San Jose, California will become the first city in the state to create tiny homes for the homeless by bypassing the state’s building codes. According to the Bay Area News Group, city housing officials and advocates for the homeless call the new legislation a “game-changer” in the fight to solve …
New Law Allows City To Build Tiny Homes For Homeless Read More
The battle between a group of actvist, protesting residents of the Heritage Village manufactured home community in Beaverton Oregon and the property owner – Cal-Am Properties – has prompted a Coos Bay state legislator to propose a change to state law. According to the Oregonian/Oregon Live, the issue stems from …
New State Law Would Change Eviction Rules For Manufactured Homes Read More
A Massachusetts state law that has long allowed developers to bypass local regulations in communities where less that ten percent of the housing stock is considered to be affordable is back in the spotlight. The issue has long troubled officials in the town of Wareham, because the state refuses to …
State Under Pressure to Count Manufactured Homes as Affordable Housing Read More
In a huge story of interest for the MH industry, a federal appeals court declared that the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) structure is unconstitutional. The 110-page ruling, handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the nation’s second most powerful court, stated that the …
A recent supervisors meeting in Quincy Township (PA) became a heated debate about a conditional-use grant to land developer Craig McCleaf. His plan is to develop the property for 47 manufactured homes, naming the new development Quincy Meadows. McCleaf purchased the Slabtown Road location, which has been a manufactured home …
Town’s Residents Concerned about New Manufactured Home Community Read More
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
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
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
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 …
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
“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
“No one should be forced to carry on a business that they want to close,” said Pacific Legal Foundation Attorney Larry Salzman. “The city is treating the Jissers as an ATM to solve a problem they didn’t cause — the lack of affordable housing in Palo Alto. That’s not just wrong, it’s …
An article in Bloomberg makes the case that manufactured homes – what they refered to as mobile homes (sic), are an obvious solution to the affordable housing crisis. It starts with a simple question: “Why Aren’t We Building More Mobile Homes?” While their terminology isn’t exactly accurate – and they admit …
Bloomberg – Manufactured Home Industry is the Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis Read More
“I accept fully responsibility for all unethical sales practices,” Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO John Stumpf said in a prepared statement on Capitol Hill yesterday, testifying before the Senate Banking Committee. As millions have heard, 5,300 workers were fired and the company agreed to pay $185 million in fines to …
Wells Fargo and the CFPB – Who are Feds Working for – Consumers? Business? Itself? Read More
Rob and Andrea Cook of Powell, Wyoming had a plan. The Cook’s bought a 26,000 square foot property. Part of the plan in buying it was to create a 7,300 square foot lot for a pre-HUD Code mobile home, to be placed on a permanent foundation on their property in …
Cooks Avoid normal Zoning Flap over “Mobile Home” placement Read More
Between now and Election Day, Nov 8th, MHProNews will continue to bring busy professionals periodic ‘headline news items’ from various third party media sources, featuring at a glance issues in the race from other news sources. These will focus on issues that may influence voters, and thus the outcome of …
Countdown to Nov 8th – Election Coverage – Political, Economic Headline News Read More
This past week has underscored our theme of Superior September 2016 coverage of the news that matters for manufactured housing industry professionals, and all those who follow or are engaged in the factory-built home industry. The articles below will include numerous special reports from respected writers Joe Dyton and RC …
Sunday Morning Weekly Recap – Manufactured Housing Industry News Sept 11 to Sept 18, 2016 Read More
Businesses from coast to coast – including manufactured housing industry professionals – are keenly awaiting the outcome of the 2016 campaign. What was once considered a likely shift of the U.S. Senate from the GOP back to Democratic control now looks questionable, if recent public opinion polling holds. The House …
Hillary Clinton’s Abe Lincoln Moment? Mo-Trump; POTUS 2016 News & Analysis Read More
