According to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) email of 4.24.2024: “MHI & TMHA’s Challenge to DOE’s Energy Standards Likely to Move Forward.” On the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) website is the following headline: “Department of Energy (DOE) Manufactured Housing Energy Rule Litigation – Report and Update.” Those will be Part I and Part II of this report. But as part of the preface, and to tee up the added facts, keen Warren Buffett-William “Bill” Gates III insights, and analysis related to these topics, let’s tee the balance of the headline up with this: “What are the ages of the generations in 2024?”

That question is asked and answered as follows according to Beresford Research with the following statements and age ranges by generations. 

If you do some research, you’ll find that dates overlap and names vary. While we hear generational terms all the time, the definitions are not official. However, based on widespread consensus as well as new Gen Z analysis by the Pew Research Center, and the one generation defined by the U.S. Census Bureau (Baby Boomers), these are the birth years and ages of the generations you’ll want to use in 2024.

Note: Generation names are based on when members of that generation become adults (18-21).

Age Range by Generation – Beresford Research

The significance of that will be revealed in Part III of this report with analysis.

Part I – The following is according to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) email dated 10.24.2024.  Note to newcomers, quoting a source should not be construed as agreement with that source on this or other topics that source may weigh in on. Published statements are those as given by the quoted person or organization.

Legal Update

MHI & TMHA’s Challenge to DOE’s Energy Standards Likely to Move Forward

Today, the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas heard oral arguments on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) motion to dismiss the complaint filed by MHI and the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (THMA) challenging the DOE’s May 2022 energy efficiency standards.

After both sides presented their argument, the District Court indicated that it would likely deny in substantial part the DOE’s motion to dismiss, thereby allowing MHI and THMA’s challenge to the energy standards to move forward. The District Court also stated that it would likely grant the DOE’s motion to the extent MHI and THMA are currently challenging the Enforcement Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. However, the Court stated that MHI and THMA could amend their Complaint to address enforcement rulemaking once it becomes final. The District Court stated that a formal order on the DOE’s motion would be forthcoming shortly. This likely ruling is a positive step forward in MHI and THMA’s challenge to the DOE’s energy standards. The next step will involve the DOE’s compiling of the administrative record as we advance toward a decision on the merits of the challenge. ##

Part II – According to the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). MHProNews notes the striking difference in the level of detail between MHI’s and MHARR’s remarks.

“Department of Energy (DOE) Manufactured Housing Energy Rule Litigation – Report and Update.”

APRIL 25, 2024

TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS

FROM:         MHARR

RE:                DOE ENERGY RULE LITIGATION – REPORT AND UPDATE

MHARR was present in Austin, Texas on April 24, 2024 for a U.S. District Court hearing regarding the pending industry legal challenge to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) May 2022 manufactured housing energy standards rule.

The hearing, before Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra, focused on a motion by DOE and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to dismiss the lawsuit, which presents challenges to the DOE standards on both procedural and substantive grounds, including DOE’s failure to fully and properly evaluate the standards’ impact on both the manufactured housing industry and the cost and availability of manufactured homes to consumers.

In seeking such a dismissal, DOE and DOJ maintained that the case, urged by MHARR and filed in February 2023, was not yet “ripe” for judicial review, insofar as a final rule regarding enforcement of the DOE standards has not yet been issued – even though the May 2022 manufactured housing energy standards themselves, according to DOE/DOJ’s own court filings, were admitted to be “final.”

The judge, following approximately 90 minutes of oral argument, did not issue a formal ruling, but did indicate from the bench that he would likely deny the government Motion to Dismiss as it pertains to the energy standards themselves – i.e., the main bulk of the case — as those standards are in fact, final, and properly poised for judicial review. Consequently, and assuming that the court’s final/formal decision is consistent with the judge’s statements in open court, the challenge to the DOE standards will move forward without interruption.

As to the enforcement rule, the judge indicated that he may grant the Motion to Dismiss, but that such a dismissal would be “without prejudice,” meaning that that particular portion of the challenge could be re-filed after DOE issues a final enforcement rule – an action that is currently pending following a notice and comment period which concluded in February 2024. While the government could not provide the court with a likely timeframe for the publication of a final enforcement rule, it is likely – as noted by the judge — that given the extremely heavy docket of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, the final enforcement rule will be published by DOE before the case is resolved, thus facilitating the reincorporation of that element back into the case via an amended complaint.

Overall, therefore, the court’s expected decision is mostly positive for the industry and consumers, and will allow the crucial challenge to the horrific and destructive DOE manufactured housing energy standards to move forward.

Further, when invited by the judge, MHARR President Mark Weiss stated that he was present in court on behalf of MHARR and its smaller and medium-sized manufacturer members to stress the importance of this case and the harmful impact that the DOE standards would have on those smaller businesses.

MHARR will continue to closely monitor developments regarding this litigation and will take further steps as warranted and necessary.

Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR)
1331 Pennsylvania Ave N.W., Suite 512
Washington D.C. 20004
Phone: 202/783-4087
Fax: 202/783-4075
Email: MHARRDG@AOL.COM
Website: www.manufacturedhousingassociation.org

Part III – Additional Information with More MHProNews Analysis and Commentary in Brief

1) There is a case to be made that the younger adult cohorts – Gen Z and Millennials – are increasingly frustrated, unhappy, as well as curious.  Who says? Research that includes what’s linked below from Manzanita Miller, the eye-opening remarks by agent and TikTocker Freddie Smith (#2 below), and a frequently cited report by Bethany Blankley with The Center Square, formerly Watchdog.org (#3 linked below). See those pretty detailed reports linked below.

2) Note that the above is not to say that other groups – generational, racial, gender, or otherwise – are not also frustrated. They are too. In fact, if someone IS NOT part of the 1 percent, recent research reveals that they are routinely upset by events in the past 3 to 4 years. There is a reported “Grand Canyon” sized gap between the 1 percent and the 99 percent, as was unpacked in the report linked here.  As it also happens, that 1 percent is one of the few groups that say they are okay or perhaps even better off now than they were 3 or 4 short years ago. That noted, it is routinely younger adults in America that are willing to take-to-the-streets or a college campus and protest. That has been exemplified by the recent protests in and beyond college or universities over the conflicts in Gaza, Israel, and Palestine between Hamas, Jews, and Palestinians (see 2nd report linked below).

3) With those points in mind, consider the following related to the headline item on Warren Buffett and his ally William “Bill” Gates III.

Whether you like or dislike Warren Buffett,
or even if you think he is mean.
Buffett’s insights on habits
are often cited and keen. 

Here is what Buffett said, per left-leaning Yahoo News. The bold is added by MHProNews.

In a 1998 speech to students at the University of Florida, Buffett said, “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” He said it in the context of falling into destructive behavior patterns, like alcohol abuse, noting that by the time people are of a certain age, it’s too late to change them.

When you’re young, though, you have more control: “But at your age, you can have any habits, any patterns of behavior that you wish. It is simply a question of which you decide.”

Yahoo noted that setting the right priorities means that your future self will thank you. “It’s a good rule of thumb that prioritizes paying yourself first — your future self will thank you.”

Note that while “alcohol abuse” was noted as a destructive pattern of behavior, that was not an exclusive example. Buffett, raised in a Christian family but a self-avowed atheist, says you can pick whatever patterns of behavior you wish. To the extent that people have free will and freedom of choice, even as a Buffett critic, that remark is apparently true.  We have and make daily choices.

Which leads someone to the insights of Marcel Schwantes.

4) In a recent post on LinkedIn, Schwantes said this.

If you keep up with my Inc. column, you know that I’ve covered the topic of toxic workplaces and bad bosses’ impact on organizations for years. A lot of what I’ve found and documented centers around traits that disengage employees and eventually send them packing. For example:

• Bosses who look after only themselves;
• Bosses who manage through fear and coercion;
• Bosses who have narcissistic tendencies and who are never wrong.

No doubt you’ve experienced this type of boss in your career, as I have. An article by the Harvard Business Review, however, gives an interesting new spin on what may arguably be the worst and most incompetent kind of boss. No, the worst bosses are not micromanaging bullies who yell across the hall and raise your blood pressure.

The worst kind of boss

It turns out, the type of boss who gives you a pat on the back and a superficial praise while the work environment is falling apart–that boss may be the worst.

What makes this type of boss especially irritating is that employees on the ground giving their best aren’t getting the support and feedback they need to perform at a high level; they get platitudes and empty praises instead from their pretend-leaders who are MIA when it really counts.

Scott Gregory, the retired CEO of Hogan Assessment Systems, wrote the HBR piece and calls this destructive management style “absentee leadership.” While the term rarely comes up in the business literature, he says, “research shows that it is the most common form of incompetent leadership.”

Absentee leaders are disconnected from their teams and avoid meaningful involvement with them. Gregory references a 2015 survey of 1,000 working adults that showed that “eight of the top nine complaints about leaders concerned behaviors that were absent; employees were most concerned about what their bosses didn’t do.”  …##

5) Note carefully what Schwantes has said. The term “superficial praise” is a type of manipulative behavior. So too are the “micromanaging bullies who yell across the hall.” Just because someone is ‘nice’ or ‘mean’ superficially, at the end of the day it is what they do or don’t do and for what reasons and with what outcomes that matters. Or, as variations of the remark previously published by MHProNews has observed: ‘pay more attention to what people do than what they say’ and ‘follow the money.’

Sometimes, seemingly altruistic behavior is little more than a veneer.

Schwantes said: “Genuinely care about your people.” That implies, correctly so, that some do not sincerely care about their people, no matter what words they may mouth.

Great leaders support their people by showing an interest in their people’s jobs and career aspirations. They look into the future to create learning and development opportunities. They find out what motivates their best people by getting to know each team member’s desires that will intrinsically inspire them. This is about emotional engagement.

When leaders show that they care about their employees as human beings and support their employees’ future career choices, it helps employees feel more confident in their position and career path, whether it means moving up or moving on.”

Again, without ‘endorsing’ Schwantes, here he is in a video podcast explaining some of his findings on the importance of love in the workplace.  While it is unclear what type of residence he is standing in, it is interesting to note that the background could well be a higher end manufactured home with finished drywall and a vaulted ceiling.

6) Left-leaning Bing’s AI powered Copilot said:

Marcel Schwantes once said: “You’ll only be able to reach your full potential by breaking the habits that no longer serve you. Habits will either move us forward or hold us back.”

But here is the fuller Q&A in context

Finish this quote by Marcel Schwantes “You’ll only be able to reach your full potential by breaking the habits that no longer serve you. Habits will either move us forward or hold us

Certainly! Marcel Schwantes once said, “You’ll only be able to reach your full potential by breaking the habits that no longer serve you. Habits will either move us forward or hold us back” ¹. This powerful insight emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and the willingness to shed unproductive habits in order to grow and thrive. 🌟

Learn more

1 manufacturedhomepronews.com 2 success.com…”

That link on MHProNews is to the report previously shown in Part III #3 above. Out of billions of web pages, the two shown are the ones that Bing’s Copilot provided on 4.26.2024.

“You’ll only be able to reach your full potential by breaking the habits that no longer serve you. Habits will either move us forward or hold us back” ¹. This powerful insight emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and the willingness to shed unproductive habits in order to grow and thrive.”

As MHProNews has carefully documented for years, Buffett and Gates are backing the political left.  They may mouth words that seem to support the ‘green’ agenda, or other leftist causes. They aren’t alone. Other centi-billionaires and ultra-wealthy corporate interests do too. But how real or sincere are there examples?  Are they benefiting themselves and their own interests – first, last and foremost – and are using philanthropy and leftist politics only as a cover?  There is plenty of evidence that the answer to that question is yes, several of the uber rich appear to be using the politics of the left and the politics of the green, climate change, or environmental movements as a kind of cover in support of their own goals and interests.

7) When unhappiness and dissatisfaction with the direction of the country, our industry, your career or personal life reaches a point that millions have apparently hit, it is time to consider: “You’ll only be able to reach your full potential by breaking the habits that no longer serve you. Habits will either move us forward or hold us back.”

 

The video documentary film maker: “Michael Moore Presents: Planet of the Humans | A Film by Jeff Gibbs | Full Documentary.” This was temporarily removed from YouTube, but was restored. It has 15 million views on this date. MHProNews is not endorsing every aspect of this video. But the video debunks several of the presumptions that are being used to push the current EV automotive push, which is part of the supposed ‘solution’ for climate change.

 

 

Among the comments posted on this video: “Our minds have been manipulated, to give power to illusions.” Vandana Shiva.

Another remark, an apparently younger adult, said this: “I didn’t see this when it came out, this is December of 2023, and it popped up on my suggested list. What opened my eyes was about a year ago when I found out the electric car industry is more harmful to the planet than the fossil fuel industry. But the push for everyone to go electric is full speed ahead.” Be you on the left-center-right, invest the 100 minutes to watch this video. It will debunk much of what you have been told by the Biden Administration on the push for EVs.

Arguably related, then check out the MHProNews previously posted Masthead on the climate issue.

 

 

8) It ought to be abundantly clear that millions are being deliberately deceived and manipulated. Behind the curtains of those deceptions and manipulation are a relatively limited number of uber wealthy individuals and corporate interests. Ironically, they are routinely backing the political left. They use paltering, misdirection and deception as part of their modus operandi (M.O.). The energy and enthusiasm of younger adults are often being manipulated to serve the very interests that are undermining their lives.

 

 

9) These are what leftist Michael Weinstein has called the backers of “Corporate Democrats.”

 

Leftist Michael Weinstein ‘Tens of Billions to Affordable Housing Industrial Complex Wasted’ ‘On Housing, Trickle Down Democrats Have Failed Americans in Need’ – Facts w/Analysis; plus MHMarkets

 

10) As MHProNews recently reminded readers, the left-leaning Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) specifically highlighted and linked our analysis of their report, which is linked below.

 

 

11) We are, have been, and continue to be driven by facts and reality. Our evidence-based reports and commonsense analysis are generally and steadily attracting increased levels of readership. With the above items in mind, let’s pivot to manufactured housing and the DOE’s energy rule.  Billionaires Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, and others have supported the left-leaning Sierra Club.  This is how so-called ‘dark money’ works. MHARR has this “destructive” energy rule stopped.  MHI’s purported duplicity was exposed by MHARR. Then, MHI – under pressure from MHARR, MHProNews, and MHLivingNews, finally relented and belatedly sued. But the reason that this ‘rule’ came back is because of Buffett-Bloomberg and billionaire bucks to Sierra Club, which in turn sued the DOE. Inexplicably, the DOE settled and the current process has been underway. When each of MHI’s so-called efforts are carefully examined (see 2nd and 3rd reports linked below), what is revealed is a stunning, and for some sickening, level of hypocrisy and duplicity.

 

 

 

12) What is the purpose of this duplicity as it is playing out in manufactured housing? While there can be more than one agenda identified at play, a simple one to establish is consolidation. Consolidation impacts employees.  Big numbers of those employees are younger adults in Gen Z and Millennials.  Gen X and Boomers are, of course, mixed in their too. Heavy regulation is demonstrably easier for bigger companies to deal with. The DOE energy rule is an apt example of how that is playing out.

 

 

 

13) Millions are being ‘screwed’ in real time, often by manipulating the emotions of well-meaning adults (of whatever age) into behaviors that are arguably contrary to their own interests.  This is apparently happening with several (not all) key members of MHI. If not for the persistent efforts of MHARR, it is entirely possible that there may only be 3 producers of HUD Code manufactured homes.

 

 

14) The articles, posts, and claims advanced by those in the MHI orbit are routinely filled with half-truths and incomplete insights. As consolidation continues, the opportunities – AND THUS THE EARNINGS POTENTIAL – of younger adults continues to erode. Who says? Ironically, the Biden White House. That is how the game is played! They tell you part of the truth, and then flip the trusting into believing that the rest of what they say or do is sincere or truthful. The half-truth, the paltering, is a powerful (and dark) weapon used by the devious. Biden’s backers are demonstrably including many in the billionaire class, the big tech, and big media too.

Much of this from the Biden White House Fact Sheet on Competition is broadly true. But that truth doesn’t mean that they are actually doing something meaningful about these problems. They are arguably paltering and half-truths at their darkest.

For decades, corporate consolidation has been accelerating. In over 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of large companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. This is true across healthcare, financial services, agriculture and more.

That lack of competition drives up prices for consumers. As fewer large players have controlled more of the market, mark-ups (charges over cost) have tripled.  Families are paying higher prices for necessities—things like prescription drugs, hearing aids, and internet service.

Barriers to competition are also driving down wages for workers. When there are only a few employers in town, workers have less opportunity to bargain for a higher wage and to demand dignity and respect in the workplace. In fact, research shows that industry consolidation is decreasing advertised wages by as much as 17%. Tens of millions of Americans—including those working in construction and retail—are required to sign non-compete agreements as a condition of getting a job, which makes it harder for them to switch to better-paying options.

In total, higher prices and lower wages caused by lack of competition are now estimated to cost the median American household $5,000 per year.

Inadequate competition holds back economic growth and innovation. The rate of new business formation has fallen by almost 50% since the 1970s as large businesses make it harder for Americans with good ideas to break into markets. There are fewer opportunities for existing small and independent businesses to access markets and earn a fair return.  Economists find that as competition declines, productivity growth slows, business investment and innovation decline, and income, wealth, and racial inequality widen. …”

Why hasn’t any of the industry’s bloggers or trade media that are aligned with MHI exposing these realities? Because they obviously are in alignment with the consolidators. This is costing smaller industry businesses a fortune. This destructive and manipulative pattern is costing the industry’s employees thousands of dollars a year. And the MHI energy rule is part of that pattern.

15) There is a reason why Merriam Webster said that Gaslighting was the word of the year in 2022. That doesn’t mean that gaslighting has stopped. It hasn’t.

16) It is Copilot, not just MHProNews, that has pointed out how important the work of MHARR has been. Copilot noted that MHARR has been apparently scandal-free. Not so MHI. Scandals and MHI seem to go hand in glove.

17) It is time for the great awakening in manufactured housing and beyond.

There is another fact-packed special report on another higher-profile MHI member firm planned for the days ahead. Stay tuned. Until then, dig deeply into the linked reports to learn how millions, not just in manufactured housing, have been manipulated to work and vote against their own interests.  The markets report for 4.25.2024 is ahead. ##

‘Stunning and Unworkable’-DOE’s Extreme Energy Enforcement Regulations Would Destroy Affordable Manufactured Homes per Manufactured Home Assoc-Added Info with Exclusive Insights and Analysis; plus MHVille Markets

PS: In an email to MHProNews from a D.C. insider was this note: “I have no doubt that the MH energy enforcement rule is one of the regs they’ll push out before the election…” which message quoted and linked an article with this title: “Biden in Race to Push Through Regulations in Case of Trump Win” By Michael Katz on 4.25.2024. Which is a reminder why this recent report matters.

Part IV – Our Daily Business News on MHProNews stock market recap which features our business-daily at-a-glance update of over 2 dozen manufactured housing industry stocks.

This segment of the Daily Business News on MHProNews is the recap of yesterday evening’s market report, so that investors can see at glance the type of topics may have influenced other investors. Thus, our format includes our signature left (CNN Business) and right (Newsmax) ‘market moving’ headlines.

The macro market moves graphics below provide context and comparisons for those invested in or tracking manufactured housing connected equities. Meaning, you can see ‘at a glance’ how manufactured housing connected firms do compared to other segments of the broader equities market.

In minutes a day readers can get a good sense of significant or major events while keeping up with the trends that may be impacting manufactured housing connected investing.

Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – 4.25.2024

• FTC is sued by business groups over its ban on noncompete agreements, which may delay enforcement
• The latest GDP report showed that US economic growth slowed to 1.6% in the first quarter of the year, a much weaker pace than expected.
• Markets fall as investors worry about low economic growth and stubborn inflation rates
• Ford just reported a massive loss on every electric vehicle it sold
• Columbia president Minouche Shafik faces criticism in all directions
• Boston, MA – January 10: Janet Yellen gives remarks during a presentation. On a tour of Roxbury Community College’s Center for Smart Building Technology, US Treasury Secretary Yellen spoke of how the Inflation Reduction Act is lowering energy costs.
• Yellen: US economy strong, not overheated
• This photograph taken on April 11, 2024, in Paris, shows the logo of the Chinese social network application TikTok Lite displayed in Apple’s App Store. The social network TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has launched a new application in France and Spain, called TikTok Lite, which allows its users to get paid by watching videos, it announced on April 10, 2024. Users aged 18 or older can “collect points by discovering new content or completing certain actions,” the social network said.
• TikTok suspends TikTok Lite rewards program in the EU amid regulatory scrutiny
• The clean energy race could trigger the biggest mining deal in decades
• A demonstrator opposed to the roll back of net neutrality rules holds a sign outside the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) headquarters ahead of a open commission meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. The FCC is slated to vote to roll back a 2015 utility-style classification of broadband and a raft of related net neutrality rules, including bans on broadband providers blocking and slowing lawful internet traffic on its way to consumers.
• Net neutrality is back as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
• Signage during an open house at a home in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The National Association of Realtors agreed to settle litigation over commission rules for US real estate agents, clearing the way for possible changes in how Americans buy and sell homes.
• US pending home sales jumped in March, beating expectations by a mile
• Southwest to stop service to 4 airports in wake of rising losses and more Boeing delivery problems
• Notorious far-right blog The Gateway Pundit declares bankruptcy over 2020 election-related lawsuits
• The flight attendant who became CEO hopes more women will make it to the top
• Meta’s stock plunges 15% on ‘aggressive’ AI spending plans
• US economy grew by just 1.6% in the first quarter, a much slower pace than expected
• Buick, GM’s low-key semi-luxury brand, is suddenly hot
• Americans are falling behind on their payments
• Who could buy TikTok?
• EU raids offices of Chinese security equipment maker in subsidy probe
• California wants to crack down on Clear at the airport
• A brutal elimination round is reshaping the world’s biggest market for electric cars
• How TikTok’s Chinese parent company will rely on an American right to keep the app alive
• Calls grow for Columbia University president to step down as protests spread nationwide
• Truth Social owner Trump Media asks Congress to investigate ‘troubling’ market manipulation claims

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Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax – 4.25.2024

• Morning Consult Poll: Voters Align With Trump on States Addressing Abortion Issue
• Former President Donald Trump’s opinion that the issue of abortion legality should be left to each state is in sync with voters, a new survey showed. The polling found that 50% of respondents supported the former president’s stance and 35% opposed. [Full Story]
• Israel at War
• Israel Strikes Rafah as It Prepares for Incursion Against Hamas
• US, 17 Other Countries Urge Hamas to Release Hostages
• Aid Workers Killed in Gaza to Be Honored at D.C. Memorial
• Hamas Terrorists Vow to Not Stop War Until It Gets a State
• Israel Moves to Expand Humanitarian Zones Ahead of Rafah Op
• Netanyahu: Antisemitic Mobs Have Taken Over Leading Universities
• Report: ICC Mulling Israeli Arrest Warrants With US Consent
• Israel Says It Is Poised to Move on Rafah
• Israel, Egypt Held Secret Meeting to Invade Rafah | video
• At Least 20 Arrested in Pro-Palestinian Rally at U. of Texas | video
• Houthis Hit US Warship, Other Vessels In Military Attack | video
• Newsmax TV
• D’Esposito: Feds Should Lead If Columbia U. President Won’t
• Owens: US Needs Trump Leadership to Quell ‘Chaos’ | video
• Dershowitz: Supreme Court Will Try to Find Middle Ground | video
• Malliotakis: Columbia President Must Resign | video
• Columbia Dad: Degree May Be Worthless | video
• Dershowitz: Many Students Protesting Would Join Hamas | video
• Newsfront
• ByteDance Prefers US TikTok Shutdown If Legal Options Fail: Sources
• TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer to shut down its loss-making app rather than sell it if the Chinese company exhausts all legal options…. [Full Story]
• Stocks Fall as Weak GDP Growth Raises Rate-cut Gloom
• Wall Street stocks closed lower Thursday as markets were stunned by [Full Story]
• Biden to Give Micron $6.1B for N.Y., Idaho Chip Factories
• Micron is set to receive up to $6.1 billion in grants from the U.S. [Full Story]
• Colleges Turn to Police to Quell Anti-Israel Protests
• With graduations looming, student protesters doubled down early [Full Story]
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• Speaker Johnson: ‘Appropriate Time’ for National Guard on Protests
• Speaker Johnson Backs Jewish Students During Columbia Visit |video
• Police Tangle With Students in Texas, California as Campus Protest Grows
• NYPD Chief Hits Back at AOC’s Columbia Claims
• Anti-Israel Protesters ‘Don’t Know’ What They’re Protesting
• Protesters Clash With Police at Emory University
• Emory University in Atlanta is the latest school to be gripped with [Full Story]
• DeSantis: Florida Won’t Comply With Revamped Title IX
• The antipathy between Florida and the White House shows no signs of [Full Story]
• Russia Threatens Poland NATO Nukes as It Arms Belarus
• Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday [Full Story]
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• Russia Strikes Civilian, Railway Infrastructure in Ukraine’s Cherkasy
• Kremlin: US Long-Range Missile Aid Only Creates Problem for Ukraine
• Lukashenko: Belarus Has ‘Several Dozen’ Russian Nukes Deployed
• Outrage Over Caitlin Clark’s WNBA Salary Overlooks Crucial Factors
• After the announcement earlier this month that this year’s No. 1 [Full Story] | Platinum Article
• Trump Plans Rally at Madison Square Garden
• Former President Donald Trump said his campaign will hold rallies at [Full Story]
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• Biden Team Targets GOP Pa. Voters Who Picked Haley
• Florida Poll: Trump Leads Biden by 2 Points
• Trump to Campaign in Wis., Mich., on Day Off From N.Y. Trial
• Morning Consult Poll: Voters Align With Trump on Abortion
• Judge: No New Trial for Trump in Defamation Case
• A federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected former President [Full Story]
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• N.Y. Prosecutors Claim Trump Still Violating Gag Order
• Supreme Court Justices in Trump Case Lean Toward Some Immunity
• Niger Troop Withdrawal Another Display of American ‘Weakness’
• Plans to remove more than 1,000 American troops stationed in Niger [Full Story] | Platinum Article
• Gutter Guards for One-story House: How Much Would It Cost?
• Possible UFO Spotted Near LaGuardia Airport
• Michelle Reyes was on a flight over New York City last month when she [Full Story]
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• MRC’s Bozell Seeks to Block Soros Radio Buy-Up
• Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell filed a formal [Full Story]
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• A trio of Republican senators are demanding answers about reports [Full Story] | video
• Schmitt: Aid Bill Will Fund Middle East Migration
• The $95.3 billion foreign aid bill signed by President Joe Biden [Full Story]
• EPA’s Final Power Plant Regulations Called ‘Extreme’
• The Environmental Protection Agency, under the direction of President [Full Story]
• First Ship Leaves Balt. After Deeper Channel Opened
• A cargo ship trapped by the collapse of a major bridge in Baltimore [Full Story]
• Net Neutrality Rules Restored by FCC in 3-2 Vote
• The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to [Full Story]
• Slack Co-founder’s Child Missing in California
• The teenage daughter of billionaire Slack co-founder Stewart [Full Story]
• Poll: 51% Back Mass Deportation of Illegal Migrants
• Half of Americans, including 42% of Democrats, said they would [Full Story]
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• US Births Fell Last Year, Ending Pandemic Rebound
• S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. A little [Full Story]
• Bowman Labels Pro-Israel Group ‘Racist’
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Notice: MHProNews invites the firms named in these reports to respond to any concerns about possibly inaccurate information via email that identifies the concern and offers evidence that sheds a different light on the topic discussed. That said, neither MHI nor MHI publicly traded ‘insider brands’ have done so. They’ve been repeatedly invited to do so, including but not limited to an outreach on Dec 7, 2o23 and Feb 25, 2024.

APO = Apolo Global Management – bought Inspire Communities

BAM = Brookfield Asset Management – owns and invests in manufactured home communities (MHCs).

BLK = BlackRock – conglomerate has investments in firms and operations involved in manufactured housing.

BRK-A = Berkshire Hathaway – includes outright ownership of Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage Corp, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, other manufactured home industry linked firms (MHC brokerage, suppliers, etc.).

BX = Blackstone – Blackstone Group LP has made its first big bet on manufactured housing by buying a portfolio of communities sold by Tricon Capital Group Inc.

CDPYF = Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust – also has manufactured home communities (MHCs).

CIGI = Colliers International Group Inc. – The Manufactured Housing and RV Group “We Assist Owners and Investors with Disposition, Acquisition, and Financing for Manufactured Housing Communities and RV Parks.”

CG = The Carlyle Group – has manufactured home communities investments.

CSGP = CoStar Group – is commercial real estate’s leading provider of information, analytics and online marketplaces. They acquired listing service Homes.com.

CVCO = Cavco Industries – manufactured home and other factory-built housing production, retail, finance, insurance.

ECNCF = ECN Capital Group – includes manufactured home lender Triad Financial Services.

ELS = Equity LifeStyle Properties – includes land lease manufactured home communities (MHCs), but also RV and marine slips holdings. Also has captive manufactured home retail operations, and parent to Datacomp/MHVillage.

FGF = FG Financial Group – FG Communities “Owns and Operates Growing Portfolio of Manufactured Housing Communities.” KEY = KeyCorp – manufactured home community financing and manufactured home single-family mortgage financing.

KMMPF = Killam Apartment REITs- (includes manufactured home communities (MHCs).

LCII = LCI Industries – components for the manufactured home industry and others (RVs, housing, etc.).

LEGH = Legacy Housing – produces manufactured homes, tiny houses, retail, and captive finance operations.

LPX = Louisiana Pacific Corporation – components for the manufactured home industry and others (housing, etc.).

MHC-UN.TO = Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT).

MHPC = Manufactured Housing Properties – land lease manufactured home communities (MHCs).

MMI = Marcus and Millichap – commercial real estate brokerage services that include land lease manufactured home communities (MHCs).

NOBH = Nobility Homes – produces and offers captive retail, financing, and insurance services for HUD Code manufactured homes and modular homes.

PATK = Patrick Industries – components for the manufactured home industry and others (RVs, housing, etc.).

SKY = Skyline Champion – produces and offers captive retail, financing, and insurance for HUD Code manufactured homes and modular homes.

SUI = Sun Communities – includes land lease manufactured home communities (MHCs), but also RV and marine slips holdings. Also has captive manufactured home retail operations.

UMH = UMH Properties – includes land lease manufactured home communities and captive manufactured home retail, leasing, and financing operations.

UFPI = UFP Industries – components for the manufactured home industry and others (housing, etc.).

• • • NOTE 1: Chart above of manufactured housing connected equities includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry finance lender.
    • NOTE 2: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
    • NOTE 3: Deer Valley was largely taken private, say company insiders in a message to MHProNews on 12.15.2020, but there are still some outstanding shares of the stock from the days when it was a publicly traded firm.  Thus, there is still periodic activity on DVLY.
    • Note 4: some recent or related reports to the REITs, stocks, and other equities named above follow in the reports linked below.
    • Note 5: Gifts of Sight and Insights, What’s in Store for 2024? Including 2023 Year End Reflections, manufactured homes, manufactured housing, mobile homes, MHVille, USA Snapshots, Manufactured housing industry year in review 2023.

 

2023 …Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21^st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory-built housing industry suppliers.
· LCI Industries, Patrick, UFPI, and LP each are suppliers to the manufactured housing industry, among others.
· AMG, CG, and TAVFX have investments in manufactured housing related businesses. For insights from third-parties and clients about our publisher, click here.

 

 

2022 was a tough year for many stocks. Unfortunately, that pattern held true for manufactured home industry (MHVille) connected stocks too. See the facts, linked above.

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• Note 1: MHVille means manufactured housing industry, MHVille also means artificially smaller manufactured housing (MH) industry,
• Note 2: Manufactured housing, building, factories, retail, dealers, manufactured home, communities, passive mobile home park investing, suppliers, brokers, finance, financial services, macro-markets, manufactured housing stocks, Manufactured Home Communities Real Estate Investment Trusts, MHC REITs.
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  APO, Apollo Global Management, BAM, Brookfield Asset Management, BLK, BlackRock, BRK-A, Berkshire Hathaway, BX, Blackstone, CDPYF, Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, CIGI, Colliers International Group Inc, CG, The Carlyle Group, CSGP, CoStar Group, CVCO, Cavco Industries, ECNCF, ECN Capital Group, ELS, Equity LifeStyle Properties, FGF, FG Financial Group, FG Communities,  KEY, KeyCorp, KMMPF, Killam Apartment REITs, LCII, LCI Industries, LEGH, Legacy Housing, LPX, Louisiana Pacific Corporation, MHC-UN.TO, Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), MHPC, Manufactured Housing Properties, MMI, Marcus and Millichap, NOBH, Nobility Homes, PATK, Patrick Industries, SKY, Skyline Champion, SUI, Sun Communities, UMH, UMH Properties, UFPI, UFP Industries.

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