As we enter the month our theme is The Manufactured Housing Industry’s March Madness, and our featured articles are now live on the MHProNews.com home page. To see the line-up of over 2-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please check out the Masthead blog on Tuesday …
In Carbon Hill, Alabama this week, the City Council heard about a possible plan from developers to use a couple of old manufactured home plant facilities to make small-sized homes, aka “tiny houses.” Charles Phillips, his son, Charles T. Phillips, and Jim Clark spoke to the council about their plans. …
As we wrap up the month of February, our featured articles are on the MHProNews.com home page. This month’s theme? Frank, Frustrations and Free Enterprise February in MHLand, 2017. To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click the link …
In Palm Beach County, Florida, shipping containers are getting a new lease on life in a very interesting way. The containers are being turned into what Jupiter real estate agent Rick Clegg is calling an “up cycled eco retreat,” a white, two-story house that looks like a rustic steel cabin. …
A new month means new-featured articles on the MHProNews.com home page. This month’s theme? Frank, Frustrations and Free Enterprise February in MHLand, 2017. To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click the link above. Manufactured, modular and prefabricated home …
As the U.S. and other countries around the world look for solutions to a growing housing crisis, that fight has come to what some would consider an unexpected place. According to the Cape Cod Times, the year-round crisis is mounting on Martha’s Vineyard in Chilmark, Massachusetts, and Marina Lent is …
Students at Norwich University in Vermont have taken affordable housing into their own hands, by developing the CASA (Creating Affordable Sustainable Architecture) 802, a 324-square-foot micro home that provides sustainable housing for people from all income levels. In a conversation with MHProNews and MHLivingNews, Norwich University Professor Tolya Stonorov shared …
University Students Develop, Build Tiny Home Design Read More
As we wrap up the month of January, our featured articles are found on the MHProNews.com home page. Our theme for this month is: Jiu Jitsu January in Manufactured Homeland, USA. To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click …
Patrick Kennedy, owner of Panoramic Interests, a San Francisco, California based developer specializing in prefab homes, believes he has a partial solution to the Bay Area’s chronic homelessness problem. Now he’s invited the East Bay city of Berkeley to take a look at that solution with a prototype installed next to City Hall. …
While tiny homes may be all the rage in popular culture, local governments and regulations have made things tough in Washington State. “It hasn’t been easy to start a tiny house manufacturing business. There is a stigma against tiny houses from many local governments,” said Darin Tusler. He helped start …
The so-called “tiny home” movement has received quite a bit of coverage, both good and bad. Some call them sustainable and affordable, while others say that they are an impractical, illegal and an ineffective solution. Nevertheless, the media tends to love tiny houses. In Palm Springs, California, realtor Paul Kaplan …
Beginning of the Smaller Manufactured Home Revolution? Read More
Pitkin County, Colorado commissioners have elected to advance their planned acquisition of the 76.3 acre Phillips Mobile Home Park in Snowmass, with a focus on preserving affordable housing options. According to the Aspen Daily News, current owner, Helen Noyes, and her son, Hiram, have continued to maintain the property as …
County to Buy Manufactured Home Community, to Preserve Affordable Housing Read More
As December rolls on, the current featured articles are found on the MHProNews home page. Our theme for this month is: DAAD = Dramatic! Advent! Adventure! December 2016! To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click the link above. Manufactured, …
In a press release and video, Richard Perkin expresses what he calls his dream. That dream is for a happier, more exciting, and more “conscious way of life” with no environmental impact. It sounds great, because he says he is quitting his full time engineering job, and then sold his …
NoHA Engineer Claims Revolutionary Home Concept, But Key Details Are Missing Read More
Spur, Texas. Portland, Oregon. Fresno, California. All of these cities have jumped on board with the “tiny house” movement as a solution to the housing crunch. It looks like San Luis Obispo, California may become the next to join them. According to the San Luis Obispo Tribune, a local nonprofit, …
New Mayor, Local Nonprofit, See Solution to Housing Crunch in Tiny Homes Read More
Kodasema, an Estonia-based construction firm, wants your prefab home to be set and ready to go in record time. “The furnished house will come in three different models: ‘Koda for Living,’ ‘Koda for Studying,’ and ‘Koda for Working,’” said Taavi Jakobson, co-founder of Kodasema. “They will function as homes, classrooms, and offices …
Gregg Taylor, the Alberta, Canada based owner of GHT Contracting constructed the home of his dreams. And the county he is in told him he had to get rid of it, or face a fine. “Although I’ve been a contractor for my entire adult life, I’ve never built a house …
Linda and David Brown are founders of The Gathering Tree, a nonprofit organization that operates an evening drop-in center for homeless people in Springfield, Missouri. They had a vision to be able to do more. And they did. The Gathering Tree has purchased a 4.5-acre tract of land in north Springfield …
After Land Deal, Tiny Manufactured Homes to the Rescue for the Homeless Read More
San Jose, California will become the first city in the state to create tiny homes for the homeless by bypassing the state’s building codes. According to the Bay Area News Group, city housing officials and advocates for the homeless call the new legislation a “game-changer” in the fight to solve …
New Law Allows City To Build Tiny Homes For Homeless Read More
Factory-built housing pros well know the growing need for affordable homes. Texas-based Arched Cabins is tapping the ‘tiny side’ of that niche, with do-it-yourself (DIY) models that can start under $10,000. Wide Open Country, Tiny House Living and Tiny House Talk are three of several thousand search results that come …
DIY Prefabricated “Arched Cabin” for Under $10K? Yes, but… Read More
