Oxford Languages defines principle as: “a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.” Candidly, some of the examples that follows from Michael Master is debatable. That disclosure stated Master’s basic thesis is arguable quite insightful: “Donald Trump is a businessman. He gets this. He saw how America lost its greatness by trying to be everything to everyone and then clearly defined his market, his constituency, as average working Americans. And then then defined his campaign, his marketing, to provide what is necessary to lower the price to Americans for government while still maintaining product/service excellence. DOGE. Make America Great Again. America First.” “‘Limiting products is how to provide operational excellence and lower prices/costs'” as Master’s said. But one thing is quite correct, as multiple HUD Code producers can tell you. Several producers have plants that focus on ‘package’ homes with few options that speed production and thus lower production time/costs and make for a lower price point for consumers. More facts and analysis and some specific manufactured housing tie-ins will follow in Part II.

 

Part I from the WND News Center to MHProNews

 

2) From the political right, one of the sources we check routinely for their take on events is Breitbart. Among their recent headlines and reports was this: “‘So Badass’: Support Grows for Idea of Adding Trump to Mount Rushmore.”

 

 

From that article is the following.

The idea of carving President Donald Trump’s likeness into South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore is apparently picking up steam.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) told the New York Post that she is introducing legislation to have the job done, the outlet reported Saturday.

Saturday was 1.25.2025. The item below was posted on 4:45 PM · Jan 24, 2025.

🚨Corey Lewandowski calls for President Trump’s face to be put on Mount Rushmore:

“What are we waiting on? Donald Trump’s face should be on Mt. Rushmore. We got the votes. Trump’s gonna sign it. Let’s get it done. To memorialize what this man’s achieved for this country.” pic.twitter.com/0fbIC2OpYf

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 24, 2025

 

According to the Patch, this item was posted on Posted Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 3:22 am ET | Updated Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 11:43 am ET.

 

The item below, per WordPress, was “Published 2025/01/24 at 11:36 am.”

 

 

So, before Cory Lewandowski recent item on X shown above, before Representative Anna Paulina Luna (FL-R) pitched that via X, MHProNews and this writer via the Patch had already made that pitch.  That doesn’t mean that they followed us, because in fairness, it was an apparently obvious pitch made by then President Trump on July 3, 2020. MHProNews spotlighted that several times in July 2020, as in the article linked below. Don’t think differently. But MHProNews provided that memorable address by T1 in the article linked below.

 

 

Acme Bricks – Yes, Bill Gates Investor in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Brand Acme Bricks – Allegedly Supplying Antifa, Black Lives Matter Rioters “Pallets of Bricks” Investigated

 

A pro-MHI member attempted to slam us for sharing information such as the article above, but that article was supported by several sources, including the then-Trump 1.0 White House.

 

 

 

3) There are times that MHProNews ‘breaks’ news. But there are other times that we report and provide analysis on events that others in MHVille, can’t, won’t, or don’t provide. For example, there is this article on our MHLivingNews sister site.

 

 

4) From that report is the following after the graphic, courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau.

 

 

	Average Sales Price of New Manufactured Homes by Region and Size of Home
	By Month of Shipment
	(Dollars)

	United States			Northeast			Midwest			South			0
	Total1	Single	Double	Total1	Single	Double	Total1	Single	Double	Total1	Single	Double	Total1	Single	Double
2024
August	127,800	86,600	156,300	129,700	98,800	151,300	116,900	88,700	148,400	128,200	84,900	158,300	137,800	89,500	153,200
July	125,100	88,800	152,300	132,200	92,200	156,400	111,400	87,700	145,100	122,800	87,700	149,000	156,400	100,000	177,400
June	121,900	75,300	154,700	135,400	78,600	152,900	105,000	76,700	149,300	122,400	73,900	154,600	133,900	81,100	161,100
May	121,000	86,500	148,500	119,800	87,800	147,900	115,300	86,400	155,500	119,800	85,100	147,600	138,500	102,500	148,300
April	125,000	89,700	153,300	122,900	90,100	153,300	116,700	89,300	152,000	123,300	88,900	151,300	147,700	98,400	166,200
March	118,800	82,900	144,800	116,300	85,200	141,600	113,000	86,200	142,400	116,100	82,200	140,900	144,000	83,000	170,300
February	121,600	80,200	152,400	121,400	86,200	147,800	108,700	82,800	138,400	122,700	80,000	154,500	125,600	76,900	150,000
January	119,200	78,900	148,100	117,900	88,700	142,400	113,400	84,400	147,700	116,600	75,800	145,400	145,000	92,600	168,800
2023
December	121,300	79,600	149,600	124,100	83,500	156,600	116,300	82,600	157,500	119,200	79,100	145,600	140,800	76,600	168,000
November	126,600	85,900	154,100	122,600	92,400	158,200	116,800	83,900	157,300	125,100	85,200	150,000	149,600	90,600	175,900
October	120,000	83,300	147,700	118,900	84,300	151,900	111,400	84,600	149,400	119,900	83,000	147,400	135,100	82,200	146,100
September	119,700	80,400	151,700	128,700	85,400	172,800	116,000	83,500	159,400	115,900	78,000	144,500	142,300	87,600	178,400
August	128,800	89,800	154,600	132,500	105,200	158,400	113,900	92,200	145,900	128,500	86,500	153,800	149,500	94,400	163,300
July	118,000	82,300	150,200	122,700	72,900	143,100	116,000	81,400	153,400	114,900	82,600	149,300	137,000	84,800	154,900
June	121,400	85,400	153,900	121,800	85,300	149,800	111,800	84,200	153,700	120,100	85,300	152,600	140,000	89,500	162,400
May	129,900	86,300	160,200	120,900	89,800	146,000	104,900	82,900	141,000	132,500	87,800	161,600	149,700	79,800	171,800
April	125,000	86,100	153,600	123,900	87,000	160,800	112,300	87,000	148,900	123,200	83,200	150,100	150,600	105,100	173,400
March	124,700	85,200	155,400	135,200	100,600	172,900	109,400	88,600	152,000	123,800	80,800	153,100	140,800	94,900	162,000
February	128,100	89,200	160,400	136,600	107,000	167,800	114,400	85,300	158,800	127,800	88,200	157,900	144,000	92,800	170,000
January	126,100	82,100	156,900	122,900	86,700	148,300	107,200	83,600	153,100	129,200	81,200	158,300	131,500	81,300	156,700
2022
December	122,100	80,200	155,700	113,900	75,300	158,300	104,700	82,300	144,300	124,000	80,700	155,400	134,700	77,600	162,400
November	125,200	88,000	155,200	119,200	93,900	146,700	113,600	89,100	147,600	126,000	86,500	155,800	138,400	89,500	161,800
October	128,300	81,400	160,400	127,000	86,400	155,300	113,500	87,500	156,700	128,100	77,000	160,000	153,600	86,200	167,300
September	130,400	95,800	159,400	131,300	101,400	162,000	114,600	93,000	155,500	130,300	94,400	158,500	148,600	107,500	163,900
August	125,700	86,500	158,800	117,800	74,700	145,100	110,900	87,500	151,900	126,400	86,000	159,400	144,100	93,400	166,400
July	131,800	85,200	161,600	129,700	93,300	157,400	110,800	83,600	156,100	131,300	82,900	158,700	156,800	97,300	178,200
June	126,900	87,600	159,600	118,500	92,700	134,100	112,500	90,100	146,500	125,300	88,200	159,900	154,200	68,400	174,500
May	124,900	85,800	159,200	121,500	82,100	148,500	112,300	83,600	148,800	124,400	85,900	162,400	142,000	91,900	156,100
April	132,000	83,100	168,000	128,900	87,200	154,700	110,400	80,500	147,800	132,100	83,500	169,900	155,400	82,400	176,600
March	129,200	87,300	156,600	117,900	97,400	145,300	118,500	90,000	154,200	127,400	85,200	154,400	156,100	89,800	171,600
February	128,000	87,700	156,300	130,600	76,000	152,700	115,900	82,400	155,500	126,300	89,500	155,000	150,100	85,100	163,600
January	122,500	84,600	152,800	120,600	85,900	141,800	108,300	82,800	145,400	122,700	85,400	153,300	140,800	80,700	161,000
2021
December	123,200	80,900	150,300	104,700	73,900	127,200	103,300	88,200	129,400	123,500	80,000	149,600	145,200	76,900	170,600
November	111,900	76,400	139,900	100,900	71,600	133,500	107,300	78,100	143,800	110,700	77,000	138,400	128,800	68,400	145,500
October	112,000	81,700	138,200	110,300	74,400	138,700	101,000	81,000	132,600	110,700	81,900	136,400	131,600	85,000	150,400
September	118,300	78,800	141,300	102,100	76,100	124,100	109,300	80,900	142,300	119,300	78,500	142,200	132,100	76,200	141,600
August	112,000	80,000	138,000	105,000	86,000	117,000	100,000	77,000	132,000	112,000	80,000	139,000	135,000	79,000	143,000
July	118,700	76,000	137,800	98,500	74,100	125,700	110,500	79,100	139,300	119,200	74,500	137,100	131,100	81,700	142,800
June	106,800	70,200	128,100	101,600	73,700	124,200	94,900	65,600	125,800	107,500	70,700	128,000	116,400	72,200	131,500
May	106,500	69,900	128,300	98,400	69,900	121,500	94,300	67,500	128,200	109,900	70,600	129,200	104,400	70,300	125,500
April	100,200	66,700	122,500	95,900	73,800	113,300	85,400	61,800	125,400	100,400	67,700	122,200	118,400	65,000	125,000
March	98,100	63,300	123,200	91,400	58,600	121,300	86,400	60,800	119,100	98,100	63,700	122,400	113,000	67,300	130,800
February	98,300	65,400	122,500	88,300	59,400	113,800	87,300	62,400	118,100	98,100	67,100	121,800	116,900	60,900	131,900
January	95,000	64,100	118,500	102,600	67,900	116,200	83,000	62,100	112,700	94,000	64,600	117,300	113,400	62,300	129,500
2020
December	90,200	62,600	110,800	93,600	58,200	115,300	77,100	55,800	107,900	90,100	64,500	109,900	108,800	64,500	115,900
November	92,600	63,500	112,800	85,600	63,600	103,900	81,000	62,400	117,400	92,600	64,200	109,700	115,400	60,100	128,200
October	89,400	57,200	110,000	91,000	57,700	112,100	81,700	58,300	108,000	87,400	56,500	107,900	108,900	61,200	120,000
September	87,300	58,300	107,800	84,800	61,000	105,600	72,100	52,800	98,300	86,900	58,400	105,700	110,100	68,600	126,600
August	88,200	57,700	109,300	87,600	56,700	109,600	75,900	59,500	97,600	87,900	56,800	109,100	104,900	60,500	119,500
July	84,200	59,800	102,700	78,600	58,600	100,300	72,600	56,900	97,000	83,700	59,500	101,300	103,700	72,100	113,200
June	85,600	52,900	109,800	91,700	55,400	117,000	81,400	56,100	115,200	82,700	51,700	106,800	102,700	55,600	117,000
May	85,900	55,200	109,100	79,100	56,300	100,200	73,400	56,800	100,900	85,200	54,100	108,500	105,100	60,700	117,800
April	86,900	53,300	108,200	86,100	53,900	105,200	79,500	57,000	105,000	84,000	51,600	106,100	111,800	64,500	120,300
March	82,900	53,800	106,900	79,100	54,400	102,400	79,200	55,300	108,400	82,000	53,300	106,900	92,600	54,300	106,700
February	83,400	55,600	107,500	81,500	54,000	109,800	70,900	55,200	98,200	82,000	55,300	105,600	103,500	59,600	118,900
January	86,400	55,300	107,900	77,700	52,900	104,800	74,200	55,400	101,800	86,200	55,200	108,100	103,400	59,900	111,300
2019
December	86,400	54,400	105,700	79,500	54,000	98,500	70,200	54,400	96,100	87,900	54,600	106,900	97,700	52,100	107,600
November	81,600	52,100	107,100	79,200	49,400	113,100	73,400	50,600	104,000	79,500	52,500	104,800	101,400	54,100	114,700
October	81,700	53,900	103,800	80,600	61,200	101,600	72,100	53,800	100,200	81,600	52,500	103,400	96,600	58,800	109,100
September	81,500	55,600	101,800	84,100	59,600	103,700	71,900	55,900	98,400	80,200	55,100	99,300	99,500	55,300	113,000
August	84,100	49,200	107,900	81,900	45,700	101,200	75,700	52,500	99,800	81,400	48,700	106,600	107,500	48,200	120,700
July	82,000	54,000	106,500	88,000	51,600	129,500	74,400	53,900	105,700	78,100	54,900	100,300	108,400	45,700	121,000
June	84,400	52,800	103,800	84,800	57,800	109,100	72,600	52,700	97,100	83,400	53,200	100,500	100,600	47,000	118,800
May	78,100	53,800	98,100	76,400	49,200	105,200	72,300	56,000	98,100	75,800	53,600	95,000	96,300	55,000	106,800
April	78,900	55,700	100,700	82,000	59,300	109,000	70,800	56,700	91,900	77,100	54,000	99,300	95,400	63,600	109,100
March	78,900	50,400	102,100	74,500	48,000	98,400	71,300	49,900	96,300	77,800	50,900	101,600	92,900	49,100	108,500
February	85,000	52,600	107,600	74,100	52,300	97,500	72,500	56,000	97,200	84,800	52,600	106,600	103,100	43,500	119,400
January	81,800	53,400	103,400	86,600	60,100	109,000	68,000	54,200	98,000	81,100	51,400	101,700	95,800	59,000	110,400
2018
December	82,400	52,100	106,000	79,600	57,500	93,600	74,300	53,800	96,400	80,100	51,500	104,900	101,400	51,600	120,400
November	79,900	55,400	100,500	81,400	52,300	104,700	74,100	56,200	101,900	77,100	54,600	97,800	99,300	62,600	107,800
October	82,400	54,500	106,000	81,600	59,300	96,200	73,100	56,700	94,300	79,800	53,500	105,900	105,100	57,300	116,500
September	83,600	54,400	105,400	78,800	57,600	97,300	76,700	58,300	105,500	81,600	51,900	104,500	102,600	62,000	111,600
August	81,500	55,100	100,900	82,900	58,400	113,000	73,600	54,500	97,800	79,800	54,500	98,100	97,400	57,600	110,300
July	78,900	52,000	99,300	73,600	33,900	100,600	79,600	57,300	104,500	74,900	51,300	94,000	102,800	59,300	118,200
June	85,400	54,900	101,300	82,400	52,900	97,500	77,400	52,700	99,700	83,200	55,100	97,100	105,000	57,600	122,900
May	81,200	57,100	99,100	81,700	62,400	104,300	72,500	57,600	92,900	79,000	56,300	97,000	104,000	60,300	108,900
April	74,900	50,600	98,700	87,300	54,900	109,900	67,300	51,600	92,800	71,100	48,600	95,300	103,100	67,400	113,400
March	70,600	49,800	91,400	70,900	50,400	96,600	67,700	50,600	93,800	68,900	50,000	88,900	82,900	45,800	98,700
February	73,400	47,900	93,800	80,400	50,800	98,200	72,100	49,700	98,000	70,600	46,700	91,200	87,100	53,900	100,600
January	69,000	47,300	92,100	79,500	52,400	106,000	59,300	44,900	85,600	64,400	46,300	85,900	98,900	59,400	114,200
2017
December	72,900	53,400	91,800	76,900	49,200	100,300	64,900	48,700	84,500	70,000	54,000	89,000	96,400	58,600	103,900
November	71,800	46,600	99,100	75,300	49,400	107,000	68,100	48,500	90,500	65,800	45,900	91,600	114,500	49,800	130,300
October	68,300	46,400	95,500	76,300	45,100	96,900	65,600	48,600	88,600	64,200	45,700	93,600	95,200	50,900	106,900
September	71,800	47,100	93,800	72,400	50,800	92,700	62,800	45,500	87,200	68,800	46,600	89,000	95,600	51,700	116,700
August	73,800	47,600	94,300	70,400	50,400	88,700	65,300	48,200	88,600	72,500	47,200	91,500	91,600	46,600	110,900
July	75,300	47,900	93,800	80,700	52,500	102,100	70,900	48,200	89,400	70,300	47,900	88,400	99,700	44,500	111,900
June	75,600	49,500	97,400	84,800	57,300	95,500	69,400	49,900	94,300	70,800	49,300	91,600	106,300	46,600	125,000
May	71,800	49,100	87,900	78,800	55,500	93,300	64,600	45,200	84,400	68,500	49,400	84,000	94,900	47,800	104,500
April	73,300	47,400	89,900	79,600	53,800	100,200	63,900	47,800	84,500	70,900	45,500	86,600	93,000	57,200	104,300
March	70,100	50,800	88,000	76,900	56,700	100,700	64,500	49,600	83,900	67,000	50,700	84,600	89,800	49,400	99,400
February	71,000	48,700	92,500	86,500	48,700	96,300	61,500	46,800	84,700	66,200	48,400	87,300	104,200	59,000	115,100
January	68,100	44,900	89,700	84,700	59,900	99,600	59,800	45,800	85,100	64,600	44,000	85,900	93,600	45,800	107,100
2016
December	73,100	49,900	90,800	73,900	44,200	92,800	67,100	45,000	85,800	71,400	50,100	89,000	85,900	56,000	101,500
November	71,700	47,000	90,900	70,800	45,500	94,000	58,900	46,500	84,700	72,100	47,100	88,000	89,200	48,100	108,900
October	71,600	48,300	87,400	75,300	45,700	90,700	60,200	47,600	81,300	71,300	47,500	84,700	85,100	54,100	104,000
September	69,400	46,700	93,000	79,600	55,400	101,800	62,400	46,100	96,500	65,300	45,400	89,300	93,900	58,000	99,000
August	74,200	50,000	93,100	86,100	57,500	106,600	60,800	45,500	84,300	71,600	46,100	91,300	95,000	79,900	99,600
July	73,300	49,500	91,000	73,900	53,400	103,600	65,900	48,200	91,700	70,200	47,700	87,100	96,800	67,700	100,600
June	70,500	46,600	87,000	85,000	50,900	113,700	61,500	45,100	84,100	66,800	44,900	81,500	89,000	57,100	100,300
May	71,300	45,800	87,800	75,900	45,900	99,600	63,500	46,700	86,600	69,800	45,000	84,600	83,500	48,000	96,400
April	67,800	44,100	87,500	78,600	45,400	100,100	61,600	45,900	86,900	64,900	42,500	85,000	85,400	53,900	92,900
March	69,800	44,500	88,300	72,800	45,100	103,200	59,200	46,200	83,200	69,600	44,100	86,300	83,200	42,500	97,000
February	67,600	43,900	92,600	81,500	50,000	97,300	57,900	45,600	85,100	65,300	43,000	89,700	84,800	45,400	106,600
January	67,600	45,900	84,100	69,400	48,100	90,700	61,400	48,200	86,800	65,200	44,600	80,200	86,900	50,000	96,100
2015
December	70,800	46,200	88,100	74,200	52,100	95,300	63,300	46,600	85,900	69,200	45,700	85,500	84,400	44,600	96,400
November	68,000	44,300	89,400	79,000	52,500	90,600	61,100	47,300	84,500	63,200	42,500	84,000	96,100	51,000	110,300
October	66,800	43,800	84,900	77,100	45,100	95,200	56,500	43,100	79,700	65,500	43,200	82,200	78,900	47,300	95,400
September	70,700	48,400	87,700	71,600	54,400	91,400	63,900	50,600	83,900	68,500	46,800	85,500	90,100	49,700	97,900
August	67,000	42,900	87,100	73,300	53,600	94,100	61,600	45,700	90,000	62,800	39,400	80,700	89,200	48,200	106,400
July	64,500	44,400	83,700	68,000	47,700	83,100	62,600	48,500	84,600	59,800	42,900	78,400	88,200	46,800	101,000
June	69,100	45,500	87,500	68,100	53,200	90,700	60,500	45,900	84,200	66,100	44,000	83,700	93,700	46,700	102,800
May	69,500	47,300	89,100	69,500	46,100	84,700	61,800	43,000	92,600	68,100	49,000	85,600	83,400	44,200	100,700
April	67,400	46,900	86,500	69,400	48,900	88,800	59,700	47,900	75,000	64,700	46,800	82,200	89,600	45,100	111,100
March	66,200	46,100	85,000	89,000	52,300	114,000	60,900	47,400	86,400	63,200	44,100	80,300	79,300	53,600	96,600
February	68,300	46,200	87,000	66,500	50,000	88,800	59,600	47,500	80,600	65,900	45,600	84,200	90,200	45,500	99,600
January	68,400	44,600	84,400	64,700	45,600	77,200	57,000	43,700	78,300	64,600	44,900	79,400	102,500	42,600	107,700
2014
December	64,800	46,200	78,100	68,100	55,300	77,500	57,000	45,600	72,900	62,000	45,500	75,000	86,900	52,600	91,800
November	64,200	43,700	83,500	80,500	58,000	98,300	61,600	47,600	84,700	59,100	39,900	78,300	84,800	57,400	95,100
October	62,400	46,000	76,900	63,400	50,900	73,600	64,500	50,900	78,700	59,000	44,400	74,700	77,100	47,100	84,700
September	67,000	43,600	82,600	71,900	45,000	88,500	59,000	41,600	78,500	66,000	44,500	80,900	80,200	39,900	90,100
August	67,100	44,200	87,600	71,700	43,100	93,600	60,200	46,800	80,900	66,400	43,300	87,800	75,400	45,800	88,900
July	63,500	45,400	80,100	57,900	43,900	73,300	61,600	45,200	77,800	61,200	45,700	77,800	79,300	45,200	92,900
June	65,200	44,900	84,000	73,800	47,000	94,900	58,700	45,600	81,200	62,600	44,600	81,000	82,300	44,200	92,300
May	65,400	45,700	78,300	62,900	50,200	76,200	61,700	46,800	79,600	64,000	44,200	76,100	77,400	49,000	88,900
April	66,400	44,700	83,000	61,300	44,000	82,500	59,100	45,700	78,500	66,100	43,900	81,300	77,100	47,600	92,900
March	65,700	43,200	83,900	76,400	43,100	91,600	58,100	45,100	81,800	63,600	42,400	82,100	84,400	46,700	90,300
February	64,300	45,000	82,200	59,100	40,600	76,200	59,700	44,800	86,100	62,200	44,800	79,700	79,600	48,800	90,800
January	68,300	48,000	84,500	72,100	48,700	92,600	72,000	51,400	88,200	63,800	46,900	80,700	87,700	55,400	93,900
1 Includes manufactured homes with more than two sections.
Note:  Estimates include manufactured homes that are sold and those intended for sale for residential use.
Note:    The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and has approved
the disclosure avoidance practices applied.  (Approval ID: CBDRB-FY24-0317)
Source:  These data are produced by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Census Bureau from a survey sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

 

5) MHProNews and MHLivingNews are not trade associations. We are not paid to ‘advocate’ for the industry. We are trade journalists, and a key part of the job of journalism is to hold people and institutions to account. Who said? The American Press Institute (API).

 

Apparently from the known data, we are the runaway biggest and most read in the industry. No one that we know of has publicly claimed differently. We’ve invited MHI, and MHI members MHInsider, ManufacturedHomes.com, MHReview, bloggers Frank Rolfe or George Allen to dispute that statement with third-party generated evidence.  Anyone can claim anything.  In God we Trust, all others need evidence. Heck, even God provided evidence untold numbers of times since the dawn of humanity.

 

 

6) On 1.27.2025 MHProNews asked left-leaning Bing’s AI powered Copilot the following. Keep in mind that Bing is a Microsoft product, and Microsoft’s William “Bill” Gates III is a well-known ally of Warren Buffett and investor in Berkshire Hathaway, which has numerous corporate ties to MHI.

Copilot, MHProNews has claimed with evidence that they are the largest and most read trade media serving the manufactured home industry. Can you find any evidence online that disputes that claim from either the Manufactured Housing Institute, MHInsider, MHReview, ManufacturedHomes, or MHI linked bloggers Frank Rolfe, George Allen, or anyone else for that matter? Hard data vs. just mushy claims without factual support as to who is the largest? https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/what-makes-mhpronews-the-runaway-1-in-manufactured-housing-news-3-months-of-top-35-reports-reveal-what-attracts-manufactured-home-professionals-public-officials-researchers-attorneys-others/

From MHI’s ‘news’ segment on that date is the following per the screen capture below.

Per MHI is the following.

8) But the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) demonstrated in 2019 that the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) posturing without meaningful follow through.

 

 

From the above from MHARR was this statement.

On May 15, 2019, MHARR invited state manufactured housing associations around the country to provide it with particularly egregious, actionablecases of zoning and/or placement discrimination by localities against federally-regulated manufactured homes. MHARR sought information on cases involving the discriminatory exclusion of both manufactured home communities and individual home placements (one each, from each state) that could be vetted and, if necessary, litigated – by MHARR, or with MHARR support, as appropriate – to seek and obtain favorable precedents that could then be asserted in other jurisdictions: (1) to stem the tide of baseless restrictions on the placement of manufactured homes (absent a more aggressive assertion of broad federal preemption by HUD, which MHARR has been seeking for years); and (2) to expand the availability of modern, affordable manufactured homes in accordance with the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000. Given the reports that seem to emerge almost daily concerning local jurisdictions imposing outright or partial bans on the placement of manufactured homes, combined with the nearly year-long downturn in manufactured housing sales volume, one would have expected a robust response to this offer of no-strings assistance and support. Instead, the response – for the most part — has been silence.

MHARR‘s remark’s continued.

As an aside, it’s worth noting that lying at the root of the industry’s major post-production problems relating to exclusionary and/or discriminatory zoning and placement restrictions, and the discriminatory treatment of manufactured housing consumer personal property loans – despite the existence of good laws addressing the implementation of both – is the absence of a truly independent, national, collective, post-production trade organization.  As MHARR has previously emphasized, it is the absence of such an organization, focused on effectively addressing specific and quite serious problems affecting the post-production sector – for the ultimate benefit of the entire industry and manufactured housing consumers – which has allowed those problems to fester and grow steadily worse.

MHARR‘s post-production remark is arguably a reference to MHI. Nor should that be doubted, as they cited MHI in the next paragraph. More on others outside of MHVille looking in saying something similar to what MHARR’s President and CEO, Mark Weiss, J.D. in that MHARR’s Issues and Perspectives. 

So, why the cricket-chorus this time? The zoning problem has certainly not gone away. Far from it. If anything, it continues to get worse, with the city of Bryan, Texas being one of the latest jurisdictions to effectively ban new HUD Code manufactured housing placements, while it toys with a program to offer buy-outs to owners of manufactured homes already sited within its borders and thereby shrink the presence of manufactured homes in that jurisdiction altogether. Even the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has acknowledged that exclusionary and unduly restrictive zoning ordinances are a major – and growing – problem for the industry and manufactured homebuyers, stating on its website: “There is a growing trend of municipalities trying to use zoning and other land use regulations to restrict or eliminate manufactured housing in their jurisdictions.” (Emphasis added).  Simply put, everyone in, or even remotely connected with, the HUD Code manufactured housing industry – including and especially state associations which are the closest to these issues — knows that discriminatory zoning-based exclusions and restrictions on the placement of manufactured homes represent a major obstacle to the use and availability of today’s federally-regulated HUD Code homes in direct contravention and violation of federal law. Consequently, awareness of the problem, at least within the industry and its representative organizations, is not lacking.

What has been lacking – for too long – is an aggressive strategy and effective, consistent follow-through in confronting, addressing and, ultimately, reversing this post-production (by definition) phenomenon that brazenly discriminates against lower and moderate-income manufactured housing consumers, negatively impacts the entire HUD Code industry by effectively closing-off huge swaths of the country, including major population centers, to the placement of inherently affordable, modern HUD Code manufactured homes, and harms society at large by increasing homelessness and the societal costs associated with the failure to meet basic housing needs.

Former MHI VP and MHARR’s founding president put that like this in an interview with MHProNews.

 

9) Directly by name, and indirectly by implication, several sources involved in MHI and/or who studied the manufactured home industry came to a similar conclusion that MHARR has. Namely, that MHI postures without performing.

 

10) MHI is arguably behaving in a fraudulent manner. Per Oxford Languages.

wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

a person or thing intended to deceive others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities.

 

11) The gain in this case involves MHI’s key members.

 

12) Dr. Ben Carson, M.D., did many noteworthy things for the manufactured housing industry during Trump 1.0. But what didn’t occur was enforcement of federal enhanced preemption under the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (a.k.a.: MHIA, MHIA 2000, 2000 Reform Law, 2000 Reform Act).

 

MHI had numerous face-to-face opportunities with Dr. Carson.  On paper, MHI has said similarly to what MHARR has. It is increasingly clear in hindsight that VP Mike Pence was not a true “America First” or “MAGA” supporter of the Trump agenda. That was not obvious at the time to most Americans. MHProNews previously signaled our editorial opposition to Brian Montgomery, shown in the photo below (third-from left).

 

 

HUD Response to Federal “Enhanced Preemption” for Manufactured Homes, FHA Loan Exclusive, as Mainstream Housing Prices Surge Despite Pandemic, Unemployment Crisis

 

 

Per Copilot, there is no evidence that MHI ever asked Dr. Carson to enforce enhanced preemption face to face. Letters may or may not be read by the person to whom they are addressed.

 

 

 

 

By contrast, MHARR has placed that key terminology, “enhanced preemption,” on their website dozens of times.

 

MHARR demonstrably has dozens of uses on their own website and in third party media press releases for “enhanced preemption” under the 2000 Reform Law. Why doesn’t MHI have something like that on their site or third party media? Note that putting a search inquiry into quotes yields a more specific result.

If MHI seriously wants “enhanced preemption” enforced why no press releases and why no mention on their own website? Isn’t that a funny way of operating? By the way, MHARR’s remarks regarding federal enhanced preemption for 2019 regarding Bryan, Texas was covered by MHProNews. Why not by MHI or others? Isn’t it because it undermined their own false and misleading claims? MHProNews asked MHI to get involved. Nada.

 

 

13) Soon to be HUD Secretary Turner, please don’t let MHI pull the wool over your eyes.  Yes, keep your friends close and your enemies closer. But don’t trust them for a second. Their record has been well documented here on MHProNews for years, under Trump-Pence (R) and under Biden-Harris (D) and Obama-Biden (D). Master hit the points of good marketing. MHI is okay at marketing itself, but not so impressive at the moves that would make the industry grow. For more evidence, see the linked reports.