We began the month with this thought-provoking theme: Obstacles and Opportunities in Affordable Housing – October 2016. That link will take you to all of the featured articles and interviews this month. Manufactured, modular and prefabricated home professionals know that how a home got to its location should not define a …
We began the month with this thought-provoking theme: Obstacles and Opportunities in Affordable Housing – October 2016. That link will take you to all of the featured articles and interviews this month. Manufactured, modular and prefabricated home professionals know that how a home got to its location should not define a …
Residents in the northeast district of Hutchinson, Kansas have raised objections to a city council vote approving the seeking of a grant for the development of 16 moderate income apartments in the Hampton East area. According to the Hutchinson News, council member Jade Piros de Carvalho, who represents the northeast …
Austin City Councilman Pio Renteria has proposed a new ordinance for manufactured home communities in Austin, after a visit to one last week. “When I went down there I said, ‘my goodness, there’s no rec centers,‘” Renteria told KUT. “There’s nothing there for the kids. They’re just running around, and …
Austin City Councilman Proposes Mandated Amenities for MH Communities Read More
Continuing the celebration of our 7th year of uninterrupted factory-crafted housing trade media publishing, we began the month with this thought-provoking theme: Obstacles and Opportunities in Affordable Housing – October 2016. That link will take you to all of the featured articles and interviews this month. Manufactured, modular and prefabricated home …
Communities in and around Austin, TX have been a hotbed for discussions about affordablity and manufactured housing over the last few months. According to KUT, Austin City Council member Pio Renteria recently visited some of his constituents at a manufactured home community and was shocked by what he saw. “When …
Official wants Mandated Amenities for MH Communities Read More
A recent supervisors meeting in Quincy Township (PA) became a heated debate about a conditional-use grant to land developer Craig McCleaf. His plan is to develop the property for 47 manufactured homes, naming the new development Quincy Meadows. McCleaf purchased the Slabtown Road location, which has been a manufactured home …
Town’s Residents Concerned about New Manufactured Home Community Read More
A recent article in the Seattle Times by Al Levine, former Deputy Executive Director of the Seattle Housing Authority, puts the spotlight on steel modular housing as a practical answer to help solve the challenge of housing the homeless. “I find it hard to comprehend that we can’t do a …
Cities Housing the Homeless – are Modular Homes an Answer? Read More
“Lyons does not want a mobile home park (sic),” said Carrie Davis-Gonzales, resident of the Foothills Manufactured Home Community in Lyons, CO. “I think it is because of the illusion that mobile homes decrease property value stigma. But when I moved here 20 years ago, it seemed like there were as …
