Following up on an article we published May 24 regarding Cordova, Alabama, Mayor Jack Scott’s insistence on keeping Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) homes out of Cordova, The Birmingham News reports that 200 people showed up for a city council meeting to protest the ban, many venting their frustrations. Mayor …
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Following up on a story we published here May 20, The Birmingham News says Cordova, Alabama, Mayor Jack Scott continues to refuse to allow Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) homes to site in his town despite pleas from residents. Danny Banks’ single section home was destroyed by the tornado April …
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In Rancho Cordova, CA, the latest salvo in the conflicts over affordable housing and the future of manufactured homeowners and communities has been fired on a local CBS affiliate’s newscast. CBS13 said, “Rent increases are making life difficult for seniors living in a Rancho Cordova manufactured home community.’ It’s a peculiarly …
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Shaunna Boyd with the Gold River Messenger filed a report and photo recently at this link here which will be reviewed below. The subheading under newspaper’s logo says “Written by the people, for the people.” Boyd’s report will be reproduced below under fair use guidelines for news media. Following …
In publishing in this report two letters from resident-leaders below, it should not be assumed that we thereby agree with all that is said. The views are those of their respective authors. They are shared precisely to present the thinking of resident leaders, so that manufactured home community professionals and …
In a news tip today to the Daily Business News on MHProNews is the following public call by Californian Robert ‘Bob’ Van Cleef for federal investigations of some high profile organizations in the manufactured home industry. From Van Cleef’s post today, found at this link here, is the following. The …
The increased investment interest in manufactured home communities is similar to that seen in recent years for multifamily properties, according Mark Weiner, chief financial officer for Storz Management, Orangeville, California. “Unlike apartments, manufactured home communities only rent space rather than the living units themselves, which are still owned by the residents,” he …
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Although Walker County, Alabama, just west of Birmingham was spared extensive damage during the April 2011 tornadoes that devastated several communities, work has begun on two of the 21 modular storm shelters approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Concrete pads have been poured in the Thach community and …
“INDUSTRY DAY” MEETING EXPOSES CONCEPTUAL FLAWS AND NEED FOR MAJOR CHANGES
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) held an “industry day” conference on June 7, 2011, to explain its concept of a “small footprint” HUD Code “temporary housing unit” (THU) for post-disaster relief and to obtain input and feedback regarding this concept from manufacturers. The all-day public conference in Washington, D.C. was attended by MHARR staff and representatives of a substantial number of MHARR and other HUD Code manufacturers, as well as third-party Primary Inspection Agencies (PIAs), retailers, suppliers and others.
From the extensive and detailed discussion at the meeting, as explained in greater detail below, it is apparent that the FEMA THU concept, while well-intended, is heading down the wrong track from the start and needs to be re-calibrated if it is ultimately to prove beneficial for those in need of post-disaster relief housing, the taxpayers who will be footing the bill for this initiative, and the industry.
Alabama’s 13 says Cordova is not the only city in Alabama hit by the April 27 tornado that does not allow manufactured housing outside an existing community of factory-built homes. Fultondale, just outside Birmingham, has a similar ordinance that Mayor Jim Lowrey says will be enforced, while adding the city …
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WBRC MyFoxAL reports from northern Alabama that dozens of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) homes are available for victims of the tornadoes, but not in Cordova, Alabama, in Walker County because the city ordinance prohibits single section homes inside city limits. Mayor Jack Scott says double-sectionals are allowed in certain …
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