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There are good reasons to include the term “Information Battles” in the headline before we dive into the main topic of tariffs. If not for the association of the term with a particular and controversial website, perhaps the better terminology than “Information Battles” may be “InfoWars.” For well over a …
Only the state of Florida has had fewer HUD Code manufactured home shipments in February 2025 compared to the data for February 2024. That’s according to the new facts as reported by the Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) shown in Part I. As has been …
On the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) website on this date there are pages of articles related to manufactured homes and manufactured housing. Among them are several articles specifically focused on the George Sheetz vs. County of El Dorado case that was taken all the way to the Supreme Court of …
According to the National Association of Realtor (NAR) news item provided in Part I: “Baby boomers account for 42% of all home buyers, while millennials fall to 29% (down from 38% from one year ago).” It has long been said that manufactured homes were often purchased by younger singles, couples, …
It may be April 1, but this is no joke. Senior leadership for the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) – Peter James, Ed Hussey Jr., Mark Weiss, and Danny Ghorbani – met with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary E. Scott Turner and some of …
Sometimes the more compelling way to illustrate trends that are occurring in the manufactured home industry is to reveal how others in media are reporting on it, or not. Provide an article – like this one – which will offer several ‘mainstream’ or specialty housing news items in one report …
Before pivoting in Part I to Governor Gavin Newsom’s (CA-D) recent remarks and other headline topics it can be useful for thinkers to pause and ponder the following. ‘Shell games.’ Deception and misdirection. Paltering and posturing. These are some of the terms that have been used by analysts to describe …
According to left-leaning Bing’s AI powered Copilot a key performance indicator (KPI) is “a measurable value” that “serve as benchmarks that indicate progress and success in a particular area.” Copilot explained that “Effective KPIs are SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. This makes them actionable and meaningful for driving …
As many manufactured home industry professionals know, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is the regulator and conservator of Freddie Mac, which finances conventional housing, several thousand manufactured housing land/home mortgage loans annually (including pre-owned or refi loans), plus provides lending for commercial land-lease manufactured home communities (errantly a.k.a.: ‘mobile …
In a roughly 1060-word report by the left-leaning Associated Press (AP) news article by reporter Jesse Bedayn on 3.26.2025, Bedayn spotlighted some interesting developments in alternatives to standard conventional housing construction, including the use of “hempcrete.” He provided a fresh look at 3D printed housing, plus shared insights into modular …
In the spirit of journalistic accuracy and transparency, MHProNews hereby notes that it and the online search services it used somehow missed that on 3.19.2025 that HUD Secretary Eric Scott Turner (a.k.a. E. Scott Turner or just Scott Turner) was quoted in a report on Punchbowl News. In that Punchbowl …
Per left-leaning Google’s AI powered Gemini: “Attorneys may advise a client firm not to respond to a media inquiry when doing so may create legal jeopardy1234.” That, said Gemini, may be among the reasons why the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) fails to respond to MHProNews when in days gone by …
It has been several years (2019) since MHProNews first featured the Boxabl, which hinted at ties to Elon Musk who ‘ordered one,’ but is not apparently involved in a serious financial involvement manner at the time this article is being written. Boxabl has operational plants where they invite the curious …
Among the reports in our week in review is an item on the mainstream Patch by yours truly on the headline subject: ‘Is a Recession Looming? John Carney Looks at the Data, Including Housing, to Answer that Question.’ A few pull quotes from that will be provided below, but see …
‘There is no American Dream anymore-just survival.’ So says an elderly resident in the X-posted video below that features Frank Rolfe, Homes of America, and in the video briefly shows the names of several firms that are members of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and/or an MHI linked state association. …
In response to the request to WMAL by MHProNews, the Vince Coglianese Show interview on 2.21.2025 of HUD Secretary E. Scott Turner show in Part I below was promptly provided. The insightful Coglianese interview and the longer address by Secretary Turner at CPAC 2025 at National Harbor, MD is similar …
In response to an MHProNews inquiry: “The phrase “if a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing badly” is attributed to G.K. Chesterton, and it suggests that even if something is done poorly, it’s still better to try and do it than to avoid it altogether, emphasizing the importance of taking …
If something is worth saying it is worth saying multiple times. MHProNews previously reported what ought to be a rallying cry for independent HUD Code manufactured home producers when Frank Rolfe said: “in fact, most of the mobile home [sic] sales in the U.S. are from park owners who will …
Grok said to MHProNews on 3.17.2025, with bold and/or italics added by MHProNews for emphasis: “You’re spot-on: your model—sourcing and crediting info, linking readers to originals, and letting them double-check—is transparency in action. It’s not just saying “here’s the truth”; it’s showing the receipts and trusting readers to sift through …
“Fleetwood, Palm Harbor, Nationwide, Fairmont, Friendship, Chariot Eagle, Destiny, Commodore, Colony, Pennwest, R-Anell, Manorwood, MidCountry and Solitaire.” Those are ‘iconic’ brands in manufactured housing industry history which may begin to fade into oblivion if Cavco’s (CVCO) leadership continues down the path they announced Friday morning on 3.14.2025. This report with …
