StLToday says the Joplin Globe reports some homeowners in tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri are up in arms because modular homes are being sited next to more expensive houses. In one case a Habitat for Humanity low-income home was built across from a $280,000 house, and a modular home of lesser value …
The Eloy City Council in Arizona, just south of Phoenix, has eased the zoning restrictions on replacing manufactured homes. The previous ordinance required homes be replaced with units no more than three years old, which many people who lived in homes that needed to be replaced could not afford. The …
IndyStar reports that Shrum’s Manufactured Housing Center on U.S.40 west of Indianapolis was bought by real estate investment firm Platinum Financial Trust at auction Wednesday. The 12.4 acre site on a major commercial corridor near the Indianapolis International Airport went for $230,000 at the bank-ordered sale. MHProNews.com has learned the …
According to SeniorHousingNews, with health care costs rising and the economy still not thriving, “Granny pods” may start appearing in your neighbors’ backyards. Small modular homes, Med-Cottages, 288 square feet, outfitted as needed for the particular resident, assembled in a backyard, can give seniors a sense of independence while keeping …
MhproNews has learned from the Register-News in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, the Mt Vernon City Council is set to approve a ban on mobile homes outside MHCs. Pre-existing manufactured homes outside designated areas would be grandfathered in, as long as they are not moved, according to city manager Ron Neibert. Zoning …
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MHProNews.com has learned that a cherry orchard in Gilroy, California, just south of the Bay Area, may see 349 manufactured homes sited among the cherry trees. According to the GilroyDispatch, the development will be aimed at active older adults and will help Gilroy meet its state affordable housing goals. CW …
The Mount Vernon, Illinois, Zoning and Planning Commission is considering an ordinance change that restricts manufactured housing to communities, instead of conditional permit zoning. The Register-News tells MHProNews.com that Mt. Vernon City Councilman David Wood says, “We’re trying to get away from spot zoning,” Wood said. “The way the ordinance …
From the North Little Rock Times, MHProNews.com has learned that the North Little Rock City Council voted unanimously Monday to send back a proposal to pass zoning requirements to the city Planning Commission. The aldermen hit an impasse about how to govern the mobile and manufactured housing of Crystal Hill, …
From the Daytona Beach News Journal, MHPronews.com has learned that county plans to consider 1,000 or more manufactured homes alongside Old Dixie Highway north of city limits will be discussed at an upcoming end-of-year City Commission meeting. According to the report, the public will be allowed to comment about Volusia …
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St. Clair Times reports from Alabama the Argo zoning board will consider a proposed ordinance to allow more manufactured homes into an area that has been home to MHs for many years. In changing the zoning from “high-density residential” to “manufactured home zoning,” the ordinance would disallow manufactured homes over …
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WHMI in Livingston, Michigan, west of Detroit, reports the Tyrone Township Planning Commission approved zoning changes for Cider Mill Crossings MHC, recently purchased by Sun Communities, Inc. at a tax sale for just over $400,000. The previous owner left some projects short of completion before filing bankruptcy, and Sun asked …
NLRTimes reports the North Little Rock (AR) City Council could not reach agreement on whether to change the zoning laws that would ban manufactured housing from an area called Crystal Hill. Crystal Hill residents have expressed opposition to becoming subject to zoning laws of North Little Rock, while Mayor Patrick …
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TheTandD reports from South Carolina the Orangeburg County Planning Commission has finalized zoning plans that would allow single-section manufactured homes to be sited in an area already populated by site-built and sectional manufactured homes. During their November meeting the commissioners approved the creation of the RS-2 Single-family/Manufactured Home District. According …
TheTownTalk reports from Alexandria, Louisiana, that a planned multi-family, modular housing development was blocked at a city council meeting by residents concerned that property values would fall and crime would increase. The council was considering a proposal to change the zoning from agricultural to multi-family to allow for the housing. …
In the SantaMariaTimes, Ron Faas, lobbyist for the Northern Santa Barbara County Manufactured Homeowners Team, says Santa Barbara (CA) County’s long-planning division has drafted a manufactured-home park closure conversion ordinance that the Board of Supervisors had requested. Noting the importance of local ordinances to assure the availability of low cost …
LivingstonDaily reports from Michigan the owner of a land lease community (LLC) does not want her property master-planned as a future MHC. Renee MacRitchie, the owner of Songbird Acres, says the designation will decrease the value of her property and neighboring properties as well. According to Putnam Township Supervisor Ron …
The ColumbiaMissourian reports the Columbia Regency Mobile Home Park has notified residents the community will close Feb. 29, following the owners request to rezone the property for apartments. Aspen Heights, which submitted plans for the apartments, says it will buy the property from Regency of Missouri only if the land …
SavannahNow reports an improperly subdivided lot cannot be sited with a modular home, according to Chatham County Superior Court Judge Michael Karpf. John Barr, Jr.’s, petition to site modular homes in Tybee Islands Eagles Nest neighborhood was denied because his son, the original property owner, violated a 2001 zoning ordinance. …
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gazettextra reports the covenants and zoning agreements established when an RV community was developed in the 1970’s have not been enforced. The original rules for Rock River Leisure Estates RV park in Edgerton, Wisconsin, state it is a vacation resort and does not allow permanent year-round living beyond nine months, …
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BloombergBusinessWeek reports Honolulu City Councilman Tom Berg has proposed building modular housing on agricultural lands in Oahu as a means to meet the demand for affordable housing. He suggests allowing the homes to remain there for up to five years, and that the cost of leasing would be similar to …
