MHProNews has learned from heraldpalladium the St. Joseph, Michigan commissioners heard the first reading on plans to alter zoning for multi-family districts so they would better blend in with other parts of the community. The planning commission had been directed to review the city’s R-3 zoning for properties that include …
St. Joseph, Michigan Amends Zoning to allow Manufactured Home Communities Read More
Following a story that MHProNews last reported June 20, 2015 regarding UMH Properties, Inc.’s long-time plan to build either a manufactured or modular home community on 106 acres it owns in the Village of Coxsackie, New York, while UMH (NYSE:UMH) wants to move forward with the project, the village is …
UMH Properties Pushing to Develop Manufactured/Modular Home Community in New York Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Renters’ Nation: The Dark Side of Dodd-Frank and Its Impact on Affordable Housing Mary Zokoe talks Martin Motor Sports, Community Guidelines, More! Inside MH Road Show Video What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News CFPB imposed appraisal rule on HPML loans one …
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What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Paul Simon, Singing Homeward Bound, Doing Good Work and MH The Hybrid Core – A Different Style Factory Home-Building Process What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News HUD Code Production Continues Rising. RV/MH Hall of Fame Inducts Class of 2015. Positive End …
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MHPronews has learned Arlington Estates manufactured home community (MHC) outside Blair, Nebraska was sold May 20 to local businessman Clifton Johnson by Kacey Witte. Licensed for 16 home sites, Arlington is zoned light industrial, which legally means no homes can be moved into the community, and those damaged more than …
Land Lease Community may Continue as Non-Conforming Read More
A couple requested the Jasper (Alabama) City Council to rezone a 1.6 acre piece of property from R-2, single-family housing, to R-3 affordable housing, in order to site a manufactured home (MH) on the property. Neighbors who live near the property are concerned an MH would depreciate their own real …
City Council Tables Request for Manufactured Home Siting Read More
City Attorney Glenn Vasser of Prescott, Arkansas proposed a new mobile home ordinance at the recent Prescott City Council that puts it on the same legal footing with site-built homes in terms of foundations and placement as it relates to neighboring structures. Manufactured home communities (MHC) must be at least …
New Ordinance Details Siting of Manufactured Homes Read More
In this week’s News: Despite Zoning, MH would be Replaced. Modular Housing adding up. Builder Confidence Slips. Aries Mods in NC. Art’s Way Honored. Deer Valley Stock Zooms. Owning Cheaper than Renting. Good Housing Deals in Rust Belt. Rent Stabilization Extended. Mainstream Media Hinders MH Buyers with no Recourse. Correct …
Zoning laws have not caught up with the Tiny House movement, as Jennifer Baxter of Mecklenburg County North Carolina has discovered. The 144 square-foot home that is scheduled for delivery May 31, is built on a 20-foot trailer. Since it is not on a foundation, it cannot lawfully be considered …
ROC USA notches 113th Co-op. MHC Owners Honors Industry Members. RV/MH Chooses 2015 Class. Deer Valley Plummets. Rising Rents makes MH Living more Feasible. World Expo Modular. New MHC Approved. CDBG not for MH. England Modulars. Sen. Shelby proposes MH Access. Habitat Modular in New Jersey. Nadeen Green Honored. Aussie …
Developer Jack Morris bought the Laurelton Mobile Home Park in Brick, New Jersey on Route 88 in 2005 for $3.85 million, and the following year announced plans for redeveloping 21,600 square feet of frontage into retail space. At one point residents withheld rent payments because they felt the management company, …
Portion of Manufactured Home Community may see Commercial Development Read More
Karen and Tom Rogers live in a 420 square foot tiny house, built by Lil’ Lodges, in Bruton Park manufactured home community (MHC) in York County, Virginia. The county cited them for a violation because it is not a manufactured home, but following an appeal to the zoning board, they …
Tiny House in Manufactured Home Community Sparks Legal Debate Read More
HUD Code production continues rising, China going modular, Cavco Acquisition, Affordable housing lags, New MHC in Arizona, Inmates Building Modular Homes, Champion Partners with Winnebago, MHCC Suggests Multifamily HUD Code Homes and more. Mon., March 30 Rising Land Values Force Older Manufactured Home Communities Out China Choosing Modular for Hotels, …
A proposed manufactured home (MH) development for 70 MH in the town of Oneonta, New York has run into stiff opposition from 100 people who have signed petitions opposing Hemlock Village. The 29 acres would need a zoning change from residential-agricultural, which requires one home per acre, to Planned Development …
Residents have Garnered Signatures Opposing Manufactured Home Community Read More
MHProNews has learned from mtsandard the Butte-Silver Bow Planning Board in Montana voted 5-0 that no more pre-HUD Code homes (MH) be allowed to site in the county, although those already existing would be grandfathered in and allowed to stay. MH built between 1976, when the federal government mandated construction …
Montana County Tightens Restriction on Manufactured Homes Read More
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews the Ohio Supreme Court struck down a zoning law as unconstitutional that was designed to eliminate manufactured housing from Lodi, Ohio. The zoning code states any property considered noncomforming that is vacant for six months is considered abandoned. In the case of manufactured …
State Court Strikes Down Law that Harms Community Owners Read More
Residents of the Hala Point Mobile Home Park in Panama City, Florida are concerned that a 40-unit apartment development will increase flooding in the community because the county’s drainage system is inadequate, according to newsherald. County storm water engineer Josee Cyr says, “The drainage system out there is probably adequate …
Manufactured Home Community Residents Concerned Development will Increase Flooding Read More
The owners of Blacksburg Estates manufactured housing community (MHC) in Virginia are reformatting their plan to move 20 manufactured homes to the other side of the 33.5 acre community after residents and others protested the rezoning request to develop most of the community. Owners Frank Bruno and Don Carter wanted …
Manufactured Housing Community will Continue as Affordable Housing Site Read More
A 415 square foot customized tiny home now sited in the Bruton Park manufactured home community (MHC) in York County, Virginia may have to move because it has not been approved to meet the federal HUD Code standards for a manufactured home (MH). Karen and Tom Rogers lived with their …
The Workforce Housing Coalition (WHC) of Greater Seacoast is considering five parcels of land in York, Maine near the Kittery town line that could be developed as housing for people who earn modest salaries such as laborers, teachers, firemen and police. WHC Executive Director Ashlee Iber Amenti says the owners …
Factory-built Homes Could Alleviate Coastal Housing Issues Read More
