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CFPB Contemplating Clarifying TRID

Director Richard Cordray, of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), responding to complaints regarding complying with the so-called Know Before You Owe rule for homebuyers —formally, the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule implemented Oct. 3, 2015 –wrote a letter to financial trades members stating the bureau is considering making “adjustments” …

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Michigan’s Meritus Acquires Lake Villa MHC, Plans Upgrades

Based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Meritus Communities recently finalized its acquisition of Lake Villa Manufactured Home Community in Oxford Township, and said it will spend $1 million to upgrade the community beginning within 120 days, according to oxfordleader. New Manager Edith Belen, a 25-year veteran of managing manufactured home communities …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News April 24-May 1, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Conventional Housing and Manufactured Homes Video Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHC closing in Minneapolis. CFPB constitutionality challenged. MHARR, MHI spar over DTS and chattel lending. Clayton acquires another site-built home builder. Champion expanding into Kentucky. Drew …

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City Unanimously Approves Manufactured Home Siting

The Corsicana (TX) City Council unanimously approved a request from Thomas Douglas to site a manufactured home on property he owns on East Third Ave., as the corsicanadailysun informs MHProNews. “I have other property in town, but I cannot put a manufactured home on it,” said Douglas to the council. …

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Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute Awards Scholarship

MHProNews has learned from owentonnewsherald the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute (KMHI) has announced Sparta, Kentucky resident Arielle M. Columbia has been named as a 2016 KMHI Scholarship Award recipient. She received one of five $1,000 scholarships awarded to graduating high school students who currently live in manufactured housing in KY. …

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Manufactured Home Community Closing, Relocation Resources Available

Shady Acres manufactured home community (MHC) in Kittitas County, Washington will be closing after the county agreed to buy the property for $1.45 million to expand recreational vehicle (RV) parking at the Kittitas Valley Event Center, according to information supplied MHProNews by dailyrecordnews. Once the sale is finalized the residents …

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Board Needs More info about Proposed MH/Modular Community

The Long County Board of Commissioners in Hinesville, GA are grappling with an application for a rural subdivision that Mike Allen wants to build, but it is unclear whether the new homes will be manufactured homes or modular homes, according to coastalcourier. Similarly, the board has little information about water …

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Iraqi Army Vet and Humanitarian Worker Receives Modular Home

Single mom and Army Staff Sgt. Michelle Satterfield was surprised at the last regular season home game of the Pittsburgh Steelers when she received a ceremonial key to a modular home in White Oak, Pennsylvania, where she will be near her fellow soldiers in the 14th Quartermaster Detachment in Greensburg. …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News April 17-April 24, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Conventional Housing and Manufactured Homes Video Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHARR Slams Danner, HUD. Clayton in line for air base homes contract. Sears Homes paved the way for prefab. Canada’s ATCO marching far South. Modulars for …

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MHARR Criticizes Danner, HUD for Violating the MH Improvement Act of 2000

The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) tells MHProNews a letter from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to David A. Tompos, president of NTA in Nappanee, IN indicates HUD has hired SEBA Professional Services, LLC to review installation manuals for manufactured homes (MH). The …

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Trump Towers, Clinton Cruises to NY Win

In the New York primary, with 98.8% of the votes tabulated, according to what politico tells MHProNews, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump topped opponents Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich, winning 60.5 percent of the votes, 89 of the 95 delegates. Kasich earned 25.1 percent, picking up three delegates, …

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IA Manufactured Housing Association Meeting around the State

Joe Kelly, Executive Vice President of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association (IAMHA), has notified MHProNews that he will lead a membership meeting Wed., April 27th at the Blackhawk Hotel in Davenport. Although the focus of the meeting is on community issues, he will also answer questions about retail issues since …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News April 10–April 17, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Quality Control Manager report-Highland Mobile Home Park, St Petersburg FL What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Montana town to proposed MHCs: one yes, one no. Building material made from hemp. Manufactured homes do not qualify as affordable homes—yet. Modular homes for …

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Another New Hampshire Manufactured Home Community becomes Resident-owned

The 15 home site manufactured home community, Ward’s Park, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire is the most recent manufactured home community (MHC) in the state to become a resident-owned community, as nhpr.org tells MHProNews. New Hampshire is one of a handful of states with a right-to-purchase law that gives residents of …

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Foreclosure Continues to Haunt One-time Homeowners

Even though years may have gone by since they last owned a home, losing a home to foreclosure has turned many people off to the whole process of buying a home. Dan Sullivan, a foreclosure prevention specialist in Pittsburgh, said he has seen people who have worked for five or …

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Clayton to Open Texas Plant, as it Celebrates 60 Years in Business

The Athens (TX) City Council adopted a resolution in support of the Athens Economic Development Corp.’s $300,000 incentive package for jobs created by Clayton Homes bringing a manufacturing plant to the city, according to athensreview. The council agreed to a property tax rebate for Clayton over a five-year period, beginning …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News April 3 April 10, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com State Inspector Becki Jackson – Safety & Quality of Manufactured Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Feb. HUD Code manufactured home production rises 27.6%. Notable deaths in the manufactured home community. Rent control inhibits new MHC development. Resident-owned community grateful …

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Portable Modular Homes: A Solution to Teeming India’s Housing Woes?

Anisha S., 15, a student at Delhi Public School, East, was drawing homes built with blocks, as in Lego-type blocks. She was participating in Arun Swaminathan’s Designuru workshop on building modular homes that could later be disassembled and moved. The process does not require much space or skilled manpower, and …

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Passages: Herbert Fiederer, Sr., and Barry Ogden

The New York Housing Association (NYHA) has informed MHProNews that Herbert Fiederer, Sr., 80, who with his wife, Patricia, owned Latham Homes of Oneonta, New York since 1972, passed away March 7, 2016 in Venice, Florida. The couple also owned four manufactured home communities in New York state. Members of …

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Judy Carr – Rest in Peace – November 24, 1944 – April 2, 2016

Judy Mc Intosh Carr, of Davenport, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, April 2, 2016 from complications following surgery. In addition to being a loving wife, a generous mother and a devoted grandmother, Judy was a pioneering business woman in the Quad Cities opening her consulting firm – Judy Carr & Associates …

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