MHARR v MHI Engagement and Communications re: Incoming Trump 2.0+HUD Secretary E. Scott Turner – Authentic or Symbolic? Genuine or Posturing? Revealing Evidence-MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis
The Full Speech Transcript – President of the United States (POTUS) Donald J. Trump’s 1.20.2025 Inaugural Address – ‘The Golden Age of America Begins Right Now’ ‘No More Taking Advantage of U.S.’ Videos
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Donald Trump’s Election Victory Speech–Full Transcript plus CNN-Kamala Harris and Kevin Roberts-Transition Insights with Vichy USA Commentary and Analysis
Yardi-Linked Multi-Housing News Manufactured Housing Institute CEO Lesli Gooch Interview vs Mark Weiss Interview Responses Compared on Key Manufactured Home Industry Issues with Revelations
HUD Admits Decades of Delay as Election Approach-Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) say HUD Took 10YRs to OK Multi-Family Manufactured Homes After They Raised Issue
Housing Affordability Ranks High Among Voters-‘Forever Renters,’ Rising Homelessness, Out of Reach Housing Costs, and Most Proven Solution to Affordable Housing Crisis; Facts-Analysis
Patrick Waite – Equity LifeStyle Properties EVP COO and Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Executive Committee Member – Dumps over $1.4 Million in Shares of ELS; William Lutz on Doublespeak
Loper Bright’s Light on FHFA-Fannie Mae-Freddie Mac-Duty to Serve Manufactured Housing and ‘a Pimple on an Elephant’s Ass’ – Eye-Opening Warren Buffett-DTS for Manufactured Homes with Analysis
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L.A. 'Tony' Kovach

Fumbled: Lesson No. 1

It is unlikely that anyone one else will provide this post-election MH perspective. What did this election prove? There are many take-aways, we will focus on one. It is this. Manufactured housing could have decided this race in either direction. Let's see how. There are approximately 4 million residents of HUD Code manufactured homes and …

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Emily Goode Smorgasbord

Right about now, many are wondering who or what an Emily Goode Smorgasbord is? Well, you know that a smorgasbord is a buffet style sampling opportunity. We will cover a number of topics in rapid fire sequence, the first of which is Emily Goode. There is a good reason why we have left Jan Hall's …

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November Knowledge

The fury of election year politics is almost behind us and the focus in this issue is the knowledge and opportunities for growing your business. Speaking of opportunities, it would be great to see many of you at live, business building opportunity events such as Iowa, Louisville and Tunica. It is always a pleasure to …

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Surprising Legacy

After former Senator and one time presidential candidate George McGovern left office, he entered the private sector in 1993 by starting a small bed-and-breakfast. He later stated that he wished he "…had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. Senator and later a presidential nominee. That …

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Giving and Getting

Zig Ziglar famously observed: "You can get everything out of life that you want, if you help enough other people get out of life what they want." Giving is a way of Getting. We could express this in Mother Theresa terms or in purely secular terms of utilitarian self interest. That the Mother Theresa method …

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Events and Promises

One of the real pleasures and benefits available to pros in our industry is going to meetings and events. Dating back to the 1980s, I've been going to state association meetings – like the upcoming one I'll attend in Iowa or others found in our calendar of events – or at trade shows. Back in …

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That’s Debatable!

If you had a chance to 'vote' for the healthy return of our industry, would you do it? For 13 years after our industry's most recent peak in 1998, we have suffered a long down turn. We are now in month 13 of our MHIndustry upturn or recovery. We clearly have a long way to …

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Course Correction

One of the most successful leaders in our industry expressed grave concern Tuesday in San Antonio for our country if Barack Obama retains the White House. Closely paraphrasing, 'Today, 47% are getting a government check, in 4 more years will it be 54%? When that happens, we will be a one party country?' I spoke …

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