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This Mother’s Day edition of MHProNews will start with a Q&A with Bing’s AI powered Copilot that will start with the theme of the movie “What Women Want” and then will pivot to more pragmatic concerns that are important to adult women, including mothers. Women’s and mother’s attitudes toward housing …
God‘s ways have been described as mysterious. Humanity has free will. People and organizations reveal themselves in surprising and sometimes unexpected ways. Warren Buffett paradoxically said, ‘you can’t make a good deal with a bad person.’ Some hail Buffett for being a great investor. Successful as measured solely by stated …
“Failed public policies are creating a two-tiered society in America, where an entire generation of Americans likely won’t ever be able to afford their own homes,” says the subheading of the article posted below by economist E.J. Antoni on sobering claims about the role green housing mandates are playing in …
The News Journal said about the controversies that erupted regarding the Pine Haven manufactured home community: “The owner of a downstate manufactured home community will have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties, as well as restitution for excessive rent charges.” Per Blue Delaware: “Owners of manufactured home …
“Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous.” is a quotation by noted author and thinker Henry David Thoreau, according to the quotable quote source GoodReads. Quizlet explains that Thoreau meant by that expression: “people should focus on reality rather than their dreams.” In an article …
To tee up the topic of dark money in U.S. politics, and the role that it plays in public policies and elections, a look at a key source for information and data on this topic will be useful. Perhaps one of the best sources for research on nonprofit organizations and …
On May 3, 2024 the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) released via email the following statement to members of the manufactured housing industry about the latest national manufactured housing industry production data. Those same emailed remarks were published on the MHARR website at this link here also on …
Knowing the truth of a subject can be practical and useful. In a normal economic scenario, for example, the truth can save money. The truth can earn someone more money. By contrast, half-truths or lies can be harmful or costly. When that was put to left-leaning Bing’s AI powered Copilot, …
At a time when U.S. housing experts have consistently sounded alarms on the lack of housing affordability, especially for first time home buyers, reports indicate that Cavco Industries has had “insiders” selling shares of their stock (CVCO). In a separate but arguably related topic, earlier this week in testimony to …
““The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.” Whatever our revolutionaries say they want, they really want to overturn the whole system.” So wrote Peter Wolfgang in the Stream. Wolfgang isn’t alone in making that observation. “An SDS radical once wrote, “The issue is never the issue. …
What follows are the headline referenced letters from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to the acting leader of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Last summer Lesli Gooch, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of …
Someone you know may not be into politics, but politics is into them and you. As an affordable housing crisis, other effects of inflation, pay that isn’t keeping up with rising costs, and border/immigration issues tending to dominate the news, many Americans – per polls – were opposed to more …
Inquiring minds, as the saying goes, want to know. Thinkers and doers want facts, evidence, and common-sense expert analysis. Despite favorable legislation enacted by Congress some 16+ and 23+ years ago, the manufactured housing industry is struggling during an affordable housing crisis. Despite tens of millions of Americans struggling or …
If you are a Millennial or Gen Z, you may be out of luck, as the remarks by Marguerite M. Nader, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) in their most recent earnings call suggest. You need to be, per Nader, in an older age …
The Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS) operates under a contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to collect new HUD Code manufactured housing data for the federal agency. Per their website: “IBTS is the single source for manufactured home data used to identify whether …
According to left-leaning Bing’s AI powered Copilot the headlined referenced remark ‘You May Not Be Into Politics and Racial Issues But Politics and Racial Issues are Into You’ is based on the following. “The quote “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take …
According to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) email of 4.24.2024: “MHI & TMHA’s Challenge to DOE’s Energy Standards Likely to Move Forward.” On the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) website is the following headline: “Department of Energy (DOE) Manufactured Housing Energy Rule Litigation – Report and Update.” Those …
The subheading for the Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (MMI) 1H 2024 Manufactured Home Communities (MHCs) report said: “Federal Agencies Update Manufactured Housing Policies to Improve Attainability, Contributing to Long-Term Low Vacancy.” Per MMI’s website: “Marcus & Millichap is a leading firm specializing in commercial real estate sales, financing, research and …
In an article on Moneywise and left-leaning MSN focused on remarks by real estate agent Freddie Smith in a recent TikTok video made this startling point. “’How do you retire if rent is $8,500?’” That is what “Orlando real estate agent Freddie Smith” says current inflationary economic trends means for …
“Passover 2024 begins at sundown on Monday, April 22nd and ends the evening of Tuesday, April 30th for most Jews…” says My Jewish Learning. “Passover, in Judaism, holiday commemorating the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the …
