Murrieta proposes new restrictions for Manufactured Homes
MurerietaPatch reports the Murrieta City Council is set to vote Tuesday on amending its regulations for manufactured and pre-HUD Code mobile homes. “The City now desires to limit the age of a...
View ArticlePlanning Commission, City Council at Odds over Zoning
Although the Brownwood, Texas Planning and Zoning Commission had denied a request to rezone property from MH Manufactured Home District to M1 Restricted Industrial District, the Brownwood City Council...
View ArticleUpdated Rent Stabilization for Manufactured Home Communities due in June
Rick Robinson of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has informed MHProNews that the city council of El Monte, California, county of Los Angeles, on March 30, 2015 approved Urgency Ordinance No....
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 ArticleBrownsboro Refuses to Allow Manufactured Homes a Home
Steve Larson and his wife in Brownsboro, Texas asked the city council May 14 for an exemption that would allow them to site two manufactured homes (MH) on property they own within the city. Mayor Terry...
View ArticleCity Undecided about Manufactured Home Ordinance
According to marlindemocrat, a request to site a manufactured home (MH) near the Marlin Men’s Civic Association building led to some confusion at the Marlin (Texas) City Council meeting recently. While...
View ArticleCanadian Group Protests Closing of Manufactured Home Community for Senior...
A group of Canadian manufactured homeowners is asking the city of Surry, British Columbia for more protection from developers who are closing manufactured home communities (MHC) to repurpose the land....
View ArticlePlans for Manufactured Home Community Expansion on Hold
The Bloomington (IL) Planning Commission recommended City Council approve a plan for a manufactured home community (MHC) to expand on an eight-acre site that was once part of the Southgate Estates...
View ArticleTexas City Votes to Keep Manufactured Homes only in Communities
The Huntsville, Texas City Council agreed with the Planning & Zoning Commission’s recommendation that prohibits manufactured homes (MH) from being sited outside MH communities, while grandfathering...
View ArticleHuntsville City Council to Vote on Prohibiting Manufactured Homes from City
Following a story MHProNews posted July 9, 2015 regarding the Huntsville (Texas) City Council initial vote to prohibit manufactured homes from being sited inside the city limits, unless they are in a...
View ArticleCouncil Set to Deny Siting Request for three New Manufactured Homes
An attempt by Danny Wyant to site three new single-section manufactured homes (MH) on his mother’s property in Waynesboro, North Carolina is being met with stiff opposition from neighbors and the city...
View ArticleLawsuit Challenges Removal of Manufactured Home Carports
A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 22 owners of manufactured homes (MH) in Burnside, Minnesota after the city sent notices telling the homeowners they need to remove their carports...
View ArticleTexas City Reverses Decision, Votes to Allow Manufactured Housing
Following up on a post MHProNews wrote July 13, 2015, regarding the Huntsville, Texas, City Council’s vote to prohibit the new siting of manufactured homes within the city limits, D. J. Pendleton,...
View ArticleCity Council Rejects Current Plan for Manufactured Home Community Expansion
Following a story MHProNews last posted June 25, 2015 regarding a request for expansion of a manufactured home community (MHC) on what was once part of the Southgate Estates MHC in Bloomington,...
View ArticleCalifornia City Relinquishes Enforcement of Land Lease Communities
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has informed MHProNews that the city council of San Clemente, California is voting to relinquish its enforcement responsibility for the manufactured home...
View ArticleCity Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto over Manufactured Housing
A proposal that adds a definition for the 19 manufactured home communities (MHC) to the city’s Comprehensive Plan, and was passed by the Spokane (WA) City Council, was vetoed by Mayor David Condon. An...
View ArticleDover Excludes Manufactured Housing but Allows Modular Homes
Following complaints that a newly-issued building permit would allow a manufactured home to be sited on property specified for single-family permanent homes, doverpost reports the Dover (Delaware) City...
View ArticleNew Ordinances for MH Communities One Reading Away
After five years of debate and rewriting of manufactured home standards for communities, the Laramie (Wyoming) City Council is one reading away from passing ordinances pertaining to manufactured home...
View ArticleVictoria BC Plans Modular Homes for the Homeless
Seattle opened its Tiny Home village for homeless people with 14 homes, each 96 square feet with heat, electricity and insulation, as globalnews.ca informs MHProNews.. Communal washrooms and showers...
View ArticleMassachusetts Mystery Home
A home in Lowell, Massachusetts that, says a neighbor who saw it delivered, is a manufactured home, is causing consternation at city hall, accoding to lowellsun. Mayor Ed Kennedy says it is a trailer...
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