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“Jail Him!” NPR’s “Mobile Home Park Owners Can Spoil An Affordable American Dream” Refuted

By / January 4, 2017 / Affordable Housing, Analysis, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, media bias, media ignorance, People

The Digital Journal, International Business Times and dozens of other mainstream media outlets have picked up the following MHLivingNews press release that refutes the slanted claims made in a recent “All Things Considered” radio broadcast and related articles. The Inside MH Road Show and Manufactured Home Living News have featured experts and professionals, but homeowners …

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Gallup – U.S. Liberals Up, but America Still Center-Right Nation Politically

By / January 4, 2017 / Analysis, Economy, Election, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Politics, Trends

Almost as soon as the election results were known on November 9th, all facets of the mainstream media have struggled with the question, how did billionaire reality TV and business star Donald J. Trump win the election against Secretary Hillary Clinton? The latest clue has come from a new survey …

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Paving the Road to Hell – MHAction’s Kevin Borden & NYCC’s Jonathan Westin

By / November 6, 2018 / Industry in Focus Reports

Most know the maxim: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” The Hill op-ed by Kevin Borden and Jonathan Westin on “The Private Equity Takeover of America’s Neighborhoods” at best typifies hellish “good intentions.” Key facts they ignored arguably harms those they claim to want to protect. Using …

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“Residents feel forced out of Magnolia development” says USA Today Network

By / December 28, 2016 / Advocacy, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, People

Gene Alderson said, “never ever buy a home on some elses [sic] land.” To which Marquis Allen replied, “So true, and yet sad.” While those posted comments on Delaware Online’s story, “Residents feel forced out of Magnolia development” might have been by community activists. But their comments have the look …

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Community Gets Reprieve In Closing Case

By / December 27, 2016 / Affordable Housing, Announcements, Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, regulation

In a story that the Daily Business News originally covered in September, residents at the Lowry Grove Mobile Home Park in St. Anthony, Minnesota have received news that the deadline for closing the community has been pushed from March 15 to June 30, 2017, the end of the school year. …

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County to Buy Manufactured Home Community, to Preserve Affordable Housing

By / December 27, 2016 / Affordable Housing, Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, mobile home, Modular, People, tiny house

Pitkin County, Colorado commissioners have elected to advance their planned acquisition of the 76.3 acre Phillips Mobile Home Park in Snowmass, with a focus on preserving affordable housing options. According to the Aspen Daily News, current owner, Helen Noyes, and her son, Hiram, have continued to maintain the property as …

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Judge Reverses Controversial Decision to Close Manufactured Home Community

By / December 26, 2016 / Affordable Housing, Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, mobile home, People, Politics, regulation

In a hotly contested property rights versus residents rights case, originally covered by the Daily Business News in September, a Santa Clara County, California Superior Court judge has reversed an order to close Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, Palo Alto’s last manufactured home community, based on a court filing from …

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HUD Announces Record $1.9 Billion in Grants to “End Homelessness”

By / December 26, 2016 / Affordable Housing, Announcements, Communities, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, regulation

On December 20th, the Department of Housing an Urban Development (HUD) announced that it has awarded a record $1.95 billion to numerous homeless assistance programs across the U.S., including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. “As part of the Obama Administration’s effort to prevent and end homelessness, the …

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Residents Facing Eviction Ask City Council for Lifeline

By / December 24, 2016 / Affordable Housing, Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, mobile home, People, regulation

In a follow up to a story that the Daily Business News originally covered in October, hundreds of residents are now facing imminent eviction from the East End Mobile Home Park in Manassas, Virginia. And, once again, they are asking the city council to help. But they feel that they …

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NorthStar, Drew Industries, Manufactured Housing CV and Markets End Up

By / December 23, 2016 / Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks

Noteworthy headlines on CNNMoney – Just how far will Trump go on China and Mexico? DOJ vs. banks: $60B in fines for toxic mortgages. Be “very afraid” about globalization’s next phase. Deutsche Bank strikes $7.2 billion deal with U.S. Some bullets from MarketWatch – Putin says Democrats lost U.S. election …

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Prefab Making Dreams Come True – In a Hurry

By / December 19, 2016 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry

While thoughts about the “ideal customer” for a prefab modular home may bring visions of sustainability and environmentally conscious young customers, Maura McCarthy of Blu Homes is seeing another segment of the population that’s helping to drive sales. Aging baby boomers. “These people are just beginning to retire,” McCarthy said …

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Trump’s First 100 Days: House Freedom Caucus Plans, Some Could Impact Factory Builders

By / December 19, 2016 / Election, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Politics, regulation

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), the newly appointed chair of the House Freedom Caucus, presented President-elect Donald Trump with a special report entitled “First 100 Days: Rules, Regulations and Executive Orders to Examine, Revoke and Issue,” during a meeting on December 15th. Per the popular conservative news site Breitbart, with more than …

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As Cities Zone Out, Industry Pros Ask – are HUD Code Manufactured Homes Discriminated Against?

By / December 16, 2016 / Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, mobile home, Modular, Politics, regulation

“The HUD Code has de facto become a discrimination code,”  attorney Marty Lavin told MHProNews some months ago. Lavin – an award-winning expert with decades of manufactured home lending, communities and retailing experience – was pointing to incidents like the one in the Meyersdale Borough Council, near Somerset, Pennsylvania. The council …

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Warren Buffett’s Rear View Mirror & HUD

By / December 16, 2016 / Flashback, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, regulation

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.” – Warren Buffett. We begin our new, periodic Flashback Friday series with some pithy Rearview Mirror quotes and images, starting with the one above that the Sage of Omaha has long applied in discerning where to invest. Buffett is known …

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MHARR: FHFA Final Duty to Serve Rule Continues to Fail Manufactured Home Buyers

By / December 15, 2016 / Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Announcements, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, regulation

Washington, D.C. – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports to MHProNews that after review of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) release of its final rule to implement the “Duty to Serve Underserved Markets” (DTS) provision of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), the organization sees …

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Cajunize! State Rep Says FEMA Response “Defines Common Sense”

By / December 15, 2016 / disaster, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, regulation

Representative Garret Graves (R- LA) is not pleased with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “FEMA’s response to the catastrophic floods that damaged much of south Louisiana in August has been unacceptable and needs to be ‘Cajunized,’” Graves told the Press Club of Baton Rouge on December 12th. The term …

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DOJ, HUD Update Existing Guidance Despite Calls for a Moratorium

By / December 14, 2016 / Announcements, Association, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, regulation

The Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released updated guidance on the application of the Federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) to state and local land use planning laws on December 12th. “The guidance is designed to help state and local governments better understand how to comply …

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City Council Approves Controversial Manufactured Housing Ordinance

By / December 14, 2016 / Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, People, Politics

The Linton, Indiana City Council voted on December 12th to move forward with a manufacturing housing ordinance, which will require all future manufactured homes to be in a manufactured home community. The controversial motion passed with a 3-2 vote, with council members Tony Richards and Linda Bedwell casting dissenting votes. …

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The Costly Crawl of Bureaucracy: FEMA at its Finest?

By / December 13, 2016 / Affordable Housing, disaster, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Non-Profit, regulation

Although an article in The Advocate from Oct. 16, 2016 states Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) manufactured housing units (MHUs) targeted to survivors of flooding in August in Louisiana cost around $100,000 to build, transport and install, a current article in the same publication states FEMA is paying $129,200 for …

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New Mayor, Local Nonprofit, See Solution to Housing Crunch in Tiny Homes

By / December 12, 2016 / Affordable Housing, Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Non-Profit, People, Politics, regulation, tiny house

Spur, Texas. Portland, Oregon. Fresno, California. All of these cities have jumped on board with the “tiny house” movement as a solution to the housing crunch. It looks like San Luis Obispo, California may become the next to join them. According to the San Luis Obispo Tribune, a local nonprofit, …

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