The Louisville Manufactured Housing Show will again take place at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., where attendees can view dozens of the latest model homes – more than any other indoor event in the U.S. — from the top manufacturers in the industry. Hosted in Louisville for over 61 years, the Louisville Show...
Could mobile homes-–yes, manufactured housing—help make California housing more affordable? Of course, they could. Sadly, factory-built homes aren’t a significant part of the state’s housing policy discussions despite offering eye-catching savings. The following are excerpts from an analysis of the state of manufactured housing in the Golden State by Jonathan Lansner/Orange County Register (jlansner@scng.com) Let...
The oldest house in Los Angeles County is encircled by a ring of aging mobile homes just off the 5 Freeway in the working-class city of Bell Gardens. Concealed from view and largely blocked off to the public. Casa de Rancho San Antonia contains the story of California. As historians tell it, the adobe structure...
A couple from Atherton, California, considered the wealthiest town in America, has paid $40.7 million for a 315-space mobile home park in San Jose. A family trust led by John and Margaret Worthing bought the Rancho Teresa Mobile Home Estates at 510 Saddle Brook Drive in Edenvale, the San Jose Mercury News reported. The cost...
The following narrative was provided to The Bulletin by Allan Bruckner, former Bend, Oregon Mayor. Like many metropolitan areas across the country, Bend has a serious home affordability supply problem. Manufactured housing can be an important component of a broad solution, not only for Bend but also for communities across the country. According to The...
Competition for housing has driven up home prices across Massachusetts. Some of the biggest gains have happened in mobile home communities where residents can least afford to pay more. Boston local NPR (GBH News) is exploring the impact of the series Priced Out: The fight for housing in Massachusetts. The following is the second story...
‘Beach Condo’ that sold for $1.5 million in Hamptons’ ‘Billionaires’ Corner’ is a trailer Trailer trash? Hardly … Expensive? Very. Montauk, N.Y. – A 600-square-foot single-wide mobile home in the ritzy Hampton area on the east end of Long Island has been on the market since September 14 for a cool $1.5 million. And according...
High homeownership costs and a persisting housing shortage have caused many to consider manufactured housing. Source: GLOBEST – The ongoing housing shortage has ramped up demand for manufactured housing, as persistent inflation and economic uncertainty have some Americans who are nearing retirement seeking out alternative options. “High homeownership costs and a persisting housing shortage have...
The high cost and dearth of affordable homes have forced many middle and lower-income families to forego the uniquely American dream of homeownership….at least in the traditional (site-built) sense. However, it doesn’t necessarily have to be that way. There is another way to realize that dream of possessing a home that meets or exceeds the...
Veteran NPR reporter John Burnett checked in on how mobile/manufactured homes fared in Hurricane Ian. Burnett points to manufactured homes that were built after Hurricane Andrew wiped out entire South Florida mobile home communities in 1994. In 1994, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development raised the building standards for manufactured homes while also...
