A recently passed law will soon help manufactured home community owners as well as their residents. House Bill 381 will permit manufactured home community owner/operators to use a process that classifies a mobile or manufactured home as abandoned, and then will allow it to be removed from the community. …
New Law Benefits Manufactured Home Community Owners, Residents Read More
The markets rocked up today, as a possible deal in Washington on “the Wall” may be brewing. Most tracked stocks rose. Our focus this evening will be the headline, mandated changes at Legacy Housing. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to …
Legacy Housing Announces Corporate Role Changes, Plus Manufactured Housing Market Updates Read More
The information that follows was forwarded from the Ohio Manufactured Homes Association (OMHA) as a news tip to the Daily Business News on MHProNews. It reflects data from the Midwest Manufactured Housing Federation (MMHF) states. It includes the so-called ‘birth place’ of manufactured home production in Indiana, and the states …
State-Level Data Provided for Total Manufactured Home Shipments in 5 Key States for 2018 Read More
CNBC and Freddie Mac have released new information that claims that more seniors “aging in place” – not downsizing or selling their homes – is complicating the housing market for millennials and other buyers. CNBC said, “As more older Americans ‘age in place,’ millennials struggle to find homes,” was Diana …
On a mostly up day for manufactured home equities, we’ll spotlight Sun Communities, recent insider trading, and more. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline report is found further below, after the newsmaker bullets and …
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Friday, February 8, 2019 over $2 billion dollars in new grants. Their full, official statement will follow below. It holds significance for manufactured housing on a variety of levels. Why? Because there are a wide range of programs …
When the Daily Business News on MHProNews produced the earlier abbreviated version of the infographic further below, the final new home production data were only an estimate. Now those totals for 2018 are in. So, now based upon the adjusted ‘final’ 2018 information – for accuracy’s sake – we’ve …
In a matter of days, the first video below of a Russian designed and built “mobile home” cottage has widely surprised the total of all the views of all the videos that the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) produced and published in late 2017. The videos are in Russian with …
Russians Build Truly Mobile, “Mobile Home” – Lighter Side Videos Spark Serious Topics Read More
MHLivingNews and MHProNews have tracked several prefabricated, 3D Printing, and other housing innovations over the years. Unicorn Revolution Precrafted Properties are among them. Industry professionals, informed public officials, advocates, and investors know that factory-home-building makes good sense on numerous levels. But tracking and reporting on the results of some of …
Meet the Revolutionaries in PreFab Housing Designs – Project Updates Read More
Storm drains used for human waste. Piles of garbage. Rats with fleas – roaming through and over people living on city streets – that are spreading typhus. A historic account from the so-called middle ages? No. Welcome to Los Angeles, in 2019 where 55,000 are homeless “due to the …
Real Rats and Disease – Not Metaphors – Where’s Manufactured Housing Industry Leadership? Read More
In December, the Daily Business News on MHProNews provided insights and details about the purchase by Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) of their reported $70 million dollar acquisition of Palm Lake Co-op. The community is now known as Palm Lake Estates, in Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, FL. Sam Zell’s ELS …
The partial federal shutdown, now over, delayed several reports, like the one that follows. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) press room provided the Daily Business News on MHProNews select highlights of what they point to as Carson’s accomplishments. Given the Manufactured Housing Institute …
HUD Secretary Ben Carson Touts 2018 Accomplishments, Highlights Read More
The Daily Business News on MHProNews were sent messages about allegations regarding Clayton Homes targeting Regional Enterprises, based in Brandon, MS. One tip stated as follows: “Clayton manufacturing just effectively cut off their largest independent dealer relationship in the country because he invested in a factory that took …
NPR’s Anna Casey begins her narrative about manufactured homes and communities with two errors in her first very sentence. She missed the estimated totals and is mostly incorrect about the proper terminology for this type of factory-built housing. “Roughly 20 million Americans live in mobile homes, once billed as …
For some years, PBS and NPR have covered numerous stories that directly connect to the manufactured housing industry. The screen captures further below will reflect just two of several. To be polite, those reports have not been flattering for the manufactured home industry. To be blunt, those publicly-funded (in part) reports …
PBS & NPR Reporting on Manufactured Housing News, Pulling Back the Veil Read More
“I recently discussed the differences between manufactured and modular homes along with the available mortgage options, but today we are going to be very specific and talk about how it can be possible to qualify for a manufactured home with a no down payment USDA loan,” said Sean Stephens, …
Metroplex Video Touts No Down Payment Loans on Manufactured Housing and Modular Homes Read More
“Why not half-a-million [new manufactured home shipments]? We can get there.” – – Richard ‘Dick’ Jennison, President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), Assurance made while addressing attendees of prior Louisville Manufactured Housing Show. Recorded on video by MHProNews. “The key question, then, for the industry, its …
MHI CEO Dick Jennison’s Pledge – 500,000 New Manufactured Home Shipments Read More
“I hope the city of San Jose will opt to protect vulnerable mobilehome park residents from preemptive evictions and not submit to the devious and greedy manipulations of the park owner. I live in San Juan Capistrano and our strong supportive city council opted to protect their MH residents …
It’s about 2nd, 3rd, and 4th chances. It’s about different look at the American Dream. Yes, it misuses the terminology – calling a manufactured home, a mobile home. But the Vladimir de Fontenay film staring Imogen Poots movie is coming out on DVD, and it is still not getting the …
Once an item hits the mainstream media, or even trade media, it can begin to shape a narrative that may help or harm that operation. In as much as people – potential consumers of manufactured homes – begin or continue to form opinions based upon headlines and news accounts, …
