Below are reports – breaking news as it breaks – but posted as we become aware of it. Not necessarily ordered by report date. And not necessarily followed. Just breaking news reports when we get them.
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January 2025
Got $500? This Top-Performing Investment Could Continue to Deliver Resilient Returns.
For example, manufactured home communities might not seem like an appealing investment at first glance. However, they’ve been some of the best-performing real estate investments over the past couple of decades due to the durable demand for space in these properties.
Matt DiLallo, The Motley Fool, Yahoo Finance
Jan. 5, 2025
1 in 5 Manufactured Home Borrowers Use Risky Contract Financing
owever, many manufactured home borrowers struggle to access these types of loans. Nationwide, lenders deny about half of mortgage and home-only loan applications (roughly 40% and 64%, respectively) for manufactured home purchases.3
Pew Charitable Trusts
Jan. 9, 2025
Hurst Fire burns near Sylmar mobile home park that burned down over 15 years ago
The Hurst Fire in Sylmar has prompted the evacuation of residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park.
KTLA5 News
Jan. 8, 2025
Palisades fire shoots up to 17,200 acres — 1,000 structures destroyed
Blake Armstrong is a resident of the Tahitian Terrace mobile home park community in Pacific Palisades, where homes burned.
Blake Armstrong, who had lived at Tahitian Terrace for three years, evacuated Tuesday afternoon but returned Wednesday morning to survey the scene.
Los Angeles Daily News
Jan. 8, 2025
Is Affordable Housing Linked Scandal at Champion Homes Brewing?
Is Champion Homes (SKY) Joining Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Members Hit by Conflicts, Fiduciary Fails, Probes and Legal Actions?
Patch Media
Jan 4, 2025
Sustainable Communities: The Future of Manufactured Homes
Because they’re built in a more controlled environment than homes constructed on-site, manufactured homes require less material and create less waste in the building process (manufacturedhousing.org). Their compact design, coupled with HUD’s building code for energy efficiency, gives manufactured homes a leg up in sustainability efforts.
To add to these benefits, some manufactured home communities are taking on a new sustainability initiative: covered solar RV storage for their residents who live on-the-go
Billings Gazette
Jan. 3, 2025
