It would be easy to say that many in our era want to avoid serious debate on important issues. But far more insightful are examples in the last few decades of what debate actually looks like, and then draw lessons from it that could prove useful to the ongoing need […]
“This past year, our nearly 20,000 team members helped 56,240 families and individuals across the country achieve homeownership,” says Kevin Clayton led and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) owned Clayton Homes’ annual report. Of that total, they said that there was “46,765 Off-site built homes.” They also sold “9,474 Site-built homes.” The
In a media release to MHProNews and others, Legacy Housing Corp. reported the following. BEDFORD, Texas, May 10, 2021 — Legacy Housing Corporation (NASDAQ: LEGH) today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021. Financial Highlights: Net revenue for the first quarter of 2021 was $39.9
Madera city and county leaders joined residents of The Meadows, a Kingsley Management Corporation (KMC) operated manufactured home community, to protest the firm’s business practices. “Senior lives matter” chants were reported by KFSN, an ABC News affiliate. KFSN said that the location’s management declined going on camera. But
Axios’ Jonathan Swan asked Senator Bernie Sanders (VT-I-Democratic Socialist): “If… [the Democratic] Party becomes the party of the college educated, [and] Republicans become the party of the not, do you think that’s sustainable for a progressive party?” Senator Sanders replied, “No … And I don’t think it’s sustainable for American
“Favorable Demand Drivers Combined With Supply Constraints” is a phrase from manufactured home community giant Sun Communities’ (NYSE:SUI) recent 2021 investor power point. “Jim Schmitz has released the first salvo in what promises to be a monumental work on monopoly, titled “Monopolies Inflict Great Harm on Low- and Middle-Income Americans,”
The KOAA News 5 YouTube video page says “7 people dead, including suspect, at birthday party in mobile home community…” The incident is still under investigation. “Colorado Springs Police confirm seven people are dead after a shooting at mobile home subdivision on the southeast side of the city.” It remains
There is a widespread acknowledgement by experts and pundits of the expanding affordable housing crisis who oddly seem to routinely miss the root causes of problems are demonstrably worse today than at the turn of the century. Recent reporting below by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and from Freddie
A good turn of a phrase or image is proven to stick for some time. Perhaps that explains why the report on 5.7.2021 from Fannie Mae to MHProNews brought to mind the colorful recent Issues and Perspective image that the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) President and CEO
A presentation by former Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Vice President Jason Boehlert has surfaced. Boehlert left MHI and was replaced by Lesli Gooch, who later became MHI’s CEO. Boehlert’s power-point pitch-deck slides shared data from MHI that perhaps inadvertently, but nevertheless clearly, revealed just how badly the industry’s manufactured home
If your firm, or that of one of your industry colleagues, are among those that are having a hard time filling job openings, the latest report from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) makes something clear. You are not alone. A record high number of job openings are going
Under the headline report entitled “Regulatory Capture: Systematic and Institutionalized Corruption of Regulators under Neoliberal Regime” is this quote. “Regulatory bodies, like the people who comprise them…mellow, and in old age…they become, with some exceptions, either an arm of the industry they are regulating or senile.” John Kenneth Galbraith Let’s
The following press release to MHProNews is from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) about an Alternative Construction (AC) letter issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Manufactured Housing Programs (OMHP) on May 5, 2021. TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS MHARR STATE AFFILIATES MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW
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“As President, Fleetwood Homes, Inc. at CAVCO INDUSTRIES INC., Charles E. Lott made $856,073 in total compensation,” said Salary. “Of this total $250,000 was received as a salary, $527,860 was received as a bonus, $0 was received in stock options, $76,970 was awarded as stock and $1,243 came from other
Instead of a line-by-line fisking of Jessica Wildlife’s popular observations, data, and rationale via Medium on her theme – “We Can’t Afford to Live Anymore, and The Rich Are Gaslighting Us” with her subtitle “It’s doing serious damage” – this report and analysis will present her thesis in full. After
In a news update from the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) to MHProNews was the following report on May 3, 2021. TMHA created a monthly tracking tool to see how HUD Code manufactured home builders perform when compared to the broader conventional housing market. In April the answer was a
Roughly once a month, Mark Weiss, J.D., President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) pens an “Issues and Perspectives” (IP) which are laced with facts and evidence. Each column demonstrates his mix of a sharp wit, keen legal and other insights, and/or an equally
There are several websites that provided employees, past and present, and opportunity to sound off on the company that they work for in a fashion that may avoid retaliation. Per 122 reviews on Indeed, the average rating is 2.5 out of 5. Glass Door’s update 4 days ago is only
The following information on the serious surge in HUD Code manufactured home production and shipments for March 2021 has been provided by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to MHProNews. MHARR cites their sources, which are those used by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
Stating the obvious can be clarifying. There are no perfect presidents. Be it George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, or any other president, none were perfect. Once imperfection and the human condition are admitted, a look at President Donald J. Trump’s term in office —
