The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports figures from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) indicate shipment of HUD Code homes hit 4,405 in January, a 3.8 percent increase over the 4,242 homes shipped in Jan., 2013. As MHProNews.com has learned, the top ten shipment states […]
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In addition to the multiple modular workforce housing and mancamps, manufactured homes and recreational vehicles that have sprung up to meet the demands for housing in Watford City, North Dakota in response to the Bakken oil boom, the MacKenzie County Healthcare system is adding a modular unit to the hospital’s
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Updating a story MHProNews.com posted Feb. 26, 2014 regarding the building of roundabouts in Wisconsin, Rep. David Craig (R-Big Bend) sponsored legislation, supported by the manufactured housing industry, that would give final say over traffic circles to local municipalities. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation wants to decide where they should
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The Plantation on the Lake manufactured home community (MHC) in Calimesa, California intends to exercise its option to build the remaining seven percent of the home sites to which it is entitled, bringing the total number of sites to 562, according to newsmirror.net. Forty-seven new homesites were approved by the
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M.J. (Michael Joshua) Thomas passed away this past Saturday, Feb. 22, after being hospitalized for breathing issues. M.J. had been living in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and began his manufactured housing retail career in Tulsa, OK. Thomas had made arrangements to attend the Tunica Manufactured Home Show just before being
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Following a story MHProNews.com posted Feb. 24, 2014 regarding assistance the state of Michigan is offering to repeat homebuyers, including those buying manufactured homes, we have been informed the Mi Next Home program offers $7,500 maximum assist, or four percent of the purchase price, whichever is lower. Northern Homes Executive
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In a commentary by MHProNews.com‘s publisher L. A. ‘Tony” Kovach, noting a recent advertisement by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) targeted to industry lenders who are members of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) in an attempt to have them join MHARR, he alludes to a 1971 Pogo
Pooling Resources for Manufactured Housing, or Pulling them Apart? Read More
The Michigan State Housing Development Authority already offers first time home-buyers assistance through its Mi First Home program, and now it is offering assistance to repeat buyers, including those who want to buy a manufactured home. The Mi Next Home program can provide up to $7,500 in down payment assistance,
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Following up on an article MHProNews.com published Feb. 18 regarding the possible closure of the Applewood Park manufactured housing community (MHC) in Midvale, Utah, state representative Tim Cosgrove (D-Murray) has introduced HB 108 that would establish a task force to identify issues dealing with manufactured home ownership. Noting 10,000 seniors
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Using the H-2A visa foreign guestworker program to harvest fruit crops in Washington state requires the growers to provide housing for the workers. In 2013 there were 6,221 employees under the program, many living in manufactured homes, 12 to a home, that accompany the fields of the larger growers. This
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According to ycharts.com, on average about one million new households are created each year, but since the recession that has dropped to 500,000, spurring trulia.com to say there are “2.4 million” missing households. In his 2011 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders letter, Warren Buffett says, “People may postpone hitching up during uncertain
Technology-based internet marketing services company SearchCore, Inc. of Lake Forest, California announces plans to open its second Wisdom Homes of America, Inc. manufactured home retail center, according to globenewswire.com. As MHProNews.com reported Feb. 4, 2014, Wisdom was set to open its first retail center in Rhome, Texas. The newest operation
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The Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association (VAMMHA) tells MHProNews.com legislation in the House of Delegates, SB363, supported by VAMMHA, will streamline the titling process of manufactured homes and allow for the re-titling of homes severed from real property. If the measure passes through the subcommittee of the House Transportation
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has posted a solicitation for the construction of an indefinite number of manufactured homes with the stipulation that they can become permanent homes. According to inquisitr.com, multiple contracts worth up to $500 million will be awarded for homes than can be quickly deployed to
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The Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) reports revised figures for October indicate new manufactured home sales were 913 units, marking the fifth highest monthly total on the year. While the new sales percentage change from Sept. was -7.84 percent, change from same month last year was up +2.62 percent, and
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Representatives from Clayton International Homes in Middlesboro, Kentucky and members of the Claiborne Planning Commission (CPC) in Clairborne County, Tennessee discussed new regulations governing manufactured homes being sited by their owners on privately-owned land. CPC Chairman Jerry Brooks wants to make sure roads in the developments are adequate for emergency
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MHProNews.com has learned from Joe Kelly, executive vice-president of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association (IMHA), that the Iowa Legislature is considering House Study Bill (HSB) 638, which would provide for the creation of first-time home-buyer savings accounts. First-time manufactured home purchasers, whether in real estate applications or in communities, would
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Five hundred thirty acres of former farmland in Minot, North Dakota are set to become a new planned community of 2,000 residential units around a hub of commercial and retail space, including a park and trail system. Infrastructure work began last year to support the development, which includes what is
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Survivors of the Sept. 2013 disastrous, heavy flooding in Colorado have received a total of $267 million in federal and state assistance, according to insurancejournal.com. EQECAT, which provides state-of-the-art catastrophe risk models for the insurance and reinsurance industries, said flood losses have hit $2 billion and continue to climb. The
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According to motleyfool.com, Wells Fargo upgraded real estate investment trust (REIT) Sun Communities, Inc. to Outperform, as it cited positive home sales trends. In addition, Sun’s guidance for 2014 includes an $0.08 increase in distribution per common share; a midrange estimate of funds from operations (FFO) per share increase of
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