Tag Archives: modern manufactured homes

It may seem like a modern miracle. It may sound too good to be true. Brand new homes with warranties and consumer protections not found in housing that is far higher priced, yet only about half the cost of conventional construction. But before getting ahead of our true story, a look back for understanding is appropriate. For decades, the secular …

Manufactured homes are the most proven form of affordable housing in America today, period. Nothing else comes close. That is not an empty or boastful claim. Rather, that statement is based on decades of well-documented facts and evidence. There are numerous research studies, mostly from third parties to manufactured home interests, that document that some 22 million Americans live in …

ABC News did the following exposé about the host of problems found in the conventional “site-built” housing industry.     The above is one of many such videos.  See another example in a local news video, below.     This isn’t to pick on what D.R. Horton, or any other conventional ‘site-builder.’ Rather, we start with a point that the …

The manufactured housing industry is undergoing significant changes in both the United States and in Canada.     As we reported some weeks ago via our interview with award winning retailer, Alan Amy, billionaires and billion-dollar operations are literally buying into the manufactured home industry. Why? As Mr. Amy told MHLivingNews, ‘because it’s the housing of the future.’ Time Travelers, …

James Hanning is the Wagoner County Commissioner, and the county’s board chairman. Before speaking on camera with MHLivingNews, Hanning consulted with the county’s legal adviser. Hanning wasn’t going to make any endorsements. There were no canned or rehearsed lines. What Hanning was willing and allowed to do is speak about his professional experiences over the course of several years with …

The Yuma Sun tells MHLivingNews about the hundreds of customizable options for designing a new manufactured home and site selection around the Coyote Wash Golf Course or on a lake, at the soon-to-open 55+ Rancho El Mirage manufactured home community in Wellton, Arizona. The location offers beautiful sunsets and mountain views, as well as extensive social, entertainment and recreational amenities. …

When Doc Reynolds describes pre-HUD Code mobile homes as he does in this video, please don’t take him literally. Some people have a gift for creating a mental image in a few words, and Doc has that talent. Today’s manufactured homes aren’t oversized beer cans on a frame with wheels. They are, as Doc explains, a home – super solid, …

Travel any highway or byway anywhere in the nation and you’ll no doubt see cruising down the road a transporter – and a flag car or two – with bold banners proclaiming the obvious: Oversized Load. There is no mystery about what people think they are; the roofs, doors and windows clearly define the parameters of a manufactured home – …

What if there was a cure for cancer known to exist, but was not well understood? What if an early version of that cancer cure produced okay or problematic results, but refinements of that cure later produced amazing results? Because of negative perceptions based on that past history, those who knew the cure would have to try to figure out …

Manufactured and modular home trade shows are designed for housing industry professionals. The Louisville and Tunica manufactured housing shows aren’t open to the general population. To better serve the public, we like going to those shows, catch some of the top management and interview them in one or more of their model homes. We can thus bring you an “Inside …

At the 2014 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show at Harrah’s Convention Center, L. A. “Tony” Kovach, MH Industry consultant, expert and publisher, and Jenny Hodge, Vice President at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and director of their National Communities Council (NCC), gave the presentation shown in the video that follows. Video filming and production are courtesy of our friends at ManufacturedHomes.com …