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JPMorganChase, according to a new report by Jordan Ash for the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP), is the largest lender to Alden Global Capital, which in turn has as an “affiliate” “Vulture Wars” featured Homes of America. Barry Yost, a Homes of America resident is quoted: “They [Homes of America] […]
“It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life.” – Mickey Mantle, opening quote from the ‘based on a true story’ movie Moneyball. “Happy 16th Anniversary to MHProNews! Here’s a featured image designed to celebrate this milestone, incorporating your ideas of the split
“MHI actively monitors and proactively addresses any attempts by third parties who wrongfully disparage the organization.” So said David P. Goch, J.D., a partner in the Webster, Chaberlain and Bean LLP law firm on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). There is an evidence-based case to be made that
In moves that began in late September and continued in October 2025, Legacy Housing Corporation (LEGH) issued a series of press releases and Securities and Exchange (SEC) 8K filings related to “Core Manufacturing & Financing Initiatives, and Leadership Transition.” Those Legacy 8Ks filings will be provided in this report, including
According to a tip emailed to MHProNews: “the Senate has jammed through Tim Scott’s ROAD to Housing Act under cover of darkness.” Various checks confirmed some key aspects of the tip. The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO.org) said: “October 10, 2025 — Last night, the Senate passed
On October 9, 2:25 PM ET, Sun Communities was contacted by MHProNews, inviting them to respond to the site dubbed “Official Sun Communities Exposed Portal.” Approaching two days later, there has been no response as of the time shown below. Part I of this report provides Sun’s news release on “Sun
“Taxpayers are being forced to foot the bill for over $800,000 per unit for homeless housing,” said Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Vice President of Communications Susan Shelley in an interview with The Center Square [see Part II]. “There should be an audit to determine if this is genuinely the best
“We urge you [President Donald J. Trump] to build on the foundation already established and to resist pressures that would return federal antitrust enforcement to a more hands-off approach, the very approach that allowed unchecked market power to take root.” So says a letter provided in Part I by what
Paraphrases in the headline are clearly disclosed herein and credited to Matt Stoller in Part I of this facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) mashup. It is just, moral and thus important to give credit where credit is due. It is equally important to hold people and organizations accountable. There are times when MHProNews
According to the latest August 2025 manufactured housing production data provided by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), only Georgia and Kentucky are ahead in year-over-year cumulative shipments of new HUD Code manufactured homes to their states. That means that the number one state for new manufactured home shipments
“It is like George Patton says, one look is worth a thousand reports. Unbelievable,” said Congressional Representative Lisa McClain (MI-10-R). “If somebody put a blindfold on you and took you into one of these [new manufactured] houses, you would think you were in any suburban community around the…country” said Congressional
According to a transcript of Kevin Clayton – CEO of Berkshire Hathaway owned Clayton Homes – video interview found at this link here is the following. “We are a very large affordable housing producer. We currently have 36 manufacturing plants and each of those terrific general managers runs their operation.
On 10.3.2025 the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) posted a high quality, professional style video on their website that is focused on a post-event recap of the Innovative Housing Showcase 2025 (IHS 2025). The title of their post was “Cabinet Secretaries and Members of Congress Visit Homes on the National Mall”
“Paying off a competitor to stop competing against you is a violation of federal antitrust laws,” said Daniel Guarnera, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition. “Zillow paid millions of dollars to eliminate Redfin as an independent competitor in an already concentrated advertising market—one that’s critical for renters, property managers,
Cavco Industries (CVCO) announced on 9.30.2025 that its previously announced deal to acquire American Homestar has closed. That means that consolidation in the manufactured housing industry continues in the production and retail verticals despite antitrust concerns published by MHProNews during Democratic and Republican administrations alike. To borrow the language from
“Until we’re serving humanoid robots and they have the ability to spend money, we’re serving people,” said the largest private U.S. employer, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon in a recent interview with the right-leaning Wall Street Journal as cited by left-leaning CNBC (see below). It should go without saying that artificial
As a planned report on MHProNews will spotlight, SkyView Advisors was cited by an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for certain kinds of manufactured home industry research and data. In preparation for that planned report, this MHVille facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) mashup will compare and contrast a recent SkyView Advisors report for Q2
“Washington’s total population has only grown by 9% since 2016, meaning homelessness is outpacing population growth despite an unprecedented amount of spending designed to prevent that trend,” states the recent report from RealClearInvestigations (RCI) provided in Part I. According to left-leaning Cascade PBS: “We don’t need more luxury apartments built…What
What is faded glory? Why the metaphor Behind Enemy Lines? What does it mean when artificial intelligence (AI) says that often retail-focused sites like MHVillage, Clayton Home, 21st Mortgage, and various REIT owned sites among the array of Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) linked websites have hidden proving their traffic data?
“ChatGPT acknowledged that its own understanding evolved over the course of this exchange. Initial overviews were supplemented by the user’s submission of legal documents, congressional testimony, corporate statements, and investigative reports. The result is a clearer portrait of systemic obstacles to affordable housing—including those found within the very industry
