Since the passage for ObamaCare – the so-called Affordable Care Act (ACA) – manufactured housing industry businesses of all sizes have been wrestling with the consequences of the law. The Daily Business News won’t call the effects of the ACA or ObamaCare “unintended consequences” because MIT’s Jonathan Gruber is on …
For those who wonder if the Trump Administration is serious about enforcing laws, a $1.2 billion dollar settlement should put that question to rest. “U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson…announced a historic agreement with the nation’s largest public housing authority to correct dangerous lead-based paint and …
$1.2 Billion Settlement Proves FEDs Are Serious; Communities, Industry Head$ Up Read More
“He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns with the sixth pick in the 2004 NFL Draft and played 10 seasons for five teams, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots and New York Jets. He concluded his playing career in 2013,” per the Delmar Times. “The …
Former NFL Star Arrested for Burglary of a “Mobile Home,” Surprising News Story Twist Read More
What kind of impression is this going to make for the manufactured home industry? Get ready to find out, because famous pimp, legal brothel owner, and HBO “Cathouse” star Dennis Hof has won his primary contest in Nevada, where prostitution is legal. Pimp Dennis Hof, owns several legal brothels, …
Famous Pimp Who Has Manufactured Homes for “Cathouse” Wins Primary Read More
Manufactured housing professionals are every bit as likely to get hacked or scammed as the rest of the nation. Industry pros have told us about their robocall hassles. It even happens to big organizations, and the federal government. For example, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) sent out an alert …
“The revival of a previously “inactive” energy rule for manufactured homes by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) may trigger legal action by MHARR on behalf of smaller HUD Code industry businesses,” said MHARR in a release do the Daily Business News. “As MHARR reported on December 18, 2017, …
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling applauded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s dismissal of PHH case, per a statement made to the Daily Business News. “This dismissal is the final nail in the coffin of what was a sad chapter in the Bureau’s short history,” Hensarling said. The Financial Services …
In a letter to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform presidents, Jonathan Lawless, Vice President of Fannie Mae advised the two national trade associations of their news “MH Advantage” program for manufactured homes. The opening from the letter from Lawless to the two …
“A few hours ago, if you googled “California Republicans,” the search engine would produce an information box listing “Nazism” as the party’s primary belief system,” per QZ. “As California gears up for its primary, many of the state’s Republicans are fuming over how Google described their party in its …
Google, Tech, Manufactured Housing, and Political Power Read More
The absurdity of publishing only half-truths, ‘happy talk,’ endless self-promotion, and polite platitudes has been on full display in manufactured housing for years. Google’s dictionary defines absurd this way: wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate – “the allegations are patently absurd” arousing amusement or derision; ridiculous – “gym shorts and …
There is in all communications efforts the risk of saying too much, or too little, when seeking to make an important point. In an era when thousands of messages are heard or seen daily by the average American, the risk of tuning out news or issues that seem disquieting …
FEDs, AGs, Law, Weaponized Gov’t – Business Risk, and Defense Read More
New York “Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood today announced an order directing Walker’s Manufactured Housing, Inc. (“Walker’s”) and its owner, Stanley Hall, to explain their failure to sit for testimony as required by the Attorney General’s subpoena,” said in a release to the Daily Business News. “My office will …
Attorney General Sues Manufactured Home, Modular Housing Company, and owner Stanley Hall Read More
Late Friday, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) said that “high ranking Fannie Mae employees have been intentionally violating their government prohibition on lobbying through a series of secret meetings to remove the failed mortgage giant from federal oversight.” According to Congressman Hensarling’s statement to the …
Imagine if during the 2008 campaign, if someone in the Bush Administration had planted one or more FBI informants in then Senator Barack Obama’s campaign. Then further imagine, that federal investigations were started, based in part on information paid for by opposition to then-candidate, Senator Obama. Then envisage that …
Last February, a North Carolina truck drive died at Clayton Homes Maynardville plant. The state and local media said little, pending the state’s investigation. The initial Daily Business News report, is linked here. Tragic Clayton Death Sparks Investigation, Background Others Missed That state investigation is now complete, and here …
“Ben Shapiro is a renowned conservative political pundit, syndicated columnist, lawyer, and NYT bestselling author. He is Editor-in-Chief of news and opinion site The Daily Wire and host of the popular video podcast, The Ben Shapiro Show,” says his YouTube page. Fox News has called Shapiro “a leading millennial …
“We bought a trailer [1] that wasn’t really ours. I mean, it really hurt me. My nerves have been tore up. I’ve been crying.” – Tonya Evans, a customer of Tom Lackey’s Stoney Pointe MH Community business. Spencer Roane is an RV MH Hall of Fame Inductee, and is …
Local media originally reported that the tortured odyssey of the Northern Housing Community in Schofield, Wisconsin did not receive a timely appeal. Those initial accounts turned out to be inaccurate. “Your article was very interesting,” said Sarah L. Ruffi, of the Ruffi Law Offices in Wausau, WI. “I represent Northern …
Reprieve in Community Closure Collision, Another Round Ahead? Read More
Private property rights are a foundational issue for the manufactured housing industry, and all other housing professionals, and consumers. Nevertheless, those private property rights, along with many others, are widely misunderstood. Primaries will be decided in several states today. How engaged are most Americans in politics? How well do …
Promoting Home Ownership and Private Property is Premised by Understanding This Read More
A manufactured home community in the Wausau, Wisconsin area may be putting a fresh light on a dark topic. Media and others often fail to put the topic of closures in the broader context of housing. Hundreds of thousands of housing units a year are demolished in America, and …
Closure by Collusion? Dark Side of Local Manufactured Home Community Code Enforcement? Read More
