Affordable Housing in Northern Canada
CFTK-TV reports from northernwestern British Columbia (BC), Canada the residents of Telkwa, BC have just dedicated an eight unit modular housing project for seniors and persons with disabilities....
View ArticleModular Project Slated for Southern NJ
TheDailyJournal reports from south central New Jersey that American Custom Modular of Millville, NJ will hire nearly 50 new workers as part of a project to build over 180 modular townhomes for Winslow...
View ArticleMHC Closing
The Province in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada says the last of four seniors at Abbotsford’s Garden Village MHC, which once was home to 101 residents will be moving before the official closure of...
View ArticleFunding for Senior Affordable Housing
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announces it has awarded $26 million in grants to the owners of non-profit owners of multi-family housing developments to convert their units into...
View ArticlePositive Housing Predictions for 2013
BusinessInsider tells MHProNews John Burns Real Estate Consulting offers the following five predictions of what will happen in the New Year in the housing market, “Assuming our leaders in DC come to...
View ArticleMHC Residents: Busted Walkways are Dangerous
The StandardExaminer reports from Farr West, Utah the Westwood Village Homeowners Association will meet Tue., Jan. 8 to discuss cracked and uneven sidewalks that pose a risk to the 400 seniors who live...
View ArticleHome Improvement another Positive Housing Sign
Door and Window Market Magazine states a study by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University indicates the market for remodeling is being stimulated by foreclosures being revitalized,...
View ArticleFla. MHC Residents Organizing to Change Rent Hikes
The Ledger tells MHProNews residents of MHCs around Fla. are organizing to pressure the Florida Legislature into enacting legislation that would link rent hikes to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in...
View ArticleZoning Change will Allow more MH
The columbiamissourian tells MHProNews the High Hill Circle Mobile Home Park in Columbia, MO will expand by 16 homesites if the Doris Overton Trust, the owner of the MHC, has its way. The proposal...
View ArticleDecrease the Height of Manufactured Homes?
The enterprisecommunity reports in The Horizon that as seniors age in manufactured homes and more baby boomers retire, some of whom will likely live in manufactured homes, the need for accessibility...
View ArticleThree New Modular Homes Coming
NewsChannel34 reports the city of Binghamton, New York partnered with city, state and private sources to acquire and demolish four blighted homes and replace them with three affordable,...
View ArticleExtending Loans to Boomers
The washingtonpost informs MHProNews seniors whose income does not qualify them for a mortgage or refinancing a home under current tight credit, may now have more income for purposes of underwriting:...
View ArticleMHC Residents: Incomes Chasing Rents
MHProNews has learned from castanet in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada residents of SunRise Village MHC are concerned that rising rents may force them out of their homes, especially seniors on fixed...
View ArticleTwelfth Graders get Hands-on Experience
MHProNews has learned from buffalonews students at Erie 1 BOCES’ Harkness Career and Technical Center in Cheektowaga, just east of Buffalo, NY, have completed a 1,200 square foot modular home that will...
View ArticleHarvard’s Housing Study: Affordable Senior Housing may be Scarce
Although the aging-in-place movement for seniors is very strong, an estimated 16 million senior households will be relocating within the next decade, while the number of 65-and-older households is...
View ArticleCity Council Votes to Refuse Conversion
The Costa Mesa (Calif.) City Council voted 4-0 to deny changing the Rolling Homes manufactured housing community from general commercial to high-density residential for the development of a 208-unit...
View ArticleSeniors Served by Modular Units Adjacent to Adult Child’s Home
In addition to 55 plus housing for seniors and continuing-care communities, another option that offers financial and supportive care benefits is a modular unit that can be placed adjacent to an adult...
View ArticleCouncil Calls for more Manufactured Housing Communities
City councilors in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada are encouraging the creation of manufactured housing communities and have set up a study to identify properties that might be developed as a...
View ArticleModular Cottages Going up for Seniors
The city of Saco in southern Maine near the Atlantic Ocean is partnering with the Biddeford Housing Authority to develop modular homes on a donated three acre parcel of land for seniors who are seeking...
View ArticleSeniors Joining Millennials in Ranks or those Living with Relatives
While the percentage of Millennials (ages 18-31) moving back with their parents rose from 34 percent in 2009 to 36 percent in 2012, as MHProNews reported Aug. 6, 2013, Trulia.com reports...
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