HUD Secretary Ben Carson is periodically featured on MHProNews for what should be obvious reasons. Among those is the fact that the agency he heads is the primary regulatory body for HUD Code manufactured housing. In a new video interview, Secretary Carson talks Opportunity Zones, President Trump and allegations of …
Ask the typical business professional or sales agent this. Do they want to sell more or less of their product or service? Do they want more profits, or lower profits? The typical answer will be ‘More, of course.’ The background of this story is the profitable sale of more new …
There are several kinds of people when it comes to President Donald J. Trump, or any other human being for that matter. Some will only look at the name, and what they think is bad about the man, for whatever reasons. Yet anyone who looks into a mirror closely enough …
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The home has a hitch. It’s set up on blocks. There are wooden shims, much like those found under millions of manufactured homes. Helen’s home is a rectangle, a box. The deck is big, but there are plenty of those found on thousands of manufactured homes. So, what is it …
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom and PwC ranks as the second largest professional services firm in the world, says the firm’s website. Their revenue in 2018 was reported at $41.3 billion USD, roughly 5¼ times the size of all manufactured housing industry sales …
Sheila Dey, JD, is the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association, per their website. Dey is well known in many parts of the industry and leads one of the purportedly stronger and better-funded trade groups in manufactured housing. To dot the i’s and t’s …
This troubling story out of the northern U.S. is one that periodically crops up in state-after-state. As Amy Bliss, the Wisconsin Housing Alliance (WHA) state association executive director recently said to MHReview (MHR), “The biggest reason for community closures is because the municipality revokes the license to operate because the …
Accurate news is whatever it is. Facts are what they are. Then, there’s spin, hype – or worse. Others, not us, in MHVille trade media – those who sing the Arlington, VA songs – have been talking about sunshine and “momentum.” Well, it turns out that they were right. The …
The markets slid today as most investors declined bite on the word that China and the U.S. may be edging closer to a trade deal. Some insist the trade deal is coming soon, while others say it’s a slow dance and could take significantly longer. But tonight’s focus in on …
The numbers for new HUD Code manufactured home shipments for January, 2019 are in. The latest data from IBTS and HUD are sobering. The decline that began in 2018 for new HUD Code manufactured home shipments are continuing. We’ll have a separate report with the facts. It’s is the latest …
Murders. Robbery. Burglary. Arson. These and other crimes – drug related or whatever other illegal activities – occur in all kinds of housing. From public housing projects to the swankiest gated developments with multimillion dollar site-built housing, crimes occur wherever people are. But for whatever reason, news about crimes, windstorms, …
Exploring the following top ten should be a periodic habit for every professional. It should be part of every business review from firms small- to-large in manufactured housing. These top ten items should be discussed internally, until a new habit is formed by those in management, as well as by those …
The quotation in the headline is a reaction cited in detail further below to legislation passed in Oregon for statewide rent control. Rent control is often hailed by resident groups in our industry. The activists at MHAction are just one example of support among manufactured home community (MHC) resident groups. …
On the 10th up week for rising largely markets. It was a good day for the markets in general, and manufactured home connected stocks too. Tonight, we turn to a video with White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Kevin Hassett. He lays out the numbers looking back, and looking …
According to their website, “The Open Markets Institute uses journalism to promote greater awareness of the political and economic dangers of monopolization, identifies the changes in policy and law that cleared the way for such consolidation, and fosters discussions with policymakers and citizens as to how to update America’s traditional political economic principles …
In 2018, Statista says that there were some 127.59 million households in the United States. In their analysis of what several Democrats are now referring to as the “aspirational” Green New Deal (GND), estimates that the housing cost component of the plan could range from $1.6 trillion to $4.2 …
Why does this piece of political theater matter? Simple. There is an info war underway, and how weaponized news clips are perceived can influence markets, consumer, and business confidence. On a super busy news day, we’ll spotlight Jordan’s litany of facts that former Trump attorney, Michael Cohen had to listen …
There are on- and off-the-record statements that will follow. While the Daily Business News on MHProNews talks with industry professionals by phone on a regular basis too, our preference in using comments is to get the person to send their statements in an email, for our mutual accuracy. There …
As AOC is getting blowback from members of her own party, and pushback from the GOP or others. So it’s interesting to note that today, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell weighed in on some Green New Deal connected notions too. On a mixed day on the markets, Powell’s take will …
The message below was sent from MHProNews publisher, L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach, was sent this morning to Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) General Counsel, Rick Robinson, JD. Several MHI members, and independents were among those BCC’d in this message. — Email to MHI VP and General Counsel, Rick Robinson — …
