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Clinton v Trump – Presidential Nominees and their Tax, Economic Strategies

MarketWatch looked at key proposals on taxes set forth by the Democratic and Republican Presidential candidates. The economic outlooks and tax premises on which they are built highlight the stark contrast between the two hopefuls. Their analysis of the tax proposals, shared with the Daily Business News, sheds light on …

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Ordinance Mandates Community Owners Give Nine Months Notice Before Closing

The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors in northern, coastal Calif. will consider a state-mandated proposed ordinance that requires manufactured home community owners in unincorporated areas to give residents nine months notice if they are repurposing the property which will require the residents to move. The county must adopt the ordinance …

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Manufactured Home can Provide Temporary Health Care

Minnesota’s temporary family health care housing law will allow a modular or manufactured home or recreational vehicle to be sited on the property of a relative, legal guardian or caregiver for up to one year, as MHProNews has learned from abcnewspapers. The law would allow a structure of up to …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Aug 1-Aug. 7, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Loans – Financing – Mortgages for Manufactured, Modular and Mobile Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Sale of Minn. MHC challenged by Attorney General. Section 8 vouchers can now but MH. Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2016. NC MH …

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Bill to Use Section 8 Vouchers to Buy Manufactured Home Signed by President Obama

Following up on the recent Senate passage of a bill that passed in the House in February – The Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act (HOTMA), posted on MHLivingNews and picked up hundreds of mainstream media outlets and advocacy sites – President Obama signed that bill it into law, as expected.  The bill willl allow …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 24-July 31, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com NIMBYism? Debunking Myths About Manufactured Home Communities (aka ‘Mobile Home Parks’) What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News FEMA moving manufactured homes into four W. VA. Counties. CFPB proposes clarification of Know Before You Owe. Patrick’s revenues rise 35%. Sun’s stock projected …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 17-July 24, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com The Aha! Moment – Entertainer’s Delight LifeStyle Model Home Video Tour Proud to be American, God Bless the USA, Lee Greenwood Music Video, Interview What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Trump’s acceptance speech unexpectedly draws favorable response on CNN. New Jersey …

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The Dodd-Frank Legacy: Billions Spent, More Designated, Questionable Gains

Six years after passing the Dodd-Frank Act, which was designed to avert another financial crisis, the American Action Forum (AAF) asserts Dodd-Frank has imposed over $36 billion in final rule costs plus 73 million paperwork hours. That is an increase from last year’s $24 billion in final rule costs and …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 10-July 17, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Educator, Builder Compare Conventional House to Residential Style Manufactured Home Living & Quality Illinois Professional Couple Discover their Getaway Home near Florida’s top Beaches What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Section 8 vouchers good for buying manufactured home. CBO: U. S. …

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Senate Passes Bill to Allow MH Purchase with Section 8 Vouchers

The Senate has passed H. R. 3700, as the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews, the Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act (HOTMA), which will allow Section 8 vouchers to be used for the purchase of a manufactured home (MH). The House of Representatives passed the legislation in February, and President …

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Congressional Budget Office: America Taxing Itself into Poverty

In an attempt to reach out to the 18 to 30 year old voter demographic (though she leads Trump by double, 45 percent are undecided), Democratic presumptive presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is offering free in state college education for families making up to $125,000 a year. She also advocates raising …

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House Passed Appropriations Measure would Alter Funding and Leadership of CFPB

The U. S. House of Representatives passed the $21.7 billion Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 239-185, in a party line vote, that would bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under Congressional appropriations oversight. The measure would also replace the single director with a five-member bipatrisan commission, a …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 3-July 10, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Educator, Builder Compare Conventional House to Residential Style Manufactured Home Living & Quality Double-Digit Manufactured Home Sales Growth, MHARR July 7 Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News House defeats two amendments that would cripple proposed MH financing. Ohio county pursuing …

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House Reaffirms Support for MH by Defeating two Potentially Crippling Amendments

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and the Indiana MH Association informs MHProNews that in the U. S. House of Representatives, two amendments to the Fiscal Year 2017 Financial Services Appropriations bill were defeated that would have stripped language from the bill that make necessary changes to the Dodd-Frank Act in …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News June 26-July 3, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com St. Petersburg, FL – Misjudging Mobile Homes – Tale of Two Cities What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News House committee requesting documentation from CFPB. Modular apartments replacing old apartment buildings. Zeman plans MH build in Florida. Maine city gets community development …

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American Banking News – Key MHI Staff “Excoriated” for Failing Their Mission, Members

With Dodd-Frank, financing and CFPB related issues routinely on the minds of manufactured housing industry professionals, The Daily Business News  has learned from American Banking News the following report on the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), which is made available below. “The Manufactured Housing Institute has been leading the campaign to bring more …

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Dodd-Frank Continues to be Batted About

A group of eminent economic scholars, Nobel Prize winners and former senior economic policy officials all signed on to the Financial CHOICE Act, designed to reform Dodd-Frank, and released the following statement: “We support the reform principles that underlie the proposed Financial CHOICE Act which promote higher economic growth without …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News June 19-June 26, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Entry Level v Residential Style Manufactured Homes, Modular Homes and MH Appraisals – Tom Papszycki, Arrowhead Homes – Inside What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Louisiana Approves 336 home site MH community. Polish modular builder marketing in Sweden. Oregon legislator tryhing …

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Appropriations Bill Amendment will Provide Access to MH Financing

An amendment sponsored by Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn) and passed by the House Appropriations Committee is designed to strengthen access to safe, affordable and available financing for manufactured homes while preserving important consumer protections, according to what the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) tells MHProNews. Passed by a bipartisan vote of …

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As Government Grows, Regulations Impose, the Economy Slows

Saying people have forgotten President Reagan’s line: “The government is not the solution, it is the problem.” The larger the government grows, the slower the economic growth, writes Richard W. Rahn in washingtontimes. The article MHProNews posted June 9, 2016 reports Donald Trump promises to end Dodd-Frank and its chokehold …

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