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Cutting through Media Fog for Manufactured Home Owners and Pros

Millions of manufactured home MH owners and thousands of MH professionals are being adversely impacted by the current state of CFPB regulations. Yet the fog created by interest groups that oppose changes to Dodd-Frank or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) current policies have slowed the progress in the Senate …

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Kansas Manufactured Housing Association Opposes Home Building in Prison

A measure before a Kansas House committee would provide vocational training and equipment for inmates at the Ellsworth Correctional Facility to produce up to five homes a year that would then be sold or donated to a needy family. Current law restricts the sale of prison-made goods like dormitory and …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Feb. 7-Feb. 14, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Manufactured and Mobile Homes Aren’t Just for Millionaires – Main Street, Middle America Too What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News High rents tough on low-income families. Residents of co-ops save money. Drew notches record revenues. New HUD rule supported by U. …

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Ohio’s Association Director Williams Testifies before House Committee

Testifying before the Ohio House of Representatives’ Financial Institutions, Housing and Urban Development Committee in support of HB 273 regarding abandoned MH, OMHA Executive Director Tim Williams stated that current removal of abandoned MH (valued under $3,000) laws are effective in some counties where an affidavit of value is signed …

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Trump Thumps Rs, Hill feels the Bern in NH Primary

The conventional rule of thumb in the New Hampshire presidential primary told us that many, if not most voters, don’t decide for whom they will vote until right before they cast their ballot. This year may have been the exception, as the polls that emerged in the run up to …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Jan. 31 -Feb. 7, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Lifestyles of the Rich and Frugal: Manufactured Mansions Take Their Place in the California Sun What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Small community banks declined 20.5% since Dodd-Frank. Seattle Times prods investigation of Clayton. Town officials resign over MH siting. Seniors …

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Seattle Times announces State Investigation of Warren Buffett’s Clayton Homes, as expected – Analysis

As part of the Seattle Times‘ ongoing year-long rant on Warren Buffett’s/Berkshire Hathaway-owned Clayton Homes and their affiliated lenders, Mike Baker and Daniel Wagner have succeeded in drawing Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s attention and his state’s Department of Commerce. This is resulting in a bill to investigate the sales, financing …

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

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Not “Beer Cans on Frames,” they’re Modern Manufactured Homes! What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Interview with Don Glisson, Jr. of Triad Financial Services. Another media attack on manufactured housing? Residents of Florida city opposes modular homes. HUD sets up more …

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Next Negative Media Freight Train is Coming towards Manufactured Housing

A number of informed sources are telling MHProNews that the Seattle Times is about to launch their next story targeting Berkshire Hathaway companies and through them, the manufactured housing industry. According to the most recent of these sources, their next story on manufactured housing could be published “any day now.” …

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

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Reality Check – Living Better When Quality Living Costs Less Outside the Box: Inventing New Looks for Manufactured Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Manufactured Housing Administrator Danner speaks at Louisville. What could slow retail sales mean for manufactured housing. …

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

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Bad and Good – Two Sides – Manufactured Home Living and News Reporting What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Ishbel Dickens refuses debate with Carla Burr over PBS NewsHour report. Part of MHC to close. Jurisdiction ready to impose master meter …

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Why did Ishbel Dickens/NMHOA decline a Debate with Carla Burr about PBS NewsHour’s Manufactured Housing Report?

Opening with an analysis about the dynamics behind mainstream media coverage, MHLivingNews publisher L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach used that to focus attention on the recent PBS NewsHour report that featured Carla Burr, titled Bad and Good – Two Sides – Manufactured Home Living and News Reporting. Kovach reminds us of the rule of …

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

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com What PBS NewsHour Missed About Manufactured Home Living Nicole Barker compares her Modular Home with conventional construction What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News FHFA may securitize chattel loans. PBS NewsHOur critical of MH industry, as HUD Code production gains sharply in …

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Really? “Bad bargain? Manufactured homeowners feel the financial strain, PBS NewsHour” MHProNews Flash Report and Analysis

PBS NewsHours website has a paragraph below their video report aired on January 2, 2016 that reads as follows: “Twenty million Americans live in mobile, or manufactured, homes that offer affordable housing, particularly in rural parts of the country. Typically older and poorer than traditional homeowners, manufactured homeowners often face …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Dec. 20-Dec. 27, 2015

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Saving the American Dream for a Soldier, new Wife and Family What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHARR slams FHFA for excluding chattel loans. Ordinance prevents more MH in the community. Assessments on MH sites maddens owners. Block grants to replace …

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Block Grants will Replace Manufactured Homes in Western NY

As part of a statewide allocation of $22.6 million in grants that will help create affordable housing, deliver social services and revive downtown communities covering 1,166 different projects, more than $2 million will be going to communities in western New York state to improve homes and help create a path …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Dec. 13-Dec. 20, 2015

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Local Star Chambers Wage War on Affordable Housing What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Thugs threaten modular homeless housing in Dublin. Dodd-Frank reform dropped from bill. Fowl foul manufactured home expansion. Ordinance classifies 3 types of MH. Site-built starts & permits …

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Dodd-Frank Reform not Included in Omnibus Appropriations Bill

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews that congressional leaders have announced a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations spending bill to keep the government funded through fiscal 2016, but none of the Dodd-Frank Act reforms were included. Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN), the sponsor of the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Dec. 6-Dec. 13, 2015

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Why Families, Singles and Couples are Attracted to Good Manufactured Home Communities Police Chief’s Wife is on Town Council and Loves Manufactured Home Living What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Homeless Housing in Dublin in Dispute. FEMA CA Wildfire Housing to …

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Temporary Spending Measure Passes to Keep Government Open

MHProNews has learned from foxnews the Senate has passed a short-term spending bill that will keep the government open until Wednesday, Dec. 16, so negotiators can have more time to hammer out a longer term measure. While lawmakers are trying to come together on a $1.1 trillion budget deal to …

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