Mortgages are a complicated thing. Between bad loan quotes, potentially having to commit in advance of information verification, and “Lock Abuse,” which is a lock price that is above the lender’s posted price at the time of commitment, the home loan market is prime for a change. Jack Guttentag, also …
A Solution for the Dysfunctional Home Loan Market? Read More
The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee has unanimously approved Dr. Ben Carson for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD.) His nomination now heads to the full Senate for a vote. Manufactured housing also took center stage, as the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) tells MHProNews that Senator Dean …
Carson Approved by Senate Committee, Provides View on MH Read More
As President Donald Trump enters his first full week of office, his cabinet picks remain the front and center topics of discussion. But, there’s one well-known mogul who sees them as the right choices. “I overwhelmingly support President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for cabinet positions,” said Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. …
Buffett Supports Trump Picks, Soros Has Other Ideas Read More
A new year, a new month, and a new set of featured articles are found on the MHProNews.com home page. Our theme for this month is: Jiu Jitsu January in Manufactured Homeland, USA. To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, …
Residents of a Cleves, Ohio manufactured home community are breathing a sigh of relief. For now. According to WCPO, residents of the Candlelight Mobile Home Park have been in a fight to save their homes, and they got one company to back off and not force them out. But residents …
In Richmond, Virginia, a manufactured home community is going through the pains of change. Dennis Pasqualino purchased Rudd’s Trailer Park at auction in March. When the purchase was completed, he told residents that he planned to install surveillance cameras and remove some of the empty homes. While that hasn’t happened …
Keith Ellison (D-MN) has introduced The Energy Efficient Manufactured Homes Act of 2017 (H.R. 515), which proposes to enable economically vulnerable families to live in safe, affordable and energy-efficient homes. “There are as many as two million families who live in outdated energy-inefficient manufactured homes built more than two decades ago,” …
Bill Introduced to Replace Outdated Manufactured Homes Read More
Confirmation hearings in the Senate are already under way for some of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks. These include headliners such as Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, and former Exxon Mobile CEO Rex Tillerson. Of great interest to manufactured houisng professionals will be the hearings for Department of Housing and Urban …
As Confirmation Hearings Begin, Differing Views on Dr. Ben Carson for HUD Secretary Read More
Republican Senators Bob Sasse (Neb.) and Mike Lee (Utah) penned a strongly worded letter to Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Monday, urging President-elect Donald Trump to remove Director Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB). “It’s time to fire King Richard,” said Sasse, who also serves as …
GOP Senators to President-elect Trump: Fire CFPB Head Richard Cordray! Read More
Washington, D.C – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), tells MHProNews that it has now formally called on Congress to review and reject the panned final regulation adopted by DOE under the Congressional Review Act (CRA). In a January 6, 2017 communication to the Chairmen of the Senate …
MHARR Calls for Congressional Review, Rejection of DOE Rule Read More
A new year, a new month, and a new set of featured articles are found on the MHProNews.com home page. Our theme for will be posted on the Masthead blog Tuesday. More Featured Articles will be posted Tuesday, including addtional ones that are upcoming trade show related. To see the …
A Montana and Idaho nonprofit agency has launched a program to help people who live in what they called “mobile homes” to make repairs and improvements without having to resort to taking out high interest loans. Missoula based Montana and Idaho Community Development Corp. (MICDC) is rolling out the new …
Agency Offers “Mobile Home Improvement Loans” for Communities and Homes Read More
Small-to-large manufactured home community (MHC) operations are no strangers to the ire of anti-investor activists. MHAction is one such group. They’re seeking to grow their influence with MHC residents, media, policy advocates, regulatory and legislative bodies. Part of their strategy is to use the news media to attack higher-profile MH …
Anti Community MHAction Targets Frank Rolfe, RV Horizons and ELS Read More
Gene Alderson said, “never ever buy a home on some elses [sic] land.” To which Marquis Allen replied, “So true, and yet sad.” While those posted comments on Delaware Online’s story, “Residents feel forced out of Magnolia development” might have been by community activists. But their comments have the look …
“Residents feel forced out of Magnolia development” says USA Today Network Read More
A flurry of comments follows the controversial, and many would say, flawed story by National Public Radio’s (NPR) correspondent, Daniel Zwerdling. Broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered, one professional suggested that the taxpayer-sponsored program ought to be renamed, Only Progressive Viewpoints Considered. Tim Williams, M. Mark Weiss and community owner/investor …
“The government estimates there are more than 8 million manufactured houses in America,” said Daniel Zwerdling, on National Public Radio’s (NPR) All Things Considered. “They’re a major source of low-income housing. But Syringa shows that the legal and financial ways that mobile home communities are set up often turn the …
As December rolls on, the current featured articles are found on the MHProNews home page. Our theme for this month is: DAAD = Dramatic! Advent! Adventure! December 2016! To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click the link above. Manufactured, …
MHProNews and MHLivingNews Publisher L.A. “Tony” Kovach has penned an open letter to newly appointed Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson. “Let me begin by congratulating you and President-elect Donald J. Trump. By way of introduction, like you, my truly better half and I publicly supported Mr. …
As December rolls on, a new set of featured articles are found on the MHProNews’ home page. Our theme for this month is: DAAD = Dramatic! Advent! Adventure! December 2016! To see the line-up of over 3-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click the link …
Some manufactured home community residents and advocates in Oregon feel there’s a disconnect when it comes to enforcement of the law. “There are more than 1,000 manufactured home/mobile home communities in Oregon,” says Rita Loberger, a volunteer resident advocate for the Manufactured Housing/Oregon State Tenants Association. “Right now, it’s …
Manufactured Home Owner or Community – Who’s Responsible? Read More
