‘There is No Worse Enemy Than the One Who Looks Like a Friend…’ That is a paraphrase of the actual remarks attributed to Roman general and politician Lucius Cornelius Sulla – “No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full,” per …
“So, while HUD pats itself on the back for its good intentions, the affordable housing crisis expands every day, while manufactured housing production has dramatically declined over two consecutive quarters.” So said Mark Weiss, J.D., President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in his latest …
The following series of questions were posed to Microsoft’s Bing Artificial Intelligence (AI) function on 5.21.2023, starting at about 3:40 AM ET. “Why is the manufactured housing industry underperforming?” The screen capture linked here shows the ‘top of fold’ answers and the Bing AI Chat function quoted below reflects that …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) sent the following email to those on the Arlington, VA based trade association’s MHI email list on May 19, 2023. They touted that the DOE Energy Rule has been “delayed” and that “There is Still Work to be Done.” Both of those remarks are true, …
Voices from the political and media left and right in the U.S. have made a similar argument as the one presented below by historian Hanne Nabintu Herland. For an example from the political left, the announcement by Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s formal presidential campaign proclaimed that a key to …
On the same day that Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) late Chairman Samuel “Sam” Zell’s death was reported by one of the corporations that the real estate and investment mogul helped start, Manufactured Housing Properties Inc. (OTC: MHPC) announced their quarterly results. Compared to giant ELS, MHPI is a nascent community …
“In a stunning development, the original DTS proposals to FHFA in May of 2021 were soundly rejected by many housing advocates such as the Lincoln Institute, the National Housing Conference, and National Community Stabilization Act.” So wrote Raymond Leech for MHVillage’s MHInsider. Leech added that “They [nonprofit housing advocates] told FHFA …
Give the Texas Real Estate Research (TRERC) full credit both for responding and for doing so in a timely and transparent fashion to this inquiry about their most recent media released report, posted further below. Unlike some operating in the dramatically diminished manufactured housing industry market compared to the late …
Thousands working in the manufactured housing industry have little sense of the various trade groups that operate in the industry, much less the history of the national trade groups. As evidence for that, someone could pick at random a manufactured home production center or a larger land-lease community. Avoid the …
Legacy Housing Corporation (LEGH) is among the raft of quarterly reports which have emerged in MHVille from the remaining publicly traded companies in the once far larger manufactured housing industry. They have not only survived, but their announced corporate data reflects that Legacy has thrived. Some third-party researchers have taken …
Attorney Andrew Justus, J.D., is a Niskanen Center Housing Policy Analyst who on 5.9.2023 published via the Washington, D.C. based The Hill Congress blog an op-ed with the headline that asked: “What’s holding back manufactured homes?” ‘What is holding the manufactured housing industry back’ is a relevant question to any manufactured …
Some definitions will help explain how outrageous the latest iteration of the “Excellence in Manufactured Housing” Awards for 2023 are, shockingly given by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to two member firms that have D- ratings by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) evaluations (rating) system. MHI member Flagship Communities and …
The latest national production data from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reveals that the manufactured homes industry is now in month six (6) of a downturn during an affordable housing crisis. In MHI’s recent emailed ‘news’ update, there is no mention of that fact, but remarks on …
Under an Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) subheading from an investor relations (IR) presentation for “ELS at a Glance” in the first quarter of 2023 is this opening statement. “ELS owns and operates the highest quality portfolio of manufactured home (“MH”) communities, recreational vehicle (“RV”) resorts, campgrounds and marinas in North …
In a press release via Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) owned BusinessWire, HouseCanary has released its first quarter of 2023 national rental housing market research report. Chris Stroud, Co-founder and Chief of Research at HouseCanary, commented: “High unaffordability and the uncertainty of where the housing market is headed has slowed down property …
“The IRS has gotten complaints about two groups involved in a “disinformation” scheme,” said the WND News Center in a report provided to MHProNews readers below that cited the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) as the organization filing the IRS complaint. NLPC’s “Corporate Integrity Project” has also “sponsored” a …
“Cavco’s sustainable success relies on high standards of ethics and integrity in all of our relationships, and this all starts with treating one another with respect and dignity.” (Italics added for emphasis.) “Ask questions. Raise concerns if they exist.” Those words are quoted from page 3 of Cavco Industries (CVCO) …
Left-leaning CNBC said that Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) has about $130 billion dollars in cash or cash equivalents that it could invest or use in stock buybacks. Right-leaning Newsmax said that “Buffett spoke hours after Berkshire posted a $35.5 billion quarterly profit and said it bought back $4.4 …
Preface and disclosure: based on public polling in recent years, most adult Americans believe that the nation is on the “wrong track.” One should recall that the “word of the year” for 2022 was “gaslighting.” Per Merriam-Webster’s word of 2022 “Gaslighting” is “mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful.” MHProNews has …
It isn’t the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) but rather the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) that brought the U.S. Supreme Court Case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo to the attention this week of the manufactured housing industry and its tens of thousands of professionals. In an emailed statement …
