The Esto Town Council in the panhandle of Florida nearly straddling the Alabama state line approved the first reading of the newly proposed manufactured home ordinance which defines requirements before being sited in town. The homes “Must be structurally sound, clean, sanitary, well maintained and approved by council.” Any home […]
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The Pickens (South Carolina) City Council approved on first reading an ordinance that would allow additional manufactured homes into residential areas where they previously could not be sited. The new measure would also prevent additional manufactured housing communities from being built. Recommended by the city’s planning commission, the ordinance will
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Statistics from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development indicate production of manufactured homes in June hit 5,388 homes, 5.1 percent over the 5,075 homes produced in June of 2012. Production for the year stands at 29,133 homes, similarly a 5.1 percent increase over the 27,715 for the
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Realizing the importance of manufactured home communities as supportive social networks, Karen Chase helped organize the Housing Stock Upgrade Initiative—now a non-profit called ReHome Oregon—to repair, rehabilitate, and replace manufactured homes. With help from a variety of federal, state and local public and private entities, residents of manufactured homes in
Collaborative Effort will Improve Lives of Manufactured Home Residents Read More
The reality TV show “Duck Dynasty” about the backwoods family who started a lucrative duck call business and has now hooked up with Clayton Homes perpetuates the stereotype of people who live in manufactured homes (MH) as “rednecks,” an image the industry is trying to dispel. Kirk Walker of The
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published a proposed ground anchor testing and installation rule for manufactured housing in the July 26, 2013 edition of the Federal Register. The proposal would adopt recommendations made by the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee to determine ground anchor performance. Since there
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Cavco Industries, Inc., will release financials for Q1 of fiscal year 2014 after the close of the market Thurs., Aug 1. 2013. The following day senior management will discuss the results in a live webcast Fri., Aug 2 at 12 noon Eastern time. Interested parties will be able to listen
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Updating and adding to a story posted by MHProNews July 16 concerning restrictions on manufactured housing (MH) placement in Magnolia Ark., the Magnolia City Council will consider the second part of the ordinance, which deals with the particulars of each manufactured dwelling. All homes must have a perimeter foundation enclosure
Siting, Appearance of Manufactured Homes Proposed Read More
As sales of manufactured housing’s sister industry, the recreational vehicle (RV) business, began accelerating in mid-2012, it also spurred the sales of several manufactured housing (MH) component suppliers. Shipments of motor homes rose 30 percent through May of this year compared to 2012. Drew Industries, Inc., one of the three
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Manufactured homes dominated the discussion at the Prescott, Ark. Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Thursday night. The city’s ordinances have not changed since 1979, and the need for a comprehensive plan is crucial, especially since having annexed a substantial plot of land north and west of the city in 1995.
City Needs Updating of Land Use Ordinances Read More
The non-profit Next Step, based in Louisville, Kent. has helped over 100 families purchase energy-efficient manufactured homes through its connections with affordable housing organizations across the country. Partnering with Maryville, Tenn.-based Clayton Homes, the largest producer of manufactured homes in North America, Next Step has placed homes in 20 states.
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The Board of Selectmen in Exeter, New Hampshire voted unanimously to issue a tax deed on a single-family home, thereby taking ownership of the home, but issued deed waivers on eight manufactured homes (MH) which are located in communities. All of the MHs have delinquent taxes going back to 2009,
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Building permits for single-family and multifamily housing construction are on the rise in Alaska’s capital city, Juneau for this year, including investment in manufactured housing (MH). An MH community in town has replaced 12 older homes with 12 brand new manufactured homes, according to Community Development Director Hal Hart. Additionally,
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The definition of a dwelling in the Sussex County Code in southern Delaware is, “A building or portion thereof containing cooking and housekeeping facilities, designed or used exclusively for residential occupancy…,” but it excludes hotels, motels, lodges, tourist courts as well as manufactured housing (MH). An editorial in capegazette.villagesoup asks
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On July 10th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), in cooperation with five other federal agencies, issued joint proposed regulations providing exemptions from appraisal requirements for certain higher-priced mortgage loans (HPMLs), which would include manufactured home loans. Imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act, mortgage loans are considered to be higher-priced if
Exemption for certain Manufactured Housing Appraisals on Tap Read More
The Magnolia, Ark. Planning and Zoning Commission has proposed restricting manufactured homes (MH) to R-3 zoning, thereby keeping it out of R-2 and R-1 zoning. The new measure would require amending zoning laws for most of this whole city, located in southwestern Arkansas, as MHProNews has learned, affecting hundreds of
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Following the recommendation made by the Sapulpa Metro Area Planning Commission, the Creek County Commissioners in Sapulpa, Okla. granted a zoning request for manufactured homes to be sited in an area once zoned A-1 agriculture. According to what sapulpaheraldonline tells MHProNews, the change to the RMH-1 status is the most
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Originally developed in 1953, the 256-unit Pacific Mobile Home Park in Huntington Beach, Calif. was sold to a private investor in Orange County for just under $50 million. Set on 18.19 acres, the single and multi-section community of manufactured homes includes a pool and a clubhouse. Greg Sullivan of WD
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Metal travel trailers evolved as an interesting, inexpensive way for a family to take a vacation, but the Great Depression transformed them into dwellings as people lost their homes. During WWII, the units provided portable quarters for the military as well as housing for factory workers that were part of
In the Beginning…from Travel Trailers to Manufactured Homes Read More
The Midland Independent School District (MISD) in Midland, Tex. is a step closer to deciding where to site the manufactured homes it will be acquiring to house staff. At a special meeting tonight, June 25, board members may decide whether to site the homes on the grounds of an unused
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