The Chicago Real Estate Daily says come October, the maximum amount of a government-backed loan in the six-county Chicago area will drop $45,000 to $365,700. Currently a home buyer can put down 3.5 percent on the purchase of a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) approved home costing $424,870, and finance the …
Yahoo! Finance reports The New York Times says in a poll conducted in conjunction with CBS News that nine out of ten Americans still think of home ownership as an important part of the American Dream. As for improving the housing market, 45 percent say the government should be doing …
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Jason Boehlert at MHI has informed MHMSM.com that the complete final SAFE Act rule is about to be published. The rule will not officially be released in the Federal Register until tomorrow. Deborah Robertson of McGlinchey-Stafford is in the process of compiling a detailed analysis and interpretation of the final …
Following up on a story we published here June 21 concerning a federal sprinkler standard in manufactured housing, the Manufactured Housing Authority for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports the issue has been tabled. The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) amended their “where required” sprinkler system proposal to “not required” June 17. During …
The Fay Observer in Fayetteville, North Carolina, says Fayetteville Area Operation Inasmuch wants to site a modular home to house five homeless people on a lot owned by the city. Using a $3,500 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), the city demolished a dilapidated house and acquired the lot. Operation Inasmuch, …
The Fresno Bee in California reports that residents of two adjacent land lease communities in Clovis, California, will have to pay for road and drainage improvements to their communities. A hearing officer said the community owners of Campus Corral and Arabian Village have complied with the rent control ordinance and …
Residents of MH Communities to Pay for Improvements Read More
Following up on a series of stories we have done about rent control in Oceanside, California, LLCs, the last one being June 14, North County Times reports residents have nearly twice the signatures needed for repeal, or to have a referendum. City Council members who voted successfully to repeal the …
HousingWire reports the House Appropriations Committee has voted to slash funding for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from the Federal Reserve’s requirement of $500 million to $200 million. Under the Dodd-Frank Act the agency can request another $200 million. Funded by the Federal Reserve, the CFPB will control …
In following up on a story we published here June 13, The Greeley Tribune in Colorado reports the Evans City Council unanimously voted to change the terms for manufactured homes in the Cave Creek manufactured housing community, for one year. Instead of having to be less than four years old, …
Age-based MH Regulation Out, Aesthetically Pleasing MH In Read More
According to the Hickory Daily Record in North Carolina, one of the bills awaiting signature by Governor Bev Perdue would provide for a single trip permit to transport a sixteen-foot wide manufactured or modular home, subject to rules issued by the department of transportation.
Delaware Online reports from Georgetown that the Sussex County Council overruled the county planning and zoning commission and voted to put an RV campground in the middle of Rehoboth Shores manufactured home community. The undeveloped space had been designated for 260 home locations, but the council said it will increase …
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As we noted in previous posts from June 16 and 17, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has soundly criticized the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) platform to set a “voluntary” standard for a sprinkler system when requested or required by local regulation. MHARR says any reference or prescriptive …
The Times Leader reports the Kuttawa, Kentucky, City Council in northwestern Kentucky is updating its zoning ordinance concerning manufactured homes. State law prohibits banning manufactured homes from inside a city, but the city council zoning proposal is requiring homes to have either brick or masonry skirting around the bottom. Another …
The Times and Democrat reports from Orangeburg, South Carolina, residential property that once held two factory-built homes that were demolished reverted to site-built construction, according to the zoning commission. It is located in an RS district, which means single-family site-built homes only. The owner died and his son now wants …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) criticized the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), as we reported here June 16, for leaving a door open that might require sprinkler systems installed in manufactured housing. MHI says it has consistently opposed mandatory fire sprinkler systems in HUD Code homes, and has …
MHI Responds to MHARR’s Allegations about Sprinklers Read More
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)’s weekly newsletter notes on June 16, the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee approved a nearly $20 billion FY 2012 spending bill, two billion short of current levels. The bill includes provisions to limit the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) says the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has issued a new proposal regarding sprinkler systems in HUD (Housing and Urban Development) code homes that MHARR says leaves the liability door open. MHI’s new suggestion states that sprinklers are federally preempted, but sets up …
The Sulphur Daily News from Sulphur, Louisiana, says the city council has extended by six months the ban on “the construction, location or the siting of recreational vehicles, motor homes, [pre-HUD Code] homes, trailers, manufactured houses and manufactured trailers” in town. The ordinance was originally enacted in June of 2010, …
Following up on a series of stories we published about rent control ending in Oceanside, California communities, the last one being May 26, the San Diego Union reports the battle is heating up again, Southern California style. After the city spent millions to defend rent control, the Oceanside City Council …
WREGNews3 in Memphis, Tennessee, says Shelby County residents of factory-built homes who were flooded out recently will have to seek higher ground if they relocate or replace their homes. An ordinance passed in August 2010 requires the floor of a manufactured home to be one foot above the 100-year flood …
Ordinance from 2010 Requires MHs to Be Above Flood Plain Read More
