From San Jose and the Mercury News, MHProNews.com learns that the city council is reviewing the conversion process of manufactured housing communities to other uses to “better prepare for the possibility in the future.” According to the report, five mobile home parks have closed since the original conversion ordinance was […]
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According to The Wall Street Journal, the manufactured housing industry may be poised for a rebound. Noting the 42.1 percent increase in MH sales Jan. 2012 over Jan. 2011, and the corresponding six percent decrease of new single-family stick built homes in 2011, the article says home buyers may be
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The OrangeCountyRegister informs MHProNews.com State Sen. Lou Correa, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Manufactured Homes and Communities, will hold a conference in Santa Ana Friday, March 16, for MHC residents and owners. A panel of MHC residency law experts and code enforcement officials will discuss health and safety
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The Eloy City Council in Arizona, just south of Phoenix, has eased the zoning restrictions on replacing manufactured homes. The previous ordinance required homes be replaced with units no more than three years old, which many people who lived in homes that needed to be replaced could not afford. The
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To follow-up on a story we published Nov. 07, 2011, The T&D tells MHProNews.com a man from Neeses, South Carolina, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to six counts of breach of trust for taking money for manufactured homes never delivered. If rom Colter was arrested
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A site plan has been approved by the Waverly Village planning board in northeastern Pennsylvania for six two-family modular apartments, TheDailyReview tells MHProNews.com. When board members raised concerns about fireproofing, developer Tim Steed said the apartments exceed state fireproofing codes and HUD standards. The village mobile home statute, which village
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That’s not a headline you’re likely to read in the local papers, yet it’s quite a frequent occurrence when it comes to manufactured housing. Two headlines came across our computer screens today, one from The Columbian in Vancouver Flames damage manufactured home in central Vancouver. The article reads “Vancouver firefighters
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The Great Southwest Home Show opens today at the QuikTrip Center in Tulsa with dozens of the newest manufactured homes on display from the nation’s top builders, vendors offering support product and services, and seminars and workshops dealing with financing, attracting new clients, appraisals, MHC management, and expanding your inventory
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Under a deadline set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to change the city’s flood ordinance or lose the right for residents to obtain federal flood insurance, the city council of Denham Springs, Louisiana, approved changes to its flood ordinances. New construction and substantial improvements to a property within the
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In his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, while noting the per share book value of their Class A and Class B stock gained 4.6 percent in 2011, says he jumped the gun on the housing recovery. As Business Insider tells MHProNews.com, “We have five businesses whose
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OzarksFirst tells MHProNews.com the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has begun selling some of the temporary manufactured housing units brought to Joplin, Missouri following the deadly hurricane that struck May 22, 2011. 586 total homes have been brought to Joplin, 470 of which remain occupied. Residents have 18 months to
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Robert Ludgate, Jr., the Alsace Township engineer in Temple, Pensnsylvania says he has agreed to table a township requirement for manufactured homes at the Urban Acres Mobile Home Park to have exterior cast-iron sewer traps. MHC owners Erica and Kevin Ernst told the township supervisors of the 75 homes in
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NorthCentralPA reports the Wall Street Journal says the Fleetwood Homes factory in Nampa, Idaho has increased production 25 percent since last fall to keep up with demand in the North Dakota oilfields for manufactured homes. Upon adding 40 employees, factory manager Jeff Chrisman says without this new demand he would
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From North Carolina and BlueRidgeNow.com, MHProNews.com learns that Henderson County residents with abandoned manufactured homes on their property can apply for a grant to help finance the removal of the home. According to the article, the typical cost for a home removal is $1,500, $1,000 of which can be provided
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The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The manufactured housing industry rebound evident in recent months continued and strengthened during December 2011, posting its fifth production increase in 12 months.
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According to Consumer Reports, York International has re-announced a recall of gas furnaces made for manufactured homes following 393 incident calls since the furnaces were manufactured 1995-2000. 336 of the calls have come in since 2004, when the first recall was announced. Sold under the brand names Coleman, Coleman Evcon,
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AZCentral tells MHJProNews.com that Phoenix-based Cavco Industries, Inc. reported at its earnings webcast Feb. 2 its profits mushroomed compared to last year. Net income for the third quarter 2012 which ended Dec. 31 was $1.68 million, or .24 cents a share, as opposed to $24,000 for the same period a
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KTVUTV in Springfield, Missouri tells MHProNews.com a woman who collected money for the sale of modular and manufactured homes she never delivered has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Convicted in October on seven counts of fraud, Edna Kay Jackson, owner of Dogwood Homes, allegedly swindled eleven Dogwood customers.
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Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney campaigned in The Villages in Ocala, Florida, the largest age restricted active adult community in the world, 55 and better, with nearly 75,000 homes spanning three counties. The Villages website depicts numerous manufactured homes among the housing options. MHProNews.com has been informed it is a
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According to the Chronicle-Express, New York’s Neighborhood and Rural Preservation Program that helps people replace aging mobile homes with energy-efficient manufactured homes may be eliminated. MHProNews.com has learned Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it will save the state $12 million. The Keuka Housing Council (KHC) in Yates County has been helping
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