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Non-profit Building Modular Home in Milwaukee for Low-income Family

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Milwaukee’s most successful and oldest independent non-profit, Milwaukee Christian Center Neighborhood Improvement Project (MCC-NIP), the developer of 41 houses over the last decade that have been sold to low to moderate income homeowners, is building a modular four-bedroom, three-bath home. Funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), […]

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Skyline Gains +3.54%; Nobility Falls -3.57%

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In the news from CNNMoney: America’s upper middle class is thriving. Boeing deal will send 100 new jetliners to Iran. California faces summer blackout risk amid gas shortage. Voters trust Tumrp over Clinton on economy. Moody’s says Trump’s plan would cost 3.5 million jobs. Walmart buys stake in Chinese online

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UFPI Acquires Distributor of Wood Products for MH

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A subsidiary of Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFPI) is acquiring Idaho Western, Inc., a Nampa, ID distributor of products for the manufactured home (MH) and recreational vehicle (RV) industries as well as for building materials retailers. UFPI’s Caldwell, ID facility, which also supplies wood and wood products to the MH

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Appropriations Bill Amendment will Provide Access to MH Financing

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An amendment sponsored by Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn) and passed by the House Appropriations Committee is designed to strengthen access to safe, affordable and available financing for manufactured homes while preserving important consumer protections, according to what the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) tells MHProNews. Passed by a bipartisan vote of

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Housing Market has more Room for Expansion: Fitch Ratings

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According to the 2016 U. S. Housing Forum report from Fitch Ratings, the housing market’s current upswing should last for two more years, as reported by nationalmortgagenews to MHProNews. Using single-family starts as a proxy for overall housing metrics, and calculating that single-family starts have risen in five of the

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Patrick Acquires Mishawaka Sheet Metal

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MHProNews has learned from prnewswire that Elkhart-Indiana-based Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) has completed the acquisition of Mishawaka Sheet Metal, LLC (MSM), also based in Elkhart for approximately $14 million. With revenues in 2015 of $28 million, MSM produces and distributes an array of aluminum and steel products for the recreational

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MHI and MHARR Respond Differently to DOE’s Proposed Energy Standards

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In response to the Department of Energy’s proposed rules on energy standards for manufactured housing in the Federal Register, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) says it worked closely with the DOE to try and avoid excessive costs to consumers that will outweigh benefits. The DOE based their recommendations on the

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Modular Tiny Home, 196 sq. ft., has All the Amenities

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When first-grade teacher Deirdre Brackett of Sanford, New Hampshire retires she will move into a 196 sq. ft. tiny home she contracted with Sanford Regional Technical School in Sanford, Maine for the students to build the modular home, as journaltribune tells MHProNews. An average hotel room is 325 sq. ft.

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Manufactured Home Rentals in Arizona could be Troubling

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While the Arizona Office of Manufactured Housing (MH) enforces the state’s manufactured home landlord-tenant act, it does not apply to rental homes. The city of Tucson does take care of MH rentals, having responded to about 20 calls this year regarding insufficient cooling, requiring owners to fix the problems, according

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News June 12-June 19, 2016

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What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com 40th birthday of Manufactured Housing, End of Mobile Home era A Breakfast with…Mary McBrady, Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA) St. Petersburg, FL – Misjudging Mobile Homes – Tale of Two Cities What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News HUD Code celebrates 40

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Manufactured Home Taxes due Aug. 1

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MHProNews has learned from logandaily that the Hocking County, Ohio second half 2015 real estate tax and 2016 manufactured home tax statements have been mailed. Hocking County Treasurer Diane Sargent says her office will continue to accept applications for the treasurer’s pre-payment escrow plan until June 30 for real estate

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Manufactured Home Sited Illegally in Arkansas

By / / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, regulation, Zoning

A manufactured home has been sited in Stuttgart, Arkansas in an area zoned residential R-2, which does not allow manufactured homes (MH), creating a conundrum for the Stuttgart City Council. At an April 19 meeting Code Enforcement Officer Gary Norris said the home was modular and meets the city building

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Deer Valley Spikes 16.67%, Nobility Gains 5.26%

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In the news from CNNMoney: Uber giving free rides this week to LGBTQ centers this weekend. Columbia sheds cocaine Capital of the world image. Oil by rail shipments up 1,500% since 2010. Shares of cereal maker Kellogg are up five percent. HSBC pays $1.6 billion to end 14-year legal battle.

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Measure would Replace Dilapidated Manufactured Homes in NY

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A bill that passed in the New York State Senate, sponsored by Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensberry), would fund a home replacement program for qualifying state residents who have older, dilapidated mobile and manufactured homes, and own the property. The replacement units would be new, affordable energy-efficient units, according to adirondackdailyenterprise,

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Prelude to the Department of Energy’s Energy Standards

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The United States Government Publishing Office summarizes the Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing according to the Department of Energy guidelines thusly: ”The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing a proposed rule to implement the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which directs DOE to establish energy conservation

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MH Community Residents Going to Court to Resist Relocation

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Updating a story MHProNews last posted May 4, 2016 regarding the repurposing of Lowry Grove manufactured home community (MHC) by a new owner in St. Anthony, Minn., the mostly Hispanic residents, since learning in April the MHC was being sold for $6 million, vowed to block the sale, which would

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NAHB Builder Sentiment Index Rises; Economist Questions Veracity

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With a reading over 50 meaning most builders see the single-family housing market as good rather than poor, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) housing market index rose two points to 60 in June over May, according to wsj., although economists expected a reading of 59. Positive since mid-2014,

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Aussies get Grant to Build more Manufactured Homes

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Yarrawonga Manufactured Housing (YMH) in Australia has been awarded a $1.1 million ($813,828 USD) federal grant to build a manufactured housing facility in Mulwala in New South Wales, Australia that will eventually employ 30 people when the project is complete, likely not for five years. As bordermail.com.au tells MHProNews, the

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