“The opportunity to change our industry’s image is tremendous today. There’s never been a better time to change it,” says Keith Holdbrooks, President of Clayton Building Group, in a carefully crafted video, posted further below. Robotics and automation are playing a role in that image and the Clayton reality, …
There is “ignorance” – or prejudice – arguably at work in the Texas city moving to limit manufactured homes in their jurisdiction. By their own estimates, thousands will be impacted. The City of Kilgore, Texas Planning and Zoning Board approved changes “unanimously recommended,” per the Longview News Journal. “Manufactured …
“Ignorance” at Work, Proposed Code Change Would Impact Thousands Read More
Industries, companies and professionals ignore or overlook emerging trends to their own peril. Significant trends are emerging in the black community, that bear close attention, as a recent interview with America’s first black billionaire, Robert Johnson indicates. Background Nationally, under 9 percent of manufactured home residents are blacks …
It’s grand to see local media using the proper terminology, and a city considering the use of manufactured homes as an option in an area where conventional builders haven’t been prepared to build any longer. So on vacant “buildable” lots, Andy Taubman’s local manufactured home operation has offered to develop …
City Considers Manufactured Homes on Scattered Lots for More Affordable Housing Read More
ECN Capital, the new parent company for Triad Financial Services, has reported year-over-year growth of 14.4 percent in 2017, vs. 2016. That translates into some $466 million in loans. Triad formally closed their deal with ECN on December 29, 2017. The significance for manufactured housing is this. Unlike some …
Triad Financial Service’s Parent Company, ECN Capital – First Data Report Read More
You may know the axiom, “If you keep doing the same things, the same way, expect the same results.” What does that mean for anyone selling in the manufactured home (MH) industry today? Several things. The independents in the MH industry, sources say, lacks enough strategists. For example, not …
‘You Are Either Clayton Homes, or You’re Not’ – Monday Morning MH Sales Meeting Read More
Misunderstood. Perhaps no other industry which has a product that boasts 22 million daily users is as misunderstood as the Manufactured Housing Industry in 21st Century America. At the Tunica Manufactured Housing Show, Darren Krolewski exemplified the problem, when he told attendees that they can ask some adult about …
“Trailer House Trauma,” Fresh Look at Manufactured Housing’s Opportunities Read More
Give credit where it is due. CFED/Prosperity Now has done important research for years. In many cases their research promotes manufactured homes as an important part of the solution to the affordable housing crisis. Granted, CFED – which rebranded as Prosperity Now last year – sticks its finger in …
The subject of immigration was in many ways the one that put Donald J. Trump on the path to the Presidency. Immigration is one of the issues that attracted blue collar Democrats to vote in key states, like Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. While many in media appear to …
Visible Outrage, Passion on Immigration, Manufactured Housing Connections Read More
When U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) spoke at an oversight hearing with HUD Secretary Ben Carson about a “mobile home” with a “bump out,” likely few understood just how keen an insight that statement was. Back in the pre-HUD Code days of the factory-built home industry – prior to …
“Move, Open, Live” De Rose Industries & Senator Thom Tillis’ Mobile Home Comments Read More
The celebration of Easter comes around once a year, but Sunday is a weekly occurrence. As one scans national news, millions with a cause, effect and solutions mindset are seeing the connection between social and political ills and a loss of the sacred in society. It’s all about the truth, and …
Senate oversight hearings are a mix of the serious and the staged. The same hearing that the video clip below is taken from, included clearly partisan moves designed to embarrass HUD Secretary Carson and the Trump Administration. That’s what drew the headlines in the mainstream media. While some were …
An independent manufactured home retailer walked up to the Daily Business News team in Tunica Wednesday to say, “thank you” for the depth of coverage of the industry’s news. A HUD Code home producer said, “I wish you’d tone it down a bit,” on the controversies, while expressing “appreciation for …
Manufactured Housing – “Giants vs. Independents” – Tunica Talk – “You’ve Got to See This” Read More
The successful McCrory, AR lawsuit was a case brought by a nonprofit organization called Equal Justice. The organization’s name, Equal Justice, is at some level likely inspired by a longer phrase found on the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. = Equal Justice Under Law. It’s a quintessential …
Equal Justice, Citizen Power, and Manufactured Housing Read More
The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to pass S. 2155, which is a reform of Dodd-Frank that could include some added wiggle room for industry professionals. The bill is dubbed the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.” S. 2155 passed in a bi-partisan vote – as reported by …
Senate votes for Changes to Dodd-Frank Regulations Read More
Even during ‘boom times,’ the manufactured home industry struggled with certain issues. Experts and advocates often point to regulatory or financing challenges. Beyond the ‘lending and legal,’ the core challenge goes under many different labels or monikers. Stigma. Image. Once true, but now outdated realities. Outright myths. Prejudice. …
He’s worth millions. He’s directed hit, and critically acclaimed movies, like “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” Rupert Wyatt is doing season two for The Exorcist, which runs on Fox is based upon the 1973 film of the same name, based upon William Peter Blatty’s chilling book …
‘Tricked Out Trailer’ – Movie Mogul’s Multimillion ‘Mobile Mansion’ Read More
The manufactured housing (MH) profession is blighted by propaganda from a variety of sources. One example of a routine misstatement of reality – which can have a similar effect as propaganda – that has hurt the MH Industry, but has recently been debunked, and is linked below. Weather Expert’s …
Near Houston, in a residential style neighborhood off Atascocita Road in Humble, TX is Classic Pine Estates. It was a seen as a hot property when it was developed. Among its bragging points? A full two-story HUD Code manufactured home, reportedly built by Fleetwood Homes, circa 2002. According to Zillow, …
Reaching for the Sky, Multiple Level HUD Code Manufactured Homes Read More
A major apartment developer says that even as multifamily housing is hitting new highs, but that “an acute crisis” is coming in affordable housing. With the correct approaches, this could be good news for manufactured home professionals, working within their local market(s). The Daily Business News begins with CNBC’s …
Developer Points to Rising Data, But Still “Acute Crisis” – Videos, MH Opportunities Read More
