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Some 2100 +/- manufactured housing industry professionals from all segments of the industry are expected at the 2014 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show. Registrations have come in from states coast to...
View ArticleCBS Highlights Manufactured Homes
On the CBS Sunday Morning show segment May 18, the commentator -Mark Straussman - interviews a man standing in a manufactured housing community (MHC) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, who refutes the stigma...
View ArticleModular Emergency Shelter Assembles in Two Minutes
A small, pop-up disaster relief shelter that can be assembled in two minutes is the brainchild of Australian entrepreneur Alastair Pryor, says nydailynews.com, and only costs $150. The foldable,...
View ArticleReno Schools Maintained by Modular Classrooms
School overcrowding in Washoe County, Nevada has led to the acquisition of 94 modular units, each with two classrooms, over some 30 years, and another $400,000 this year for classrooms for 13 schools...
View ArticleOff Grid Tiny Modular Home Transports Readily
Students at Green Mountain College in Vermont, guided by Professor Lucas Brown, began working on tiny homes several years ago and have now developed OTIS—Optimal Traveling Independent Space—70 square...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Responding to Competition from North American Fracking
Seen lower prices at the pump lately? Saudi Arabia has enough petroleum reserves and funds to sustain itself for eight years with Brent crude at $83/bbl. – and they are now undercutting the...
View ArticleSan Fran going MOD…modular building poised to help area’s housing
San Francisco, California is about to discover the benefits of modular housing. The need for new housing in that area is acute and rents are increasing rapidly due to scarcity of housing units....
View ArticleUpscale Urban MODs bring Retro exterior to NY Neighborhood
Chalk up another accomplishment for modular housing. An upscale housing development is being constructed in Ithaca, New York, consisting of three different styles which have exteriors reminiscent of...
View ArticleShale Drilling Slowdown Predicted
Given the positive impact of shale production on new manufactured housing, modular and workforce housing shipments, MHProNews has been tracking for some time expert commentary on the topic. As oil’s...
View ArticleGoogle’s Modular Plans Denied; LinkedIn Links Up
Updating an article MHProNews posted March 4, 2015 regarding Google’s modular expansion plans for its North Bayshore campus, the Mountain View (CA) City Council voted to give Google only about a...
View ArticleSunday Morning Recap June 14, 2015 to June 20, 2015
In manufactured housing news, UMH planning MHC as other MHCs closing, programs help MH buyers, MHC sells for $98k per homesite, Texas reports MH sales. In modular news, Magnolia Homes may be revived,...
View ArticleModular Container Housing to House At Risk Women and Families in Vancouver
MHProNews has learned the seven story modular housing complex made from old shipping containers rising in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia is headed up by the non-profit Atira Women’s Resource...
View ArticleTreehouse Riga Branching into Adaptability
Treehouse Riga, an easily adaptable modular home, was designed by Appleton & Domingos. The Portuguese design firm created this particular version for modular homebuilder Jular. As factory built...
View ArticleBillion-Dollar Micro-Modular War – Housing Homeless, but Unions Balk Over...
Thousands are homeless in the storied city by the bay, and cardboard boxes are a clearly undesirable option. Developer Patrick Kennedy of Panoramic Interests has his sights set on developing...
View ArticleSunday Morning Weekly Recap – Manufactured Housing Industry News – October...
On this celebration of our 7th year of uninterrupted factory-crafted housing trade media publishing, we begin the month with this thought-provoking theme: Obstacles and Opportunities in Affordable...
View ArticleBig Bet to Battle Homeless and Housing Crisis: Modular Homes
Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson believes that a shipping container prefabs parked on the south side of the Vancouver Art Gallery holds the key to his city’s homeless and affordable housing crisis....
View ArticleModular Helping to Solve Affordable Housing Challenges
Two Alberta, Canada based companies are teaming up to create a modular solution to affordable housing. According to reminetwork, Edmonton-based Step Ahead Properties and Calgary-based Ladacor Advanced...
View ArticleA $200,000 Hurricane-Proof House?
According to Dutch modular housing company Cubicco, not only are these hurricane-proof homes possible, they are popular. And they’re starting to pop up in Florida. According to Business Insider,...
View Article“Amazing Future Homes” Video
Modular housing has seen significant progress over the years, with many levels of creativity. Revolution Homes, which the Daily Business News covered recently, has partnered with a number of designers...
View ArticleSunday Morning Weekly Recap – Manufactured Housing Industry News – November...
This month, we continue with our thought-provoking theme: Entrepreneurs November in MHVille 2016. That link will take you to all of the featured articles and interviews this month. Manufactured,...
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