Manufactured Home Communities

A manufactured home is a poor investment because they depreciate. Right? — Wrong!   That lingering myth and the lack of quality affordable site-built housing across the country has [...]

While the structure itself might be placed on its foundation in a unique way, manufactured homes are anything but detrimental to the property values of adjacent properties. The notion that a well [...]

Tuesday’s Vote Will Be “Null And Void” If Protest Petition Signed By 570 Property Owners Is Certified   For the genesis of this story, click our recent post, “Bryan, Texas Planning and [...]

“Affordable housing transcends our ability to zone it into existence” (Don Charles, QuoteHD) The quintessential unique American dream of homeownership is seemingly slipping away, or delayed [...]

“Competition is very good…As long as long as it’s healthy. It’s what makes one strive to be better.” …. Christine Lahti There are about 38,000 manufactured home land-lease communities [...]

New Emphasis: Retaining Affordable Housing By Assuring Security For Mobile And Manufactured Home Owners “Manufactured homes provide the largest unsubsidized form of affordable housing in the [...]

RESIDENTS OF MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES FORMING CO-OPS TO PURCHASE PROPERTY AND LONGTIME HOUSING SECURITY Estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate there are about 38,000 manufactured home [...]

Look out, American homebuilders: A new Japanese company is launching in the U.S. in an attempt to give the housing industry a fresh dose of (pre-fab) innovation. Takeshi Homma, the founder of the [...]

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) starts its fall session with a long list of cases to consider. One case, with an odd set of facts, is attempting to overturn a long-standing decision [...]

News flash: Almost one out of every five Americans will be over the age of 65 by the year 2030. (Yes, really.) And while Baby Boomers might be greying, they’re still as active (or even more so!) [...]