Some definitions will help explain how outrageous the latest iteration of the “Excellence in Manufactured Housing” Awards for 2023 are, shockingly given by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to two member firms that have D- ratings by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) evaluations (rating) system. MHI member Flagship Communities and Cavco Industries (CVCO) each had a D- rating with the BBB on the day the linked report, analysis and expert opinion commentaries were written. Besides what may arguably be disgraceful behavior worthy of mocking is the potential element for a deceptive or unfair trade practices claim (see further below, Federal Reserve on the Federal Trade Commission Act). Giving “Excellence” Awards to member companies with a D- rating by a consumer advocacy organization…you simply can’t make this stuff up. Is it any surprise why a law professor recommended in March of 2023 the need for manufactured housing to establish a trade organization to fight for manufactured housing industry rights legally, legislatively, etc..? Dear MHI leaders and attorneys – can you spell, Ouch? Does giving excellence awards to firms with a poor (D-) consumer rating with the BBB cause anyone at MHI any embarrassment? Does having a law professor argue about the need for a trade group that does what MHI claims they do cause MHI board members or staff leadership any embarrassment?
Oxford Languages defines satire as: “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.” The bold was added by MHProNews for emphasis.
An Op-Ed, per Cambridge University Press and Assessment, “a page or section of a newspaper with signed articles expressing personal opinions, usually opposite the page of editorials (= statements of the newspaper’s opinions).”
MHI outside attorney David Goch said this about defending the organization’s reputation. It seems that someone can correctly criticize the trade group, right? How hard must it be to find something that is “wrongfully” disparaging MHI?
Pardon me, David. What reputation of MHI’s are you referring to, please?
- Is it the reputation for saying one thing, but doing another, as with your so-called Code of Ethical Conduct?
- Have you guys and gals involved in MHI leadership looked in the mirror lately?
This article will mention below some of the 2023 MHI award winners, stated in their email on 5.10.2023. An email uses what is called “the wires.” “The wires” is a possible element in a RICO case. Before proceeding to some of those MHI ‘excellence award winners’ some context and definitions are useful.
“The [RICO] statutes proscribe (1) causing the use of the mail or wire communications, including email; (2) in conjunction with a scheme to intentionally defraud another of money or property; (3) by means of a material deception. The offenses, along with attempts or conspiracies to commit them, carry a term of imprisonment of up to 30 years in some cases, followed by a term of supervised release. Offenders also face the prospect of fines, orders to make restitution, and forfeiture of their property.” That’s per everyCRSreport.com, which said: “Among the crimes for which mail or wire fraud may serve as an element, RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) outlaws employing the patterned commission of predicate offenses to conduct the affairs of an enterprise that impacts commerce.” That’s in a post dated 2019 with the title: “Mail and Wire Fraud: A Brief Overview of Federal Criminal Law.” Could billable hours for outside attorneys working for MHI, corporate and staff leadership, and their awards committee be going up in the foreseeable future?
Per the Federal Reserve in a document linked here, the: Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act) (15 USC §45) prohibits “unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.” This prohibition applies to all persons engaged in commerce…” Humans are not the only “persons.” “A corporation is a legal person in the eyes of the law,” states the Foundation Group. Per Venable Law: “Although the FTC’s authority under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) generally does not reach the activities of many 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, it does apply to trade associations, many professional societies, and industry groups and their constituents (1.23.2023).
That noted, that Federal Reserve document defines unfair and deceptive trade practices as follows.
An act or practice is unfair where it
- causes or is likely to cause substantial injury to consumers;
- cannot be reasonably avoided by consumers; and
- is not outweighed by countervailing benefits to consumers or to competition.
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Deceptive Practices
An act or practice is deceptive where
- a representation, omission, or practice misleads or is likely to mislead the consumer;
- a consumer’s interpretation of the representation, omission, or practice is considered reasonable under the circumstances; and
- the misleading representation, omission, or practice is material.”
It is apparent that MHI ‘excellence’ award winners routinely use their ‘award’ for ‘excellence’ to convey certain impressions to consumers. MHI “excellence” awards may be deployed online, in ads, at a location(s), in press releases, mentioned by a sales or leasing agent, and so on. What ‘benefits’ are there for consumers when an MHI “excellence” award is essentially used to persuade a shopper to pick an award winner over some competitor?
Now, it may be that there are some truly excellent places, organizations, or things worthy of recognition among those that happen to be MHI members. But one apparent problem is this. If you or your firm are truly “excellent,” and are getting an award from MHI, how would you feel about getting such an award when D- rated by the BBB organizations or locations got an excellence award too? Or if your firm or location (etc.) didn’t get an “excellence” award, and your firm has an authentically good reputation and relationship with your customers/residents, but you didn’t win, and the winner has a D- rating with the BBB, how would that make you feel?
- Do you see the logical problems?
- Do you see why this is a great subject for a Saturday Satire? Just lay out the facts, claims, and evidence – often provided by MHI – and then add a healthy dose of free speech protected opinion, and viola! You have satire and parody! No wonder the manufactured housing industry is in month 6 of a downturn during an affordable housing crisis!
MHI’s Attorneys, Defamation, Libel, and Deceptive or Unfair Trade Practices
MHI is arguably the gift that keeps on giving to manufactured housing industry consolidators and purported black hat brands that are looking for a veneer of ethical cover. MHI is like a Ron Popeil pitch, “But wait! There’s more!!” By the way, as Easy Reader News reminds us: “Ron Popeil died…You may not know the name, but you do know the lines “But wait, there’s more,” and “Set it and forget it.” “As Seen on TV,” was a Popeil invention.” As a site with its fair share of typos, shouldn’t that be were Popeil inventions? Hmmm…
Andrew Justus, J.D., Niskanen Center Housing Policy Analyst, Asks and Answers – “What’s Holding Back Manufactured Homes?” Good question! That will be specifically explored in our Sunday Weekly Headlines Recap on MHProNews. But the question itself suggests that manufactured housing is being held back.
While MHI is announcing via email on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 handing out “excellence” awards to firms, the manufactured home industry is in a documented downturn.
Defamation and libel are legally actionable. “Defamation is a believable false statement of fact that causes material harm,” but Kelly Warner Law explains the difference between satire and legal defamation like this. “In other words: defamation is a malicious lie passed off as truth; satire is a humorous skewering of a cultural or political event – regardless of whether or not you agree with the viewpoint.” Defamation is legally actionable, but satire routinely is not. Furthermore, that source explains that: “Over the years, U.S. courts have made it abundantly clear: parody and satire are not defamatory.“
Parody is defined by Kelly Warner Law as “Parody involves the manipulation of extant works, usually for comedic effect. Similarly (but not exactly), satire is an exaggerated commentary on an irritating or hypocritical issue.” So, look at the various original MHI images and logos and decide for yourself.
Do you see why this is a great subject for a Saturday Satire column on MHProNews? Just lay out the facts, claims, and evidence – often provided by MHI – add some definitions, mix in a healthy dose of free speech protected opinion, and viola! You have satire and parody! No wonder the manufactured housing industry is in month 6 of a downturn during an affordable housing crisis!
That same MHI email fails to mention that downturn, despite it having a subheading of “Manufactured Housing Headlines” under their subject: “Newsletter.” It also says: “MHI News & Updates is a bi-weekly publication with important updates on federal legislative and regulatory activities, association accomplishments, industry events and other items important to our membership.”
Isn’t a downturn during an affordable housing crisis important to MHI’s membership?
Oh! Pardon us! For consolidating MHI members, a downturn can be an opportunity in disguise! Just look at what prominent MHI member ELS’ report linked below revealed.
Isn’t it obvious why MHProNews ran an article that raises the concern that some MHI members and others are being played?
Again, there may be some MHI award winners that deserve some recognition. But the case can be made that some are absolutely outrageous.
MHI members such as Flagship, Cavco, Clayton Homes, and 21st Mortgage are just some of the firms that have been given MHI “excellence” awards. Clayton and 21st have been credibly accused of being engaged in violations of antitrust law and other legal issues. So are other MHI ‘award’ winners.
MHI’s website states on this date the following about their purpose.
- Elevating Housing Innovation
- Expanding Attainable Homeownership
In what sense is MHI “expanding” “attainable homeownership” when the industry’s sales are demonstrably in decline? Isn’t that paltering at best, or a deceptive claim at worst?
Notice that the MHI image with those remarks does not actually use the term “manufactured housing.” Why is that so?
MHI and their attorneys have been asked repeatedly to address the kinds of concerns raised in this column and the crosslinked posts. While in years gone by, MHI corporate and staff leaders replied promptly, in more recent years, they have been silent.
Not so many years ago, MHI’s attorneys (inside, outside) threatened this publication and writer. But after posting this linked item, those threats stopped. Coincidence?
Beyond Goch’s remark cited above, MHProNews has numbers of pieces of evidence that demonstrate the MHI leaders routinely check our reports. Apparently, they must not think we have said something untrue, or that we have done so within the proper understanding of the law.
According to FindLaw, “Libel, Slander, and Defamation Law: The Basics”
Defenses to Defamation
Truth – To be defamatory, a statement must be false. Truth is an absolute defense to a defamation claim.
Opinion – Only statements of fact can be defamatory. Statements of opinion are not.
The industry is demonstrably underperforming during an affordable housing crisis. MHI apparently hides the data behind a members only login. They often don’t put such reports in their own emails. Unlike the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) emails, which routinely post their emails on their website, MHI often DOES NOT post their emails on their website. Fortunately, MHARR provides manufactured housing national production and top shipment states data publicly.
MHARR and their leaders have brought forward evidence-based claims that ought to trouble public officials, affordable housing advocates/seekers, investors, taxpayers, and others. While these may be good points useful for barbs launched against MHI, these are not apparent victimless ‘crimes’ or wrongdoing.
It isn’t just MHARR, or MHProNews, that have exposed MHI. Some MHI members have raised concerns too.
“We Provide, You Decide.” © has long been an MHProNews tag line. So too has manufactured home “Industry News, Tips, and Views Pros Can Use.” ©. We often have editorially sharp, but still expert, opinions. It is up to investors, individual manufactured home industry professionals, and others to sort out the available evidence and see if MHI is engaged in a sly scheme designed to consolidate the industry. That may not be funny, but it is a topic worthy of exploration. Because the laws that seem to be violated by MHI and some of their key members do appear to violate potentially several federal and/or state laws.
When an industry has such a problematic example of a “post-production” trade association, it may be useful to laugh from time to time at MHI’s behavior and claims. Laughing and mocking could be therapeutic relief for some of those stressed by the harms caused to untold numbers of consumers and honorable independent manufactured home businesses that have to compete against “excellence” award winners. It is an often Topsy Turvey world in MHVille. No publications make cautionary tale clearer for insiders or outsiders looking in than MHProNews and MHLivingNews.
As noted previously, Flagship, Cavco, Clayton Homes, and 21st Mortgage are just some of the firms that have been given “excellence” awards. Clayton and 21st have been credibly accused of being engaged in violations of antitrust and other laws. Some other MHI ‘excellence award’ winners could fall into troubling categories too.
Until someone group and/or public official(s) step forward to formally probe and press these issues, the potential for manufactured housing to ‘attainably’ be a solution to the affordable housing crisis are – ahem – highly unlikely.
Flashback to the Manufactured Housing Institute backed Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act…
To draw towards a close of this segment of today’s article, what should be obvious is that these ‘awards’ are awards and back links to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and their website. MHI gets a win, MHI gives their ‘excellence award winners’ an image boost with anyone that doesn’t go beyond the surface of such a claim. That’s vexing, but there it is.
This multiyear pattern of such Machiavellian ‘rope a dope’ machinations are hiding in plain sight. No motivated, seasoned professional can be this inept for so many years. It should be increasingly obvious that while the industry goes through troubling contractions after MHI declared ‘momentum.’ You just can’t make this stuff up. Laugh, cry, wonder quietly (or out loud…) how MHI, their dominating brands, and their state affiliates can get away with this pattern for so long, or contact your public official(s) and ask them to investigate this issue. ##
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Part III – Daily Business News on MHProNews Markets and Headline News Segment
The modifications of our prior Daily Business News on MHProNews format of the recap of yesterday evening’s market report are provided below. It still includes our signature left (CNN Business) and right (Newsmax) ‘market moving’ headlines. The macro market moves graphics will provide context and comparisons for those invested in or tracking manufactured housing connected equities.
In minutes a day readers can get a good sense of significant or major events while keeping up with the trends that are impacting manufactured housing connected investing.
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Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – from the evening of 5.12.2023
- Future of retail
- The real reasons stores such as Walmart and Starbucks are closing in big cities
- Callout: Seeking small business owners to share experiences on changing lending conditions
- Pakistan’s political crisis will deepen its economic misery
- ‘Every family should be concerned’ about debt ceiling, consumer watchdog warns
- How Lyft’s new CEO is ‘copying’ his former boss Jeff Bezos to turn around the company
- Biden nominates the first Latino to the Federal Reserve
- Elon Musk names NBCU ad chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO
- American consumers are growing worried about a US debt default
- Why Mother’s Day is the most hated day in the restaurant industry
- Oklahoma governor wages war on PBS station after claiming it is indoctrinating children with LGBTQ content
- Adidas will sell Yeezy shoes after all
- Why current US recession warnings are unlike all the others
- UK economy limps along as high inflation hits spending
- Tesla to recall 1.1 million cars in China over potential safety risks, Chinese regulator says
- Elon Musk says he’s found a new CEO for Twitter
- Italian pasta prices are soaring. Rome is in crisis talks with producers
- China’s record carbon emissions expected to peak due to clean energy push, report says
- Australia’s trade minister visits China to lobby for ‘full’ restoration of trade
- New York City passes bill banning weight discrimination
- Here’s how we know a US default would be an economic disaster
- Peloton is recalling 2 million bikes
- PacWest Bank shares tumble as crisis prompts customers to yank deposits
- JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says Trump doesn’t understand the debt ceiling
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Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax 5.12.2023
- Several last-minute court actions added to questions about how President Joe Biden’s reworked border strategy will play out, with advocates filing a legal challenge to the new asylum regulation as it was enacted. [Full Story]
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- Navarro to Newsmax: Dems Hope Border Crisis Expands Base
- Newsmax TV
- Texas Mayor: Not Seeing Rush to Cross Border
- Rep. McCaul: Threat of Terrorists Crossing Into US | video
- Archbishop: Putin Distorts Gospel to Justify War | video
- Gov. Abbott: Texas Deploying More to Border | video
- Navarro: Dems Hope Border Crisis Expands Voter Base | video
- Rep. Comer: MSM’s Take on Biden Probe Unsurprising | video
- Rep. De La Cruz: Border Crisis Now ‘Border Chaos’ | video
- Sen. Graham: Floodgates at Border Opened Under Biden | video
- Rep. Self: Border Surge ‘Existential Threat’ | video
- More Newsmax TV
- Newsfront
- CBO Sees US Default in First Half of June
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2022 was a tough year for many stocks. Unfortunately, that pattern held true for manufactured home industry (MHVille) connected stocks too.
See the facts, linked below.
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- NOTE 1: The 3rd chart above of manufactured housing connected equities includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry finance lender.
- NOTE 2: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
- NOTE 3: Deer Valley was largely taken private, say company insiders in a message to MHProNews on 12.15.2020, but there are still some outstanding shares of the stock from the days when it was a publicly traded firm. Thus, there is still periodic activity on DVLY.
- Note 4: some recent or related reports to the REITs, stocks, and other equities named above follow in the reports linked below.
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2023 …Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory-built housing industry suppliers.
· LCI Industries, Patrick, UFPI, and LP each are suppliers to the manufactured housing industry, among others.
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By L.A. “Tony” Kovach – for MHProNews.
Tony earned a journalism scholarship along with numerous awards in history. There have been several awards and honors and also recognition in manufactured housing. For example, he earned the prestigious Lottinville Award in history from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied history and business management. He’s a managing member and co-founder of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to MHProNews, and MHLivingNews.com. This article reflects the LLC’s and/or the writer’s position and may or may not reflect the views of sponsors or supporters.
