“There is a misconception that only “stupid” people get duped. Not true at all! There are methods to dupe highly intelligent people. There are methods to dupe the ones with pure hearts (“prey naivete“). There are methods to dupe people who are vain or insecure.” So wrote Tessa Lena, who …
Younger Americans say they’d do most anything from downsizing to buying a fixer-upper just for affordable housing, per a new survey by the financial news and advice site, Bankrate. Their report cited Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell saying: “If you’re a homebuyer, somebody or a young person looking to buy …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has apparently finally made a correction on a new 2023 infographic. That correction has been called for publicly by MHProNews in various reports that span several years. More on that further below. Speaking of corrections, in a recent email to someone outside of manufactured housing, …
“NAHB represents more than 140,000 members who are involved in building single-family and multifamily housing, remodeling and other aspects of residential and light commercial construction,” said Alicia Huey, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). “NAHB’s members, most of whom build 10 or fewer homes per year, construct …
There are voices among Democratic faithful that have been speculating that the ground is being plowed to cause Joe Biden’s exit from the pursuit for the Democratic Presidential Nominee in the 2024 election cycle. Governor Gavin Newsom (CA-D), Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (MI-D) and former first lady Michelle Obama are among …
In an address to members of Congress on 7.14.2023 entitled “How Mandates Like ESG Distort Markets and Drive Up Costs for Insurance and Housing” on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), association Vice Chairman William “Bill’ Boor, CEO of publicly traded Cavco Industries said this. “The DOE’s failed attempt …
Benzinga is a business and financial news site that picked up a press release issued by the Indiana Manufactured Housing Association-Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council (IMHA-RVIC) with Sue Bartee as the contact. In that release, IMHA-RVIC Executive Director Ron Breymier said: “This year, we’re incredibly excited to welcome retailers, community owners, …
David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist and has done columns for publications that span the left (Washington Post) to right (Wall Street Journal) media divide. Thousands of manufactured housing pros have been advised of the looming threat from the pending Department of Energy (DOE) Manufactured Housing Energy …
“Our progress creating jobs while lowering costs for families is no accident, and I will continue to fight for lower costs for families every day. I ran for office to grow the economy from the middle out and bottom up, not the top down: that’s exactly what we’re doing.” So …
According to a report on left-leaning CNN on 7.12.2023, renters are being hit harder by inflation than homeowners are. “Renters and homeowners are experiencing inflation differently, according to new data from Bank of America — and, unsurprisingly, renters are taking the hit.” “Using Bank of America internal data to identify …
In a July 10, 2023 press release by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to MHProNews and others in manufactured housing trade and mainstream media, MHARR recounts the toplines of their meeting with HUD Assistant Secretary and Federal Housing Commissioner, Julia Gordon. Per MHARR, their meeting covered zoning …
All of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are significant and operate under the title “the Bill of Rights.” The Constitution was ratified and became the ‘law of the land’ in the U.S. in part because of the addition of the Bill of Right, those first ten amendments. …
As millions have learned, including some manufactured housing industry pros, investors, and others, Texan Chimene Van Gundy, the self-proclaimed “Queen of Mobile Homes,” has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and others with a multi-year scheme involving hundreds of investors purportedly bilked of millions of dollars in …
“The Rorschach test is a projective psychological test in which subjects’ perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both. Some psychologists use this test to examine a person’s personality characteristics and emotional functioning,” says left-leaning Wikipedia. The featured image above has been making …
“The Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) remained mostly flat in June” 2023 said that organization’s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group in a media release provided to MHProNews, which is shown below in Part I of this report with analysis. The Fannie Mae ESR Group report also …
Jason Bedrick is a research fellow with The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy. The Daily Signal, the Heritage-linked news source which provided the article by Bedrick posted below, has had numbers of articles on various subjects in recent years that have used the term “monopoly.” Education is obviously a …
“The right to free speech is not [limited to] a member of any political party and does not hold any political ideology.” So said U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty of Louisiana in part of his ruling for a preliminary injunction against Joseph R. Biden Jr. and members of his …
Manufactured housing production continues to drop, according to the latest report provided by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), which is provided below in its entirety. That documented sharp slide in manufactured home production from where it was in 2022 has now reached eight consecutive months of decline. …
The following report is provided by the WND News Center to MHProNews and is used with permission. It has clear business implications and is timely in its Fourth of July-Independence Day-Constitutional issues. Part II will include links to two Independence Day reports with inspirational and informative items. Those will be …
On June 27, 2023 the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) published an allegation involving manufactured housing connected ECN Capital, parent company to manufactured home lender Triad Financial Services, with claims of foreign election interference. Specifically, CLC’s headline said: “DeSantis’s Soft Money Operation Opens the Door to Foreign Election Influence.” According to …
