Four members of the manufactured housing industry were honored at the recent Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) annual meeting Sept. 14-16 for their outstanding contributions to the industry. Dick Ernst, president of Financial Marketing Associates, received the MHI Chairman’s Award from MHI Chairman Nathan Smith. A longtime member of the MHI […]
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The Upson County Planning Commission in west central Georgia conditionally approved rezoning of a manufactured housing community (MHC) to allow the community to expand. The 51-acre site has been zoned legal nonconforming for single-family residential, but did not allow any new manufactured homes to come in, nor be replaced if
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Following a story MHProNews last posted Oct. 23, 2013, the Shoreline Trailer Court in Branford, Connecticut may lose its license to operate if a new management company is not brought on board by Oct. 1, according to nhregister.com. A proposal submitted by community management Renaissance Collaborative last fall did not
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As the U. S. Border Patrol doubled its staff in Ajo, Arizona nine miles north of the Mexican border, the government bought land and sited 20 manufactured homes and built 21 two-and-three bedroom homes for the expansion, spending $17 million, about $680,000 per home in a town of less than
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Following a story MHProNews posted Sept. 16, 2013 regarding the disastrous flooding in Colorado, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it distributed $61,634,523 to uninsured homeowners hit by the flooding and rain, including $31,900 each to nearly all the residents of two manufactured home communities (MHCs) along the South
Colorado MH Owners Float with FEMA Funds, while MHC Owners Sink Read More
Donald Salmon of TBI Mortgage says private investors are beginning to buy mortgages written just for self-employed borrowers who put down 30 percent and have good credit scores. Instead of looking at paychecks, they examine a twelve-month bank statement to determine if the borrower can afford the home, nationalmortgagenews.com reports.
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The Falkville Town Council in Alabama held a public hearing concerning changing the zoning ordinance for manufactured homes (MH) to allow subdivisions of MH in new areas zoned MH-S, according to hartselleenquirer.com. The ordinance will continue to allow manufactured homes in residential R-1 and R-2 or agricultural zones AG-1 on
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According to Harvard University’s Joint Center on Housing, the nation is poorly prepared to house aging Baby Boomers, especially those disabled. An added problem is one-third of those aged 50 and older spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing; some boomers who still have a mortgage on
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Updating a story MHProNews posted Sept. 3 regarding the increase in production of manufactured homes for July, 2014 over the previous July, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) adds that 8,554 floors were shipped in July, an increase of 14.6 percent over July 2013. The seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of
July Floors Rise; Plants and Producers Hold Steady in June Read More
Some of the vacant lots in manufactured housing communities (MHCs) could meet the needs of truck drivers for the Southern Minnesota Sugar Beet Cooperative and its members as the season’s work begins Friday, Sept. 5 in Renville County. Jill Bruns, public health director, told the Renville County Board of Commissioners
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Following a story MHProNews last published July 2, 2014 regarding a plan by the Affordable Housing Committee of Bluffton, South Carolina to offer assistance to ten qualified residents to purchase modular homes, the town is now considering expanding its Small Home Series program, since eleven people have inquired about the
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The north bay area, near Napa, CA was rocked Sunday August 24 by a 6.0 magnitude earth quake, followed by over 50 aftershocks. NBC Bay Area TV’s Vicky Nguyen tells MHProNews that some 33 buildings were red tagged by inspectors in Napa, while newer and more earth quake resistant city
$1,000,000,000+ Property Damage in North Bay Earthquake, most Manufactured Homes Survive Read More
Mark Brunner at the Manufactured and Modular Housing Association of Minnesota (MMHAMN) tells MHProNews that the All Parks Alliance for Change (APAC) is lobbying Congress to oppose The Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (HR 1779). Brunner says APAC has sent out the following call-to-action statement to their members. “House
A new manufactured housing community (MHC) is being developed in Courtland Township in western Michigan on the site of a former MHC, and the 55 and older community may eventually include up to 700 two and three-bedroom homes. The Oaks of Rockford will begin with 150 homesites at $375 a
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Following a story MHProNews posted July 29, 2014 regarding the opening of Southern Energy Homes’ (SEHomes) new 176,000 square foot facility in Russellville, Alabama, the new plant was dedicated Aug. 8 and attended by AL Gov. Robert Bentley, along with Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow, Sen. Roger Bedford and U. S.
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The Village of Shiloh (southwestern Illinois) Board of Trustees has approved an agreement to authorize Village Administrator John Marquart to carry out the statutory requirements of the Abandoned Mobile Home Act, and assist the Valley View Estates manufactured home community in disposing of abandoned pre HUD Code homes, according to
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada-based Killam Properties, Inc. (TSX:KMP) reports for the second quarter, ending June 30, 2014 its funds from operations (FFO) per diluted share increased 5.9 percent from $0.18 to $0.19 over the same period 2013. Same store net operating income (NOI) grew by 1.3 percent, and same store
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MHProNews has learned from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Affairs (MHARR), statistics released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development reveal production of HUD Code homes grew 5.3 percent in June 2014 over last June, 5,624 homes over 5,338. Industry production for the year now totals 30,675 homes,
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A proposal to allow recreational vehicles to occupy manufactured home sites in land lease communities until a manufactured home is delivered passed the Coaldale, Alberta, Canada Town Council, according to sunnysouthnews.com. Town officials will include in the ordinance that only the owner of the home site can place an RV
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Southern Energy Homes (Sehomes), a subsidiary of Clayton Homes, reports it has moved from its facility in Double Springs, Alabama and hired 270 people at its new 176,000 facility in Russellville, Ala. where it will average 1,500 manufactured homes per year. With plans to hire an additional 50-75 workers, the
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