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MHI’s Lesli Gooch Underscores the Need for GSE’s Purchase of Chattel Loans

Writing for nationalmortgagenews, the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) senior vice president for government affairs, Lesli M. Gooch, noting the average price of a new manufactured home is $64,000 as compared to a new site-built home price of $374,100, states manufactured housing presents the single most affordable option for lower income …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Jan. 24 -Jan. 31, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Not “Beer Cans on Frames,” they’re Modern Manufactured Homes! What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Interview with Don Glisson, Jr. of Triad Financial Services. Another media attack on manufactured housing? Residents of Florida city opposes modular homes. HUD sets up more …

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Victoria BC Plans Modular Homes for the Homeless

Seattle opened its Tiny Home village for homeless people with 14 homes, each 96 square feet with heat, electricity and insulation, as globalnews.ca informs MHProNews.. Communal washrooms and showers provide running water, and the homes are sited on donated church land. Each home cost $2,200, donated funds, and residents pay …

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Cape Coral Contenders Continue Criticizing Modulars at City Council

Following a storyline MHProNews has posted several times, the last being Jan. 25, 2016 regarding opposition to modular homes in Cape Coral Fla., the developer says changes are coming to make the homes fit in better with the neighborhood. Beginning in Feb., garages will be attached to homes, breezeways will …

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Commissioners Suggest optional Underpinnings for Manufactured Homes

An ordinance mandating brick foundations under manufactured homes that was passed in 2001 in Caswell County, South Carolina is being reexamined by the Caswell County Board of Commissioners who are considering adding other options to keep costs down for MH residents. Opponents to the change like the aesthetic uniformity of …

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City Prevents Senior MHCs from Converting to All Age Communities

In an attempt to maintain affordable housing for seniors, the Santa Clarita (Calif.) City Council voted to prevent senior-only manufactured home communities (MHCs) from converting to all-age communities. Council members unanimously approved an “urgency ordinance” that establishes a 45-day moratorium on such conversions, according to signalscv, while city officials continue …

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Should the Manufactured Housing Institute’s CEO Richard ‘Dick’ Jennison resign?

Dozens of comments from MHPros coast to coast came in within hours in response to an OpEd by publisher L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach. Writing on the Masthead blog, Kovach outlined examples of errors and tensions within the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), which allegedly point back to the national association’s CEO …

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

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Reality Check – Living Better When Quality Living Costs Less Outside the Box: Inventing New Looks for Manufactured Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Manufactured Housing Administrator Danner speaks at Louisville. What could slow retail sales mean for manufactured housing. …

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Residents of Pine Gardens Manufactured Home Community to Meet

The TOPGUN (Tenants of Pine Gardens Uniting Neighbors) Association of Pine Gardens Mobile Home Park in Belmont, New Hampshire will meet at the Belknap County Complex in Laconia, NH, Sat., Jan 30. According to what citizen tells MHProNews. Lois Parris, the president of Manufactured Home Owners and Tenants Association of …

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What does collapsing Walmart, other retail sales mean for Manufactured Housing?

Retail sales on the year fell to their lowest pace since 2009, climbing only 2.1 percent for the year, the smallest gain since the Great Recession ended, raising concerns about consumer spending going into 2016. As bloomberg informs MHProNews the 0.1 percent drop in Dec., 2015 followed a gain of …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Jan. 10 -Jan. 17, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Bad and Good – Two Sides – Manufactured Home Living and News Reporting What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Ishbel Dickens refuses debate with Carla Burr over PBS NewsHour report. Part of MHC to close. Jurisdiction ready to impose master meter …

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Why did Ishbel Dickens/NMHOA decline a Debate with Carla Burr about PBS NewsHour’s Manufactured Housing Report?

Opening with an analysis about the dynamics behind mainstream media coverage, MHLivingNews publisher L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach used that to focus attention on the recent PBS NewsHour report that featured Carla Burr, titled Bad and Good – Two Sides – Manufactured Home Living and News Reporting. Kovach reminds us of the rule of …

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NW City Addressing Community Closures Proactively

The 22 manufactured home communities that comprise an estimated 1,400 households in Springfield, Oregon are considered at risk if the property should become repurposed, according to kvaltv. Mayor Christine Lundberg, in her state-of-the-city address, proposed an initiative to deal with the possible displacement of MHC residents should this occur. “That’s …

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Protests Mount against Modular Homes for the Homeless in Dublin

Following MHProNews‘ post regarding the city of Dublin, Ireland’s embattled attempts to provide modular housing for the homeless, Sandra Devlin of the Finglas Action Group that opposes the proposed 40 housing units on St. Helena Drive said there is a breach of constitutional rights, and the issue will be taken …

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

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com What PBS NewsHour Missed About Manufactured Home Living Nicole Barker compares her Modular Home with conventional construction What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News FHFA may securitize chattel loans. PBS NewsHOur critical of MH industry, as HUD Code production gains sharply in …

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FHFA “May” Open the GSE Door to Purchase MH Chattel Loans

The Manufactured Housing Institute informs MHProNews the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is seeking comments on its published notice regarding a secondary market for manufactured home loans. While the proposal does not require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the government-sponsored enterprises) to purchase chattel loans, only that they “may” consider …

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U. S. Modular Home Builders need to Sharpen their Saws

MHProNews has learned that usmodularinc reports Europeans have been eying the U. S. housing market for years with their improved technology in the area of prefabricated homes, and have begun to jump in, much like the Japanese did with small, high mileage, inexpensive cars. Eschewing converting an existing building to …

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Really? “Bad bargain? Manufactured homeowners feel the financial strain, PBS NewsHour” MHProNews Flash Report and Analysis

PBS NewsHours website has a paragraph below their video report aired on January 2, 2016 that reads as follows: “Twenty million Americans live in mobile, or manufactured, homes that offer affordable housing, particularly in rural parts of the country. Typically older and poorer than traditional homeowners, manufactured homeowners often face …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Dec. 27, 2015-Jan. 3, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com College Education Made In Perpetuity – The Kalamazoo Promise; Von Washington Jr – where Affordability and Quality of Life Meet Home/Manufactured Home Article/Lies, Advocacy Journalism and Statistics – Seattle Times/BuzzFeed Attacks, Warren Buffett’s Clayton Homes Defends – charges of Racism and Discrimination – …

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Manufactured Housing to be Featured on PBS

A memorandum from Dick Jennison, Manufactured Housing Institute President and CEO, informs MHProNews that PBS NewsHour has set Sat., Jan. 2 to air its story on the manufactured housing industry. The story has already been delayed, and it may be delayed again depending upon news priorities. MHI expects the segment …

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