Southern Oregon University (SOU) students created a plan to provide more affordable housing in Ashland, Oregon by altering the city’s code to make manufactured homes easier to install here. The proposal will be presented to the Ashland Planning Commission on Tuesday, July 24. It would alter regulations on manufactured housing being placed on individual and developments lots. “What our real …

Every year near Easter, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) holds its annual Congress and Expo for manufactured housing professionals.  This video interview with some of the Industry’s leaders, business owners and professionals gives you a quick sense of the sights and sounds of those who help shape manufactured housing, which provides quality affordable homes to millions of Americans. This video …

According to a recent report in Mashable, building a traditional house can create some 8000 pounds of landfill materials. Some factory builders like Connect Homes claim they can reduce that by 75%. They also assert that using energy-efficient technologies and appliances can save home owners an average of $3,383 per year.   Factory building makes a home more precise. It cuts down …

Population growth in rural communities is challenging the parameters set by the U. S Dept. of Agriculture’s rural housing programs. Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) have proposed a bill to raise the population cap from 25,000 to 35,000 so homeownership continues to be available for low-income households. Senator Johnson said, “Providing these loans, grants, and loan guarantee …

Individuals and companies were honored for outstanding achievement in the manufactured and modular housing industry at the 2013 National Congress and Expo awards luncheon held in Las Vegas April 17, 2013. Those recognized for their contributions are as follows: LAND-LEASE COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR (Northeast/Mid-Atlantic)—Calverton Meadows, Calverton NY (South) – Oak Ranch, Austin, TX (Midwest) – The Community of Rolling …

As a reminder to regular readers, or to set the stage for a first time visitor here, it came to our attention that Princeton’s WordNet project had a high organic search result on Google and a simply horrible ‘definition’ for manufactured housing. When we brought this to the attention of some industry professionals, they started writing Princeton’s WordNet to ask …

Wired tells MHLivingNews the Dutch city of Nijmegen is collaborating with over 20 architects to provide a range of 29 modular flat pack affordable homes for first-time homebuyers.  Targeted to those with annual incomes of $40,000 to $60,000, the stylish designs are far better than the block homes that were built by comventional site builders in the 1960?s as affordable …

 The tiny house movement has insights that aren’t just for small homes.  An idea that you see in stores like Ikea is how to create smaller, private spaces within a larger one.  Take a room divider, a chair, table, light and some mood or themed items, put them together and voila! You have an oasis in your home for reading, …

GSNMagazine says the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is sponsoring a design competition for six different types of emergency homes to address future disaster housing needs.  They will license the winning designs to the manufacturers of the homes. FEMA wants one, two and three bedroom homes to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the three same sizes that …

evenDaysVermont tells MHLivingNews two small Vermont schools will be competing against 18 mostly larger schools in the U. S. Dept. of Energy’s biennial Solar Decathlon to be held in October at Irvine, California.  While this will be Norwich University’s first trip to the competition, Middlebury College placed fourth in its first outing in 2011, and its entry is now home …