The left-of-center Associated Press (AP) and USA Today recently reported that there are two significantly different versions of reality being projected by the Trump-Pence ticket vs. the Biden Harris ticket. “Competing Versions of Reality, is how the AP summed it up. While one can certainly reasonably critique how AP and …
The following is an email to MHProNews this morning from the Heritage Foundation’s President, Kay C. James. It is an apt reminder of the tragedy and also of the way that for a time, it brought our nation together. This will be followed by additional information, MHProNews analysis and commentary. …
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“Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton appeared on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” to discuss Judicial Watch filing an opposition to a request to dismiss the civil rights lawsuit against Mayor Bowser…” So says the Judicial Watch YouTube page. Among the topics in this video right-of-center Fox Business interview are the following. Attorney …
The TRD national weekend edition reported on 9.5.2020: “Hot commodity: Investors bet on mobile home parks [SIC] Sales volume increased 23% in the second quarter, year-over-year.” Citing left-of-center Bloomberg, they said: “More than $800 million worth of mobile home parks traded during the second quarter, according to Bloomberg. That’s 23 percent …
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Last week, MHProNews was contacted by email from various sources in the Skyline Champion (NYSE:SKY) retailer (a.k.a. ‘dealer’) network, as well as by rivals and other industry professionals regarding allegations of price gouging and other irregularities that purportedly violated written agreements. Following those reports, per insider information, Skyline Champion’s leadership …
The Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) President and CEO, Mark Weiss has issued a blistering array of facts, analysis, and wry sarcasm in his latest “MHARR Issues and Perspectives” for September, 2020. Their report is below. Lest some think that the slice and dice …
Tonight’s topic is the latest 5 year data set from the U.S. Census Bureau obtained by MHProNews. While others in manufactured housing trade media – including those who publish as well as blog – routinely continue to ‘cheer lead’ for the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and their ‘big boy’ backers, …
It’s not a joke or a metaphor. Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway explained the church they created and their historic reason for doing so. “Warren [Buffett] and I [Charlie Munger] were revolutionaries. We created a church that was used as an underground railroad. We supported the Clergy Counseling …
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“A rising China is a positive development, not only for the people of China but for the United States and the world as a whole,” U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden said recently when giving a speech on U.S.-China relations in Chengdu, China.’” So said a Voice of America editorial that …
“The more things change the more they stay the same.” That’s the common translation of what French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr wrote in 1849, “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,” per Wikipedia and Quora. What follows from the National Housing Conference (NHC), which has the Manufactured Housing Institute …
The left-of-center USA Today recently and then the left-of-center Associated Press (AP) did Americans a favor last week. They aptly reported that there are two competing narratives for Americans to ponder this election cycle. More on that after noting that several news outlets are reporting a looming antitrust case against …
Total transparency is technically impossible as well as often being inadvisable. Not many want to drop their pants in public, literally or figuratively. Even Scripture says that there are times to keep a secret. But ‘evil secrets’ that seek to cover dark deeds will ultimate come out. “For nothing is hidden that …
The general election is 2 months away. Falling unemployment rates and rising presidential job approvals both are promising signs for the incumbent president. Rasmussen’s daily presidential tracking poll – dissed by some, but more accurate than many in the 2016 election cycle – shows President Trump at 52 percent approval …
Manufactured housing performance needs to be contrasted with mainstream housing or other U.S. economic sectors in order to obtain a reasonably objective understanding of how HUD Code manufactured home production and shipment levels year-to-date performance in 2020 should be viewed. In a report published this week on JD Supra, a …
On Wednesday September 2, at about 8:53 AM ET MHProNews emailed an inquiry to Sarah Janowicz, who performs media relations for Skyline Champion (SKY). On Wednesday September 2, at about 11:14 AM ET MHProNews emailed a related inquiry to Mark Yost, President and CEO of Skyline Champion. On Thursday 1:38 …
Word of accelerating costs of lumber products is a matter reported by mainstream news. Sources like the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) or this quote from Poynter on August 21, 2020 make the point: “The price of lumber has staged a staggering increase in recent months, rising roughly 80% since mid-April …
A series of interlaced events appears to be driving a growing number of residents from cities into suburban and rural or exurban areas. The Wuhan Virus/COVID19 pandemic Racial unrest and growing violence in numerous cities Ongoing business shutdowns or restrictions Work from home Lower cost housing While the Foundation for …
For several years, the so-called “big boys” that Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) award winner Marty Lavin, JD, said worked only for their own interests had only the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) as regularly and directly engaged association or nonprofit as an ally. While MHARR has …
New York Communities for Change staged protests in various parts of the U.S. today as part of an anti-eviction activist effort. The New York Communities for Change (NYCC) website says “WE RESIST. We RESIST fascist and racist policies that affect our most vulnerable communities. NYCC leads know your rights trainings …
Several different newspapers shined a light on the letter by Soheyla Kovach, MHProNews co-founder, regarding the purported hijacking of the tragedy of George Floyd’s death by Black Lives Matter and Antifa extremists. The letter reads as follows. Note that the headline and subheading where provided by the newspaper editors. The …
