Despite the slowdown in the oilfield economy around Odessa, Texas, the population is still growing, especially in the area around West Odessa in Ector County. Local officials estimate based on the number of applications for installing septic systems, which are typically for single-family residences. The 2010 census determined there were …
Manufactured Home Growth Still Alive in West Texas Read More
MHProNews stated in a post June 14, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has spent nearly double in advertising this year than for all of 2015, spending 2.5 percent of its budget on ads to reach consumers. As MHProNews noted then, “during the past three years, only the National …
House Committee Pressing CFPB for Advertising Documentation Read More
The city of Catlettsburg, Kentucky has adopted an ordinance that restricts factory-built homes to manufactured home communities (MHCs) within the city limits, according to what marketplace.dailyindependent tells MHProNews. However, any such home sited outside of an MHC as of March 15, 2011 is grandfathered in, and if it becomes damaged …
Kittitas County officials and community leaders toured manufactured home communities operated by the King County (Seattle, Washington) Housing Authority, intending to help resolve the fate of the Shady Acres Mobile Home Park in Kittitas County that has been acquired by the county for parking of RVs at the Kittitas Event …
Creating a Dialogue on Manufactured Housing as Affordable Housing in Seattle Read More
Two public hearings will be held by Eddy County in far southeast New Mexico for public comment on the new Manufactured Home Placement Permit Ordinance, the first one Wed., June 29, at 5:30 in the Eddy County North Road Dept. The ordinance establishes permits and regulations, particularly dealing with joining …
NM County Sets Hearings on Manufactured Home Siting Read More
A group of eminent economic scholars, Nobel Prize winners and former senior economic policy officials all signed on to the Financial CHOICE Act, designed to reform Dodd-Frank, and released the following statement: “We support the reform principles that underlie the proposed Financial CHOICE Act which promote higher economic growth without …
Following a story MHProNews posted June 18, 2016 regarding a manufactured home that was sited in Stuttgart, Arkansas in a neighborhood not zoned for MH, city officials were initially told the home was a modular, which would be allowed. Now that the home has been sited, the mayor and two …
Federal Preemption should Allow the Manufactured Home to be Sited Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Entry Level v Residential Style Manufactured Homes, Modular Homes and MH Appraisals – Tom Papszycki, Arrowhead Homes – Inside What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Louisiana Approves 336 home site MH community. Polish modular builder marketing in Sweden. Oregon legislator tryhing …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News June 19-June 26, 2016 Read More
In an attempt to preserve affordable housing, Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) convened a gathering at Portland City Hall to discuss what steps can be taken to preserve manufactured home communities (MHC), in the throes of a hot real estate market that sees them potentially jeopardized with redevelopment. Noting …
Oregon Legislator Wants to Preserve Manufactured Home Communities Read More
The Sulphur Land Use Commission in Sulphur, Louisiana declined to allow a manufactured home (MH) to be sited on a prepared lot because they were initially told it was a modular home, which would have been acceptable. Public Works official Keith Berry said the property would have to be re-zoned …
Louisiana Commission Denies Siting of Manufactured Home Read More
A new report from the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies indicates home ownership rates have fallen over the last ten years to 63.7 percent, as Millennials continue living in their parents’ basements or are renting. MHProNews has leaned from washingtontimes that 36.4 percent of U.S. households opted to …
Family Formation May Increase but Homeownership May Not Read More
In response to the Department of Energy’s proposed rules on energy standards for manufactured housing in the Federal Register, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) says it worked closely with the DOE to try and avoid excessive costs to consumers that will outweigh benefits. The DOE based their recommendations on the …
MHI and MHARR Respond Differently to DOE’s Proposed Energy Standards Read More
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 …
The United States Government Publishing Office summarizes the Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing according to the Department of Energy guidelines thusly: ”The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing a proposed rule to implement the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which directs DOE to establish energy conservation …
Prelude to the Department of Energy’s Energy Standards Read More
Although the Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro called manufactured housing a “vital solution” to the nation’s “affordable housing crisis,” the federal manufactured housing program for forty years has been one set of wasted opportunities after another, according to M. Mark Weiss, president and CEO of the …
MHARR’S Mark Weiss says Happy Anniversary HUD Code?? Read More
June 15, 1976 marks the formal start for the first manufactured homes built to the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards passed in 1974. Administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the manufactured home standards are thus commonly called the HUD Code. Here on MHProNews and …
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 …
Just as CFPB’s Authority is Challenged, it Binges on Big Ad Dollars, Read More
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. …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News June 5-June 12, 2016 Read More
The Courtland (Alabama) City Council’s proposed zoning ordinance limits the siting of manufactured homes (MH) to the R-1 district, and prohibits manufactured home communities from siting within the city limits, as moultonadvertiser informs MHProNews. MH are also prohibited from being sited in the Historic District. Pre-existing MH within the city …
Ala. City Ordinance Limits Siting of Manufactured Homes Read More
Joe Kelly of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association (IMHA) tells MHProNews the free seminars for community managers/owners regarding the array of laws and regulations affecting communities has drawn over 100 members in three different cities. Open to members and non-members alike, the next gathering will be Wed. June 15, 2016 …
Iowa MHA Leading Seminars on Community Regulations Read More
