In an all-too familiar case of unintended consequences, a land-lease community in Licking County, Ohio will close after county health department inspectors demanded that a park owner make improvements to the park’s electrical system.

County inspectors asked Rex Masterson,owner of Felumlee Mobile Home Court, (more…)

Fleetwood reports that it lost 61 cents a share for the quarter and $1.41 a share for the last year.  Most of the loss is attributed not to manufactured housing, though, but instead to its travel trailer division.  In fact, Fleetwood finds that manufactured home sales are still strong in the Southeastern United States.

The declining sales in travel trailers reflect the one-time jump that occurred after FEMA ordered so many units to take care of households affected by Katrina in 2006.

Thanks to every one who came out on Wednesday to the Internationalist to see a presentation of This is My Home.

It was a good turn out — enough to fill the room and then some!  CRA-NC staff was (more…)