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Sep 30 2015September 29, 2015

Montana non-profit Helps Manufactured Home Community Residents Form Co-ops

By Matthew Silver / September 30, 2015 September 29, 2015 / Advocacy, Communities, Company News, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

In 2013 the Montana Community Development Corporation (MCDC) helped the 68 residents of River Acres manufactured home community (MHC) in Missoula become a resident-owned community, as themissoulian tells MHProNews. The residents faced eviction because the owner wanted to sell, but now they have long-term, stable housing and control of their …

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Jul 28 2015

City Council Rejects Current Plan for Manufactured Home Community Expansion

By Matthew Silver / July 28, 2015 July 28, 2015 / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

Following a story MHProNews last posted June 25, 2015 regarding a request for expansion of a manufactured home community (MHC) on what was once part of the Southgate Estates MHC in Bloomington, Illinois, the city council denied the proposal. Although the planning commission had recommended approval, the city council voted …

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Jul 13 2015July 12, 2015

Manufactured Home Community Resident Complains of Water, Sewer Issues

By Matthew Silver / July 13, 2015 July 12, 2015 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

A resident at the Misty Mobile Home Park in Rupert, Idaho claims water pressure in her manufactured home (MH) is sometimes so low she is unable to flush the toilet or take a shower, especially on weekends. She also says raw sewage sometimes seeps from pipes outside. According to magicvalley, …

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Jul 9 2015

Community Loan Fund Assists another Community into Co-Op Status

By Matthew Silver / July 9, 2015 July 9, 2015 / Business, Communities, Company News, Finance, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, Small Business

Add Parkland Estates Cooperative, Inc. of Litchfield, New Hampshire as the state’s 114th resident-owned community, according to Steve Varnum of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund. What had been Hillsboro II Mobile Home Park became Parkland Estates June 26, 2015 when the residents of the 33 home site community negotiated …

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Jul 7 2015

Micro Apartment Combines Living, Working Space

By Matthew Silver / July 7, 2015 July 7, 2015 / Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Small Business

As the boundaries between working life and leisure life begin to fade, this 290 square foot micro apartment offers a home as well as a home office, according to jetsongreen. The Zoku Loft, co-founded by Hans Meyer, offers a living area, bathroom, small kitchen, a recessed area off the hallway …

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Jun 25 2015

$2,500 Bamboo and Wood House Measures 861 Square Feet

By Matthew Silver / June 25, 2015 June 25, 2015 / Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, Small Business

Cambodia’s two-story pilot Framework House, built of bamboo and wood, was initially aimed at families afflicted with HIV who are in poor health, but will now be targeted generally to those with low incomes. A collaboration of Atelier COLE, Habitat for Humanity Cambodia and Building Trust International, the family for …

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Jun 23 2015June 22, 2015

Mini IPOs Offer Smaller Investors Opportunity to Invest

By Matthew Silver / June 23, 2015 June 22, 2015 / Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People, regulation, Small Business

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 …

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Jun 18 2015

Modular Builder Magnolia Homes may be Rescued

By Matthew Silver / June 18, 2015 June 18, 2015 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, Small Business

Updating a story MHProNews posted June 6, 2015 regarding the closing of Magnolia Homes in Gering, Nebraska, geringcitizen reports local business leaders are working to keep the facility open and maintain the jobs in the community. In the area since the 1950s and at its present location since 1972, Harry …

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Jun 10 2015

Indiana Manufactured Home Community closing for Redevelopment

By Matthew Silver / June 10, 2015 June 10, 2015 / Business, Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, Small Business

The Gerry Park for Mobile Homes in Gary, Indiana has been sold to Arogas, Inc. by former owner Pat Quinn which owns Mr. Fuel gas stations in the area. Arogas already owns a 9.3 acre adjoining site that has been rezoned for industrial use and is expected to be home …

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Jun 2 2015June 19, 2015

Cavco Seeks Tax Abatement to Upgrade Fairmont Homes

By Matthew Silver / June 2, 2015 June 19, 2015 / Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

Following a story MHProNews posted May 5, 2015 regarding Cavco Industries, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:CVCO) acquisition of Fairmont Homes, the Nappanee (Indiana) City Council took the first step towards a tax abatement for Cavco’s proposed economic development and expansion of Fairmont, which would bring added growth to the area. Noting that the …

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May 4 2015May 3, 2015

Resident-owned Manufactured Home Communities Celebrates 10,000th Homesite

By Matthew Silver / May 4, 2015 May 3, 2015 / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

ROC USA (resident-owned communities) informs MHProNews that with the co-op status of Turnpike Park Cooperative in Westborough, Massachusetts secured, it has now transformed 168 communities representing 10,017 homes in 14 states into resident ownership. Scott Knox, president of Turnpike’s board of directors of the 46 homes which refinanced its purchase …

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Apr 29 2015

Modular G House Designed for Do-It-Yourselfers

By Matthew Silver / April 29, 2015 April 29, 2015 / Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Green, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, Small Business

The prototype of a super energy-efficient modular home with zero carbon footprint will be completed this summer in Henderson, Nevada, and the designer, Aeron Tozier, hopes to spread his concept nationwide. Set to be “super insulated” with radiant heat barriers and rigid, spray and batt insulation, he also plans to …

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Apr 10 2015April 13, 2015

MH Retailer Fairfield Homes and Land High Standards attract local media attention

By Matthew Silver / April 10, 2015 April 13, 2015 / Business, Company News, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, Small Business

Noting that HUD Code manufactured homes can withstand winds up to 120 MPH, and that it’s the add-ons, typically a carport or porch, that may present a danger during windstorms, Victor Frost of Fairfield Homes and Land gives this analogy: “It is like opening a pop top can where you …

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Aug 21 2014August 20, 2014

Prospective Manufactured Home Buyer Seeks Lender

By Matthew Silver / August 21, 2014 August 20, 2014 / Business, Communities, Finance, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

A post on mortgagegrapevine.com reports someone attempting to buy a manufactured home in a community in Southern California is seeking a lender. The borrower is asking for $269,500, has full documentation, a FICO score of 569, and the loan-to-value ratio is 70 percent. MHProNews offers excerpts from two of the …

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Aug 20 2014August 19, 2014

Former Modular Home Plant now Makes Pallets

By Matthew Silver / August 20, 2014 August 19, 2014 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, Small Business

The facility that was headquarters for modular home builder Pittsville Homes for 40 years in Pittsville, Wisconsin has been sold to Hay Creek Pallet Co., which was renting part of the building as the modular home business declined and the owner, Jim Hoogesteger, decided to retire, according to wisconsinrapidstribune.com. In …

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Aug 13 2014

City Approves New Manufactured Home Community

By Matthew Silver / August 13, 2014 August 13, 2014 / Communities, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

According to rgj.com in Nevada, the Yerington City Council approved development of the Pony Express Village manufactured home community (MHC) with 23 homesites. MHProNews understands the project was first unveiled in October 2009 but was shelved because of the state of the economy. The city stipulates that no homes can …

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Jul 25 2014

One-time MH Plant Now Making Shelters

By Matthew Silver / July 25, 2014 July 25, 2014 / Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

A former Clayton Homes plant in Hartselle, Alabama has been purchased by Mitchell Investment Properties, LLC and will be leased to Aqua Marine Enterprises, Inc., manufacturer of individual and community storm shelters. Located in northwest Alabama where the 2011 tornadoes created such havoc, the shelters have been in great demand. …

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May 30 2014May 29, 2014

Sales Staff for Titanium Company Works from Manufactured Home

By Matthew Silver / May 30, 2014 May 29, 2014 / Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

A Delaware-based titanium company plans to move 75 percent of its manufacturing from China to a facility in Sequim, Washington, northwest of Seattle, according to peninsuladailynews.com. The 5.5 acre site contains a warehouse and a manufactured home where the sales staff of Allied Titanium, Inc. is currently operating. The company …

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May 5 2014

Manufactured Homes Selling in Eastern Ohio

By Matthew Silver / May 5, 2014 May 5, 2014 / Business, Communities, Company News, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

Property transfers from Salem, Ohio reveal a manufactured home with ten acres on Foundry Hill Road was sold by Marcia Griffith to Corey Griffith for $37,747, according to salemnews.net. A manufactured home on a lot on Dunn Road was sold to David and Thelma Gabbert by John Gamble, Jr. for …

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Apr 29 2014

Ashland Expanding into Land Lease Community Ownership

By Matthew Silver / April 29, 2014 April 29, 2014 / Business, Communities, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

Following a story we first posted Feb. 20, 2014, regarding plans for expansion, MHProNews.com has learned that Ashland Holdings, LLC of Wildwood, Florida has completed the renovation of its Great Plains Holdings Headquarters, which will also alleviate the $12,000 annual storage expense for its sister company, Lil Mark, Inc. In …

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