A sharp critic of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) called MHProNews to express the good, bad, and ugly about what has been occurring on that battle front. On paper, MHI seems to be doing some good things. That insider critic who has long ties to the Arlington, VA based trade …
Uncomfortable facts, vexing evidence, or competing claims regarding manufactured housing related issues are found in recent news reports by Fox Business, the Washington Post, Vice, Yahoo, and Go Banking Rates, among others. Some of that third-party media content will be provided below as part of this MHProNews fact check and …
Word Hippo says that other words (synonyms) for “roll over” are “capsize” or “overturn.” According to MarketWatch and MSN on 6.16.2022, “Veteran investor and bitcoin bull Michael Novogratz doesn’t have a rosy outlook on the economy, which he described as headed for a substantial downturn, with the likelihood of a …
Legacy Housing Corporation (LEGH) Announced last week several changes to their leadership team. Those shifts and additions were described in a press release which is posted below. It includes the addition of Duncan Bates as their new president and chief executive officer (CEO), with co-founder Kenneth “Kenny” Shipley moving into …
In a news release to MHProNews and mainstream media by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) dated June 14, 2022 (Flag Day), the organization which was founded in 1943 grimly stated: “Small Business Owners’ Expectations for the Future at 48-year Low.” This member-driven survey by NFIB comes on the …
The timing of the latest Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) President and CEO Mark Weiss, J.D., “Issues and Perspective” comes on the heels of a new report by Real Clear Energy and the WND NewsCenter to MHProNews. Manufactured housing connected equities are broadly sliding concurrent with this report’s …
The source of the provocative paraphrase in the headline is found further below. It arrived after MHProNews had drafted this Monday morning report, which is based on U.S. Census Bureau information. The Census Bureau website says that data on the Manufactured Housing Survey was recently updated: “Last Revised: June 8, …
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contracts with the Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS) to gather data on HUD Code manufactured home production and shipments. The following is the official data on production and shipments by state. In the abbreviations that follow, SW is short …
Within days of the 2020 election, Naomi Wolf, Ph.D., was trying to ‘walk back’ her vote for Joe Biden. The issue she raised at the time, per the Washington Examiner, was his support for lockdowns. Wolf told the Sunday Times “I’m not a conspiracy theorist.” In her June 13, 2021 …
A periodic look at the big picture of the U.S. economy and the mood of Americans is useful because it will reflect on our profession’s opportunities. The following report by the WND NewsCenter to MHProNews on the recent Wall Street Journal-NORC survey sheds the light on how Americans feel about …
The following news release from Legacy Housing Corporation (LEGH) is followed by a brief but clarifying statement from a well-placed and informed source at the company to MHProNews. Legacy Housing Corporation Receives Notification of Deficiency from Nasdaq Related to Delayed Filing of Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q May 23, …
June is National Home Ownership Month, as MHProNews readers were recently reminded. On Thursday afternoon, June 9th and then June 10-12th, 2022, the Innovative Housing Showcase (IHS) will be revived after its hiatus during the proclaimed COVID19 pandemic. IHS began during the tenure of HUD Secretary Ben Carson, in June …
Manufactured homes and baby formula are obviously two distinctive products. Both industries feature federal regulation, more on that and the possible takeaways for manufactured housing industry professionals follow further below. But to grasp the reasons why manufactured housing pros, advocates, and others should be concerned, facts and insights about the …
The Biden Administration is apparently named in the transcript below due to the recently announced White House initiative. Biden-Inflation and supply chains are background topics in the Seeking Alpha (SA) transcript of the latest Skyline Champion (SKY) earnings call. Their transcript, complete with audio, is available at this link here. …
“Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.” So said Lavrentiy Beria, head of Joseph Stalin’s secret police, per Quozio. Beria served as the Soviet deputy premier from 1941 until Stalin’s death in 1953, according to the Oxford Eagle. Beria, per the Free Dictionary, “Soviet chief of secret …
As a Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) op-ed by their CEO Lesli Gooch, Ph.D., that follows revealed, they are once more claiming “momentum.” This time that claim applies to what Gooch asserts is MHI “momentum” with public officials in Washington, D.C. As multiyear readers here may recall, MHI made a …
Jury nullification is part of the important provision of American Constitutional Law that gives defendants the right to trial by jury. While some are understandably disappointed in the jury’s verdict in the Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussman trial, that absolute power of the jury to effectively strike down a law …
A byline by award-winning journalist Kirstin Garriss, with the Cox Media Group’s (CMG) Washington, D.C. news bureau published a report in several regional media markets under the headline: “Concerns rise as mobile homes could become unaffordable.” What appears to be the same content under a different headline and byline was …
Manufactured housing has two active national trade groups. While both claim to be working to stop the implementation of what they each agree is a damaging and costly Department of Energy (DOE) manufactured housing energy rule, only the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has used or publicly discussed …
A tweet about a national leader has focused the attention of some on an international meeting occurring in Europe. To set the stage for the report, a brief flashback is useful. In World Wars I and II, most Americans were opposed to getting involved in overseas conflicts. For example, in …
