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On 5.16.2024 at about 4.48 PM ET, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) home page ‘news’ section still has no articles for the month of May. The screen capture shown further below and at this link here still reflects that their latest item was another shameless Big Three plug, this time …
According to a recent report on financial news site Defense World: “Legacy Housing had a return on equity of 12.33% and a net margin of 29.70%.” Per the financial news site Insider Monkey transcript that follows, Legacy said: “end of the first quarter 2024, Legacy’s book value per basic share outstanding …
The Institute for Justice (IJ) nonprofit has announced another legal victory involving private property and privacy rights. To set the proverbial table for the importance of this case, and in response to an MHProNews inquiry to left-leaning Bing’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered Copilot, that source said the following which will …
A U.S. Senator made what will be a surprising (to some) statement that if the logic of it is applied could work faster at solving the affordable housing crisis in the U.S.A. faster than robustly implementing federal laws which could unleash increased manufactured housing production. It would also involve …
To frame the allegations, various claims, and the “MH2X Project” recently announced by George F. Allen, some background is useful. The blogger describes himself in his 5.8.2024 post as follows: “George Allen, CPM®Emeritus, MHM®Master, is the only emeritus member of the Manufactured Housing Institute (“MHI’), a founding board member of …
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 …
