The Wisconsin Housing Alliance has learned a “stop work” directive has been issued from the Obama Administration to the Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) that may choke off shipment of new HUD Code manufactured homes (MH). IBTS is a non-profit that provides contractor support for monitoring services of …
Factory-built and man-made portable homes have been in Montana for hundreds of years, from early settlers who followed the mining and timber industries from site to site, to modern day residents who want a house on their own piece of land, according to Zoe Anne Stoltz with the Montana Historical …
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy last October that ravaged over 100 factory-built homes in Moonachie, New Jersey’s Vanguard and Metropolitan Mobile Home Park, of the 3,500 people statewide awarded rebuilding grants, only ten were for manufactured homes. The 400 residences in the two communities comprise one of the most …
Manufactured Home Owners of Moonachie Miffed in Jersey Read More
With home sites priced from $14,900 to $34,900, 23 out of 32 sites have been sold in Phase 2 at Country Estates manufactured homes subdivision in Fort Myers, Florida, says LeeCorp Homes. The 55-plus deeded lot development, according to naplesnews.com, offers lot and home prices from the low-$100,000s. MHProNews has …
Creative Concrete Products, LLC of Mount Vernon, Washington produces and installs Duraskirt, a concrete re-leveling skirting for manufactured and factory-built homes produced before 1995 that rest on steel frames supported by piers instead of a foundation. A change in leveling may be caused by the ground settling, resulting in doors …
Leveling Solution Available for Manufactured Homes Read More
Freehold, New Jersey-based UMH Properties, Inc. has acquired manufactured home community (MHC) Rolling Hills Estates in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The 91 homesite community, situated on 34 acres, sold for $1,720,000, and brings the company’s holdings to 69 MHCs comprised of 12,900 sites, according to marketwatch.com. Samuel A. Landy, President, …
The government shutdown will immediately stifle approval of thousands of mortgages because lenders cannot access Social Security numbers and tax transcripts. If it lasts longer than a week or two it could dampen the slowly recovering housing market, according to what Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) CEO David Stevens tells bloomberg.com. …
Government Shutdown Hinders some Manufactured Home Loans Read More
Updating a story we posted Sept. 26, 2013 regarding temporary manufactured housing for victims of the flooding in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in June, 2013, people with special needs or disabilities will begin moving in to the homes first. The work camp-like site is being established in the Great Plains Industrial …
Manufactured Homes Provide Refuge for Displaced Flood Victims Read More
Manufactured housing community owner Sun Communities, Inc (NYSE:SUI) announces it will release its third quarter 2013 earnings results Thurs., Oct. 24, 2013 prior to the opening of the market. A conference call will follow that same morning at 11 AM eastern standard time, according to marketwatch.com. Call toll-free 888 549 …
Sun Announces date of Third Quarter Earnings Release Read More
In a program the energy company has conducted in other Washington state counties, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is offering free energy upgrades to residents of manufactured homes (MH) who have electric forced-air for their primary heat source around Kittitas County in the central part of the state. With up to …
Manufactured Homeowners Receive Free Energy Upgrades Read More
A 1950’s San Angelo, Texas ordinance requiring all manufactured homes, including those for sale on a dealer’s lot, have skirting for aesthetic reasons was given an exception for licensed dealers. Clayton Homes asked for the change in the ordinance, as sanangeloLIVE.com reports, evidently after bringing a man camp onto their …
Clayton Homes Convinces City to Change Outdated Ordinance Read More
Some 700 refugees displaced by the flooding in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in June of this year will be housed in manufactured home communities (MHCs) in the Great Plains neighborhood of Calgary, and may have to remain there through the winter. A longer- term neighborhood of manufactured homes will be sited …
Current zoning laws in Midland, Texas prevent updated manufactured housing (MH) from replacing dilapidated factory-built homes because the zoning has been changed since the homes were sited. 1F3 zoning in certain areas only allows for stick-built homes in certain areas. As cbs7kosa.com tells MHProNews, the city says up to 28 …
Restrictive Zoning of Manufactured Homes may be Lifted Read More
The chairman of the board of Third Avenue Assets Management, Marvin Whitman, announcing the company’s third quarter portfolio update, has acquired a 20 percent stake in Cavco Industries, Inc., a $510.4 million market cap with stock up over 25 percent in the last 12 months. He purchased 1,809,108 shares when …
Following a story we last posted Nov. 27, 2012 regarding manufactured homes imported into Minot, North Dakota by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to house survivors of the Souris River flood in 2011, the FEMA mission ended Sept. 24 as the last households secured permanent housing. Over 2,000 manufactured …
The town of Springerville, Arizona has adopted a new amendment to their factory-built home ordinance. Any manufactured home built after 1976 must comply with the IBC (International Building Code) and the UBC (Universal Building Code) and inspected by the town’s building inspector. In addition, all manufactured homes (MH) being moved …
In response to the South Carolina beauty contestant at the Miss America pageant who made fun of her home state’s bounty of manufactured homes, as MHProNews covered Sept. 16, 2013, Brian Hicks with The Post and Courier says the line— “I’m from the state where 20 percent of our homes …
Beauty Queen’s Sarcastic Remarks Spark Interest in MH Read More
Manufactured home owners in Australia will have the opportunity to share their views regarding legislation that covers their residences on the Queensland Government’s ‘Get Involved’ website. Public Works Minister Tim Mander says the survey is part of a review of the Manufactured Homes Act 2003 to ensure it maintains a …
Australia Conducts Survey of Manufactured Home Owners Read More
Despite an ordinance banning manufactured homes older than eight years from being sited in Buffalo, Texas, a 1996 model was granted permission to be placed within the city limits, creating a thorny situation. Neighbors want the house removed because it was illegally sited, and others have been denied the opportunity …
The nation-wide nonprofit Next Step has assisted over 100 families obtain new, energy-efficient manufactured homes, often replacing energy-sucking, deteriorating factory-built homes from pre HUD-Code days. The organization has partnered with industry giant Clayton Homes to open the door to home ownership of Energy Star qualified dwellings, projecting residents will save …
