In a letter to the editor of Corpus Christi’s Caller Times, Nick Milam reinforces Andy Taubman’s previous suggestion that the city site manufactured homes on the numerous vacant lots they have seized for back taxes, and give them or sell them to public housing clients. Residents of the Hillcrest community […]
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Six years after passing the Dodd-Frank Act, which was designed to avert another financial crisis, the American Action Forum (AAF) asserts Dodd-Frank has imposed over $36 billion in final rule costs plus 73 million paperwork hours. That is an increase from last year’s $24 billion in final rule costs and
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The Indian Springs Holiness Camp in Flovilla, Georgia plays out to its estimated 5,000 expected visitors when it closes after a ten day run July 24, a gathering that has been continuous for 126 years at the camp. Its 300 acres encompasses 120 cabins owned by individuals who stay there
Large Religious Camp Seeking Manufactured Homes for Participants Read More
As kowb1290 in Laramie, Wyoming tells MHProNews, licensing of manufactured home communities (MHC) began in the 1950s, before zoning even existed, and has remained mostly unchanged as part of the zoning code since. The city council will consider the third and final reading of updated standards for MHCs on Tuesday,
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The Sooke City Council in British Columbia, Canada, south of the Vancouver area, is off for the summer, but when it returns in the fall, the councillors will be taking up an issue dealing with the owner of a manufactured home community (MHC) who wants to rezone 11,300 square feet
Canadian City to Deal with MH Community Rezoning, Hold Housing Forum Read More
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The Pine Ridge Mobile Home Park in Prince George, Virginia, just south of Richmond adjacent to I-295 received the blessings of the Prince George Board of Supervisors to expand the community by 131 home sites, bringing the total to 373. Michigan-based owner Sun Pool I LLC has agreed to install
Pine Ridge Manufactured Home Community gets Green Light to Expand Read More
MHProNews has learned from consumereagle that Gendell Jeffrey L has decreased its stake in Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) by 6.22 percent, based on its latest Q1 2016 regulatory filing, selling 86,165 shares. Gendell has been peeling off Patrick stock in periodic layers since Nov. 2014, no doubt earning a pretty
Patrick Stock has Risen +58.35 Percent in Seven Months Read More
Darlington County, South Carolina is losing $7,800 each year to manufactured home (MH) residents not registering their homes, according to legistarweb-production, prompting the county to amend an ordinance that will re-define exceptions for registration of mobile and manufactured homes. Currently, temporary registration may be obtained for manufactured homes stored because
Manufactured Home Ordinance Redefines MH Registration in South Carolina Read More
While the Calcasieu Parish police jurors in southwestern Louisiana approved a new 336-site manufactured home community (MHC) by a vote of 13 to 1, as MHProNews reported June 25, 2016, kplctv reports another proposal for a 987-homesite, also in Calcasieu Parish, is running into stiff opposition from a neighborhood organized
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MHProNews has learned from cnjonline that residents in eastern New Mexico are being warned about improperly installed gas furnaces in manufactured homes that can emit carbon monoxide and possibly lead to an explosion. The Construction Industries and Manufactured Housing Division (CID/MHD) of the Regulation and Licensing Department of New Mexico
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What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Educator, Builder Compare Conventional House to Residential Style Manufactured Home Living & Quality Double-Digit Manufactured Home Sales Growth, MHARR July 7 Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News House defeats two amendments that would cripple proposed MH financing. Ohio county pursuing
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Updating a story MHProNews last posted regarding the use of factory-built homes for the survivors of the flooding in West Virginia, Hoppy Kercheval writes in wvmetronews that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been very responsive to the survivors. They have inspected about two-thirds of the properties where people
FEMA Moving Quickly to Assist W VA Flood Survivors Read More
Residents of manufactured homes in Newberg and Yamhill County in northwestern Oregon, just south of Portland, will be eligible for repairs to manufactured homes if $400,000 is approved through a housing rehabilitation program. Community Development Director Doug Rux said the program would benefit about 120 people, all of whom fit
Manufactured Home Repair Program to Assist Low Income Residents Read More
Skyline Corp. (NYSE:SKY) of Elkhart, Indiana announced today, according to what yahoo.finance reports, that Scott Parkhurst has been chosen to lead the company’s National Sales Manager division. Now responsible for marketing initiatives and growth for Skyline’s ten operating divisions, he previously worked for the company as a division sales manager,
Scott Parkhurst Re-joins Skyline Corp. as National Sales Mgr. Read More
Over four-and-one-half years after Tropical Storm Irene tore through Waterbury, Vermont, destroying 11 manufactured homes (MH) with waist deep water, developer Bob Baker with Paramount Homes is replacing the damaged units with 11 modular homes he will rent out. “As strong Vermonters, we just rebuild and that’s what we’re doing.
Modular Homes Rising where Irene Destroyed Manufactured Homes Read More
The city of Catlettsburg, Kentucky has adopted an ordinance that restricts factory-built homes to manufactured home communities (MHCs) within the city limits, according to what marketplace.dailyindependent tells MHProNews. However, any such home sited outside of an MHC as of March 15, 2011 is grandfathered in, and if it becomes damaged
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MHProNews has learned from robesonian that Tony Prevatte, owner of Prevatte Home Sales in Lumberton, NC has been elected president of the North Carolina Manufactured and Modular Homebuilder’s Association’s board of directors. A 45-year veteran of the modular housing industry, Prevatte will guide the 18-member board of directors as it
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Two public hearings will be held by Eddy County in far southeast New Mexico for public comment on the new Manufactured Home Placement Permit Ordinance, the first one Wed., June 29, at 5:30 in the Eddy County North Road Dept. The ordinance establishes permits and regulations, particularly dealing with joining
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