RV/MH Hall of Fame President Darryl Searer, in delivering a eulogy at the funeral of Jay Hesse, his friend, a customer and competitor for almost 25 years, said: “Standing in life a full 6-foot, 5-inches, Jay was a giant of a man, not only in physical stature, but also as …
Jay Hesse Eulogy delivered by RV/MH Museum Head Darryl Searer Read More
U. S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) plans to introduce legislation that will allow the House to sue President Obama for unconstitutional overreach, according to nytimes.com. Allowing the House to sue through the House general counsel, the bill is in response to the president’s executive actions, including preventing …
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A major player in the manufactured housing industry in Elkhart County, Indiana since 1964 passed away June 25. Jack Tuff, founder of Tops Mobile Home Centers and several manufactured housing communities, and an early supporter of what became the RV/MH Hall of Fame, began his MH career in Fort Knox, …
Facing an energetic and aggressive challenger who took advantage of the anti-Washington, DC mood, Mississippi Republican Senator Thad Cochran, stunned by the June 3 primary that denied him an electoral majority, beat back TEA Party challenger Chris McDaniel by less than two percentage points, 6,400 votes in the Republican primary, …
MSMHA Director Jennifer Hall Hails Senator Thad Cochran’s Election Win Read More
Yale Law School’s 2014 recipient of the Simeon Baldwin award has been conferred upon Eugene Landy, founder and chairman of UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) and Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. (NYSE:MNR). The award recognizes achievement in law and business. Describing Landy as “one of the pioneers and founders of the …
The Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association (VAMMHA) is pleased to announce the keynote speaker at their July 31-Aug. 1 convention and annual meeting will be MHI Chairman Nathan Smith. Set for the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, MHProNews has been told there will be educational, networking and recreational opportunities, as …
Following a story MHProNews posted June 18 regarding new modular homes destined for Union Beach to replace up to 16 destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, your4state.com reports six of the homes are being constructed by Foremost Industries, Inc. of Greencastle, Pennsylvania. The first two homes delivered, funded by the New Jersey …
Hurricane Sandy Replacement Modular Homes Producer Revealed Read More
A survey by the MacArthur Foundation reveals the affects of the housing downturn on Americans along racial lines. From the get go, whites are more likely to own homes, and those homes are just as likely to be in neighborhoods where home values appreciate. Blacks and Latinos were more likely …
In an article on MHProNews, Ross Kinzler, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Housing Alliance, noting in the three years immediately following implementation of the HUD Code in 1976, one million manufactured homes (MH) were produced. The next million took four to five years to produce, and more recently, twelve years …
Kinzler: MH Production Status Quo is not Acceptable Read More
Julian Castro, current mayor of San Antonio and President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the next secretary of the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was grilled during his Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing about cities using eminent domain to condemn mortgages by Sen. Patrick Toomey (R-PA), according to …
Nominee to Head HUD Testifies before Senate Banking Committee Read More
A non-profit organization dedicated to teaching life skills to young men and women utilizing current and former National Football League (NFL) members, is partnering with a New Jersey modular home builder to sponsor the ProPlayer Football Camp and Charity Flag Football Game at Toms River High School North June 26 …
Modular Builder Teaming with NFL Players to Guide New Jersey Youth Read More
For members of the Cranberry Island Realty Trust (CIRT), the three years spent negotiating the movement of two modular homes to the Great Cranberry Island off the coast of Maine has reached fruition. “It’s becoming increasingly difficult for people to make homes out here year round when they can’t afford …
An hour east of Palm Springs, California, in the eastern Coachella Valley, where manufactured housing communities (MHC) dot the landscape of farmworkers who are sometimes living in dilapidated pre-HUD Code homes, lies St. Anthony’s Trailer Park, says nytimes.com. The community’s sporadic clean drinking water (arsenic has been found in the …
Challenged MHC in California Transformed with Public Space Read More
The acquisition of much larger Fleetwood Homes by manufactured and modular home builder Cavco Industries, Inc. of Phoenix, Arizona, originated during the 2008 financial crisis when Third Avenue Value Management Fund, which has been following the MH industry, contacted Cavco’s CEO Joe Stegamyer and together they purchased bankrupt Fleetwood in …
Third Avenue Management Pleased with Cavco Investment Read More
Tierra West Estates manufactured home community in Albuquerque collaborated with the New Mexico Veteran’s Integration Center (VIC) to surprise a one-time homeless wounded Iraqi veteran with a new manufactured home for him and his family. The koat-tv.com reporter says, “ We’re not here to interview you. We’re here to give …
Updating a story MHProNews posted June 12, 2014 regarding theft charges against Wyoming Homes owner David Valenti of Moosic, Pennsylvania, citizensvoice.com reports he is also entangled in a dispute over property he leased and then allegedly refused to vacate after it was sold in April, 2013, leaving behind a manufactured …
The owner of Wyoming Homes in Moosic, Pennsylvania has been charged with theft for allegedly receiving down payments for modular homes and neither delivering the goods nor returning the money. According to citizensvoice.com, David Valenti has been charged by Luzerne County detectives in their criminal complaint with two counts of …
The manager of nine manufactured housing communities (MHCs) across Michigan, HomeFirst™ is giving away a manufactured home to a returning military veteran or family. The essay-based contest winner will receive a new residence in either Riverbrook (New Haven) or Springrove (Springfield Township), according to ourmidland.com, and will only be responsible …
Free Manufactured Home offered to Military Veterans Read More
In a wide-ranging interview on Fox Business Network’s Opening Bell with Maria Bartiromo, Chairman of Equity LifeStyle International, Sam Zell, says he may not be young enough to see the final tapering of the Federal Reserve’s stimulus, despite most observers saying it will end in October, as housingwire.com tells MHProNews. …
After a long and storied career in the manufactured housing industry spanning 45 years, 29 of them with what is now American Homestar Corp., MHProNews has learned Ronnie Richards is retiring, as he transitions into a family-owned business, Butler’s Courtyard, a popular event venue in Houston. Ronnie joined Homestar (then …
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