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Michigan has New Member on Manufactured Housing Commission

By / / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Michigan’s Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed Bryan Davis of Redford, MI to the state’s Manufactured Housing Commission, according to realestaterama. The commission establishes policies that govern all aspects of manufactured housing (MH), including year-round and seasonal communities. Davis, a business agent for the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters, represents organized […]

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Video Interview Documents Quality of Sunshine Manufactured Homes

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

MHLIvingNews and MHProNews publisher L. A. “Tony” Kovach interviewed Brent Bolding, head of quality control at Sunshine Homes in Red Bay, Alabama. The interview documents the steps a manufactured home producer must go through in assuring the product is made correctly. Bolding, a former self-employed businessman, now in his tenth

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Rights of Manufactured Home Community Residents to be the Topic

By / / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, People

The rights of residents of manufactured home communities (MHCs) will be the topic at a meeting in McKinleyville, California on Sat., June 13 sponsored by two advocacy groups, the Humboldt Mobilehome Owners Coalition and the Golden State Manufactured Homeowners League. Mary Ella Anderson with the Humboldt group says site rents

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Modular Homes Donated to Haitian Hospital

By / / Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People

MHProNews has learned a medical mission to the town of Milot, Haiti, 75 miles from the capital, Port-au-Prince, included an ambulance donated to Sacre Coeur Hospital by George Gilpin, CEO and President of EasCare Ambulance in Dorchester, Massachusetts. In addition, the hospital last month received four modular housing units courtesy

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Passages: Dee Greiner

By / / Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Long-time veteran of the manufactured housing (MH) industry, Dee Greiner of Conway, Arkansas passed away in her home June 9, 2015. She began her MH career with Barcraft Industries in 1967, and in 1972 joined the staff of Castle Industries, becoming vice-president. In 1986, according to thecabin, she co-founded Prestige

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New Modular Home Center opens in Kansas

By / / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People

Gavin and Garrett Wright announce the opening of their new modular home sales center, G & G Home Center in Liberal, Kansas, and invite everyone to their grand opening Thursday, June 11 for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Their father, Darrell Wright established D & H Homes in Garden City, Kansas in

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Ground under Manufactured Home Community Shifting

By / / Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Residents at Riverbend Mobile Resort in Reedsport, Oregon are concerned because the ground under their homes is shifting, and in some cases damaging the homes in the community. Riverbend Residents Committee Chair Randy Osborn says, “Homes continue to sink. As they sink, people can’t afford to have them jacked up.

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Gendell Unloads more Patrick Industries, Inc. Stock

By / / Business, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, RV

MHProNews reported May 25, 2015 that Jeffrey L. Et Al Gendell sold 18,783 shares of Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) stock at an average price of $40.92 for $1,144,260.36. According to lulegacy, Gendell, a major shareholder of Patrick, sold an additional 48,500 shares on June 3, 2015 for $40.03 per share

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Rents may Roll Back at Manufactured Home Community in Long Need of Repairs

By / / Business, Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, People

Following a story MHProNews last reported on Oct. 24, 2014 regarding rent reduction, drainage and road repair problems at the Easton Mobile Home Park that have been an issue for residents for the last ten years, Selectmen, serving as the Mobile Home Park Rent Control Board, have agreed to consider

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Manufactured Housing Investments Yield High Returns

By / / Business, Communities, Company News, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Noting that his HAS Income Opportunity Fund 1 has delivered upwards of 15 percent return through the end of 2014, Stephen Wheeler, HAS Capital’s Chairman says, “Returns from MH (manufactured housing) related investments are outpacing investments in other real estate sub-sectors. Consistent high return opportunities are available to MH investors,

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Sunday Recap May 31, 2015-June 6, 2015

By / / Advocacy, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, Green, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, Trends

In manufactured housing news, L. A. “Tony” Kovach defines path to revitalize the MH industry, while one MH supplier picks new head, another MH producer closes, HUD Code production continues rising, MHC reverting to stick-built homes, Cavco seeks tax abatement, AZ MHC closing, Sen. Donnelly and MHI’s Jennison defend H.R.

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Realtors ® and Manufactured Home Dealers should develop a Symbiotic Relationship

By / / Business, Communities, Economy, Finance, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

In his fourth installment on General Manufactured Housing Industry Topics, MHProNews and MHLivingNews publisher L. A. “Tony” Kovach says getting Realtors ® involved in the sale of manufactured homes can be a mutually profitable proposition. “We believe there is obvious value in having real estate agents who already know manufactured

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Keith Anderson Appointed New CEO at Champion

By / / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Champion Home Builders, Inc. of Troy, Michigan announced today that Keith Anderson, interim CEO since Jan. 2015, has been named President and CEO of the producer of manufactured and modular homes and commercial buildings. Having joined the company’s Board of Managers in 2013, he served as president and CEO of

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Arizona Manufactured Home Community will be Repurposed under New Ownership

By / / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

The 80-100 residents at Wheel Inn Ranch RV and Mobile Home Park in Scottsdale, Arizona will have to relocate by January following the purchase of the land last year for over $3 million by MHP Scottsdale LLC, led by developer Ryan Hartman, according to azcentral. While many of the residents

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The Path to the Rebirth of the Manufactured Housing Industry

By / / Advocacy, Economy, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, regulation

Through a series of interviews with manufactured housing industry professionals, politicians and consumers and a bevy of statistics and graphs, MHLivingNews and MHProNews publisher L. A “Tony” Kovach documents the pitfalls and stumbling blocks that prevent manufactured housing from becoming a major player in meeting the growing need for affordable,

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Shipping Containers will become Modular Housing for the Homeless in Hawaii

By / / Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People

A plan to modify 25 shipping containers into modular housing units that would each be subdivided into three or four living spaces of 40 to 53 square feet to house the homeless in Oahu, Hawaii has been announced by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. The aim is to provide temporary living

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Senator Joe Donnelly Responds to Criticism of The Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act

By / / Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, regulation

On the heels of the Seattle Times/Center for Public Integrity’s stinging criticism alleging predatory lending practices by the manufactured housing industry in general, and Warren Buffett/Clayton Homes in particular, MHProNews reached out to Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), who introduced the bipartisan bill S 682, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing in

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High School Building Modular Homes for Habitat for Humanity

By / / Factory-Built Homes, Green, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People

The Giles County High School Technology Center Building Trades in Pearisburg, Virginia west of Roanoke is putting the final touches on a modular home that will be trucked to a site June 26 where a father and son will move into the home in August, according to roanoke. The 1,200

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MHI CEO Richard Jennison Defends H. R. 650

By / / Business, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

In response to an article by the editorial board of The New York Times in the May 20, 2015 edition which asserts that the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (H. R. 650) would increase predatory lending to consumers of manufactured housing, and would give Clayton Homes 90 percent of

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Sunday Morning Recap–May 24, 2015 to May 30, 2015

By / / Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, Stocks, Trends

The U. S. news this week was dominated by the flooding that ravaged Texas, leading to the loss of some 30 lives, 4,000 damaged homes and millions of dollars in damages. In manufactured housing news, residents at an MHC threaten to move because of high utilities, UMH acquires another MHC,

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