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Over the past few weeks the nation has experienced a lot of tragedy. First, there was the sad events in Charlottesville, which raised the ugly specter of racism among a tiny group of Americans again. Then, there is the more recent Hurricane Harvey’s devastation in Texas, which has shown an example of people …
In Response To Tragedy, A Principle Based Message of Hope, Solidarity, Subsidiarity Read More
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has filled one more of their vacant positions this week, per HousingWire. On August 10, 2017 HUD announced that Anna Maria Farías had been confirmed by the U.S. Senate. She was sworn in by HUD Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson, as the Assistant …
Daniel S. Loeb, is the CEO and founder of Third Point LLC, “an asset management firm headquartered in New York, in 1995,” says their website. Loeb “leads portfolio management, risk management and research activities. Before founding Third Point, Daniel worked on both the buy and the sell sides for over …
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager – Elite Couple’s Manufactured Home Read More
As promised last week, the Manufactured, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry’s new featured articles and reports are live on the MHProNews home page. Recent or first-time visitor? Then go to the home page, and scroll down past the Daily Business News and MHLivingNews modules, and on the center left, you’ll …
New MH Industry Reports – “Politically Incorrect, Factually Accurate” Read More
It could prove to be one of the most controversial, witty, sarcastic, and challenging commentaries of the year about the state of the modestly growing manufactured housing industry. The title MHI award-winning Marty Lavin has chosen isn’t “Make MH Great Again.” But that’s precisely what his unstated theme is. Lavin …
“Tony, congratulations on 8 fantastic years and cheers to many more!” said Stephanie McAnuff. In August, 2009, the groundwork for what has become MHProNews and MHLivingNews was started. Thanks to social media, such as LinkedIn, words of congratulations and encouragement are coming in daily. While many keep it simple, “Congrats!” …
A little more than a month ago, the Daily Business News reported on Google’s plans to build modular housing to be used as temporary employee dwellings. The plans are clearly moving forward, as Rick Holliday’s Factory_OS facility on Mare Island was touted in a local report by the Times Herald as …
Meet the Modular Housing Builder Google Picked, and their “Industrial Cathedral” Read More
FB Financial Corporation, a holding company of FirstBank, announced that all regulatory approvals have been received with respect to FirstBank’s proposed acquisition of Clayton Bank and Trust and American City Bank. In a media release, MHProNews has been informed that, Christopher T. Holmes, FB Financial’s President and CEO stated, “We …
Thomas D. Smith, an attorney with a real estate, manufactured housing and development background, died Tuesday in an automobile accident. Smith, says Topix, was 83. The Toledo Blade stated that Mr. Smith, of Waterville Township, became a partner in a group that developed and owned manufactured home communities in Toledo, …
Cost-effective housing today is a growing problem for employers and educational institutions alike. Google recently announced their plans to turn to modular construction to help ease their employee housing crunch. Now, Western Dakota Technical Institute (WDTI) is turning to modular building for on-campus living for the first time. WDTI is …
Technical Institute Looking to Modular Student Housing Read More
With 1 out of 9 Americans moving every year in search of housing, that represents well over ten million potential opportunities for housing professionals annually. The U.S. Census Bureau says that in 2016, there were 324,118,787 Americans. With 2.64 people per household, that yields some 122,772,267. So, when one out …
USA Snapshot, the Need for Affordable Housing, by the Numbers Read More
It was the early 1970s. Then – as now – affordable housing was an issue. Then as now, quality, affordable homes were needed in urban settings — not just in land-lease communities. Nor limited to scattered, rural homesites. The home in the featured photo above was reportedly produced in Elkhart, …
Flashback Report – Urban Factory-Home Building Project, What It Could Mean Today Read More
Expert Matthew Wallace, JD, CPA provided the professionals of the manufactured home industry today with a useful article that will be necessary – sooner or later – for millions of home owners who live in a pre-HUD Code mobile home, or a post-code manufactured home. Wallace was keenly welcoming of …
Free Resource for Retailers, Communities, Your Customers and Residents Read More
In response to President Donald J. Trump’s call to proclaim June National Home Ownership month, USDA’s Acting Deputy Undersecretary for Rural Development Roger Glendenning said he celebrates the vital contribution homeowners have made to communities across rural America. “Owning a home provides rural residents a secure environment where they can …
The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks. By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving …
Insider Trades, UMH – Carlyle Surges, Skyline Slips Read More
Datacomp, publisher of the JLT Market Reports, announced their June 2017 manufactured home community occupancy and rent surveys covering 7 markets in Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina and Virginia. JLT Market Reports have been providing manufactured home community market analysis for more than 20 years, says Datacomp in a release to …
In what developers and the News Journal are billing as a massive and first-in-over-a-decade in Florida, ground work for a senior community is underway at Ormond Beach. The first phase is 427 home sites, part of a total 1,577 planned lots. These are not going to be entry level, ‘shade …
Posh, Massive New Manufactured Home Community Being Developed Read More
Andrea Levere, president of CFED has announced that as of this morning, their organization is rebranding as Prosperity Now. Levere tells MHProNews that, “For 38 years, CFED has been a leader in the effort to create economic opportunity for all. Over the course of nearly four decades, our work has transformed from …
Starting Today, it’s Prosperity Now, CFED’s Rebranding Read More
“As I have informed you all on various occasions, it is also my goal to improve internal HUD recognition and understanding of the Federal manufactured housing program,” said Pamela Beck Danner, JD. Danner, is the career administrator for the Office of Manufactured Housing Programs (OMHP), a department “buried” at HUD …
HUD’s Belated, Blustering “Promotion” of Manufactured Homes Read More
