TheMcDowellNews reports last month the Marion City Council in Marion, North Carolina adopted new regulations for manufactured homes sited on individual lots within the city, requiring them to have siding and roofing to make them blend in with neighborhood site-built homes. Additionally, no manufactured home is allowed within 300 feet …
Following up on a story we have been covering for over a year, and last reported on July 25, 2012, voicesnews says the Conservation Commission, Inland Wetlands Agency (CCIWA) in Oxford, Connecticut, has acknowledged receipt of Garden Homes Management’s newest application for a 124-unit manufactured housing complex despite not having …
The Daily Reporter tells us from Coldwater, Michigan, the Coldwater City Council has approved bringing 16 acres into the city from Coldwater Township for Ralph Schaefer to erect a modular home sales business. The council must also approve rezoning of the land, and the city planning commission must approve the …
Following up on a series of articles first published a year ago and last reported July 12, 2012, voicesnews says Garden Homes Management Corp. has resubmitted plans for 121 manufactured homes on 40.79 acres to the Oxford (Connecticut) Conservation Commission, Inland Wetlands Agency (CCIWA). Garden Homes has been denied approval …
Following up on a story we last posted May 2, 2012 about modular medical units temporarily placed on a property to house loved ones with special needs, MHProNews has learned several states, including Virginia, New York, and California have enacted legislation to allow these units to override local regulations and …
Following up on a story we posted yesterday, July 10, yourdailyjournal reports the Rockingham (North Carolina) City Council denied a request from Charles Seago to rezone land from business to residential so he could site four additional manufactured homes on the property on which he already has five MH. Although …
theherald-nc reports the owner of the Lighthouse Christian Academy in Smithfield, North Carolina had to close the school because of the economy, and unable to find a church to help cover the cost of the mortgage on the modular building, decided to make it a boarding house to accommodate ten …
At its meeting tonight, July 10, the Rockingham (North Carolina) City Council will consider a re-zoning request by Charles Seago to allow up to nine manufactured homes to be sited on land he owns. He currently has five homes on the property but wants to expand to nine homes, according …
Harkening back to a story we have covered several times, the last being May 29, 2012, the RapidCityJournal reports from Box Elder, South Dakota, the Box Elder Planning and Zoning Commission continues to have questions abut Bob Akers’ Wagon Wheel Estates MHC being converted from 125 factory-built homes to 175 …
Bloomberg reports the National Association of Realtors (NAR) says the index of pending sales of previously-owned homes fell 5.5% in April, the highest rate in a year, on the heels of a 3.8 % gain in March 2012. Record low mortgage rates have failed to sustain the pace of demand …
LivingstonDaily in Michigan reports Mike Hendee has been trying to develop his 144-acre site halfway between Lansing and Detroit into a 498 site manufactured housing community since 2002. Favorable rulings by the Livingston County Circuit Court and the Michigan Court of Appeals were overturned by the state supreme court which …
Following a story we wrote May, 8 2012 concerning a plan to replace 125 factory-built homes at the Wagon Wheel Village MHC in Box Elder, South Dakota with 166 modular units, we learn owner Bob Akers is returning to the Planning and Zoning Commission with revised plans, according to the …
PalmBeachPost reports from Jupiter, Florida a plan to build 348 rental units will force some 100 residents of Whitehaven Seniors Adult Park MHC to relocate. Jupiter-based FLF 1030 LLC says the company must close the sale of the property and then receive site use and zoning approval from the city …
From South Dakota’s KOTARadio comes news that the Rapid City, South Dakota City Council is reluctant to permit modular homes to be sited in MHCs. Council members expressed concern that modular homes might spring up in other neighborhoods. Noting that this is an opportunity to replace what is now in …
TheTimesNews tells MHProNews.com from Burlington, NC Jeff Mitchell has come to the Burlington City Council twice to have property rezoned from residential to manufactured housing, and has succeeded both times. In 2010 the council voted 3-2 to honor the request. On the current issue, city staff recommended the change should …
The UpperMacungiePatch says the Upper Macungie Township Zoning Board in southeast Pennsylvania voted to approve variances allowing a larger manufactured home to replace a smaller one. The current pre-HUD Code home measures 12 feet by 60 feet. MHProNews.com has learned the new multi-section is 27 feet four inches by 60 …
Following up on a story concerning the flooding in Minot, North Dakota last spring, KFYR-TV reports the Minot City Council is relaxing zoning requirements to allow manufactured homes to be sited in areas not previously zoned for them, sometimes to the chagrin of neighbors. Working on a case by case …
The Rapid City Journal in South Dakota reports the Box Elder Planning and Zoning Commission wants developer Bob Akers to rethink his plans to replace the 125-site Wagon Wheel Village MHC with 166 modular homes spaced ten feet apart. Located just east of Rapid City, the local government has no …
The Register-News in Mt. Vernon, Illinois reports the Mt. Vernon City Council will hold a second reading on a proposed ordinance governing conditional use siting of manufactured housing in the city. The ordinance would require written permission from the owner of adjacent stick-built homes to allow a manufactured home to …
The FayObserver tells MHProNews.com minimum housing standards are set to be tightened by the Cumberland County Commission in the south central area of North Carolina. In light of neighborhood complaints about the condition of some factory-built housing, the new measure would require all manufactured housing to have skirting around the …
