Manufactured Home Teeters on Bridge
As the result of high winds, a manufactured home being transported along Interstate 205 between Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon tipped onto the edge of a bridge above the Columbia River,...
View ArticleParkbridge Replaces/Rebuilds old Manufactured Homes
Through a community enhancement program, Parkbridge Lifestyle Communities has been able to update existing manufactured homes (MH) and replace old homes with new ones in Crestway Bays in Surrey,...
View ArticleDeveloper Fumes over slow Approvals, Manufactured Housing Association jumps in
“I don’t know why Vancouver is so behind the 8-ball on this, despite our affordability challenge,” says Jon Stovell, President of Reliance Properties, a developer in Vancouver. Barbara Yaffe says in...
View ArticleVancouver may Provide 300 Modular Homes Annually for Homeless
The first phase of a pilot project of 30 to 40 modular shipping container homes to house the homeless in Vancouver, British Columbia could result in 300 of the homes added each year. While the plans...
View ArticleSunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Feb. 21-Feb. 28, 2016
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Discovering a 9 out of 10 “Mobile Home Park” Lifestyle What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHC development on...
View ArticleModular Container Housing to House At Risk Women and Families in Vancouver
MHProNews has learned the seven story modular housing complex made from old shipping containers rising in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia is headed up by the non-profit Atira Women’s Resource...
View ArticleMillennials Need Affordable Housing, but “Trailer Park Boys” stigma slows...
Home prices in the Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.) metro are expensive. The average price for a detached home in the Fraser Valley, for example, is $900,000. A typical condominium can set you back...
View ArticleBig Bet to Battle Homeless and Housing Crisis: Modular Homes
Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson believes that a shipping container prefabs parked on the south side of the Vancouver Art Gallery holds the key to his city’s homeless and affordable housing crisis....
View ArticleTop Prize for Residential Modular Visionary
A vision for modular housing has made a huge impact at the recent STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Spotlight Awards in Vancouver, Canada. According to the Vancouver Sun, British...
View ArticleNew Modular Housing Project Unveiled
In Vancouver, the city has unveiled its latest tool in the effort to end homelessness and increase affordable housing options: modular housing. According to The Tyee, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson,...
View ArticleCanadian housing market: Sound or a bubble set to burst?
CTV reports the debate in Canadian housing circles about the soundness of the housing market. Is there a U.S. style housing bubble? The signals are mixed, according to experts. Prices in Vancouver...
View ArticleFlames Destroy Site-Built Home
That’s not a headline you’re likely to read in the local papers, yet it’s quite a frequent occurrence when it comes to manufactured housing. Two headlines came across our computer screens today, one...
View ArticleOlympic Village Modular Units Recycled
As a follow-up to a story we published Feb. 28, 2011, TheNowNewspaper in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada tells MHProNews.com modular units used for housing athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics in...
View ArticleModular Communities Spring Up to Accommodate Energy Workers
As the energy and mining industries continue to expand in Canada, creating instant cities that last for 20-25 years and then disband, companies need to quickly get the project up and running while...
View ArticleEnergy Development Driving Growth in Canada
Stockhouse tells MHProNews the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) says the outlook for average rental apartment vacancies is not expect to change from the second quarter forecast of 2.2%...
View ArticleModular Housing part of Collaborative Effort
piquenewsmagazine reports from Pemberton in British Columbia, Canada north of Vancouver, a 22 unit modular building will provide affordable housing for seniors and people with disabilities. Pemberton...
View ArticleMHC Closing
The Province in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada says the last of four seniors at Abbotsford’s Garden Village MHC, which once was home to 101 residents will be moving before the official closure of...
View ArticleSmall Community on the Block
The goldstreamgazette tells MHProNews the residents of Lombardy MHC in Langford, British Columbia, Canada near Vancouver have been living under the threat of their community being sold the past two...
View ArticleTiny Homes Make Moves North of the Border
In Manitoba, Canada, a company called Mini Homes of Manitoba has been working for nearly two years to make tiny home living legal in the province According to the Winnipeg Free Press, the goal for...
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