EPA Grants to include HUD and MOD
MountainExpress informs MHProNews the U. S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is urging communities to apply for EPA’s Smart Growth Implementation Assistance (SGIA) program that will explore...
View ArticleS. Korea Considering Modular Homes
Dispelling the notion in South Korea that modular construction is seen as cheap or unsafe, the Dong-A Ilbo informs MHProNews a dormitory for foreign workers of Posco Steel, comprised of 18 modules,...
View ArticleModular Builds in Mountains
Kiplinger informs MHProNews a Virginia couple wanted to build a home in a mountainous area but could not get county approval for nearly two years because of the steep slopes, succeeded in having a...
View ArticleBuilder Confidence Wanes
Single-family home builder confidence slipped for the third consecutive month, falling two points to 44 for March, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market...
View ArticleCo-op Assumes Responsibility for Managing Community
Following up on an article we published April 4, 2013 about residents of Wheel Estates Mobile Home Park in North Adams, Mass. becoming a resident-owned community (ROC), iberkshires reports the...
View ArticleModular Homes on Tap for Native Americans
After nearly seven years of planning, tworiverstribune tells MHProNews ground was finally broken May 17 for the Hoopa Valley Tribal Housing Authority project in northwestern California. Comprised of...
View ArticleSchool District may Lease Homesites in Manufactured Housing Community
Updating a story MHProNews posted June 12, 2013 regarding manufactured homes for teachers in housing-strapped Midland, Tex., the Midland Independent School District (MISD) trustees authorized up to...
View ArticleMidland School District may Vote on Manufactured Homes Tonight
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...
View ArticleOrdinances Prevent Rehabbing of Land Lease Community
Having recently spent $55,000 to upgrade infrastructure at the Country Squire Mobile Home Park in Harker Heights, Tex., that he acquired last fall, and another $30,000 for a new manufactured home...
View ArticleModular Homes Replacing Beachfront Bungalows
In Ortley Beach, New Jersey, adjacent to Seaside Heights, where 2,200 of 2,400 bungalows were damaged or wiped out by Hurricane Sandy, builder John Westrum is beginning to replace some of them with...
View ArticleModular Housing will Accommodate Oil Field Employees
Turquoise Investments of San Antonio, Texas, will be providing modular housing units for oil field workers in west Texas if the Pecos Economic Development Council (PEDC) gets its way. According to...
View ArticleCanadian MHC to Close
UpdatedNews reports from Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada residents of Garden Village MHC have been told their community will be closed and the land will be redeveloped. The owners have offered...
View ArticleEnter, Manufactured Housing?
Community development lenders and investors might be eligible for $200,000 grants each from the departments of Agriculture, Treasury and HUD to replace some of the worst housing in the nation—worse...
View ArticleCommunity Needs Infrastructure Repairs
The LansingStateJournal reports Moon Lake Estates MHC between Bath and Perry Michigan needs major water and sewer improvements following a power failure and two water main breaks that has led to a...
View ArticleYES! Says “Yes” to Better Service for Community Residents
As follow-up to a story we published this Monday, Aug. 6 about YES! Communities purchase of 42 MHCs comprised of 10,500 home sites from American Residential Communities (ARC), also of Denver, the...
View ArticleNeed More House? Consider a Modular Addition
SBWire tells MHProNews one way to increase the size of a home is by a modular addition, either vertically or horizontally. A vertical addition will increase light and add a view without having to...
View ArticleOhio MHC Being Overhauled
TheGatewayNews tells us from Streetsboro, Ohio the Lakeside Terrace land lease community is undergoing a facelift as well as receiving new infrastructure. An MHC since the 1970’s, Dave Leichtman of...
View ArticleNew MOD Builder for Southwest
The huerfanjournal reports from south central Colorado the Kaspia Group, a New Mexico contracting and real estate services company will begin producing modular homes in the old Kan Build site in...
View ArticleCanadian Project Requires Extensive Modular Housing
The journalofcommerce reports WEQ Britco is set to begin building a 2,000 room modular workforce accommodation complex in northern Manitoba, Canada at the proposed site of Manitoba Hydro’s...
View ArticleModular Housing to Replace Aging Housing Projects
The RentonReporter tells MHProNews the Renton Housing Authority recently received $2.1 million towards the construction of 18 modular town homes in this city just south of Seattle, Wash. The new...
View ArticleSioux Tribe Seeks Bids for Modular Housing
MHProNews has learned the Standing Rock Housing Authority of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota will be accepting bids for multifamily modular housing to be transported and set on...
View ArticleFuture of MHC may Hinge on Grant
IBerkshires reports the town of Williamstown, Mass. has applied for a $6.25 million Hazard Mitigation Grant to buy out Spruces Mobile Home Park, pay MHC owner Morgan Management $600,000, and remove the...
View ArticleMusic to Housing, MH Industry Ears? “No risk to it,” Make Mortgages Easier,...
The devil is in the details. The discussion is focused at 35,000 feet, not the weeds. But in this video interview, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon provides his robust outlook for the economy, thoughts on loan...
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