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Manufactured Home Ordinance Redefines MH Registration in South Carolina

By / July 15, 2016 / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

Darlington County, South Carolina is losing $7,800 each year to manufactured home (MH) residents not registering their homes, according to legistarweb-production, prompting the county to amend an ordinance that will re-define exceptions for registration of mobile and manufactured homes. Currently, temporary registration may be obtained for manufactured homes stored because …

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Large Manufactured Home Community Planned for Southwestern Louisiana

By / July 14, 2016 / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

While the Calcasieu Parish police jurors in southwestern Louisiana approved a new 336-site manufactured home community (MHC) by a vote of 13 to 1, as MHProNews reported June 25, 2016, kplctv reports another proposal for a 987-homesite, also in Calcasieu Parish, is running into stiff opposition from a neighborhood organized …

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Gas Furnaces in some New Mexico MH Pose Risk

By / July 14, 2016 / Announcements, Business, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

MHProNews has learned from cnjonline that residents in eastern New Mexico are being warned about improperly installed gas furnaces in manufactured homes that can emit carbon monoxide and possibly lead to an explosion. The Construction Industries and Manufactured Housing Division (CID/MHD) of the Regulation and Licensing Department of New Mexico …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 3-July 10, 2016

By / July 9, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, RV, Stocks, Trends

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Educator, Builder Compare Conventional House to Residential Style Manufactured Home Living & Quality Double-Digit Manufactured Home Sales Growth, MHARR July 7 Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News House defeats two amendments that would cripple proposed MH financing. Ohio county pursuing …

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FEMA Moving Quickly to Assist W VA Flood Survivors

By / July 7, 2016 / Events, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People

Updating a story MHProNews last posted regarding the use of factory-built homes for the survivors of the flooding in West Virginia, Hoppy Kercheval writes in wvmetronews that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been very responsive to the survivors. They have inspected about two-thirds of the properties where people …

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Manufactured Home Repair Program to Assist Low Income Residents

By / July 6, 2016 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Residents of manufactured homes in Newberg and Yamhill County in northwestern Oregon, just south of Portland, will be eligible for repairs to manufactured homes if $400,000 is approved through a housing rehabilitation program. Community Development Director Doug Rux said the program would benefit about 120 people, all of whom fit …

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Scott Parkhurst Re-joins Skyline Corp. as National Sales Mgr.

By / July 6, 2016 / Announcements, Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, RV

Skyline Corp. (NYSE:SKY) of Elkhart, Indiana announced today, according to what yahoo.finance reports, that Scott Parkhurst has been chosen to lead the company’s National Sales Manager division. Now responsible for marketing initiatives and growth for Skyline’s ten operating divisions, he previously worked for the company as a division sales manager, …

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Modular Homes Rising where Irene Destroyed Manufactured Homes

By / July 1, 2016 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

Over four-and-one-half years after Tropical Storm Irene tore through Waterbury, Vermont, destroying 11 manufactured homes (MH) with waist deep water, developer Bob Baker with Paramount Homes is replacing the damaged units with 11 modular homes he will rent out. “As strong Vermonters, we just rebuild and that’s what we’re doing. …

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KY City Restricts Placement of Manufactured Homes

By / June 30, 2016 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

The city of Catlettsburg, Kentucky has adopted an ordinance that restricts factory-built homes to manufactured home communities (MHCs) within the city limits, according to what marketplace.dailyindependent tells MHProNews. However, any such home sited outside of an MHC as of March 15, 2011 is grandfathered in, and if it becomes damaged …

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Tony Prevatte Chosen to Head NC MH Association

By / June 30, 2016 / Announcements, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People

MHProNews has learned from robesonian that Tony Prevatte, owner of Prevatte Home Sales in Lumberton, NC has been elected president of the North Carolina Manufactured and Modular Homebuilder’s Association’s board of directors. A 45-year veteran of the modular housing industry, Prevatte will guide the 18-member board of directors as it …

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NM County Sets Hearings on Manufactured Home Siting

By / June 28, 2016 / Announcements, Business, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

Two public hearings will be held by Eddy County in far southeast New Mexico for public comment on the new Manufactured Home Placement Permit Ordinance, the first one Wed., June 29, at 5:30 in the Eddy County North Road Dept. The ordinance establishes permits and regulations, particularly dealing with joining …

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MHLivingNews says Massachusetts is Smacked with Shortage of Mid-range Homes

By / June 27, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

Mary McBrady, executive director of the Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA), noting the shortage of mid-priced housing in Mass., and a plethora of schools and researchers interested in housing policy within the state, says, “We, as an industry, need to be part of that conversation and dialogue.” As in many …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News June 19-June 26, 2016

By / June 25, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Events, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trends, Zoning

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Entry Level v Residential Style Manufactured Homes, Modular Homes and MH Appraisals – Tom Papszycki, Arrowhead Homes – Inside What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Louisiana Approves 336 home site MH community. Polish modular builder marketing in Sweden. Oregon legislator tryhing …

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UMH Properties to Release, Discuss Q2 2016 Financials

By / June 25, 2016 / Announcements, Business, Communities, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

MHProNews has learned from prnewswire that manufactured home community (MHC) owner UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) will hold its 2nd quarter 2016 financial results webcast and conference call Fri., Aug. 5, 2016 at 10:00 AM eastern time. Senior management will assess the results, current market conditions and future outlook. UMH’s second …

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Calcasieu Parish in LA Approves Manufactured Home Community

By / June 25, 2016 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Zoning

MHProNews has learned that the Calcasieu Parish police jurors in far southwestern Louisiana voted 13-1 to approve rezoning from single-family residential to manufactured home community (MHC) for a 336-home site property on U. S. 90 East. Johnny Guillory, speaking on behalf of His Heirs LLC, called it a manufactured home …

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Freddie Mac may Finance Rental-only Community for UMH

By / June 24, 2016 / Business, Company News, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

In a video interview at REITWeek 2016:NAREIT’s Investor Forum, Sam Landy, President and CEO of UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH), commenting on the 31 percent increase in core funds from operations (FFO) in Q1 2016, said: “It’s what we have been planning going back about six years when we started doing …

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Australian MH Producer gets Five Year Deal

By / June 23, 2016 / Business, Communities, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Manufactured home producer Fleetwood Corp. in Western Australia has entered into a five-year agreement with NLV Group (National Lifestyle Villages) to supply them with manufactured homes for retirees. Fleetwood will produce the homes at its High Wycombe plant in Perth and install them in NLV communities across Western Australia. NLV …

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Appropriations Bill Amendment will Provide Access to MH Financing

By / June 21, 2016 / Advocacy, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

An amendment sponsored by Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn) and passed by the House Appropriations Committee is designed to strengthen access to safe, affordable and available financing for manufactured homes while preserving important consumer protections, according to what the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) tells MHProNews. Passed by a bipartisan vote of …

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MHI and MHARR Respond Differently to DOE’s Proposed Energy Standards

By / June 23, 2016 / Announcements, Business, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

In response to the Department of Energy’s proposed rules on energy standards for manufactured housing in the Federal Register, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) says it worked closely with the DOE to try and avoid excessive costs to consumers that will outweigh benefits. The DOE based their recommendations on the …

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Manufactured Home Rentals in Arizona could be Troubling

By / June 19, 2016 / Communities, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, People

While the Arizona Office of Manufactured Housing (MH) enforces the state’s manufactured home landlord-tenant act, it does not apply to rental homes. The city of Tucson does take care of MH rentals, having responded to about 20 calls this year regarding insufficient cooling, requiring owners to fix the problems, according …

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