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In an attempt to encourage communities to be more diverse, the Obama administration is tying federal community grants to the demographic make-up of communities, according to what washingtonexaminer is telling MHProNews. An amendment from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) would have defunded President Obama’s “The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule,” but […]
Attempt to Block Funding of Federal Housing Program Fails Read More
The Roaring Fork Valley Regional Planning Commission has approved a proposal for El Jebel Mobile Home Park in Eagle County, Colorado to add 46 modular homes to the 298 existing units in the community. A worker enclave for five decades, the Crawford family has contributed affordable housing to the area
Forty-six Homes to be Added to El Jebel Mobile Home Park in Colorado Read More
In the news from CNNMoney: College enrollment is dropping. The Central States Pension Fund will be insolvent in ten years without government money for 407,000 members. Can Egyptian tourism survive another airline disaster. VW gives 120,000 workers a 5 percent raise. British CEOs should take a 50 percent pay cut.
Patrick, Carlyle, Affiliated Managers Show Strong Gains in Today’s Session Read More
As latimes tells MHProNews, a triple-section manufactured home in Malibu’s Paradise Cove Mobile Home Park sold for $5.3 million, the most ever paid in the area. Listed for sale in March for $5.5 million, it was sold a year ago for $4 million. Pinnacle Estate Properties agent Elizabeth Seaman represented
Malibu Triple-section Manufactured Home Sets New $$ Record Read More
The Clayton Building at the Knoxville Museum of Art in Tennessee, named for the founder of Clayton Homes and building benefactor, Jim Clayton, is undergoing an HVAC upgrade and will be closed May 22 through May 25, 2016. With its exterior of locally-quarried Tennessee marble, the 53,200 sq. foot four-story
Clayton Art Building Will Close Temporarily Read More
Setting the new high watermark for manufactured home community (MHC) sales in the Northwest, a multifamily advisory team from Colliers International Portland sold Summer Oaks MHC in Eugene, Oregon for $10.4 million, which translates to $102,000 per home site for the 102-site community. Last year, Colliers also engineered the sale
MH Community Breaks Record for $$ per Homesite Read More
Hotel development and management firm Newcrestimage is partnering with Guerdon Modular Buildings to construct a 142-room AC Hotel Bricktown in Oklahoma City, reports modularhomecoach to MHProNews. The first floor of the building will be conventional construction, followed by four floors of 81 modules built by Guerdon at their plant in
Oklahoma City to Have First Modular Hotel Read More
In an indication that Americans’ financial condition remains as precarious as ever, despite the “recovery” from the Great Recession, a survey conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research revealed 75 percent of people in households making less than $50,000 would have trouble coming up with $1,000 in
Two-thirds of Americans do not Have $1,000 for Emergency Read More
In the news from CNNMoney: Walmart soars 10% on good earnings report. TSA’s security logjam could be helped with explosive-sniffing dogs in the lines. Puerto Rico saved from economic ruin. 60 Minutes’ Morley Safer passes away days after watching a program devoted honoring him. Golfer Phil Mickelson will pay SEC
Drew only MH-related Stock to Gain in Today’s Session Read More
Drew Industries, Inc.’s Net profit for Q1 ending March 31, 2016 was $35.96 million as compared to the same period last year of $20.07 million. On May 17 MHProNews noted that the CEO of Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW), Jason Lippert sold 10,000 shares of Drew stock at $74.13 per share
Insider Trading: Drew Industries and UMH Properties Read More
While the original Oak Forest manufactured home community in Egg Harbor Townhship, in southern New Jersey had 158 home sites, current owner/developer Ralph Clayton received a use variance from the zoning board in 2007, and site preparation is now in progress for an additional 92 MH sites. The 54.62 acre
Oak Forest MH Community Expanding in New Jersey Read More
After four years of research and development, the Amsterdam collective Fiction Factory has developed a modular house made primarily of treated cardboard that is said to last 50 years, according to huhmagazine.co.uk. Designed for either homes or offices, the Wikkelhouse (roughly, ‘wrap house’) comes in tubular sections of about 43
Cardboard House Designed to Last 50 Years Read More
MHProNews has learned the seven story modular housing complex made from old shipping containers rising in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia is headed up by the non-profit Atira Women’s Resource Center, which already has a 12 unit modular building providing housing for women in town. This 21-unit housing project is for
Modular Container Housing to House At Risk Women and Families in Vancouver Read More
In an interview with Reuters, presidential candidate Donald Trump stated financial reforms implemented under President Obama, specifically the Dodd-Frank Act, and the ensuing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), are stifling the economy and he would ditch most all of their provisions. “Dodd-Frank has made it impossible for bankers to function,”
Dodd-Frank Act is Harming the Economy, says Donald Trump Read More
In the news from CNNMoney: If the economy stays on course, the Fed may raise interest rates this summer. T. J. Maxx to open thousands of new stores. Trump says there’s a tech bubble. $65 billion merger rolls Time Warner and Brighthouse into Charter cable company. Google takes on Siri
Patrick Ind. Gains +2.60 percent; NASDAQ Advances, Dow Slips Read More
The Yellowstone County Commission in Montana unanimously voted against a zone change request from residential tracts to residential manufactured homes (MH) on some 30 acres of vacant land outside Laurel, just south of Billings, but within the city’s zoning jurisdiction following neighborhood complaints against the proposal. Remonstrators allege the development
County Commissioners deny Request to Rezone Land for Manufactured Home Community Read More
MHProNews has learned from thecourier that the city council of Fostoria, Ohio approved legislation establishing new standards for manufactured homes (MH) sited in residential neighborhoods, outside of manufactured home communities. Under the new law, MH must resemble site-built homes, including being set on a foundation and with similar siding materials
Ohio City Sets New Standards for Manufactured Homes Outside MH Communities Read More
The Homestead Exemption Program that provides tax relief to homeowners who are either 65 and older or permanently disabled applies to both manufactured and site-built homes in Marion County, Ohio, as marionstar informs MHProNews. The home has to be the principal residence and the occupants must have an adjusted gross
Manufactured Home Residents could Receive Property Tax Exemption. Read More
According to what wsj tells MHProNews, housing starts rose 6.6 percent in April over the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 1,172 million units, indicating an uptick since a slow start in Q1. (It should be noted the 6.6 rise has a margin of error of
Housing Starts, Building Permits, pre-existing Home Sales Rise Read More
In the news from CNNMoney: Oil prices hit highest level in seven months. American Airlines flight attendants will no longer make connecting gate announcements towards the end of each flight—passengers complained of the interruption. Mark Cuban warns of market turmoil if Trump wins the presidency. Chinese incubator may be rivaling
Nobility Homes Plummets; Dow, Nasdaq, S&P lose Yesterday’s Gains Read More
