Executive Director of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association (IMHA) Joe Kelly tells MHProNews recent court decisions have made it more important than ever for manufactured home community (MHC) operators, regardless of their size, to have their leases and other written documents vetted by an attorney who knows real estate law …
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An attempt by Danny Wyant to site three new single-section manufactured homes (MH) on his mother’s property in Waynesboro, North Carolina is being met with stiff opposition from neighbors and the city council, even though Planning Director Michael Barnes said current ordinances do not prohibit the placement. Siting of manufactured …
Council Set to Deny Siting Request for three New Manufactured Homes Read More
Chapter 40B, Massachusetts’ comprehensive permit law, which encourages the production of affordable housing, allows developers of low cost housing to override some local zoning laws if the affordable housing stock of the community does not equal ten percent of total homes. Specifically, the new housing projects do not have to …
Legislation would Classify Manufactured Homes as Affordable Read More
Suggesting the delay may be beneficial to both lenders and consumers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has delayed for a second time the launch of the integrated disclosures for residential mortgage loans under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). It is …
CFPB Postpones Implementation of Know Before You Owe Read More
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) does not allow discrimination in the buying, selling, use or renting of homes, which fall under the category of “intentional.” Under a recent ruling by the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS), in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., 576 …
Supreme Court ruling could Open the Floodgates against Manufactured Home Community Owners Read More
Our goal in presenting news and views from the manufactured and modular home industry is to help you, our readers, make the best possible decision in your business. To that end, we continue to upgrade our presentation to better inform you. In this week’s news you will read of developments …
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The appeal to people who cannot afford traditional built homes is leading the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada to alter its land use rules for manufactured and modular homes so that any singe-detached home can be classified as a dwelling and sited anywhere in town. Planning Commission Chairman Brian …
Updating a story MHProNews last posted June 16, 2015 regarding the repurposing of a manufactured home community (MHC) into a senior’s health care facility, thenownewspaper reports the Surrey (British Columbia, Canada) City Council has for the second time delayed approval of the project, this time in a 5-4 vote. With …
Redeveloping Land Lease Community Put on Hold Again Read More
In a legal ruling similar to one MHProNews reported June 29, 2015, regarding the siting of manufactured homes (MH) within a jurisdiction based upon age, Lake County, California is proposing to exclude homes older than ten years, but with exceptions. If the home has been owned by the applicant for …
Lowndes County Planning Commission members in Valdosta, Georgia listened to Lowndes County Planner Jason Davenport propose changes to the Moody Air Force Base zoning regulations. The change would balance the scale between the base and property owners in the Moody Activity Zone (MAZ), according to valdostadailytimes. Noting that current amendments …
Georgia Jurisdiction will allow Upgrades to Manufactured Homes Read More
The Ohio State Senate passed the state budget June 18, 2015 less the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) provision that would require manufactured home communities (MHCs) to escrow 15 percent of the cost of a replacement water system, though not to exceed $250,000. It would have also allowed rental income to …
Objectionable EPA Provision may be Removed from Ohio Budget Read More
A financing option for start-ups, called Regulation A, will allow potential investors of more modest means the opportunity to obtain equity stakes in what could be the next Facebook or Groupon. Instead of promising companies being backed by venture capitalists and wealthy angel investors, these “mini I.P.O.s” will advertise on …
Mini IPOs Offer Smaller Investors Opportunity to Invest Read More
The Santa Clarita (California) City Council is ready to consider revisions to the ordinance that governs rents for residents of area manufactured home communities (MHCs), according to signalscv. The revised proposal would base the rate on the consumer price index, setting the floor for annual increases at 2.6 percent and …
Rent Control Expanded to Include Fair Rate of Return and Non-Standard Increases Read More
City Attorney Glenn Vasser of Prescott, Arkansas proposed a new mobile home ordinance at the recent Prescott City Council that puts it on the same legal footing with site-built homes in terms of foundations and placement as it relates to neighboring structures. Manufactured home communities (MHC) must be at least …
New Ordinance Details Siting of Manufactured Homes Read More
In manufactured housing news, UMH planning MHC as other MHCs closing, programs help MH buyers, MHC sells for $98k per homesite, Texas reports MH sales. In modular news, Magnolia Homes may be revived, Brad Pitt moves mods to Indian Rez, Mods house Irish homeless, micro mods go urban. In company …
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A proposal by UMH Properties, Inc. originally presented ten years ago for 253 modular homes in Coxsackie, New York has re-emerged as a manufactured home community (MHC) development with 161 homes. The original plan ran into community opposition as well as a threat to an endangered bird species and a …
UMH Properties Alters Plans from Modular to a Manufactured Home Community Read More
MHProNews has learned the Ohio Manufactured Homes Association (OMHA) is opposing State Senate Bill 113 which would require owners of manufactured home communities (MHCs) to pay for cleanup of any meth lab discovered on their property, regardless of their knowledge of the crime. There is a push in the Senate …
Ohio Measure would Require Community Owners to Clean up Meth Labs Read More
Residents of manufactured homes with a taxable value under $61,000 in Lakeland, Florida will have to pay a disproportionate amount of the proposed fire assessment fee policy compared to other residents of the city, according to a methodology used to determine the fee. Bill Brent of the Federation of Manufactured …
Fire Fee in Florida Disproportionately Affects Manufactured Home Residents Read More
A group of Canadian manufactured homeowners is asking the city of Surry, British Columbia for more protection from developers who are closing manufactured home communities (MHC) to repurpose the land. The Surry Manufactured Home Owners Association (SMHOA) is protesting the proposed shuttering of Park Mobile by WestStone Group that will …
Canadian Group Protests Closing of Manufactured Home Community for Senior Facility Read More
MHLIvingNews and MHProNews publisher L. A. “Tony” Kovach interviewed Brent Bolding, head of quality control at Sunshine Homes in Red Bay, Alabama. The interview documents the steps a manufactured home producer must go through in assuring the product is made correctly. Bolding, a former self-employed businessman, now in his tenth …
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