On November 7, 2020, former President Barack Obama-era Vice President Joe Biden’s Twitter feed has this pinned tweet. “America, I’m honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country. The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for […]
“Some in middle class may face higher taxes, despite Biden’s campaign pledge,” said a Fox Business headline today in a ‘stating the obvious’ for those who understand how the U.S. tax system works. Attentive, regular MHProNews readers were told in advance of the election that despite the pledge by the
Richard J. “Dick” Klarchek, the former chairman and CEO of Chicago-based Capital First Realty, purportedly used phony residents at Sterling Estates manufactured home community in Justice, IL. Sterling is located in a Southwestern Chicago suburb, and the charges included falsified documentation meant to appear to a lender that seemed to
First, and in somewhat of a reverse order, HUD Secretary Ben Carson, MD, is one of several new public officials who has reportedly been diagnosed with the Wuhan Coronavirus. Several industry professionals as well as manufactured home owners have sent MHProNews their prayers, well wishes, and a hope for a
A longtime community leader in Elkhart, Indiana and manufactured housing has died. Arthur “Art’ J. Decio had multiple awards and recognitions inside manufactured housing, the recreational vehicle industry, and beyond. One of several examples of his impact is illustrated in the video below. Knowing that Danny Ghorbani was
Timely and accurate information is power. Misinformation or delayed information is costly. Keep those notions in mind as you read about the evolving labor pains of America. Is the 2020 race over? Or is the struggle for political power in Washington, D.C. and beyond just entering a new phase? Shortly
Preface. There are two, and only two, possibilities when it comes to voter fraud or other election-related shenanigans. It has either happened in the 2020 elections or it has not. Additionally, if voter fraud or other electoral hijinks occurred, was it at a sufficient level to keep former President Barack
“The U.S. economy created more jobs than expected in October, driven by bars and restaurants re-hiring tens of thousands of workers, even as the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic,” said right-of-center Fox Business earlier today. The U.S. Labor Department said in its Friday 11.6.2020 report that employers added 638,000 jobs in October. That meant the unemployment
In a media release to the manufactured housing industry’s largest trade media, MHProNews, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform provided the following report. That will be followed by additional information, related analysis, and commentary. MHARR PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF – FHFA ADMITS REALITY: FANNIE AND FREDDIE NOT SERVING MH UNDER DTS
Left-of-center CNN notes with some glee that right-of-center Fox News is taking it on the chin for their early call of Arizona for Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden. Weeks of talk about a blue wave failed to materialize. Investors don’t seem to mind, as the question of who will occupy
The official statistics for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have provided national HUD Code manufactured housing production and shipment data for September 2020. That data has been compiled and analyzed in brief in a report by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), which is
There are many things that are not over. One, is the latest official insights on the Cavco Industries legal drama, which follows in our featured focus segment further below. Another is the fight for the outcome of the 2020 general election. Both Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for legal,
There are several sets of results coming in on early November 2020, especially 3-5th, from the vantage-point of manufactured housing professionals. Among them are production and shipment data for Texas, which will be the main focus of this report. That data will be further below. Another is the General Election,
Programming Notice. It is perhaps no surprise that now that the election is upon us, the readership on election related reports has peaked. For some weeks, those general reports outpaced manufactured housing related reports on MHProNews, which is by far the most read industry trade site, per third-party data. Beyond
In a highly diverse America, there are women and men who are getting into lengthy lines to vote in the 2020 election. Those lines are forming in states where the climate ranges from warm to cold. Some will start in the dark. They may see the sunrise, or witness snow
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The general election is tomorrow, but this topic could well prove important months or even years after the election, for reasons that astute and regular readers of MHProNews may recognize. There are certainly voices across the Democratic and Republican Party divide, religious and secular voices, that are supporting former Obama-era
On October 30, 2020 – on a Friday and just days before the presidential and general election that has the nation’s rapt attention – the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued its ANNUAL HOUSING REPORT for the period covering JANUARY 1, 2019 – DECEMBER 31, 2019. In less than an
Deer Valley’s Chet Murphree encountered his personal “closing time” about a week ago. There have been several messages and readers have informed MHProNews that they have shared that article with others. Words of remembrance continue to come in and may be the source for additional insights to be published soon.
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Two generic quotes from two different manufactured housing connected professionals applied to applied to these specific issues that follows tees up this pivotal report. “It’s Going to Get Worse Before It Gets Better.” – Jim Reitzner, Asset Development/Home Source One. A prima facie case has been made that literally: thousands
Repeating a lie often doesn’t make it true, it just makes it common and more believable. Hiding or obscuring the truth doesn’t make it any less true. Keep those thoughts in mind for both the featured focus headline topic, and the leading into that follows. But first, in an election
