Manufactured Housing News

Source: Dallas Innovates – Dallas-based Invesco Real Estate, a global real estate investment management business, has launched Homestead Communities, a real estate operating company dedicated to addressing the nation’s affordable housing crisis by providing safe, clean, and supportive communities where working families and retirees can own or rent affordable, high-quality, single family manufactured homes. “The...

Troy, Mich; April 25, 2023 – The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) awarded Skyline Champion with the 2023 Modular Housing Design Award for the sixth consecutive year. This award recognizes Skyline Champion’s leadership in design and quality across the factory-built housing industry. “On behalf of our dedicated and talented team members, we are honored to receive...

The following are portions of a narrative by John Adams and FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team, titled How Manufactured Housing Can Save America. You finally graduated from college at 28, moved out of your parent’s basement at 30, married your best friend at 32, and now she is pregnant. You’re 33, and now you want...

On April 25, 2023, financial news reported that the State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D raised its stake in Skyline Champion Co. (NYSE:SKY) by 9.7%, according to the company’s most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund now owns approximately 0.08% of Skyline Champion worth $2,374,000 at the end...

As mobile home communities continue to be displaced by development, a bipartisan bill aims to increase funding to a program to provide relief to those impacted. Source: Arizona Mirror – Mobile homes have been vanishing across the Valley, most often being replaced by luxury apartments or similar developments. The Phoenix City Council earlier this year...

The following narrative is an excerpt from a comprehensive blog titled “Energy Efficiency in the Southeast” report, published March 2023. The report analyzes and cites the need for manufactured housing energy performance upgrades. The report admittingly conflates “mobile home” and “manufactured home” energy deficiencies in their compilation of lower energy standards. In fact, it wasn’t...

Developer to Expand Footprint – The developers behind one of South Carolina’s best known mobile home parks are looking to expand their Horry County footprint with a second site along U.S. Highway 501. Sun Communities – which manages Carolina Pines Resort – is hoping to build 348 more units near Aynor. Sun’s “biggest scope of...

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Manufactured homes remain the number one housing option for seniors retiring from the workforce. In fact, the greater portion of households that live in manufactured homes are headed by a retiree (32%) than site-built homes (24%), as per CFPB Analysis...

What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas, especially when it comes to the MHI Congress and Expo 2023! Our team at ManufacturedHomes.com had an amazing time connecting with industry experts, hosting a prize giveaway that drew a crowd, and having special guests Richard Rawlings and Danny “The Count” Koker stop by our booth....

Let’s face it, manufactured home retailers don’t always have the most glamorous reputation. When most people think of manufactured homes, they picture something out of a trailer park or a low-budget horror movie. But the truth is, manufactured homes have come a long way in recent years, and they can be just as comfortable and...