A new ordinance requiring all manufactured homes (MH) being moved from one property to another within the county must have been produced no more than seven years from the request date for the permit, under a zoning change that takes effect in Mojave County, Arizona, Dec. 2, 2015. The previous …
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The Yucaipa (California) City Council, after visiting several deteriorating manufactured home communities, is considering passing an ordinance to make it easier for community owners to convert their property to a different use. If the community owner wants to develop their property, the ordinance would give pre-approval zoning and a “mobile …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com From Condo to Upscale Manufactured Home Living – John & Joyce Walter, Oshtemo, MI – Inside MH Road Show Vide Olga Pecanac, Olga’s Place Pizza & Euro Restaurant, Westville, IN – U.S. Destination – Pure Fun! Reinventing HUD’s role in Quality Affordable Housing, …
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Updating a continuing story MHProNews last posted Oct. 9, 2015 regarding mandated sprinklers in new home construction in Maryland, modularhomecoach reports the legislation may have formed a rallying cry for on-site and off-site builders to join forces, and attempt to have the law rescinded. The regulation will cover manufactured homes …
Sprinkler Mandate in Maryland Dampening Home Building Read More
The Seward County, Kansas commissioners have agreed to ease restrictions on replacing a manufactured or mobile home with a newer model by not requiring the owner to apply for a special zoning exception, which necessitates a public hearing with board of zoning appeals. As leaderandtimes tells MHProNews, the planning commission …
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A report by the National Fire Prevention Association’s (NFPA) John R. Hall, Jr., entitled Manufactured Home Fires documents that manufactured homes (MH), built after 1976 when MH production fell under the dictates of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), are more fire-resistant than comparable site-built homes. The study …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Retired Realtor ® and Conventional Housing Pro on Why they Bought a Manufactured Home Comparing Quality to Quality – Conventional On-Site Building vs. Manufactured Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News “Duty to Serve” Rule Planned by FHFA, as cost of …
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Intense sparring erupted at a meeting between residents of The Grove Manufactured Home Community and the MHC owner, Todd Green, of Hillsboro Properties, over new rules for the community, located in Modesto, California. to take effect May, 2016. Several residents said some of the rules are vague and open the …
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On May 14, 2015 MHProNews reported Tim Williams, Executive Director of the Ohio Manufactured Homes Association (OMHA), testified against objectionable EPA language in the Ohio state senate’s budget legislation that would require a manufactured home community owner to escrow 15 percent of the cost to update a water system if …
Ohio MHA Succeeds in Removing Objectionable Legislative Language Read More
A group opposing modular homes in Cape Coral, Florida, intends to state its opposition at the city council meeting, according to what fort-myers-beach-observer tells MHProNews, alleging that the lower cost and energy efficient homes will reduce the value of neighboring homes. Council member Richard Leon wants the state to allow …
Marin County officials are seeking methods to either build or maintain affordable housing in this very pricey neighborhood of the San Francisco Bay, according to nationalmortgagenews. At a workshop on housing in the Chambers of the Board of Supervisors, there were many proposals from the overflow citizenry, but the county …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Kim Capen Medville ROC – MH Appreciation and the Senior Community Lifestyle What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MH Production continues rising. Maryland county shuns sprinklers. Doug Ryan remains oppositional. Clayton adds site-built homes. MHI elects new officers. ELS and Killem …
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Later this month a developer will break ground on the old Walsenburg High School football field for 28 tiny modular homes, according to what Colorado Public Radio tells MHProNews. Walsenburg Mayor James Eccher played football there years ago and at first could not imagine anyone would want to live in …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Weathering the Storms: How Manufactured Homes Can Do It Better A Surprising Solution to America’s Quality Affordable Housing Crisis Whispering Pines Manufactured Home Community – Somerset PA, Inside MH Video What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News FHFA to roll out MH …
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According to nationalmortgagenews, the Federal Housing Finance Market (FHFA) will issue a final rule within the next 12 months requiring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to better serve the manufactured housing market and rural markets, and increase the preservation of affordable housing under the “duty-to-serve” mandate. The rule will therefore …
Secondary Market for Manufactured Home Loans Coming from FHFA Read More
Realizing that a ten-year restriction on manufactured homes (MH) brought into Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico was not realistic because, as Planning and Zoning Director Steve Dunigan said, “You could have a two-year old home that is a disaster versus a 27-year old home that has been kept up,” the …
MHProNews has learned from the Wisconsin Housing Alliance that the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Final Rule that allows manufacturers to complete the construction of manufactured homes on site instead of in the factory with gaining permission. The rule will eliminate the need for time-consuming approval under the …
HUD Finalizes Rule Regarding Onsite Completion of Manufactured Homes Read More
The House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) tells MHProNews the committee’s chairman, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), delivered an opening statement in advance of the hearing on the semi-annual report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with CFPB Director Richard Cordray. Noting a recent series of hearings before the HFSC revealed …
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MHProNews has learned from heraldpalladium the St. Joseph, Michigan commissioners heard the first reading on plans to alter zoning for multi-family districts so they would better blend in with other parts of the community. The planning commission had been directed to review the city’s R-3 zoning for properties that include …
St. Joseph, Michigan Amends Zoning to allow Manufactured Home Communities Read More
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews that data regarding lending at 7,000 financial institutions and covering nearly 10 million mortgage applications and six million loan originations reveals manufactured home lenders are not making HOEPA (Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act) loans because of the increased liability and burdensome rules …
Data Confirms Dodd-Frank Regulations Impede Manufactured Home Loans Read More
