From sources:
- inside the GSEs,
- from within the ranks of producers of HUD Code manufactured housing,
- plus association sources – meaning those aligned with the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) –
the Daily Business News on MHProNews has received calls, messages, and in-person news tips about the Duty to Serve (DTS) and the so-called Clayton/MHI backed “new class of homes.”
They can best be described in one word. Explosive.
MHProNews values those tips and sources, while sharing necessary words of caution.
There will be an upcoming report, but the sheer scope of some of these insights suggests that additional research ought to be done so that a well-crafted story or series of reports emerges. Congressional, federal, and other sources have been and will be contacted.
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Whistleblowers can make a difference, as the mainstream TV news story video found by clicking on the linked box below revealed. That whistleblower can remind and inspire us all as to how important and valuable inside information can be.
Whistleblower! Ex-Clayton Homes Team Member on TV Denounces Manufactured Housing Giant’s Practices
That said, ex-team members at MHI, Clayton, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finances (VMF) and other association or business fonts can be among the more powerful sources of information.
Keep in mind that people can even be put on camera in a way that you and your voice are masked. The point is there are a variety of ways to prudentially speak the truth while minimizing your risks.
The Duty to Serve (DTS) manufactured housing mandated by law in 2008, and this so-called ‘new class of homes’ that MHI – and what Marty Lavin has called their “big boy” backers of MHI – are arguably a farce or a ploy that could prove costly to our industry, regardless of the number of homes it may or may not sell. And the evidence per sources to date is that the new class of homes and related DTS programs are off to a slow, slow start.
Billions of dollars are at stake. That’s why some have spent thousands upon thousands of dollars to create video distractions for the industry, because potentially hundreds of billions of dollars are involved.
It is the view of several well placed sources inside MH that this so-called “new class of homes” undermines the HUD Code. It is also entirely unnecessary, as our #HousingChoice report revealed.
More details will be planned, as noted herein.
Until then, you should refresh yourself on, and/or read/re-read #HousingChoice, linked further below in one of the related report boxes. That report has sparked numerous additional insights, tips, and comments on Duty to Serve and the faux ‘new class of homes.’
The HUD Code manufactured housing industry could have its best days ahead, but it purportedly will not happen unless structural changes are made that minimize the harm being done to manufactured housing from within.
As a closing point, a manufactured home community investor’s recent call stressed that DTS – as it has been rolled out – is arguably harming manufactured community owners (MHC) and existing manufactured home owners too. That callers point applies to independent retailers, and therefor to almost other segments of the industry. DTS as it is being done in this ‘new class of homes’ fashion is arguably a ploy, a scam, and a way to destroy more independent manufactured housing businesses and/or to keep the value of communities and other industry operations artificially low. “We Provide, You Decide.” ## (News, analysis, and commentary.)
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