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Manufactured Housing Institute members react-Allegations of Misleading MHI Housing Alert

By / June 5, 2016 / Advocacy, Finance, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

MHProNews has been fielding industry responses via email, phone and text to the report and analysis linked below. Why did 4-9-2016 MHI Housing Alert mislead Association and industry members? Based upon early feedback, MHProNews sent the following inquiry to MHI members for their response. The inquiry included the link above, …

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Housing Counseling Advisory Committee Created by HUD

By / June 2, 2016 / Advocacy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News

In an effort to determine more methods of providing counseling for new homebuyers and troubled homeowners, the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has created a new Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act. Made up of three representatives from each of the …

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Modular Homeless Shelter Planned for British Columbia

By / May 31, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

In a letter to the city of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, B. C. Housing requested a second extension, this one for nine-months, to continue using the temporary housing shelter on Lougheed Highway, which would allow more time to prepare a more permanent modular housing facility, according to mapleridgenews. The …

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Dodd-Frank Act Remains a Stumbling Block to Manufactured Home Lending

By / May 31, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

Steve Sinovic, writing in abqjournal, says sales of manufactured home sales are up, a popular and affordable housing choice for New Mexicans, some eighteen percent of whom live in manufactured housing. However, financing costs are being driven up by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) implementation of the Dodd-Frank law. Additionally, …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News May 22-May 29, 2016

By / May 28, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Awards, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, Green, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trends

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com NeighborWorks, Clayton Homes Partner with Next Step Homes in Waco, Texas How a Professional Couple saved $100,000 on a New Home in Tennessee What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MH Communities closing in Minnesota, New York. Cavco stock closes above $100. …

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Lawsuit Charges Eviction from MH Community is Discriminatory

By / May 26, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Communities, Company News, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

MHProNews posted a story May 25, 2016 regarding the Waples Mobile Home Park in Fairfax, VA being charged with violation of federal and state fair housing laws for evicting residents who do not have Social Security cards, which a legal aid group says is discriminatory because it disproportionately affects Latinos. …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News May 15-May 22, 2016

By / May 21, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Zoning

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Illinois Professional Couple Discover their Getaway Home near Florida’s top Beaches What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MH Community adding 46 homes. Malibu manufactured home goes for $3.5 million. Oregon MHC sets new record. Oklahoma City has first modular hotel. Americans …

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Attempt to Block Funding of Federal Housing Program Fails

By / May 20, 2016 / Advocacy, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People, regulation

In an attempt to encourage communities to be more diverse, the Obama administration is tying federal community grants to the demographic make-up of communities, according to what washingtonexaminer is telling MHProNews. An amendment from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) would have defunded President Obama’s “The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule,” but …

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Dodd-Frank Act is Harming the Economy, says Donald Trump

By / May 19, 2016 / Advocacy, Economy, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

In an interview with Reuters, presidential candidate Donald Trump stated financial reforms implemented under President Obama, specifically the Dodd-Frank Act, and the ensuing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), are stifling the economy and he would ditch most all of their provisions. “Dodd-Frank has made it impossible for bankers to function,” …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News May 8-May 15, 2016

By / May 16, 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, regulation, RV, Trade Shows

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Illinois Professional Couple Discover their Getaway Home near Florida’s top Beaches What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Rent control judgment favors manufactured home community owner. CFPB may tighten screws excessively on short-term lenders. NAR calls for more starter homes to ease …

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NAR Forecasts Strong Existing Home Sales in 2016, Calls for more Starter Homes

By / May 13, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Economy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Trends

Despite continuing inventory, affordability and student loan hindrances to homeownership, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) predicts 2016 will be the strongest year for existing home sales since 2006. Lawrence Yun, the NAR’s chief economist, speaking at the association’s Legislative Meeting,predicts pre-owned home sales will hit 5.4 million this year, …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News May 1-May 8, 2016

By / May 8, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, Green, home buyers, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trade Shows

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Possible American Dreams! Engineer Skip VanZant on Evolving U.S. Housing What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Innovative Building Systems said to be filing for bankruptcy, closing Maine’s Keiser. UMH wins community award. Clayton defies criticism, turns $706M profit. Alberta fire pushing …

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Trump’s Opponents Spent over $75 Million Trying to Defeat Him

By / May 4, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Events, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People

MHProNews has learned from thegatewaypundit that anti-Trump groups spent $75.7 million on 64,000 television ads against Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency, according to ad tracking firm Kantar Media/CMAG. This figure does not include ads that appeared on cable and satellite channels as those are not part of the tracking …

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MH Community Residents Organizing to Prevent Closing of Lowry Grove in Minnesota

By / May 4, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Following a post MHProNews published April 30, 2016 regarding the planned closing of Lowry Grove manufactured home community (MHC) in St. Anthony, a suburb of Minneapolis, tcdailyplanet reports residents of the community have gathered to discuss their options in trying to maintain Lowry as their home. They would have to …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News April 24-May 1, 2016

By / April 30, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Awards, 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, Zoning

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Conventional Housing and Manufactured Homes Video Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHC closing in Minneapolis. CFPB constitutionality challenged. MHARR, MHI spar over DTS and chattel lending. Clayton acquires another site-built home builder. Champion expanding into Kentucky. Drew …

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MHARR, MHI Spar over FHFA & Duty To Serve Manufactured Housing via GSE Chattel Lending

By / April 29, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

On April 26, 2016 the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) held a roundtable discussion with manufactured housing industry leaders, inviting those who commented on the proposal, to get their input on the FHFA’s proposed “Duty to Serve” rule, according to the Manufactured Housing Institute‘s (MHI) Housing Alert to MHProNews. Lesli …

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Video Proves Manufactured Homes Tougher than Comparable Site-built Homes

By / April 28, 2016 / Advocacy, Events, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

If you find yourself in the path of a major storm during the peak turbulent weather season, you might be better off in a manufactured home (MH) than in your bathtub or basement or stick-built home. While conventional wisdom has long held that “mobile homes” are dangerous during such storms, …

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Challenges to CFPB Constitutionality could Create Financial Havoc?

By / April 30, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Finance, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, regulation

Writing in nationalmortgagenews, Craig Nazzaro says there are two significant court cases now challenging the authority and structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), both of which would have been avoided had the agency been established with a five-member commission to operate it, not a czar, and with congressional …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News April 17-April 24, 2016

By / April 24, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Events, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Trends

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Conventional Housing and Manufactured Homes Video Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHARR Slams Danner, HUD. Clayton in line for air base homes contract. Sears Homes paved the way for prefab. Canada’s ATCO marching far South. Modulars for …

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Modular Home Houses Homeless Female Vets

By / April 23, 2016 / Advocacy, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

Built by Beracah Homes, a modular homeless shelter for female veterans has just been sited in Milford, Delaware adjacent to a facility for male veterans, in use since 1996, according to capegazette.villagesoup. Staffed by Home of the Brave personnel, as MHProNews has learned, the new two-story, four bedroom home, which …

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