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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News April 10–April 17, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Quality Control Manager report-Highland Mobile Home Park, St Petersburg FL What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Montana town to proposed MHCs: one yes, one no. Building material made from hemp. Manufactured homes do not qualify as affordable homes—yet. Modular homes for …

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Montana Town Planning Commission Approves one MHC, Denies another

While the Laurel City-County Planning Board in Montana turned down three requests for a variance for Regal Community Park, a proposed manufactured home community, after neighbors expressed concerns over falling property values, the board did vote 3-1 (with one abstention) for a zone change to allow for a manufactured home …

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Zoning Commission Recommends against Expansion of Manufactured Home Community

The Yellowstone County Zoning Commission unanimously turned down a zone change application that would have allowed Cherry Creek Estates manufactured home community (MHC) to expand by adding as many as 80 manufactured homes, reports billingsgazette. While the Yellowstone County Board of Commissioners will have the final say when it meets …

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Plans for Ex-cons to Build Modular Homes Moves Forward in Allentown, PA

Following a story MHProNews posted March 23, 2016 regarding modular homes built by ex-cons in Pittsburgh, Daniel Bull, president of builder Zero Six Eight (an ex-con himself), gave a presentation to the Allentown, PA Community Development Corporation (CDC) about building modular homes on Arlington Avenue. Saying he has already had …

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

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com State Inspector Becki Jackson – Safety & Quality of Manufactured Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Feb. HUD Code manufactured home production rises 27.6%. Notable deaths in the manufactured home community. Rent control inhibits new MHC development. Resident-owned community grateful …

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Sun Communities Files to Expand King’s Court Manufactured Home Community

Garfield Township, Michigan planning commissioners will hold a public hearing April 13 regarding Sun Communities, Inc.’s (NYSE:SUI) request to rezone two parcels of land from agricultural to manufactured home community. The 37-acre expansion south of King’s Court will provide home sites for 158 additional homes, according to what Bob Schmude …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News March 6, 2016-March 13, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Rancho El Mirage, new 55+ Manufactured Home Community Opening near Yuma, AZ What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News New manufactured home community planned Down Under. Legacy Homes assumes building abandoned byRV/MH Hall home builder. Home show features MH. Ordinance to site …

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Developers Need Guidelines for New Manufactured Home Community

MHProNews has learned from postregister that realtor Kevin Murray of Keller Williams of Idaho Falls, Idaho told the the Jefferson County Commission that developers have expressed an interest in building a medium-sized manufactured home community (MHC) in Jefferson County but they have no direction on developing an MHC. “You currently …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Feb. 14-Feb. 21, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Noise and Smoke vs. Facts About Manufactured Homes and Lending What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Tucson MHC to be developed. Utilities now metered at MHC homes. Plans approved for MHC expansion. Patrick posts strong financials for quarter, year. MHC residents …

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City may Infill Vacant Property with Manufactured Homes

Currently in Corpus Christi, TX, the city owns a number of vacant lots it wants to site with homes, according to what caller tells MHProNews, and intends to infill with affordable housing. Streets Committee Chairman Andy Taubman is in favor of using manufactured homes as infill, and to this end, …

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Factory-built Home Causes Wholesale Resignations of Mayor and Staff

The mayor, one city council member, the city attorney, city manager and a Board of Adjustment member have all resigned their posts in Marquette, Iowa, pop. 462, according to thegazette, possibly in response to the city ‘s inaction on a zoning violation, as MHProNews has learned. On Wed., Mayor Dave …

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Indiana City Still Trying to Regulate Manufactured Homes

Updating a story MHProNews last posted Jan. 12, 2016 about the ongoing attempt at classifications and placement of manufactured/mobile homes by the Washington, Indiana City Council, the council sent the ordinance back to the plan commission for stronger language about where “Type III, what is typically found in mobile home …

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Rural Scott County Iowa only Allows Multi-Section Manufactured Homes

In response to a reader’s question about siting manufactured homes (MH)on private property in specific east central Iowa locales, Tim Huey, Scott County Planning Director replies to qctimes that in rural areas, “We do not treat manufactured housing any differently than site-built homes. If a property retains a development right …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Nov. 22-Nov. 29, 2015

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com “It’s not a trailer, it’s a manufactured home!” Inside MH with Mary Johnson, Retired Nurse Getting More Manufactured Home Lending – Video Interview with MH Owner, Tom Fath What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHARR slams HUD over monitoring contract. Australia …

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New Manufactured Homes on Drawing Board in Arizona City

As in many areas, finding affordable housing in Payson, Arizona is beginning to pose a looming crisis, even more so if the area gets a four-year university that will draw several thousand more residents, according to paysonroundup. Berkshire Hathaway real estate broker Cliff Potts stated housing for middle class workers, …

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New Hampshire Brothers Plan Modular Housing

Peter Morrissette, of PEM Real Estate LLC, had petitioned the Zoning Board of Adjustment in Laconia, New Hampshire for a zoning variance to allow him to use what had been St. Helena Mission Church as a storage facility. However, stiff opposition from the neighbors, and Warren Hutchins, the chairman of …

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County may Amend Restrictive MH Siting Ordinance

Following a story MHProNews posted Nov. 13, 2015 regarding a new ordinance in Mojave County, Arizona that restricts siting of manufactured homes (MH) to no older than seven years, kdminer tells MHProNews the County Board of Supervisors will weigh a request from the Manufactured Housing Industry of Arizona to delay …

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City Council Seeking MHC Closure Ordinance

The Yucaipa (California) City Council, after visiting several deteriorating manufactured home communities, is considering passing an ordinance to make it easier for community owners to convert their property to a different use. If the community owner wants to develop their property, the ordinance would give pre-approval zoning and a “mobile …

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Three New Senior Land Lease Communities Rising in New Jersey

Residents questioned the Upper Township Planning Board in Upper Township, New Jersey about two manufactured home communities (MHC) for seniors, one with 110 home sites in Seaville and another one that is proposed in Palermo. Ground was broken last month for the community in Seaville, planned by Ocean City developer …

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Kansas County Eases Upgrade on Manufactured Home Replacement

The Seward County, Kansas commissioners have agreed to ease restrictions on replacing a manufactured or mobile home with a newer model by not requiring the owner to apply for a special zoning exception, which necessitates a public hearing with board of zoning appeals. As leaderandtimes tells MHProNews, the planning commission …

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