Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, M.D., has demonstrably done much since taking his oath of office to advance a proper understanding of manufactured homes. In fairness, his predecessor Julian Castro, made a video that praised manufactured housing too. While the next video interview with then …
For those new or returning to this business daily manufactured housing markets feature found only MHProNews, 2 to 3 minutes reading the left-right headlines from CNN and Fox Business can go a long way to keeping professionals informed on national and global issues that often move investors to act. There’s …
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Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA-D) could be helpful as well as harmful to the manufactured housing industry on several levels. The same could be true of the new darling of the political left, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-D). Before diving into specifics on both further below, let’s begin with statements from Warren’s 2020 …
Among the sources for the report that follows are MHEC, MHI, and their members. Let’s begin by pondering MHI’s page on zoning, which has no date on their article/post. That is being provided in its entirety below under fair use guidelines for media under this fact check and analysis. …
By presidential proclamation and custom, June is National Home Ownership Month. So it was fitting to set the dates for the Innovative Housing Showcase at the first of June. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) media relations (“Office of Public Affairs”) provided the following to the Daily Business …
The markets rallied on word that a deal may be close to done between the U.S. and Mexico on the issue of controlling the flow of illegal immigrants through their country that are coming to the United States. Vice President Mike Pence said in the last hour that there’s progress, …
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There are times that simplicity is useful. Consider these facts. · There is an affordable housing crisis. · HUD Secretary Ben Carson and thousands of others say that local zoning and placement (barrier) issues are harming the nation. · Conventional builders (National Association of Home Builders, factory builders, others) …
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The Daily Business News on MHProNews recently spotlighted the video interview with Mark A. Calabria, Ph.D., the new head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. That report with a video interview with him is linked below. Dr. Mark Calabria, FHFA Director Interview, Front Lines of GSE Reform, Manufactured Housing …
FHFA’s Mark Calabria, Ph.D., Address at HUD, NAHB’s Innovative Housing Showcase Read More
“Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a major turning point in World War II. It helped lead to the defeat of Nazi forces in Europe. More than 150,000 American, British and Canadian troops landed on the shores of northern France on June 6, 1944. About 2,500 of the …
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From President Donald J. Trump’s vantage point, as he has said before, he’s “playing with the bank’s money.” The market and the economy are miles ahead of where they were 2½ years ago. It appears that part of his strategy is to get as much as he can get done …
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“The very best way, obviously, is to address the ideological factors that are causing [prices] to rise so much,” Carson said, per the News and Observer about how to create more affordable housing. “These density and height restrictions and parking restrictions, they add to a new, single-family construction about …
Politico is a left-of-center media outlet that is part of the News Media Alliance. That’s a trade group of some 2000 publications, of which this trade media is not a member of, that is pressing for legislation to exempt them from antitrust laws for a four-year period. The goal is …
“Prager U” has a formula that works. They create videos that are typically under 6 minutes long, have a narrator that some will know, and that woman or man will provide a relatively balanced view of a topic for consideration. This video, posted on 6.3.2019, had 427,548 views in under …
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According to Rueter’s and Yahoo Finance, “The U.S. Justice Department is preparing an investigation of Alphabet Inc’s Google to determine whether the tech giant broke antitrust law in operating its sprawling online businesses, two sources familiar with the matter said.” “Officials from the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and Federal Trade …
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As part of his Innovation in Housing event is taking place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., HUD Secretary Ben Carson said that it is accurate to say that there is an affordable housing crisis. He’s joined in that assessment by politicos and public officials across the left-right aisle …
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled that there could be a rate cut ahead, if trade or other issues roil the otherwise healthy economy. That line from Powell sent stocks soaring today. But our focus tonight is on the comments about the broader housing market from former JP Morgan Chase …
The release below is from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), and they were charitable in not mentioning the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Following the MHARR release there will be a brief analysis and some linked information. HUD CODE PRODUCTION DECLINE CONTINUES BUT MODERATES Washington, D.C., June 3, …
The number of firms that are reportedly being identified as the subject of federal antitrust investigations is growing. Berkshire Hathaway has not yet been mentioned in this evening’s report, but some of the commentary in the video this evening suggests potential principles that could lead federal interests to do precisely …
HUD Secretary Ben Carson is making good on his word on May 7, 2019 to promote manufactured homes as part of his prescription for a better America. In a video interview with right-of-center Fox Business yesterday, Secretary Carson said the following. Fox summed the video up on their YouTube page …
In Washington, D.C., U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, toured the Innovative Housing Showcase on the National Mall on Saturday morning. “The Innovative Housing Showcase is a five-day event featuring new building technologies and housing solutions that are making housing more affordable for American families and homes …
