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Manufactured Home Community Owners Group to Bestow Awards, Discuss Issues

The California Mobilehome Parkowners Alliance (CMPA) will honor seven manufactured housing industry members at its symposium May 31-June 1, 2015 in Las Vegas. Barry Cole of Manufactured Housing Insurance Services will receive top honors as recipient of The Chelu Travieso-Earhart Lifetime Achievement Award. Attorney Phil Woog will receive the Freedom …

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Sunday Morning Recap May 4-May 9, 2015

ROC Racks up Two More MHC Co-ops. Legislator Questions HUD Contract. HUD Code Production Rises. Modular Skyscraper Rises Quickly in China. Modular Future Questionable in NYC, as it Gains a Floor in Texas, adds Luxury Complex in Silicon Valley. Cavco Acquires Fairmont. MHCC Seeks MH Multifamily. Google Denied Modular Expansion. …

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Energy Efficiency on the Table at MHI’s Expo in Las Vegas

Noting that the technology involved in manufactured housing (MH) has improved greatly over the years, especially since the inception of the federally regulated HUD Code in 1976, Robin Roy, writing for the Natural Resources Defense Council blog, Switchboard, says MH is poised to continue to play a vital role in …

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Affordable Housing Competition Set for University Students

The Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Low Income Housing Challenge pits eight teams from six West Coast universities against each other to develop affordable housing proposals for potential future development. Now in its 24th year, the goal is to attract undergrad and grad students to be part of the next generation …

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RV/MH Hall of Fame Issues call for Class of 2016

The RV/MH Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for the Class of 2016. The Selection Committee will receive nominations from all recreational vehicle (RV) and manufactured housing (MH) sectors, including dealers, campgrounds, manufacturers, retailers, trade media, associations, user groups. As rvbusiness informs MHProNews, to be eligible the nominee must be, …

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RVIA Honors RVIC/IMHA Director Mark Bowersox

MHProNews has learned from rvbusiness that Mark Bowersox, executive director of the Recreational Vehicle Indiana Council and the Indiana Manufactured Housing Association (RVIC/IMHA), has been honored by the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) with the National Legislative Award. Bowersox was recognized for his leadership in addressing the Department of Housing …

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Clayton Homes Reaches International Standard for Reducing Waste and Energy Usage

The Clayton Homes manufacturing facility in Rutledge, Tennessee has become the first homebuilder among members of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to receive the ISO 14001 Certification. This achievement is based on reducing waste through the recycling of building materials and lowering energy consumption. According to Wikipedia, ISO 14001 sets …

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Scholarships to be Awarded by VAMMHA

The Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association (VAMMHA) informs MHProNews that association members and their employees, their children and grandchildren, are eligible for scholarships. The scholarships are to be awarded by the VAAMHA at the March board meeting. Nominees must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average and may be …

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Affordable Housing Provider Celebrates 40 Years

Frontier Housing, a non-profit affordable housing steward in Morehead, Kentucky that offers factory-built homes as one of its options, is celebrating its 40th anniversary of providing housing solutions in northeastern Kentucky Nov. 15 at the Morehead Conference Center. Following entertainment and dinner, three awards will be announced: the Amanda Yarber …

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State Manufactured Housing Association Reveals Honors Bestowed

The Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA) recognized leaders in the industry at its 43rd Annual Convention in Little Rock recently, MHProNews  learned from AMHA Executive Director,  J. D. Harper. Kevin Hawks of Hawks Enterprises was inducted into AMHA’s Hall of Fame, which is the highest honor bestowed upon any individual …

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Washington Honors Six Affordable Housing Advocates

The Housing Finance Commission (HFC) of Washington State has announced the winners of the 2014 Friend of Housing awards, including Ishbel Dickens, who was awarded the Margaret M. Sevy Affordable Housing Lifetime Achievement Award for her work with manufactured housing, according to djc.com.   MHProNews recalls a story posted Feb. …

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LA Modular is Building of the Month

The Modular Building Institute has awarded Star Apartments in Los Angeles, California as the Building of the Month. The 51 modules by Guerdon Enterprises LLC of Boise, Idaho for the Skid Row Housing Trust provides 102 apartments, each about 350 square feet, created with a community-minded open design with rooftop …

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RV/MH Hall of Fame Nominations due this Month

The RV/MH Hall of Fame has issued a reminder that the deadline for nominations for inductees into the Class of 2015 will end Oct. 31, with selections made in Jan. 2015. Nominees must have 25 years experience in any segment of the manufactured housing or recreational vehicle industry in order …

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Four MH Industry Members Honored at MHI Annual Meeting

Four members of the manufactured housing industry were honored at the recent Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) annual meeting Sept. 14-16 for their outstanding contributions to the industry. Dick Ernst, president of Financial Marketing Associates, received the MHI Chairman’s Award from MHI Chairman Nathan Smith. A longtime member of the MHI …

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Ruth Lake Lodge honored as Modular Building Institute Building of the Month

The Modular Building Institute (MBI) has chosen the Ruth Lake Lodge north of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada as its Building of the Month for Sept. 2014, according to realestaterama.com. Providing housing for employees of the Athabasca Oil Sands industries and visitors to the area, the complex has over 600 …

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Prevatte Honored by NC Manufactured and Modular Housing Industry

A veteran of over 40 years in the manufactured and modular housing industry, and the owner of Prevatte’s Home Sales in Lumberton, North Carolina, for 25 years, Tonnie Prevatte received the Rollan Jones Member of the Year award as voted by the members of the North Carolina Manufactured and Modular …

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Professor Specializes in Affordable Housing, Moves to U. of New Mexico

John Quale, an expert in sustainable and affordable housing, who previously served as director of the graduate architecture program at the University of Virginia, has been appointed director of the architecture program in the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning, according to unm.edu. His specialty is in …

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Clayton Tops Largest Homebuilder List

With more than 25,000 homes sold in 2013, for the second consecutive year Clayton Homes of Maryville, Tennessee has earned the title of America’s Largest Homebuilder, according to ourmidland.com. This honor is based on the total number of site-built homes in 2013 as reported by Builder Magazine, and the number …

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Modular Construction Continues Growing in New York City

Following a story MHProNews last posted May 19, 2014 regarding a seven-story modular apartment building that opened in the far northern reaches of Manhattan in New York called The Stack, the Modular Building Institute honored it as the August 2014 Modular Building of the Month. Designed by Gluck+, and developed …

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Manufactured Home Resident wins Energy Efficiency Makeover

Connie Jefferies of Damascus, Arkansas has won the seventh annual energy efficiency manufactured home (MH) makeover contest sponsored by the Electric Cooperatives of AR, according to thv11.com. Bret Curry, manager of residential energy marketing for the cooperative, says 15 percent of the state’s housing stock is manufactured homes, and some …

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