Following a story MHProNews last posted Dec. 14, 2015 regarding a proposed ordinance in Mohave County, Arizona that would restrict siting of manufactured homes to be no more than seven years old, the planning and zoning commission (P&Z) amended the ordinance to accept MH built after 1976, according to mojavedailynews. …
Ordinance Changed, County now Welcomes HUD Code since 1976 Read More
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures rule, or TRID, that went into effect in Oct. has a slight typographical error in the supplementary information, as housingwire tells MHProNews. The section in question deals with the application of tolerances to property insurance premiums and taxes, homeowner’s association dues, …
According to what thehill tells MHProNews, recreational vehicles (RV) are currently exempt from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s rules for manufactured homes (MH). New proposed rules say those RVs that are used as a “primary residence or permanent dwelling” should not be exempt. HUD wants to redefine …
As part of the Seattle Times‘ ongoing year-long rant on Warren Buffett’s/Berkshire Hathaway-owned Clayton Homes and their affiliated lenders, Mike Baker and Daniel Wagner have succeeded in drawing Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s attention and his state’s Department of Commerce. This is resulting in a bill to investigate the sales, financing …
Following MHProNews‘ post Jan. 28, 2016 regarding the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform’s criticism of HUD for increasing the inspection of on-site manufactured homes, which also increases the cost to the consumer, the Sept. 8, 2015 rule is set to take effect March 7, 2016. Presented during the Louisville …
MHARR Presses MH Administrator to Retract New On-site Rule Read More
Writing for nationalmortgagenews, the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) senior vice president for government affairs, Lesli M. Gooch, noting the average price of a new manufactured home is $64,000 as compared to a new site-built home price of $374,100, states manufactured housing presents the single most affordable option for lower income …
MHI’s Lesli Gooch Underscores the Need for GSE’s Purchase of Chattel Loans Read More
The American Action Forum (AAF) has determined there has been a 20.5 percent drop in community banks with assets under $1 billion dollar in assets since Dodd-Frank became law five + years ago, according to data supplied MHProNews by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC). That is a substantial increase …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Not “Beer Cans on Frames,” they’re Modern Manufactured Homes! What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Interview with Don Glisson, Jr. of Triad Financial Services. Another media attack on manufactured housing? Residents of Florida city opposes modular homes. HUD sets up more …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Jan. 24 -Jan. 31, 2016 Read More
As some 1500 attendees know, it was cold outside, but climate controlled inside the 2016 Louisville Manufactured Housing Show. MHProNews caught up with Don Glisson Jr., Chairman of Triad Financial Services during the show, and found a quiet room to do the exclusive video interview you see below. Triad originates …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) informs MHProNews that the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), meeting in Louisville during the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show, discussed the fact that HUD, in further non-compliance with the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, wants to increase unnecessary and excessive regulation that …
An ordinance mandating brick foundations under manufactured homes that was passed in 2001 in Caswell County, South Carolina is being reexamined by the Caswell County Board of Commissioners who are considering adding other options to keep costs down for MH residents. Opponents to the change like the aesthetic uniformity of …
Commissioners Suggest optional Underpinnings for Manufactured Homes Read More
Dozens of comments from MHPros coast to coast came in within hours in response to an OpEd by publisher L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach. Writing on the Masthead blog, Kovach outlined examples of errors and tensions within the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), which allegedly point back to the national association’s CEO …
Should the Manufactured Housing Institute’s CEO Richard ‘Dick’ Jennison resign? Read More
Following a story MHProNews posted Jan. 18, 2016 regarding a dispute between the owners of Pacific Skies Estates (PSE) manufactured home community (MHC) and the California Coastal Commission over the necessity of a permit for upgrading the community, the full commission is set to hold a public hearing April 13 …
Public Hearing Set for Pacific Skies Estates Upgrade Read More
Pamela Beck Danner, Administrator for the Office of Manufactured Housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, addressed attendees at the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show. Danner previous experience includes service as an attorney with the Office of HUD’s General Counsel. In 1982 she was appointed Director of the Office of …
HUD’s Manufactured Housing Head Danner Speaks in Louisville Read More
The agenda for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioner’s (North Carolina) retreat scheduled for Tue., Jan 19 includes planning this year’s goals and reviewing progress made on goals from last year reports mountainx. Held in the county building in Asheville, increasing affordable housing was on the agenda last year and …
Allowing Manufactured Homes in all parts of County being Considered Read More
Following a story MHProNews posted Sat., Jan 16 regarding the investment in the manufactured home community (MHC) Pacific Skies Estates in Pacifica, Calif., by the Carlyle Group and subsequent upgrading, smdailyjournal reports the owners and the California Coastal Commission are at odds over whether the work requires a Coastal Development …
Coastal Commission, City of Pacifica Disagree about Permit Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Bad and Good – Two Sides – Manufactured Home Living and News Reporting What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Ishbel Dickens refuses debate with Carla Burr over PBS NewsHour report. Part of MHC to close. Jurisdiction ready to impose master meter …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Jan. 10 -Jan. 17, 2016 Read More
For over a year Madison Township officials have wanted to put Hidden River South manufactured home community (MHC) in Adrian, Michigan on one master water/sewer meter, but because the management has not been responsive, township officials are considering a condemnation order to install the meter. When the community was built …
Township Set to Impose Master Meter System on Manufactured Home Community Read More
Following a story out of Washington, Indiana MHProNews has been covering on which we last reported Dec. 18, 2015, regarding the classification of factory-built homes into three categories for purposes of siting, existing homes would be grandfathered in. If a manufactured home has to be replaced, the replacement home must …
Indiana City Relaxes Restrictions on Replacing Manufactured Homes Read More
The 22 manufactured home communities that comprise an estimated 1,400 households in Springfield, Oregon are considered at risk if the property should become repurposed, according to kvaltv. Mayor Christine Lundberg, in her state-of-the-city address, proposed an initiative to deal with the possible displacement of MHC residents should this occur. “That’s …
