MHC Owner wants to Include Affordable Housing in Retirement Community
LedyardPatch reports from Ledyard, Connecticut the residents of 55 plus community MHC Stonegate Village are opposing a plan by the owners to develop an undeveloped 22 site area for residents of all...
View ArticleIgnored Foreclosed Homes: Who’s Responsible?
CNNmoney says in a complaint filed last month, the Los Angeles city attorney’s office accused U.S. Bank of contributing to crime, blighting neighborhoods, and harming property values by failing to...
View ArticleLarge MHC Approved for Odessa
oaoa reports the Odessa, Texas City Council approved plans for a 100 acre, 1,000 plus homesite manufactured housing community to ease the shortage of housing in the city. Odessa Mayor Larry Melton...
View ArticleCounty to Strike Balance between MH and Historical Districts
From Gatesville, in the northeastern corner of North Carolina, MHProNews has learned the town is struggling to find a balance between protecting the integrity of existing residential areas and the...
View ArticleCommission Approves Request for Siting MH
Despite pleas from a homeowner’s association representative that no more MH be allowed in the Hillcrest subdivision in Abita Springs, Louisiana, nola reports the St. Tammany Parish Zoning Commission...
View ArticleMeasure will Shorten Foreclosure Time
The chicagotribune informs MHProNews Ill. Governor Pat Quinn has signed Senate Bill 16 to speed up the foreclosure process on abandoned single-family homes and multifamily buildings of less than seven...
View ArticleCounty Assessor Makes Multimillion Dollar Error
MySuncoast reports from Venice, Fla. a magistrate in Sarasota County determined property taxes on some of the 19,000 manufactured homes in the county were improperly increased between 22 percent and 90...
View ArticleU. S. Supreme Court may Hear Rent Control Challenge
The U. S. Ninth Circuit denial to rehear the Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) vs. City Of San Rafael ruling may lead to a battle in the U. S. Supreme Court. The court’s decision handed down in April...
View ArticleModular Home Spawns Restrictive Ordinance
Updating a story MHProNews published April 23, 2013 concerning guidelines for homes in residential districts in Brooksville, Hernando County, Fla., tampabay reports the planning and zoning commission...
View ArticleModular Home Sited over Neighborhood Objections
MHProNews has learned from brandoninfo the Brandon (Minn.) City Council has upheld the decision of the city’s Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustment to approve the siting of a modular home. Neighbors,...
View ArticleCity Council Tables Voting on Manufactured Home Siting
At a public hearing Tuesday morning, April 7, the Jasper (Ala.) City Council delayed a request for a zoning change that would have allowed a multi-section manufactured home (MH) to be sited after a...
View ArticleMontana Town Planning Commission Approves one MHC, Denies another
While the Laurel City-County Planning Board in Montana turned down three requests for a variance for Regal Community Park, a proposed manufactured home community, after neighbors expressed concerns...
View ArticleModular Housing for Migrant Workers in Michigan
Mlive reports a blueberry farmer wants a special permit to house 17 migrant laborers in an 1,820 square foot modular home in Port Sheldon Township in Ottawa County, Michigan. Opponents say it will hurt...
View ArticleModular Homes Prompt Concern
Following up on an article we ran Nov. 21, 2011 about the May 22 tornado that wiped out one-third of Joplin, Missouri’s housing, KOAMTV tells MhproNews.com some residents are up in arms about three...
View ArticleAnother Foster Child of the Housing Market
Every day, 480,000 school buses carry 26 million children to school and school-related activities. School Transportation News tells MHProNews.com since 2006, the manufacture of school buses has...
View ArticleModular Home Approved Despite Objections
DanaPointTimes reports from California the Dana Point Planning Commission approved a coastal development permit to allow siting of a 2,352 square foot modular home in Monarch Bay Terrace. Some 30...
View ArticleFreddie Mac Speaks
WorldPropertyChannel reports Freddie Mac’s vice president and chief economist, Frank Nothaft, says due to rental demand by people postponing homeownership, rental activity has produced some good...
View ArticleMHC Owner wants to Include Affordable Housing in Retirement Community
LedyardPatch reports from Ledyard, Connecticut the residents of 55 plus community MHC Stonegate Village are opposing a plan by the owners to develop an undeveloped 22 site area for residents of all...
View ArticleIgnored Foreclosed Homes: Who’s Responsible?
CNNmoney says in a complaint filed last month, the Los Angeles city attorney’s office accused U.S. Bank of contributing to crime, blighting neighborhoods, and harming property values by failing to...
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