Opening FEA editorial muse. While our family were still living in the Land of Lincoln (the fine state of Illinois), we took a trip to Hawaii’s Big Island. It was a beautiful week. There was only one oddity that we personally witnessed that sticks out at this moment. Just one […]
In the wake of the exclusive Q&A with Danny Ghorbani by MHProNews over the ‘true history’ of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) much criticized manufactured housing energy rule and examples of the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI’s) troubling role in that drama, a new and potentially related report from Robert Bryce
Despite the arguably outrageous recent claims by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) (see further below) and certain corporate leaders and surrogates who are MHI members, those who objectively look at the facts, trends, opportunities, and overall SWOT analysis will find that MHI is arguably engaged in deceptive and misleading marketing
Washington-based Pallet Shelter has drawn regional and national attention by building what has been billed as “tiny houses” or “tiny homes” by several in media. Pallet Shelter says their units range in price from some $5000 to $7000 each. Pallet appears to blend several emerging needs and trends. It is
Hawaii’s Governor David Ige issued a proclamation in 2017 to deal with that state’s growing problem with homelessness. Affordable housing is big issue in Hawaii, as it is in many parts of the mainland United States. Oahu Civil Beat’s Natanya Friedheim wrote a report in March about the latest
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Kahau’iki Village is shaping up as all-too-rare collaboration of state, county and private sector parties coming together to provide affordable housing for those in the community who are struggling. “It’s a dream come true, hopefully, for those who maybe felt powerless and disenfranchised. We want children to see a brighter future
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The problem of homelessness in Hawaii is well known, and affordable modular housing is being used to help solve the problem. According to KHON, the three homeless families in the Waianae community will be calling then home. “This is to house people out here on the west side who right
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Updating a story MHProNews posted Aug. 19, 2015, regarding modular containers for homeless people in Honolulu, the initial two containers, both Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant, were sited at Hale Mauliola, according to khon2. The first of 25 planned for Sand Island, they are made from new shipping containers,
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A plan to modify 25 shipping containers into modular housing units that would each be subdivided into three or four living spaces of 40 to 53 square feet to house the homeless in Oahu, Hawaii has been announced by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. The aim is to provide temporary living
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The impetus for a package of bills introduced by the jointHawaiian Senate and House Task Force on Housing and Homelessness is the fact that in the Aloha State, the difference between being homeless and having a home can be a razor-thin line. Hawai‘i has a chronic housing shortage and a high
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