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‘Does humanity need masters? Do we need kings, experts, or artificial intelligence to rule over us? Do we need politicians who make great sounding promises but who can’t, won’t, or don’t deliver?’ That topic is featured in a new post this morning on the Patch and is linked below. While […]
According to the “popular tool for tracking investment data” fintel.io, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has a broad portfolio of investments that includes firms that are directly involved in HUD Code manufactured housing. Thrivent has an array of investments in the following sectors, shown as follows in no particular order of
On 10.24.2025 at about 10:15 AM ET in an emailed outreach to multiple Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) board and senior staff leadership and several industry attorneys was the following. from: L. A. Tony Kovach MHProNews/MHLivingNews to: Patrick Waite @equitylifestyle.com, William Bill Boor @cavco.com, Cody Pearce @triadfs.com, Lesli Gooch <lgooch@mfghome.org>, Mark
“Policy makers place high hopes in manufactured homes – the largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing in the US – to alleviate housing supply shortages. This paper shows that high market concentration in the multi-billion-dollar manufactured home loan market allows lenders to charge significantly higher interest rates than for site-built
As much of the manufactured home industry’s attention has been on the developing drama of what will happen next with the ROAD to Housing Act 2025, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has drawn the industry’s attention to a what they are calling a “Pseudo-Regulatory Monitoring Contractor “Handbook””
“U.S. housing needs are vast, and manufactured homes are among the most cost-effective ways to fill that gap — if policy and practice stop getting in the way. The data you already published — a new IBTS/industry production and shipments compilation combined with annual totals (1995–Aug 2025) — makes plain
According to a left-leaning NPR affiliate, “Why is our government not looking into any of this?” a manufactured home community resident asked public officials “while facing septic tank failures and surging rent.” “I don’t know what to do or if I have any rights,” another land-lease community resident reportedly asked
It would be mistaken to think that an individual woman or man is unable to ‘make a difference’ in business, culture, politics or in other aspects of our society. To illustrate that point, left-leaning Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered overview/preview function was asked the following on 10.19.2025: “there have been
According to insights from an array of sources shown herein, Champion Homes (SKY) has provided investors with an apparently bumpy roller coaster ride that has left share value over 14 percent lower than earlier in the past year. While there is a recent analyst that has issued a ‘buy’ rating
Special interests are already celebrating that The Road to Housing Act 2025 has been added to the ‘must pass’ National Defense Authorization Act. But as hundreds of thousands of adults already know, and before long millions of American voters may realize, the ROAD to Housing Act – unless amended –
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
