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Increasing Manufactured Home Sales – Oversight, Regulatory Connections Impacting MHVille

By / July 30, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

  For thousands of manufactured home operations, including independents of various kinds, increasing new HUD Code home sales in a profitable, sustainable, ethical fashion is a routine goal.   Among the roadblocks to achieving that are zoning, placement, and related issues.  As a recent report, linked below, reflected a growing …

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WH-“Bad Day for Swamp,” Tulsi Gabbard “Unchecked Power” “Big…Monopolies,” plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

By / July 31, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Tonight and tomorrow night on left-of-center CNN news will be the second round of Democratic debates. Yesterday, we spotlighted Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA-D), and pledged to provide a report from the White House, which will be found below, along with a report that features Democratic 2020 hopeful, Rep Tulsi Gabbard …

WH-“Bad Day for Swamp,” Tulsi Gabbard “Unchecked Power” “Big…Monopolies,” plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates Read More

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Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee Meeting Advances MHARR Regulatory Reform Proposals

By / July 30, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

In a conference call today of members of the General Subcommittee of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), several developments occurred.  One will be the topic of an upcoming and separate report from this one, which may occur after the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) provides whatever ‘alert’ or ‘update’ to …

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THIEL v GOYINGS – Modular Housing High Court Victory, Additional Details from Modular Home Builders Association

By / July 30, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

In case you missed it (ICYMI), last week there was a significant legal victory that the Modular Home Builders (MHBA) was pleased to have participated in.   That original report is linked here and below.  It is necessary to grasp the added details that follow. “Historic!” High Court Ruling on …

THIEL v GOYINGS – Modular Housing High Court Victory, Additional Details from Modular Home Builders Association Read More

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‘Emotions kill,’ Billionaire Ray Dalio, ‘Income Inequality National Emergency,’ plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

By / July 30, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Let’s lay it out like this. On 60 Minutes, billionaire investor Ray Dalio said some things that are pretty savvy.  Other things sounded odd coming from a billionaire. We’ll sort that out with facts and analysis, on this evening in our report further below, prior to the mixed results on …

‘Emotions kill,’ Billionaire Ray Dalio, ‘Income Inequality National Emergency,’ plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates Read More

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“Legalized Looting: Mobile Home Rent Increases Require Wall Street Reforms” Says Senator Warren

By / July 29, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The letter that follows from Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA-D) is reproduced from the Iowa City Press Citizen from this link here under fair use guidelines. The Massachusetts maverick senator’s letter will be followed by an analysis and commentary by MHProNews.   Senator Warren is a 2020 Democratic presidential nomination hopeful. …

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Developer Nick Sinatra Sues City Over Manufactured Home Deal

By / July 29, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

  A Buffalo developer has filed suit with the Village of Alden in New York, alleging officials interfering with his agreements to sell an aging manufactured home community, causing losses of more than a half-million dollars.   The Alden Landings mobile and manufactured home community is a near the village’s …

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Chinese Flat-Packed Prefabs Target U.S., International Markets – Video, Details

By / July 29, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

MHProNews has provided periodic warnings for several years to domestic factory-built housing professionals about the potential impact of their modular, container, and other forms of prefabricated housing targeting the U.S. market.   Such Chinese prefab units have already been produced and shipped to the United States, typically for the West …

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Facts are Stubborn Things, Manufactured, Modular Home Professionals Celebrate Victories

By / July 28, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

  As professionals of all kinds know, every day – each week – is a potentially important and impactful one. But some days and weeks are clearly more memorable than others.   In the past week: The modular home industry won a significant court case. The manufactured home industry obtained …

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Publicly Traded Manufactured Housing Firms – Which Source Do You Trust More? Why? MHI, MHARR, Others

By / July 27, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

  MHProNews has made the ‘stating the obvious’ argument before that the management of publicly traded firms have a fiduciary responsibility to their stockholders.  For those who have not seen that report, grasped that legal point, or who simply want a refresher on that topic, you can access it by …

Publicly Traded Manufactured Housing Firms – Which Source Do You Trust More? Why? MHI, MHARR, Others Read More

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Under Pressure, MHI Pivots “HUD Must Implement and Enforce its Enhanced Preemption Authority”

By / July 27, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

  Three-word executive summary? ‘Sustained pushback pays.’   One sentence summary? ‘Routinely spotlighting purported failures by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to properly do their job is once more showing measurable results.’  But there is more work to do. Let’s dive into the background and the latest facts as it …

Under Pressure, MHI Pivots “HUD Must Implement and Enforce its Enhanced Preemption Authority” Read More

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Google Under Fire, $50 Million Rep Tulsi Gabbard Suit, Peter Theil Cries Foul too, plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

By / July 26, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Google is catching heat from a variety of sources. Tech guru Peter Theil recently accused them of putting national defense at risk.  This week, 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, Representative Tulsi Gabbard (HI-D) is filed suit, saying that Google has too much control over elections. The DOJ is probing big tech, …

Google Under Fire, $50 Million Rep Tulsi Gabbard Suit, Peter Theil Cries Foul too, plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates Read More

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National Low Income Housing Coalition Touts “Yes In My Back Yard” Act, S. 1919

By / July 26, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), as their name implies, is focused on issue of housing affordability.  It is regarded as a progressive operation by the left-of-center Huffington Post and others. That’s precisely what makes their spotlighting earlier this month of Senator Todd Young (IN-R)  “Yes in My Back …

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“Historic!” High Court Ruling on Modular Home Case Touted by Modular Home Builders Association (MHBA) Tom Hardiman

By / July 26, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

  “…the Supreme Court could have ruled in favor of the Court of Appeals and ordered the Goyings to tear down their home. That would have been tragic. But we are proud to be a part of this ground-breaking ruling and proud of the homes our members build.” – MHBA …

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Patrick Riding High – Latest Data – plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

By / July 25, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Patrick is a supplier to the RV, Marine, and Manufactured Housing Industry, among others.  Their data is therefor of interest to manufactured housing industry professionals and investors for several reasons. Their press release on earnings and data will be this evening’s market feature. Every evening our headlines snapshots from two …

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Approval for New Manufactured Home Development Obtained, Groundbreaking Planned, Details Others Lack

By / July 25, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

A new manufactured home community has been authorized by a vote of the Midland, Texas City Council earlier this month.   In the 1960s well into the 1990s, such approvals were fairly routine. But in the 20 years since manufactured housing hit its last high in 1998, the number of …

Approval for New Manufactured Home Development Obtained, Groundbreaking Planned, Details Others Lack Read More

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Manufactured Housing Institute – Seth Appleton, Hunter Kurtz Begin Key Roles at HUD – Analysis

By / July 30, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

  On July 10, 2019, the Arlington, VA based Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) published the following.  It will be provided verbatim.  It will be followed by our MHProNews analysis.     Seth Appleton and Hunter Kurtz Begin Key Roles at HUD On June 28, 2019, Seth Appleton was sworn in …

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“Revolving Door” – 2019 Research by Public Citizen Spotlights Swampy Problems

By / July 25, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

There are several organizations across the left-right political spectrum that have done research similar to what the nonprofit group Public Citizen has produced. Citing this research should not be construed as an endorsement of the organization’s other positions, or even of their proposals with respect to this specific issue of …

“Revolving Door” – 2019 Research by Public Citizen Spotlights Swampy Problems Read More

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NAR, Land Use, Property Rights, Declining Existing, New Housing Sales

By / July 24, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

    “Home sales are running at a pace similar to 2015 levels – even with exceptionally low mortgage rates, a record number of jobs and a record high net worth in the country…” –        Lawrence Yun, Ph.D., National Association of Realtors (NAR) chief economist, July 23, 2019.   “Imbalance …

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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin “Absolutely Right” AG Investigating Antitrust Issues, plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

By / July 24, 2019 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The topic was the FAANG stocks, with a focus on Amazon. Berkshire Hathaway now has about $1 billion dollars of Amazon stock and the firm has a large stake in Apple too.  With Amazon moving into prefab housing, and given the parallels between what is occurring in retail and what …

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin “Absolutely Right” AG Investigating Antitrust Issues, plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates Read More

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