manufactured homes

HUD Publishes Final Rule on Water Temp Control in Manufactured Housing

By / / Advocacy, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

The Department of Housing and Urban Development published a final rule, ASSE 1070-2004, in the Federal Register that amends the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards by incorporating the correct reference standard for anti-scald devices designed for bathtubs and whirlpool tubs without showers in manufactured homes. A previous rule […]

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Modular Home Shipments Slip

By / / Business, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, Trends

The National Modular Housing Council (NMHC) reports shipments of 2,874 modular homes for the first quarter of 2014, a drop of 2.1 percent over the same quarter 2013. Compared to Q1 2013, ten states saw increased shipments of modular homes while 24 states experienced reductions. For purposes of comparison, as

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Manufactured Home Purchases Available for Military Veterans

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According to themortgagereports.com, Veterans Administration (VA) loans for buying a home through the Department of Veterans Affairs are often the least expensive route for homeownership for current and former U. S. military personnel. VA loans allow up to 100 percent financing with no required mortgage insurance and can be used

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Texas Town Provides Factory-built Housing for City Workers

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

The city of George West, Texas, north of Corpus Christi issued a $2 million certificate of obligation to make infrastructure upgrades including a new police department building, street repairs and park and recreation improvements. Some of the funds were also used to purchase a modular home and four single-section manufactured

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Boston Globe Extols Manufactured and Modular Homes for City

By / / Advocacy, Business, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

Following an article MHProNews posted May 28, 2014 regarding Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s comment that more housing for those with moderate incomes needs to be available to maintain a healthy city, an editorial in bostonglobe.com begins by saying that many manufactured and modular homes are virtually “indistinguishable in looks and

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Bill to Reduce Tax on Factory-built Home Sales in Danger

By / / Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

Following a post MHProNews published Dec. 27, 2013 regarding the sales tax increase imposed on manufactured and modular homes in North Carolina that began Jan. 1, 2014, we have learned the N. C. House version of an omnibus tax bill reduces that levy, supported by Rep. Ken Goodman (D-Richmond). But

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Energy Makeover for AR Manufactured Homes Contest on Track

By / / Company News, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Following a story MHProNews.com first posted May 9, 2014 regarding an energy efficiency makeover contest for an all-electric manufactured home sponsored by Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, we have learned the homes have to be at least 320 square feet, permanently anchored and owner-occupied by a consumer member of one of

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Colorado County Seeks Federal Funds to Assist MH and Mod Residents

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

Boulder County (Colorado) Commissioners gave final approval to a $7.25 million federal funding application for several housing assistance programs to help people impacted by last year’s devastating floods, according to timescall.com. Part of an overall $62.8 million Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery award the U. S. Department of Housing has

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Bullseye Missed by CFED’s Doug Ryan in “The Hill” blog on Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing

By / / Advocacy, Business, Economy, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured Homes, regulation

Writing in thehill.com blog, Doug Ryan, director of Affordable Homeownership for Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), says the manufactured housing industry is trying to sabotage perfectly good Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulations that protect buyers of MH from high-priced loans, through promoting its Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act

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Factory-Built Homes Returning in Charleston, South Carolina

By / / Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, Trends

Robert Calhoun bought Sunrise Mobile Home Park in Goose Creek, South Carolina in the 1970’s and expanded the home sites from 102 to 325, added a swimming pool and a gated section, and lost only three of the property’s 115 live Oak trees, as the area grew up around him.

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CBS Highlights Manufactured Homes

By / / Business, Communities, Factory-Built Homes, Green, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, RV, Trends

On the CBS Sunday Morning show segment May 18, the commentator -Mark Straussman – interviews a man standing in a manufactured housing community (MHC) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, who refutes the stigma often attached to residents, saying, “That is totally unfair, these are really good people, hard-working people you would

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Rain and Clouds Don’t Dampen Ohio Manufactured Home Show’s Strong Public Attendance

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Cool, cloudy and rainy weather failed to dampen the solid turnout of the public who came by the thousands to see modern manufactured and modular homes on display during the Eastern Ohio Home Show. Tim Williams, executive director for the Ohio Manufactured Homes Association, provided MHProNews with these officials totals:

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Texas Manufactured Housing Title Changes Reported for January to February

By / / Business, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Trends

The Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) informs MHProNews.com that new and used manufactured home title changes rose +21.57 percent Feb. over Jan. this year, increased +1.19 percent over Feb. 2013, and the year-to-date percentage change from the same time last year rose +0.31 percent. For new titles the change from

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Board Approves Modular Housing for Students

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

The Board of Trustees of Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas voted unanimously to install nine modular student housing units on property adjacent to campus to accommodate incoming students, according to gctelegram.com. Eight of the modular units will each house eight students, and the ninth will be for

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Property Rezoned for Manufactured, Modular Home Sales

By / / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, Zoning

The Anson County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina has unanimously approved a conditional use permit to allow Davis Family Homes to locate a manufactured and modular home sales center in Peachland, in south central NC. Currently zoned R-20 residential, the variance will allow a change to HI, heavy industrial,

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Oregon Replacing Old Manufactured Homes with New Ones

By / / home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The ReHome Oregon project has sited the first of what may be dozens of new manufactured homes (MH) to replace dilapidated, failing homes in Curry County where 604 of 3,876 MH are in poor condition. Recognizing the importance of social networking among the residents of the homes, officials did not

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HUD Code & Mods Featured at Eastern Ohio Home Show

By / / Advocacy, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, Trade Shows

The Ohio Manufactured Homes Association (OMHA) presents the “Showcase of Factory Built Homes” at the MAPS Air Field and Museum in North Canton, Ohio, May 16, 17 and 18. Featuring 20 fully furnished and landscaped homes representing 14 factory built homebuilders. The 45 indoor exhibitors will include lenders, MH communities,

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Missouri County Bans Living in Transitory “Homes”

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

Franklin County (Missouri) Planning Director Scottie Eagen reports her office has been getting complaints of people living in tents, travel trailers and recreational vehicles as their primary residence in an attempt to skirt residency rules. A new ordinance has banned that practice, as cbslocal.com informs MHProNews.com, and violators could be

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Manufactured Housing Industry Production Continues Rising

By / / Business, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports figures released by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reveal the production of manufactured homes in March 2014 rose 9.6 percent over the same period of 2013, from 4,467 homes to 4,899. Cumulative industry production for the

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Private, Public Alliance Provides Efficient Factory-built Homes to Low Income Americans

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Next Step Homes is the factory-built home distribution channel for parent company Next Step Network, which mobilizes nonprofit resources to provide affordable and ENERGY STAR homes for low income residents across the nation. Next Step couples its 25 nonprofit community housing development organizations with heavy hitters in the factory-built housing

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