For much of the U.S., the on-site building season can take place almost year-round. But not so more northern climates in the United States, or Canada, where the conventional construction season is fairly short. So, when a widely known organization like Habitat for Humanity turns to modular construction in a …
Habitat for Humanity Using Factory Built Home in First Read More
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. …
Sexual politics. It’s nothing new in America. It’s not just Hollywood. It’s in the halls of political power, and in the workplace. So, it may seem odd for CNNMoney to talk about the impact on the markets, business, and politics…but doesn’t it make sense when you consider it? If you’re …
Hanks, Fonda, RNC Chair McDaniel Videos on Weinstein, Tax Reform, MH and Market Updates Read More
It’s a record. In an industry often dominated by men, it’s women who took the leadership role. Homeowners in Halifax Estates closed recently on the largest-ever reported limited equity manufactured home cooperative purchase. The move provided pride and enhanced security to the community’s 700 retirement-age residents who live there, per …
Nine-Woman Board Leads Record-Breaking Manufactured Home Community Purchase Read More
There will be a new feature on MHLivingNews next week that will feature the video below, that you can preview today. So while industry members are welcome to share this link within among the industry’s investors and professionals, the version that will be published on MHLivingNews next week will be …
Billionaires, Developers Are Doing Manufactured Homes, Video Read More
Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN-5) is a rising star in the Democratic Party. Ellison’s not been without controversy among his peers. While today’s focus is his proposal that will impact manufactured home communities and other elements of the industry, some background on Representative Ellison and his interest in manufactured housing is …
One of the primary purposes of the federal government is the defense and safety of its citizens. In the words of the Preamble to the Constitution, it’s to “establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves …
Prosperity Now has created a new market study, focused on manufactured housing. While their research spotlights a specific state, it may shed light on some of the causes of media, officials, policy wonks and the public impressions of today’s manufactured homes. As the chart below compiled by Prosperity Now reflects, …
State Facts on Manufactured Home Ownership, MH Data by Year Built, and You Read More
It’s only 2017, but the budget for the 2020 Census is being considered right now. This is the time to seek some changes that would serve the industry well for decades to come, says MHProNews publisher, L.A. “Tony” Kovach. “Part of the problem with statistics being used by researchers, be …
An increasing number of inquiries expressing concern about “secretive discussions within the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) regarding “research” and other activity apparently designed to result in the development of a new “class” of manufactured homes,” has been brought to the attention of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). …
Secretive “NEW” Class of Manufactured Housing Raises Serious Concerns Read More
Jennifer Harper’s thoughtful column “This Is What Pushing Back Looks Like” in the Washington Times brought this recent Rush Limbaugh quote below to the attention of the Daily Business News. Limbaugh’s site reflected the transcript of what Harper referenced in his recent radio show. The talk-radio celebrity spoke about Vice …
“Winning!” The Power of Pushback, Lessons for the MH Industry Read More
“The HUD manufactured housing program, under holdover Administrator, Pamela Danner, continues to freelance regulatory actions that defy key Executive Orders issued by President Donald J. Trump – providing yet a further basis for the Administrator’s re-assignment and replacement,” said the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). In a statement …
“What’s wrong is that we don’t ask what’s right.” – G.K. Chesterton South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman told Alex Marlow on his radio show after the Las Vegas shootings by Stephen Paddock that, “For this to happen just shows the issues this country has.” “To say that guns ought to …
Cong Norman – ‘Need God, Not Gun Control’ – NYT, Jihadi Turns to Jesus Read More
“As Washington, D.C. adjusts to a new administration, the fiscal carnage caused by past presidents continues to haunt the United States,” begins a new report by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW). “The national debt nearly doubled under former President Obama and is poised to exceed $20 trillion before the end …
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While not a state, Puerto Ricans have been U.S. Citizens since 1917, says LOC.gov. As citizens, they are able to come to any of the 50 United States at any time. Given the devastation on the island in the wake of Hurricane Maria, many believe that’s precisely what’s starting to …
Puerto Rico, Post-Hurricane Maria, Manufactured Homes and Factory-Built Housing Read More
After the results of the 2016 election became known, LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC – the parent operation to MHProNews.com and MHLivingNews.com – undertook a series of what might best be termed experimental projects. One of those involved the following. We recruited an individual who said that they ‘wrote in’ Bernie …
Green Living Homes modular builder, Frank Dertzbaugh, brought his concerns about a modular home placement problem to the attention of the Modular Building Institute’s (MBI) Tom Hardiman. Dertzbaugh, a Daily Business News on MHProNews reader, cited the article linked below, as he explained to Hardiman – the executive director of …
From the vantage-point of where this writer and our son sat during L. A. “Tony” Kovach’s presentation on Wednesday in Deadwood, SD, one could see MHI Sr. Vice President Rick Robinson feverishly making notes. Then, the MHI attorney’s note taking slowed, and Robinson just listened, while observing the audience. Later, …
“I was up on the Hill, I happened to just go by the barbershop to see if I could get a haircut, and Lindsey [Graham, (R-SC)] was in the chair,” former Pennsylvania Senator and two-time GOP presidential candidate, Rick Santorum said. “And Lindsey asked me what I was doing, and …
Articles, reports, and commentaries on MHProNews bring reactions for, against or neutral from factory built housing industry professionals, policy advocates, and others. Defenders of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), Pam Danner at HUD, Isbhel Dicken and NMHOA, or other industry personalities that are fact checked or analyzed by MHProNews are …
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