IMHA is thrilled to recognize Saddlebrook Farms of Hometown America its 2018 Land Lease Community of the Year award.
This recognition exemplifies the best of Illinois Manufactured Housing and land-leased communities for their site plans, community amenities, continuous improvement, and relations within and outside the...
Realizing that factory-built housing provides affordable, attractive and extreme quality housing at a significant savings over site-built housing and helps many families realize the American Dream of home ownership Governor Rauner has issued a proclamation establishing the week of May 12-19 as Factory-Built Housing Week in Illinois.
This recognition coincides with the 2018 IMHA...
The IMHA Board Development Committee has presented its slate of candidates for At-Large Director positions for the coming year. IMHA Members can log in to review the slate of candidates which is posted on the Members Only landing page.
February 7 is 206th anniversary of major quake in New Madrid Seismic Zone
SPRINGFIELD – Some of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in North America rocked the mostly rural central U.S. between December 1811 and February 1812, including parts of southern Illinois. The strongest earthquakes in this series were estimated to be around magnitude 8.0, and were felt as far away as...
Affordable housing is in high demand in cities and counties nationwide. Experts say that areas grappling with affordable housing issues may find factory-built homes to be a powerful tool in addressing this need.
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An excellent industry-based article by Erik Edwards, Nick Bertino, and Tony Petosa at Wells Fargo about interest rates, real estate valuations and the direction of the MHC industry.
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By George Allen
Providers of single and multifamily residential housing talk about it, some take steps to ameliorate ‘this crisis’; but few set aside personal & corporate preferences to ideate (‘conceptualize’) what it’ll take to actually ‘Solve Our Nation’s Lack of Affordable Housing Crisis!’ What follows here, is a foundation for such discussion, then thoughts as to how factory-...
In part, due the catastrophic hurricanes in Texas and Florida and Illinois’ own exposure to tornados and other high wind events, the Illinois Manufactured Housing Association (IMHA) offers information about manufactured homes and high wind safety.
Clayton, one of the largest home builders in America, is kicking off its biggest marketing campaign to date focused on how its building process can help provide affordable housing to hardworking families.
Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: ...
Affordability issues along with a lack of knowledge about home buying are holding millennials back from pursuing homeownership, according to a survey from loanDepot.
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