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House Passed Appropriations Measure would Alter Funding and Leadership of CFPB

By / July 11, 2016 / Advocacy, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, regulation

The U. S. House of Representatives passed the $21.7 billion Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 239-185, in a party line vote, that would bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under Congressional appropriations oversight. The measure would also replace the single director with a five-member bipatrisan commission, a …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 3-July 10, 2016

By / July 9, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, RV, Stocks, Trends

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Educator, Builder Compare Conventional House to Residential Style Manufactured Home Living & Quality Double-Digit Manufactured Home Sales Growth, MHARR July 7 Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News House defeats two amendments that would cripple proposed MH financing. Ohio county pursuing …

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House Reaffirms Support for MH by Defeating two Potentially Crippling Amendments

By / July 8, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and the Indiana MH Association informs MHProNews that in the U. S. House of Representatives, two amendments to the Fiscal Year 2017 Financial Services Appropriations bill were defeated that would have stripped language from the bill that make necessary changes to the Dodd-Frank Act in …

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Opinion: Non-profits to Buy Vulnerable MH Communities to Preserve Affordable Housing

By / July 8, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Communities, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The city of Portland, Oregon has over 400 vacant homes on its eastside, “zombie homes”as portlandtribune calls them, some of which are nuisance-creating, others are just nuisances. Mayor Charlie Hales just returned from the conference of mayors in Indianapolis, and commentator John Schrag suggests the mayor take a page from …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News June 26-July 3, 2016

By / July 3, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com St. Petersburg, FL – Misjudging Mobile Homes – Tale of Two Cities What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News House committee requesting documentation from CFPB. Modular apartments replacing old apartment buildings. Zeman plans MH build in Florida. Maine city gets community development …

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American Banking News – Key MHI Staff “Excoriated” for Failing Their Mission, Members

By / June 30, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

With Dodd-Frank, financing and CFPB related issues routinely on the minds of manufactured housing industry professionals, The Daily Business News  has learned from American Banking News the following report on the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), which is made available below. “The Manufactured Housing Institute has been leading the campaign to bring more …

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MHLivingNews says Massachusetts is Smacked with Shortage of Mid-range Homes

By / June 27, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

Mary McBrady, executive director of the Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA), noting the shortage of mid-priced housing in Mass., and a plethora of schools and researchers interested in housing policy within the state, says, “We, as an industry, need to be part of that conversation and dialogue.” As in many …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News June 19-June 26, 2016

By / June 25, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Events, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trends, Zoning

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Entry Level v Residential Style Manufactured Homes, Modular Homes and MH Appraisals – Tom Papszycki, Arrowhead Homes – Inside What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Louisiana Approves 336 home site MH community. Polish modular builder marketing in Sweden. Oregon legislator tryhing …

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USDA Offers Low Interest Loans for Manufactured Home Purchase

By / June 23, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Factory-Built Homes, Green, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People

As part of the USDA’s Rural Development Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Pilot Program, Dennis Miller is the first to purchase an energy efficient modular home, celebrating National Homeownership Day, in Putney, Vermont. Representatives of the USDA and Windham and Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) were also in attendance. The program allows …

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Arcata, CA Residents Concerned about Rents in MH Community

By / June 22, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, People

Following concerns expressed by manufactured home community (MHC) residents in Arcata, California regarding rising site rents, the Arcata City Council directed the Community Development Department to take a demographic survey of MHC residents as well as the history of rents. As times-standard tells MHProNews, Community Development Department specialist Mohamad Alnakhlawi …

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Appropriations Bill Amendment will Provide Access to MH Financing

By / June 21, 2016 / Advocacy, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

An amendment sponsored by Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn) and passed by the House Appropriations Committee is designed to strengthen access to safe, affordable and available financing for manufactured homes while preserving important consumer protections, according to what the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) tells MHProNews. Passed by a bipartisan vote of …

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Measure would Replace Dilapidated Manufactured Homes in NY

By / June 17, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Finance, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

A bill that passed in the New York State Senate, sponsored by Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensberry), would fund a home replacement program for qualifying state residents who have older, dilapidated mobile and manufactured homes, and own the property. The replacement units would be new, affordable energy-efficient units, according to adirondackdailyenterprise, …

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As Government Grows, Regulations Impose, the Economy Slows

By / June 16, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Economy, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Saying people have forgotten President Reagan’s line: “The government is not the solution, it is the problem.” The larger the government grows, the slower the economic growth, writes Richard W. Rahn in washingtontimes. The article MHProNews posted June 9, 2016 reports Donald Trump promises to end Dodd-Frank and its chokehold …

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MHARR’S Mark Weiss says Happy Anniversary HUD Code??

By / June 16, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

Although the Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro called manufactured housing a “vital solution” to the nation’s “affordable housing crisis,” the federal manufactured housing program for forty years has been one set of wasted opportunities after another, according to M. Mark Weiss, president and CEO of the …

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House GOP Aiming to Lift Crippling CFPB Regulations

By / June 15, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Economy, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Dubbed “A Better Way,” House Republicans stated the red tape of bureaucracies has gotten out of hand, and they have proposed rules easing the drilling for oil, coal mining, governing internet traffic and promoting small business employment, according to what washingtontimes tells MHProNews. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), in presenting …

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Fisher River Cree Seek to Build Own Modular Homes

By / June 13, 2016 / Advocacy, Canada, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

As a means to provide more housing for First Nation peoples in Manitoba and teach them a saleable skill, Fisher River Cree Nation Chief David Crate is lobbying the federal government in Ottawa, Canada to fund a program teaching residents home construction and home maintenance. The proposal includes partnering with …

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Frank Rolfe, Bob Crawford Video Comments on Current and New MH Association

By / June 13, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Communities, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

In a video presentation, Frank Rolfe, a partner with Dave Reynolds in Mobile Home University, RV Horizons and MHP Funds, says he can call his congressional representative in Missouri and find out the chances of legislation passing that could positively affect the manufactured home industry, like altering Dodd-Frank. Since it …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News June 5-June 12, 2016

By / June 11, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Awards, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Events, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trends, Zoning

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Media Should Re-Visit Dodd-Frank Reporting in Light of Congressional Testimony Modular Versus Manufactured Homes: Which Is Right for You?   What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Lake Villa MH community sells for $11.3 million. HUD Code production climbs 9.9% in April. …

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Clinton Clinches, Sanders Perseveres, Trump Polishes

By / June 9, 2016 / Advocacy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People

Hillary Clinton, her win in the California primary officially making her the presumptive Democratic presidential contender learned from her mistakes in the 2008 election when Barack Obama’s team outmaneuvered her. This year her campaign manager, Robby Mook, and Marlon Marshall, director of state campaigns and political engagement, realized the strength …

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Bill would Eliminate CFPB Czar, Clarify and Funnel Funding

By / June 5, 2016 / Advocacy, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News

An appropriations bill approved by the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee would seriously alter the workings of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in two ways, a move opponents of Dodd-Frank/CFPB would welcome. Firstly, the agency would be funded through the annual Congressional …

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