Associations are measured in part by their effectiveness on behalf of their members. Bloomberg recently spotlighted the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), in a post Hurricane Harvey report. “The International Code Council, a Washington nonprofit made up of government officials and industry representatives, updates its model codes every three …
Christopher Flavelle NAHB Spotlight, Post Hurricane Harvey Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in a September 7, 2017 letter to HUD Secretary Dr. Benjamin Carson and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William B. Long (copy attached), has called on both agencies to make “full and maximum” use of HUD-Code manufactured homes, the association tells …
The Trump Administration’s self-described “street fighter” is now unleashed, or so says Steve Bannon to CBS’ 60 Minutes. Bannon says he is now free to fight for the president from outside of his administration. He resigned last month. Bannon was President Trump’s Chief Strategist for a variety of reasons. He’s …
Some 70,000 Delawareans live in manufactured homes, per the Delaware Public. At least 10 percent of the housing stock in the state is manufactured housing. Many of the state’s factory built homes are older, and in need of repair. In Kent and Sussex counties, there are fewer people renting homes …
State Fund for Aging Factory Built Homes Available Read More
A routine flow of calls, comments and questions come into the Daily Business News (DBN) on MHProNews. What follows are recent quotes from callers and messages to MHProNews. Many of these are addressed to our publisher, thus the word “you.” It provides a flavor for the mood of many in …
Cajones, Warren Buffett, Manufactured Housing Institute, More Read More
The video interviews that MHProNews or MHLivingNews has provided over the years are geared toward shedding light on real-world manufactured housing industry issues. Those videos are done with professionals, experts, and home owners. While the focus is understood with those being interviewed – some aspect(s) of manufactured homes – the …
MHC Video Interview on Cohesion, Brand, and Manufactured Housing Industry Advancement Read More
According to a report to MHProNews by the Minnesota Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) just finished an investigation that set out to determine whether or not community residents were denied the first right of refusal to buy the now-closed, Lowry Grove. Under Minnesota …
Federal HUD Fair Housing Discrimination Complaint Case Update Read More
“It’s the manufactured housing industry’s other image campaign,” as Marty Lavin, JD, has called the mass media’s reporting on the manufactured housing industry. The MHProNews often tries to bring other media or publication’s errors or misunderstandings and spin. A recent example of this is the critique of an article out …
Fighting Fake Manufactured Home News: Fisking OZY Media’s ‘Trailer Park Nation’ Read More
“It would be interesting to do a comparative history, MH vs. public housing,” said Ross Kinzler, prior executive director of the Wisconsin Housing Alliance (WHA). “Did the public sector do any better serving lower-class housing needs? Nope,” said Kinzler. His remark came in part as a reaction to an in-depth …
Ross Kinzler on MH Communities, and Marty’s Lavin’s Back to the Cornfields Read More
“The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published on August 9 its Worst Case Housing Needs: 2017 Report to Congress, showing that 8.3 million unassisted very low income households in America spend more than half of their income on their housing, live in severely substandard housing, or both,” said …
NLIHC CEO Responds on HUD’s Worst Case Housing Needs Report, MH Leader Reacts Read More
“This is not a day care. This is a university,” concluded the viral blog post by Dr. Everett Piper, President of Oklahoma Wesleyan University. So why this 2-year-old story on the Daily Business News’ Flashback Friday? You’ll see… “Our culture has actually taught our kids to be this self-absorbed and …
University President’s Commentary, Applied to Manufactured Housing Read More
“Potential home sellers in today’s market are caught in a Catch-22. While it’s the most profitable time to sell in a decade, it’s also extremely difficult to find another home to purchase, which is helping to keep homeowners in their homes longer before selling,” said Daren Blomquist, Senior Vice- President …
ATTOM Data’s Blomquist Spotlights Manufactured Housing Opportunities Read More
What do entitlement and addiction have in common? Why does this matter to businesses, or manufactured housing professionals? According to PsyBlog, Spring.org.uk, “From their review of over 170 studies, the researchers found that entitlement creates a vicious cycle : Entitlement creates feelings of disappointment. Disappointment leads to anger and other …
Vicious Cycle of Entitlement, Addiction and Keeping the Sick, Sick Read More
“The current HUD manufactured housing program administrator, Pamela Danner – “parachuted” into that position on a career basis in violation of section 620(a)(1)(C) of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000,” says Mark Weiss, JD. Addressing state associations and other interested industry parties, Weiss, President and CEO of the Manufactured …
One of the biggest reasons manufactured home professionals give as to why more new HUD Code MH homes aren’t sold is due to the public’s perception about durability and safety. While there are several factors that contribute to this impression – including improper use of outdated or demeaning terminology, or …
Gone With the Windstorm – Official Report, Facts on ManuFACTured Home Performance Read More
A new bill introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), would provide a federal tax incentive for manufactured home community owners who are looking to sell the community, with a catch. That incentive will occur only if they sell their community to residents or to …
“I’ve been protested before,” the corporate president said to MHProNews. “That doesn’t scare or bother me,” the caller said in reaction to the report, linked here. Other manufactured home industry business and association professionals who called or messaged MHProNews about the notice that one or more left-wing resident groups were …
Presidents, Protest Groups, Update on Plot to Disrupt MHI Annual Meeting in Orlando Read More
“A decade after the housing crash destroyed the American Dream for millions of homeowners, black homeownership rates have dropped to levels not seen since the 1960s, hobbling African-Americans’ efforts to build their wealth,” says the Chicago Tribune. Only 42.2 percent of blacks in the U.S. owned homes in 2016, compared …
Black Home Ownership Lags Almost a Decade After the Great Recession Read More
As long-time Daily Business News readers know, digital and actual protests by activist-minded resident groups have been taking place for several years in the manufactured housing industry, generally focused on the community sector. For several years, Daily Business News has been virtually alone in reporting on such events by manufactured …
On May 30, 2017, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comments. The RFI was in response to the Trump Administration’s Executive Order (EO) No. 13771 (“Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs”) issued on January 30, 2017, and on Executive Order No. 13777 …
DOE RFI Closed, But Issue, Impact Still Looms over Manufactured Housing, HomeBuyers Read More
