While Sen. Elizabeth Warren(D-Mass.) sings the praises of the six-year-old Dodd-Frank Act, saying, “If a bank screws up, you have someone to call so you don’t get stuck with the bill,” in fact, consumers get stuck with the bill whether a bank makes mistakes or not. The American Action Forum, …
Dodd-Frank Inspired Regulations Harming the Poor at Bank and Check-out Counters Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Tiny Houses Owners face Big Legal Trouble? What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Financial Services Committee says Dodd-Frank is damaging. YES! Communities redistributes assets. Private enterprise ready to supply modular buildings to flooded LA. MHI, MHARR spar with DOE, as MHI …
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The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) issued its 2016 annual report, and the picture painted mirrors that of other studies that indicate a growing affordable housing crisis in the United States. According to the report, of the nearly 43.2 million renter households in the U.S. in 2014; 10.4 million …
NLIHC’s Affordable Housing GAP Analysis 2016, Manufactured/Modular Housing Read More
Affordable housing is defined as housing and utility payments falling under 30 percent of monthly household income. Colorado’s Durango County Planning Commissioners see manufactured homes as being a good fit for that important need, the Pine River Times tells MHProNews. Challenges in their market include the rising costs of conventional …
Commissioner sees Manufactured Homes and Communities as Affordable Housing Solution Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Comparing Tiny Houses vs Manufactured Homes – Function and Value vs. Fashion What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Children of home owners more likely to own homes. Trump tells NAHB he identifies with them. Residents of closing community continue trying to …
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Noting that housing is the number one issue for civic leaders and house seekers in communities around the mouth of the Columbia River, dailyastorian informs MHProNews as the real estate market is regaining strength, consideration should be given to establishing new manufactured home communities (MHC) as a means of providing …
Media in North Coastal Oregon Advocates Manufactured Homes Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Loans – Financing – Mortgages for Manufactured, Modular and Mobile Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Sale of Minn. MHC challenged by Attorney General. Section 8 vouchers can now but MH. Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2016. NC MH …
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Updating a story MHProNews last posted July 5, 2016 regarding attempts by residents of the Lowry Grove manufactured home community (MHC) in north Minneapolis to forestall the sale of their community because the owner did not offer them first right of refusal before selling it to a developer, the Minnesota …
Minn. Attorney General Files Brief to Halt Sale of Community to Developer Read More
A new study by by the Research Institute for Housing America (RIHA) reveals that three of the major housing affordability indices studied do not tell a definitive story, but offer tendencies, as mpamag tells MHProNews. Donald Haurin, economics professor at Ohio State University, noting the many ways to measure housing …
Housing Affordability Data Suggestive rather than Definitive Read More
The city commissioners of Etowah, Tennessee in the southeast part of the state have passed an amendment banning the siting of Tiny Homes within the city limits, as newschannel9 tells MHProNews. While some communities use the miniature homes for homeless people, and others to support simpler lifestyles, Etowah Director of …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com NIMBYism? Debunking Myths About Manufactured Home Communities (aka ‘Mobile Home Parks’) What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News FEMA moving manufactured homes into four W. VA. Counties. CFPB proposes clarification of Know Before You Owe. Patrick’s revenues rise 35%. Sun’s stock projected …
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The glitz and glamor that attach to an ownership interest in businesses such as hotels, a race track or a small chain of upscale restaurants suddenly tarnishes for some when the investment being considered is manufactured home communities (MHCs). While many think of them as “mobile home parks,” or in …
While Negative Perceptions of MH Persist, the Industry Grows says Seeking Alpha Read More
Six Amish-built tiny homes, each 96 square feet, have arrived in Muncie, Indiana to house the homeless, according to what thestarpress tells MHProNews. “It’s going to let us reach a population that no one has been able to serve yet,” said Susie Kemp, director of the non-profit Bridges Community Services. …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) tells MHProNews the manufactured housing division at HUD waited beyond the last minute allowed to call for an Aug. 9 conference call of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) to discuss the Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed rules. The Federal Advisory Committee …
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In four polls conducted by CNN right after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s acceptance speech, 57 percent said they had a “very positive” reaction to the speech, and 24 percent disclosed a negative reaction. When polled about the policies Trump iterated in the speech, 73 percent said they would move …
CNN Instant Poll on Donald Trump GOP Nomination Acceptance Speech Fuels Twitter Commentary Read More
Six years after passing the Dodd-Frank Act, which was designed to avert another financial crisis, the American Action Forum (AAF) asserts Dodd-Frank has imposed over $36 billion in final rule costs plus 73 million paperwork hours. That is an increase from last year’s $24 billion in final rule costs and …
The Dodd-Frank Legacy: Billions Spent, More Designated, Questionable Gains Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Educator, Builder Compare Conventional House to Residential Style Manufactured Home Living & Quality Illinois Professional Couple Discover their Getaway Home near Florida’s top Beaches What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Section 8 vouchers good for buying manufactured home. CBO: U. S. …
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The Senate has passed H. R. 3700, as the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews, the Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act (HOTMA), which will allow Section 8 vouchers to be used for the purchase of a manufactured home (MH). The House of Representatives passed the legislation in February, and President …
Senate Passes Bill to Allow MH Purchase with Section 8 Vouchers Read More
Noting the Department of Energy’s new proposal is critical to the manufactured home industry because “it is genuinely draconian and will have a drastically negative impact,” the Manufactured Housing for Regulatory Reform’s (MHARR) Mark Weiss, says its final adoption can be stopped with enough pushback. Commenting on a meeting at …
MHARR Issues a Call to Arms to Defeat the Enactment of DOE’s New Proposal Read More
