A new manufactured housing community (MHC) is being developed in Courtland Township in western Michigan on the site of a former MHC, and the 55 and older community may eventually include up to 700 two and three-bedroom homes. The Oaks of Rockford will begin with 150 homesites at $375 a month rent plus utilities on a lifetime lease, according to mlive.com, with a guarantee the rates will not exceed three percent or the consumer price index. This marks the first new age-restricted MHC in western Michigan in 30 years. Developer Brian Fannon says he has invested $1 million to revive what had been Courtland Crossings MHC, and the new 24-foot homes will feature nine-foot ceilings, front porches and shingled pitched roofs. Residents may also bring their own homes provided they meet the community standards. MHProNews has learned the homes, built in Ohio, will be 1,200 to 1,400 square-feet with two by six framed walls. ##

(Photo credit: mlive.com–Oaks of Rockford, Michigan)