHLivingNews …

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Arizona MH Community Destined to Move Forward Despite Neighbors’ Opposition

By / June 9, 2016 / Business, Communities, Company News, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

The Mohave County Board of Supervisors (Arizona) approved by a vote of four to one the development of an age-restricted manufactured home community south of Chloride near the Old Boulder Dam Highway, despite opposition from neighbors who fear low-income residents that may be involved in crime. Neighbors Judy and Norm …

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Clinton Clinches, Sanders Perseveres, Trump Polishes

By / June 9, 2016 / Advocacy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People

Hillary Clinton, her win in the California primary officially making her the presumptive Democratic presidential contender learned from her mistakes in the 2008 election when Barack Obama’s team outmaneuvered her. This year her campaign manager, Robby Mook, and Marlon Marshall, director of state campaigns and political engagement, realized the strength …

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MHARR’s Mark Weiss Chides the DOE and MHI for their “Buddy System”

By / June 3, 2016 / home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, Small Business

The Department of Energy (DOE) sent the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) a copy of the  proposed new energy standards rule before its official publication, leading MHProNews and MHLivingNews publisher L. A. “Tony” Kovach to contact M. Mark Weiss, the President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform …

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Manufactured Home Lender Opening Branch in Jupiter, Fla.

By / June 2, 2016 / Business, Company News, Finance, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac seller/servicer and Ginnie Mae issuer, Platinum Home Mortgage tells MHProNews it has opened a branch in Jupiter, Florida, its seventh new location this year. In addition to an in-house manufactured home financing program, the bank will offer conventional, non-qualified mortgage, Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Veterans Affairs, U. …

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Small Texas Town is Manufactured Home Friendly

By / June 1, 2016 / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Three possible manufactured home (MH) siting requests were on the agenda for the City Council of Jourdanton (Texas) Board of Adjustment’s public hearing meeting May 16, as related to MHProNews by pleasantonexpress. The first was for a variance to the zoning ordinance to install a manufactured home at 1906 “A” …

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UMH Community Hosting Baseball Legend “Doc” Gooden ; UMH Chair to Present at NAREIT

By / June 1, 2016 / Announcements, Business, Communities, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) announces it will host three-time champion World Series pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden on June 18, 2016 at the manufactured home community owner’s Kinnebrook Estates in Monticello, New York. Gooden will sign fans’ sports memorabilia or a free photo of the storied pitcher that attendees will receive …

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Rep. Hensarling’s Talk will Lay Groundwork for Replacing Dodd-Frank

By / June 1, 2016 / Announcements, Events, Finance, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People

MHProNews has been notified by financialservices.house.gov that House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), will outline the Republican plan for replacing the Dodd-Frank Act to stimulate economic growth in a speech to the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday, June 7. The meeting will be held at the …

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