“It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.” – Chinese proverb, Eleanor Roosevelt quote, and the motto of the Christophers. MHProNews obviously is not the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, or Forbes. But day-by-day, we strive to light the candle(s) at hand …
This special report will come in three parts plus an analysis and should be pondered by industry professionals who have direct or indirect ties to manufactured housing production, investors, and advocates. · The first section is a video a pull quotes from CNBC which shed light on some of …
Big Picture – China-U.S. Trade War, White House Statement, Manufactured Home Pro Alert Read More
If videos and storytelling can move minds and hearts – and they are proven to do so – then music videos as a genre is something that affordable housing industry professionals should better understand. Not long ago, for the 4th of July holiday, our publisher posted a video about …
Cultural Corner – O Fortuna, Hava Nageela, Mary Did You Know, and America x2 Read More
There are those across the left-right spectrum who were shocked and outraged last week when President Donald J. Trump looked toward heaven on camera, and said that “I am the Chosen One…” Blasphemous?!? There are those who were similarly disturbed when then candidate Barack Obama took the stage at …
Propaganda is defined by the Safari-connected online dictionary as follows. ‘Information of a biased or misleading nature, used to publicize a particular political cause or point of view.’ As with many of our MHProNews articles, we will systematically build step-by-step toward the headline. Let’s begin. Propaganda could in …
There will be days, weeks, months and perhaps years of arm-chair quarterbacking about today and decisions in Beijing and Washington made regarding U.S.-China trade. Only those dialed into the economic engine potential of affordable housing can debatably appreciate how the current economic turmoil over tariffs, trade, interest rates, and other …
It’s a hot issue. Who says? Anecdotal as well as polling/statistical evidence for some years suggests that ‘housing affordability’ has drawn ever more attention on the political left than the right. But during the Trump Administration, that gap may be narrowing, as HUD Secretary Ben Carson and the …
Some years back, the late Vice Chairman for Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Howard Walker, JD, said this to our publisher. “Tony, the money in manufactured housing is in a book.” Walker went onto explain that manufactured housing was filled with stories. For example. · There are the personalities, like …
ELS’ Howard Walker, on Where the Money is in Manufactured Housing Read More
Forbes and NewsMax are reporting a list of which 2020 Democratic Presidential hopefuls have the most billionaires providing them with campaign support. Sam Zell, of Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) fame is among them. While most manufactured home professionals don’t ponder Bill Gates connections to manufactured and factory-built housing, they …
There isn’t much connection between this headline and manufactured housing on the surface, save this. It is one more reminder that for some 2 years, much of the media were ‘covering’ a controversy that was cooked up. MHProNews, over two years ago, said that it would lead no where with …
There’s fake news, meh reporting, and then there is news plus analysis that shares a variety of perspectives that paints a richer picture involving often complex scenarios. As thousands of manufactured housing industry professionals know, for some years, there have been seminars, boot camps, videos, and other so-called educational …
New Manufactured Home Community Owner Defends Actions in Legal, Media Uproar Read More
Legacy Housing has a history, just as you have your history, or we as a publisher or individuals have our history. If the last 1,000 years of human or business history shows us anything, it is this. It is inevitable that no history of a person or organization is perfect. …
Mainstream media routinely does flashbacks to set the context for new or developing controversies. In manufactured housing, to be fair, there are some examples of that by others, but they are arguable often tilted with little or no evidence provided to support their often flawed thinking, easily debunked, and outrageous …
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development program will be presenting a housing fair in Upper Lake, CA. The fair is set to begin at 11 AM, Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Community Room, 9460 Main St., Upper Lake, per Lake County News. Since 2008, more than 500 …
County Plans Housing Fair Sept. 7, 2019, Dozens Getting Conventional, Manufactured Homes Read More
Markets surged upward again. On his way to address veterans in Kentucky, President Trump stopped to speak to reporters. As is often the case, he gave fodder to both his fans and his foes. We will examine the meaning of those quotes above, and unpack the latest on rates, trade, …
Corruption is a strong word. Talk show hosts on radio and television are accustomed at using phrasing that sparks a reaction. Some bloggers do so too. The reason is that it often leads to more clicks and views. That said, sometimes a topic is so important that strong words are …
Tucker Carlson on GOP Senator Mike Lee – “Maybe It’s…as Corrupt as It Looks” Read More
The places across the country that seem to have the most homelessness, said HUD Secretary Ben Carson, seem to be the places that have the most regulatory barriers. That was said on 8.20.2019, just last night on Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum. Secretary Carson said he also …
“Operation Choke Point was real, and it exceeded legal limits. Overwhelming evidence, in the form of more than 900 pages of newly unsealed” documents were reported by American Banker on Nov 28, 2018. More recently, the Consumer Finance Monitor said, “The FDIC has announced that it has entered into …
Federal “Operation Choke Point,” A Fresh Look from MHVille Read More
Businessman, former Democratic Congressman, and 2020 hopeful for his party’s nomination John Delaney is making the rounds on various cable news shows. His message? He hopes to be the moderate candidate who will give his party’s voters an alternative to Joe Biden and to those in his party who have …
ABC 7 and The Bold Italic (TBI) teamed up to do a report on what is billed as Northern California’s first ‘legal’ tiny house community. To set the stage, readers are reminded of the following. · Legality of tiny houses has been an issue since early on in the …
Looking at “Legal” Tiny House Living Compared to HUD Code Manufactured Homes Read More
