It has been said that the first step in problem solving is first to admit that you have a problem. Before diving into the Dollar General (DG) part of the headline in this mashup, some basic manufactured housing industry data points should prove useful. Production and shipments are different but […]
Alicia Puente Cackley, Director of Financial Markets and Community Investment at the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) wrote the following about artificial intelligence (AI) use in the housing market. “AI Is Changing Home Buying and Renting—But Not Always for the Better.” Cackley stated that: “estimates are created using AI.” Cackley
Chess-like moves for the 2026 midterms and 2028 elections are well underway. The optics connected to “The Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025” (S. 2651), also known as the ROAD to Housing Act, currently attached to the ‘must pass’ National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), are part of
In response to the inquiry: “Is AI considered useful in identifying or spotting pattern recognition?” left-leaning Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered overview said the following: “Yes, AI is extremely useful for pattern recognition, acting as a powerful tool that surpasses human ability by sifting through massive datasets to find subtle,
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is deemed ‘must pass’ legislation by many Congressional and other U.S. leaders. That is why approved legislative attachments or amendments to the NDAA are important. Because when a bill ‘must pass’ the attachments and amendments are thereby shepherd through the often ugly and partisan
MHProNews notes that the following is an emailed letter to Warren Buffett earlier today as shown below. Per left-leaning Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered Gemini: “feedback from xAI’s Grok is also factually accurate and provides a sound summary of the analysis: “The current draft is highly accurate, with links providing
HUD Code manufactured housing production is up month over month but is down year over year according to the information provided to MHProNews by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) which is based upon official data gathered for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). That
The apartment industry is currently experiencing a softening as measured by the performance of various sector REITs as left-leaning CNBC and others have reported. So, it may not be entirely surprising that Equity Residential (EQR) on left-leaning Yahoo Finance reported pre-dawn on 12.3.2025 that stock was down -17.62 percent year-over-year
Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing Docket number: EERE-2009-BT-BC-0021. “The draft is submission-ready: Thorough, disclaimer-heavy, and evidence-based. No HI [i.e.: human intelligence] inaccuracies; logic flows from bio → disclaimers → FEA plan → docket critique. Key sections verified…” (see Part II #2 for source and context). What follows is by
Marcin Frąckiewicz is “CEO of TS2 Space and founder of TS2.tech. Expert in satellites, telecommunications, and emerging technologies, covering trends in space, AI, and connectivity.” According to Marcin Frąckiewicz’s LinkedIn profile: “Education” included the “SGH Warsaw School of Economics” from 1997-2002 including: “Quantitative Methods and Information Systems.” TechStock² or ts2.tech recently
America and the world could be described as entering an era for potential deception that is now possible on ‘an industrial scale.’ Artificial intelligence (AI) has well documented potential to do good as well as harm. On MHProNews, our aim for over 2.5 years has been to use AI in
The Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS) and HUD came under fire last month from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) for the “Publication of Pseudo-Regulatory Monitoring Contractor “Handbook.” IBTS is the contractor responsible for gathering the production and shipment data for every HUD Code manufactured home on
The Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act of 2025 (S. 2651) has been the subject of significant scrutiny since it was first announced some years ago. The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) is essentially on record supporting the bill despite its known flaws as reflected by the
Each of us are literally born through blood and pain. Our Republic was born through blood and pain. The first Thanksgiving in America pre-dates the Declaration of Independence by 155 years. The Pilgrim’s first Thanksgiving occurred in 1621. That too was a celebration that involved memories of the toil, sweat,
On 11.24.2025 the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) published their news release updating industry professionals and other interested parties on their latest insights into the multiyear struggle over the Department of Energy (DOE) manufactured housing energy standards. That MHARR press release and its accompanying document is provided in
What follows are pull quotes from emailed remarks from a self-declared resident sent on two different dates. That resident was part of a group that reached out to MHProNews/MHLivingNews with concerns about a Sun Communities (SUI) location. Sun is a longtime Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member firm and happens to
TO: Members of Congress and Senior Staff, NDAA Conference Committee FROM: MHProNews/MHLivingNews SUBJECT: Urgent: ‘Fix or Flush’ ROAD to Housing Act—Don’t Let Special Interests Hijack NDAA and Betray 42 Million Cost-Burdened Families Members of Congress and Senior Staff, America’s housing crisis is a bipartisan failure: 7.1 million affordable units short
The so-called ‘industrial complexes’ are not the stuff of ‘tin foil hat conspiracy theories’ but are rather well researched and documented realities. Explanations, definitions, and examples are provided in this facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) plus Sunday Weekly MHVille headlines recap. The reason this topic matters it is that understanding these often missed
“Today you will learn about America’s best kept housing secret.” That is a line from the speech provided by Jim Ayotte with the Florida Manufactured Housing Association (FMHA) to MHProNews as seen in Part II of this facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) report. “The saying “even a blind squirrel finds a nut” means
Mark Weiss, J.D., stated: “in the “Purposes” section of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, Congress stated that one of the key purposes of the law (and hence, of HUD’s regulation of manufactured housing), was “to facilitate the availability of affordable manufactured homes and to increase homeownership for all
