The Fourth of July is about history, how we got to this point in time, but also about what the future may hold. The fourth is not just about American history, but world history too. The remarks that follow in Part I are from Patrick J. “Pat” Buchanan. Buchanan retired …
An MS Word search of Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) “State of the Nation’s Housing 2023” mentions zoning 13 times in about 50 pages of their latest research. Zoning is specifically mentioned as a barrier in the context of manufactured housing. “Affordable housing” is mentioned 9 times, including …
Among the manufactured home lenders that are not publicly traded is Credit Human. Credit Human is a credit union that offers an array of services to their members that includes single family manufactured home lending. Following some information from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member Credit Human will be a …
“The Dodd-Frank CFTC Whistleblower Program, 7 U.S.C. § 26, provides substantial monetary rewards to whistleblowers who voluntarily provide original information to the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) where such information results in a successful enforcement action with monetary sanctions exceeding $1 million.” So says a law firm that has …
Before digital news the operative phrase for major breaking news was “Stop the Presses” and all eyes in MHVille should focus on the latest Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) “housing alert” email to their members and followers. During a well-documented affordable housing crisis, HUD Code manufactured housing is suffering from the …
For the properly informed, when the Better Business Bureau (BBB) D- rated Flagship Communities gets the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) affiliated ‘Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute’s Highest Award’ for ‘Second Consecutive Year’ it is an obvious case of “truth can be stranger than fiction” and “you just can’t make this stuff …
To properly understand any given report involving the sadly underperforming manufactured housing industry, probing readers should keep in mind what is and isn’t said. Skyline Champion (SKY) Q4 2023 Financial Results and Earnings Call Transcript, shown below, covers the first calendar quarter for 2023. In theory, according to federal law …
There are routinely unstated items missing from news reports – even from reliable sources. Writers, editors, and organizations decide what to include and what to leave out of a report. Restated, every report is ‘framed’ by parties both seen and unseen. Such decisions on what is included and what is …
When the C-suite leader of one of the largest and best-known companies in manufactured housing, Gary Shiffman, President and CEO of Sun Communities (SUI), is involved in allegations of an insurance fraud scam, that ought to be headline news in and beyond manufactured housing. Indeed, it was headline news for …
The cheapest goods imported at the cheapest price, when all factors are considered, may not be cheap at all. Distinct news reports covered herein are deliberately blended because by doing so it paints a picture that the distinct reports alone do not offer. Top current and prior U.S.-China trade representatives …
The U.S. Department of Justice website indicates that the legislation referenced in the testimony by the National Manufactured Housing Federation (see Part II below) was enacted. Next from the headline topics, the legal research and opinions referenced herein include federal and state laws per a document focused on the subject …
Right-leaning CNS News recently reported that the “Cost of Shelter Largest Contributor to Inflation in May.” Part I of today’s report is CNS provided toplines on the latest broad insights into the U.S. economic, inflation, and the housing market. Part II will be additional information on conventional housing market facts …
“Middle income home buyers in the United States are finding little on the market to buy, even if they can qualify and afford a mortgage, according to a new analysis from the National Association of Realtors” said the NAR in a recent tweet. Nobility Homes and Legacy Housing have each …
A “discussion draft” of housing legislation being circulated by Senator and 2024 Presidential Candidate Tim Scott (SC-R) is raising serious questions and concerns about its intent and potential impact on manufactured housing regulation and the manufactured home market. The draft bill, entitled “Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing …
The latest information from Nobility Homes Inc (NOBH) apparently challenges the narrative advanced by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and several of their dominating brands regarding the now 7 month manufactured housing industry downturn. MHVille is the affectionate term used by some to describe the artificially limited manufactured home industry …
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a nonpartisan nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. Per FAIR’s website, “And without the policies and legal processes that keep our [national] sovereignty as originally imagined, we risk losing it all to those who embrace an agenda of mass uncontrolled immigration, sanctuary cities …
Brian Benderoff claimed he and Dr. Billy Gonte were involved in an insurance scam with Gary Shiffman, CEO of Sun Communities, per Detroit News. MHProNews’ report and analysis on that along with additional information not found in the Detroit News’ original post. That published on 6.2.2023. Two weeks later – …
A May 4, 2023 review on Indeed by a “current employee” of Clayton Homes who is a “project manager” working in Maryville, TN said this. “Management points fingers, gaslight their employees, terrible management” (bold emphasis added here and in following, as is highlighting). That person gave 2 stars out of …
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable.”—H.L. Mencken. Comparing the net worth …
Did the late Sam Zell overpay when his firm acquired MHVillage and Datacomp? According to MarketScreener, “Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE : ELS) acquired MHVillage Inc. on December 31, 2021. In a related transaction Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. also acquired Datacomp. The consideration for the combined transaction was $43 million. …
