“MHInsider is the leading information source for the manufactured housing industry, providing the manufactured housing news, legislative updates, operational insight, data, statistics, and trends for manufactured housing professionals.” That bold claim is going to be acid tested in the light of the analysis of the Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) owned MHVillage’s MHInsider report on the HUD Secretary Fudge resignation. “MHInsider, a subset of the MHVillage site, is in some way seemingly ‘endorsed’ by MHI. A ‘contributor’ to MHInsider is MHI CEO Lesli Gooch” ¹. That is from a Q&A with Bing AI powered Copilot, shown further below. Per Copilot: “The absence of certain critical pieces of information in MHInsider’s report could be seen as an example of paltering, as it selectively presents positive aspects while omitting relevant challenges” Part I of this report, with fact checks, analysis and manufactured housing industry expert commentary will provide MHInsider’s text dated 3.11.2024. Part II will provide the official statement from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). Note that as of 3.13.2024 at about 2:29 PM there is no apparent remark under the news category on the Manufactured Housing

Part I – per MHInsider…

HUD Secretary Fudge Resigns

By Patrick Revere

March 11, 2024

Final Day March 22, Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman Named Interim

Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge has announced she will leave her post March 22, and will be replaced on an interim basis by Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman.

Fudge said in interviews that she has “mixed emotions” about retiring after decades in public service and that HUD “was the ideal opportunity to culminate a career focused on doing the most good for the most people, including those who have often been left behind or left out.”

While Fudge’s departure is somewhat of a surprise, it’s not uncommon for cabinet positions to open in the face of a presidential election. Fudge is the second member of the Biden-Harris White House cabinet to step away, preceded by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh exiting that post in 2023.

“It has always been my belief that government can and should work for the people,” Fudge wrote. “For the last three years, I have fully embraced HUD’s mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. The people HUD serves are those who are often left out and left behind. These are my people. They serve as my motivation for everything we have been able to accomplish.”

Fudge served in the lead role at HUD for more than three years, navigating the department through the COVID-19 pandemic. She said she will return to Ohio and private life.

“It’s time to go home,’’ Fudge told USA TODAY in an exclusive interview on her resignation. “I do believe strongly that I have done just about everything I could do at HUD for this administration as we go into this crazy, silly season of an election.”

With that, Fudge told the outlet that housing should be a top issue for both Republicans and Democrats.

‘‘It is not a red or blue issue,’’ the secretary was quoted as saying. “Everybody knows that it is an issue so it’s not a one-sided issue. It’s an American issue.’’

Fudge’s work was lauded in a letter from the White House.

“Under Marcia’s transformational leadership, we have worked hard to lower housing costs and increase supply. We’ve proposed the largest investment in affordable housing in U.S. history. We’ve taken steps to aggressively combat racial discrimination in housing by ensuring home appraisals are more fair and by strengthening programs to redress the negative impacts of redlining,” the statement read. “Thanks to Secretary Fudge, we’ve helped first-time homebuyers, and we are working to cut the cost of renting. And there are more housing units under construction right now than at any time in the last 50 years.”

Prior to her tenure at HUD, Fudge served as U.S. Representative for the 11th Congressional District of Ohio and was a member of several Congressional Caucuses and was past chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. As a Member of Congress, she earned a reputation of tackling the unique challenges of her district by working with her delegation and across political ideologies. Fudge’s career in public service began in the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, rising to the rank of director of Budget and Finance.

Interim Secretary Todman previously worked as a legislative director for Congressman Ron de Lugo, a delegate of the U.S. Virgin Islands. She also served as a policy aide in HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing, spent time with District of Columbia Housing Authority, and was selected in 2017 as the CEO of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials before returning to HUD. ##

MHProNews Notes:  the above is their text provided under fair use guidelines, sans their illustration and caption, which are at best only marginally relevant to this discussion.

Following the MHInsider’s article also said: “MHInsider is the leader in manufactured housing news and is a product of MHVillage…” Bing Copilot, as well as prior MHProNews fact checks, have repeatedly debunked that claim, including by using a pull quote from now MHVillage Co-President Darren Krolewski. More in Part III below.

Part II

MHARR March 11, 2024 Washington Update — An Exclusive Report and Analysis

REPORT AND ANALYSIS

IN THIS REPORT:                                                                     MARCH 11, 2024

• HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
• AEI ANALYSIS VINDICATES MHARR INDUSTRY PRIORITIES
• “AFFORDABLE” IS THE CORRECT TERM FOR HUD CODE MH

 HUD SECRETARY MARCIA FUDGE ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT/RESIGNATION

            In an unexpected announcement issued on March 11, 2024, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge has announced her retirement/resignation as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), effective March 22, 2024 (copy attached). The Secretary’s announcement does not state any cause or reason for her early departure, nearly a year before the conclusion of President Biden’s current term of office.

While Secretary Fudge, during her tenure,  made a number of positive statements regarding affordable, mainstream manufactured housing and the role that it could play in addressing the nation’s affordable housing crisis, concrete action on a number of the key roadblocks suppressing the availability and utilization of HUD Code homes, including, most particularly, the abuse of zoning and land use laws to discriminatorily exclude manufactured housing from communities and areas around the country, has not been forthcoming.

This is a rapidly-developing situation. MHARR will closely monitor developments relating to the selection of a new – or acting – Secretary, and will provide further updates as warranted.

 AEI ANALYSIS OF BIDEN HOUSING POLICIES VINDICATES MHARR PRIORITIES 

On March 1, 2024, MHARR published a talking points paper explaining and highlighting the three main bottlenecks that are suppressing the “production, marketing and sales of affordable, mainstream manufactured homes.” This paper added additional context to MHARR’s July 2022 White Paper regarding the “Exploitation of Federal Housing Finance and Mortgage Assistance Programs and Potential Solutions” – addressing the under-reported reality that federal funding for “housing” and “housing finance” programs rarely if ever “reaches the ground” in large volume for mainstream, affordable manufactured housing and manufactured housing consumers.

The three main bottlenecks suppressing the HUD Code industry – currently and historically – for at least two decades (and in some cases longer), are discriminatory and exclusionary zoning, limited availability of market-competitive, government-backed consumer financing and, more recently, the looming threat of draconian, discriminatory U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) “energy conservation” standards for manufactured homes. All of these factors have – and unless remedied, will continue to – needlessly limit the availability and utilization of affordable, mainstream manufactured homes in many areas of the country, notwithstanding record-breaking demand for affordable housing and home ownership.

And now, a widely-respected policy organization in Washington, D.C., the Housing Center of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), led by Edward Pinto, has released an analysis of the housing policy and related spending initiatives announced by President Biden during his recent State of the Union speech, which in substantial part corresponds with and supports one of the principal assertions of MHARR’s summary and earlier White Paper – specifically, that needlessly restrictive zoning and land use laws have been and are suppressing the supply of affordable starter homes (which category necessarily includes affordable, mainstream manufactured homes) (see copy attached). In part, that analysis states:

“There is a growing consensus that the solution to making housing more affordable lies in adding more housing supply, not in easy credit and market distorting subsidies. The solution is for states and localities to free the market from unduly restrictive zoning and land use restrictions that constrain supply and drive up home prices.”

(Emphasis added).

In substantial part, then, federal housing (i.e., spending) programs do little to actually benefit either manufactured housing consumers or the manufactured housing industry because – despite the fact that HUD Code homes are the nation’s premier source of inherently affordable home ownership – those same homes (and their residents) are discriminatorily excluded from far too many areas of the country. Therefore, rather than trumpet spending that will not “reach the ground” for the HUD Code market, HUD should and must address the root cause(es) of the problem, including discriminatory zoning and land use laws. HUD currently has – and has had – the legal means to remove these baseless restrictions, in the form of the enhanced federal preemption of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (2000 Reform Law), but has failed and refused to take the necessary action. This must change for the industry to fulfill the affordable housing role and mission that Congress foresaw for it in the 2000 Reform Law and it must be the goal, objective and mission of the industry’s national representatives – and most especially the national representative of its post-production sector – to advance zoning equity as well as fully competitive and available consumer financing for HUD Code homes and HUD Code consumers.

MANUFACTURED HOUSING IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING

As MHARR stressed in its November 2023 Issues and Perspectives article, “What’s in a Name? – Everything,” both the name and description(s) of the homes that industry members produce, sell, market, finance and supply are important. Fundamental industry messaging to both public (i.e., government) and private entities with an interest in manufactured housing, is critical to the availability, utilization and, even more importantly, the wider acceptance of manufactured housing as a crucial source of affordable housing and home ownership. And it is that single word – “affordable” – that is of overriding and overwhelming importance in this context. That is why MHARR, more than two decades ago, led the way in advancing not only the inclusion, but the  emphasis of that term in the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000.

That is why it is both troubling and puzzling that some within the industry are apparently working to move away from the industry’s long-time emphasis on affordability and manufactured homes as a source of inherently affordable home ownership, and are instead describing HUD Code homes as “attainable.” This effort is curious not only because concept of “affordability” is specifically ingrained in federal law, but also because the language and concept of affordability is more widely accepted and used today than ever before. Indeed, the terms “affordable” and “affordability” have been used not only by HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, but by President Biden himself, as recently as his State of the Union address, as shown in AEI’s attached analysis. Why then, would anyone, let alone an advocate for manufactured housing, sacrifice the use of that positive and important descriptive term?

The word “affordable” has a specific context and meaning not only for government entities, but, more importantly, for consumers who need “affordable” homes. The term “attainable,” by contrast relates to no specific economic metric and has no specific meaning for consumers and, most particularly, consumers at lower or moderate-income levels. Americans need affordable housing and home ownership. That is what they understand and that is what their representatives in government understand. And decades later, it is the term that has widely taken root, as demonstrated by no less than the President himself.

Now is not the time to abandon the concept and language of affordability in favor of a term like “attainable,” which has no legal/legislative history and no specific economic meaning or corresponding metric. The words of the 2000 Reform Law, including its reference to the “affordability” of manufactured housing, were originally coined by MHARR in the 1990s, during the 2000 Reform Law legislative process, and were carefully chosen and included in its final language. Further, they reflect the reality that among the different segments of the housing industry, HUD Code homes are not only relatively affordable, but, in fact, the most affordable. That term should not be abandoned or sacrificed on a whim, and the impulse among some (who either have not learned or do not fully appreciate the industry’s rich evolutionary history) to do so, must be rejected.  ##

MHProNews Note: MHARR’s news and analysis item is found at this link here and includes the HUD press release.

Part III – Additional Information with More MHProNews Analysis and Commentary 

In no particular order of importance are the following points.

1) World News Daily (WND) recently posted a column that included this subheading: “Jerry Newcombe notes communism’s promise of heaven brought nothing but hell.”

If manufactured housing had soared under Biden-Harris and during Secretary Marcia Fudge’s stint in office, the seemingly glowing report by MHInsider reflected in Part I above would be understandable. However, that was not the case, as information provided and linked below will reflect.

Instead, there is an evidence-based case to be made that something similar to what Newcombe described about communism’s false promises happened to numbers of manufactured housing industry independents during the Biden-Harris regime and has been occurring with respect to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and its ‘amen corner’ of cheerleaders.

Meaning, there was a promise of what might have sounded like heaven, for sales and production growth minded manufactured housing pros, but what followed instead was often more like hell. See the reports linked here, here, and here for starters on that notion.

2) Or as prior MHI president and CEO, Richard “Dick” Jennison said: “Why not half-a-million” new manufactured homes [annually]?

Manufactured housing should be soaring. Jennison’s own words reflect that point. That is further demonstrated in fresh facts and insights in the reports linked below.

3) Neither MHInsider, nor MHI’s ‘news’ page have the following on 3.13.2024, as of 5:03 PM ET.

Big MHI Member Leader Explains “Downturn” Looms, “Support” MHProNews “Efforts” “Appreciate” “Investigative Reporting” – Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Surrogate, More MHI Linked Reactions

4) MHARR, as Copilot recently confirmed, offers their content free of charge to media outlets that accurate share their full report and provide accurate credit and a link back. Despite that availability, there is only one known example of MHInsider ever using the name “Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform” on their website and the acronym MHARR only twice. So, in what sense can MHInsider claim to be: “the leading information source” when the largest independent trade association representing the interests of HUD Code manufactured housing independent producers is almost invisible; treated as if it doesn’t exist? To show the level of bias, MHInsider has on 3.13.2024 17 pages of results for the search term “Manufactured Housing Institute.” But there are only 2 results for MHARR and only one for the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). Based on the evidence, how can they have the chutzpah to claim: “MHInsider is the leader in manufactured housing news…” when they provide incomplete, inaccurate and what Copilot has said of their content in Part I above statements that fit the definition of paltering?

Paltering is defined as: “the active use of selective truthful statements to mislead.”

The Harvard Business School (HBS) said: “Business executives regularly use sly tactics… —often making statements that are technically true, but are purposely skewed to mislead the other side.

It’s a distinct form of deception called paltering: the active use of truthful statements to influence a target’s beliefs by giving a false or distorted impression.” (italics added). Per HBS: “people on the receiving end [of paltering] feel scammed.” Understandably so.

It could seem that Harvard’s point about a regular use of “sly tactics” where remarks may be “technically true” but are “purposely skewed to mislead the side” in a manipulative “deception” that gives a “false” or “distorted impression” is alive and well among MHI’s circle. More specifically, it seems apparent that periodic paltering is used by MHI and at the MHInsider. Copilot previously noted that MHI’s remarks seem to fit the definitions of “lie,” “false,” and “misleading.”

5) For a variety of reasons, MHInsider can’t claim ignorance of MHARR (nor, for that matter, of apparently much larger and better read MHProNews and/or MHLivingNews). There is information that MHI and MHInsider should be well aware of that are routinely not found on their pages, why? Perhaps because those irksome facts don’t seem to fit the glowing ‘heavenly’ narrative that MHI leaders wish, rather than a ‘hellish’ reality that the industry’s independents routinely experience.

Consider the following Q&A’s with Bing’s AI powered Copilot.

> “Samuel Strommen said that MHInsider appeared to be a mouthpiece for the Manufactured Housing Institute. What was the specific quote, along with any other observations by Strommen with respect to MHInsider and link the results.”

6)

> “Useful, Copilot, but it didn’t answer my specific question. What did Strommen say about MHInsider and its relationship to the Manufactured Housing Institute? Specific pull quotes are useful, thanks.”

Samuel “Sam” Strommen, in his research paper titled “The Monopolization of the American Manufactured Home Industry and the Formation of REITs: a Rube Goldberg Machine of Human Suffering,” made a specific observation regarding MHInsider and its relationship to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Here’s the relevant quote:

“MHInsider, a subset of the MHVillage site, is in some way seemingly ‘endorsed’ by MHI. A ‘contributor’ to MHInsider is MHI CEO Lesli Gooch” ¹.

Strommen’s research highlights the connections between industry publications, industry associations, and the broader dynamics within the manufactured housing sector. His analysis sheds light on the monopolization challenges faced by the industry and calls for reforms to address them. 🏡🌐

For further context, you can explore Strommen’s full thesis on ManufacturedHomeLivingNews ². 📰🔍

Learn more

1 manufacturedhomepronews.com 2 manufacturedhomelivingnews.com 3 manufacturedhomepronews.com 4 manufacturedhomepronews.com 5 manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org 6 manufacturedhomelivingnews.com 7 manufacturedhomepronews.com 8 manufacturedhomepronews.com 9 manufacturedhomepronews.com…”

7)

> “Useful, thanks. Okay, MHInsider included the following quote from the Biden White House in a report published this week about HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge’s resignation. “And there are more housing units under construction right now than at any time in the last 50 years.” Isn’t that statement demonstrably untrue? Haven’t there been multiple times in the past 50 years when more housing units were under construction than ‘right now?'”

The statement from the Biden White House that “there are more housing units under construction right now than at any time in the last 50 years” appears to be demonstrably untrue. Throughout the past five decades, there have indeed been multiple instances when more housing units were under construction than the current period.

Historical data reveals fluctuations in housing construction over time. For instance:

1. Recent Data (2024):
   • As of January 2024, there were approximately 1,676,000 new privately-owned housing units under construction in the U.S¹.
   • While this is a substantial number, it does not represent an all-time high over the past 50 years.
2. Past Periods with Higher Construction:
   • There have been several periods in the past 50 years when housing construction exceeded the current level.
   • For example, during the housing boom of the late 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, housing construction reached significantly higher levels than today.

In summary, the claim that there are more housing units under construction now than at any time in the last 50 years does not align with historical data. Various periods in the past have seen higher levels of housing construction. 🏡📊

For further context, you can explore historical data from the U.S. Census Bureau on new privately-owned housing units under construction ²³. 🌐📈

Learn more

1 fred.stlouisfed.org 2 census.gov 
3 census.gov4 statista.com 5 fred.stlouisfed.org…”

8)

> “In MHInsider’s report, does it point out that manufactured housing production declined for some 15 of the past 16 months, year over year? Or does their report indicate that manufactured housing suffered a sharp drop during Biden-Harris’ – and by extension, Secretary Fudge’s – term of office? Restated, while the report is ‘accurate’ isn’t it arguably an example of paltering, because it fails to mention facts that ought to be important for a manufactured housing professional to know about Fudge and the Biden administration performance of manufactured housing? After all, with higher interest rates, and higher housing costs fueled by inflation that spiked after Biden moved into the White House, aren’t there numerous significant pieces of information missing from MHInsider’s ‘report?’ Confirm or clarify as needed and link the results.”

In MHInsider’s report, it does not explicitly point out that manufactured housing production declined for some 15 of the past 16 months, year over year. Instead, the report highlights the White House’s plan to increase the supply and lower the cost of housing, including a multi-pronged approach to protect manufactured housing and provide support for home-only loan programs. The report emphasizes the positive steps taken by the Biden-Harris administration to address housing challenges, particularly related to manufactured homes.

However, you raise a valid point. While the report is accurate in its focus on the administration’s actions, it does not provide a comprehensive picture of the challenges faced by the industry during this period. The impact of higher interest rates, inflation, and other economic factors on housing costs is indeed significant and should be part of any thorough analysis.

For a more complete understanding, it’s essential to consider all relevant information, including the broader economic context. The absence of certain critical pieces of information in MHInsider’s report could be seen as an example of paltering, as it selectively presents positive aspects while omitting relevant challenges.

For further context, you can explore the provided links:

• MHInsider’s report on the White House’s plan for housing supply and affordability¹
• Bisnow’s coverage of the White House’s efforts to boost housing supply and affordability²
• HUD’s press release on Secretary Fudge’s call to eliminate junk fees for renters³
• The White House’s fact sheet on boosting housing supply and lowering housing costs⁴ 🏡🌐

Learn more

1 mhinsider.com 2 bisnow.com 3 hud.gov 4 whitehouse.gov 5 upforgrowth.org 6 spectrumnews1.com 7 vox.com 8 newsnationnow.com 9 manufacturedhomepronews.com 10 nareb.com…”

9)

The MHInsider “Industry News” section on this date doesn’t seem to be very focused on Manufactured Housing News. On the date shown, the headlines on MHInsider are as follows. Note that most are not directly manufactured housing industry news at all.

 

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In some ways similar to #8 above, this “Industry News” or “Manufactured Housing News” on their website seems to take a softball, uncritical approach to the Biden Administration. It also seems more focused on distractions away from the key issues that MHARR has raised for some time. Namely, that manufactured housing is underperforming during an affordable housing crisis and failures to properly implement good current laws are near the root of the issues. But while considering the first three years of the Biden era and Secretary Marcia Fudge’s tenure at HUD, consider this flashback.

 

10)

On 8/12/2021, HUD and the FHFA issued a joint press release that said the following.

Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) (collectively, the Agencies) entered into a first-of-its-kind collaborative agreement regarding fair housing and fair lending coordination. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the two Agencies will focus on enhancing their enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, which HUD is primarily charged with administering and enforcing, and their oversight of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), and the Federal Home Loan Banks (collectively, the regulated entities), all of which FHFA regulates.

The MOU is an important mechanism that strengthens the Agencies’ ability to enforce fair housing and fair lending requirements, by promoting information sharing, coordination on investigations, compliance reviews, and the ongoing monitoring of the Enterprises. The Agencies anticipate that the MOU will lead to stronger oversight that will help advance vigorous fair housing enforcement that can begin to redress our nation’s history of discriminatory housing practices.

​”Today’s signing is an important and historic step to advance and strengthen the enforcement of our nation’s fair housing and fair lending requirements,” said HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. “FHFA oversees entities that have significant control over a large share of the mortgage market. Stepping up our collective fair housing oversight of their activities will mak​​e an enormous impact on lives and communities. I am proud to partner with Acting Director Thompson on this effort and advance the work that President Biden called upon us to do. We are prioritizing the work required to remove barriers that have created separate and unequal neighborhoods and limited access to housing opportunity and wealth building. I look forward to working with FHFA to make a meaningful impact in this space.”

 

HUD, FHFA “Collaboration” MOU on Fair Housing, Fair Lending Sparks Manufactured Housing Association’s Challenge; plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

 

But what is the legacy of the Bidenomics era of U.S. history? As several reports on MHProNews and MHLivingNews have documented, housing has become less affordable. Lending has become more costly. Specific step-by-step examples that can be read in under 10 minutes were provided in a new eye-opening Masthead at this link here. As the report linked above underscored, MHARR grasped the potential for the “MOU” and offered HUD and FHFA their assistance, by pressing for enforcement of existing federal laws that have for some 15 and 23 plus years have been allowed to languish. MHARR’s offer was arguably good strategy. It would either reveal in time that the Biden plan was insincere, or if the MOU has been earnest, they could have dramatically increased housing access and affordability. Either way, MHARR’s effort would prove useful.

But the fact per the St. Louis Fed, which has nearly 30 years of black ‘racial equity’ in housing as measured by the rate of black homeownership reveals, during most of the Obama-Biden years, black home ownership was in decline. During the Trump era, even as COVID19 hit, black homeownership hit its highest level since 2008.  By contrast, the Biden-Harris time in office is still not at the same level as in 2020 under Trump.

 

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The above data is significant at several levels which all manufactured housing industry pros should realize. In no particular order of importance.

a) During the Trump era, tax and regulatory cuts spurred U.S. economic growth.
b) During the Biden-Harris era, regulations have exploded, per data that MHProNews may do a focus on soon. But a few pull quotes from a report on Real Clear Wire and WND.com will help tell the tale. “Since Biden took office, prices are up 17.9%. That creates the first big problem, as wages are up only 12.7%, so working families are on average 4.5% in the hole. They need over $11,000 more each year to maintain the life they had before Bidenomics and they aren’t making that.  Thus, 62% of adults say they are living paycheck to paycheck.” “Homebuyers are paying around $1,300 more for a monthly mortgage than when Biden took office. 2 in 3 say high housing prices are placing homeownership out of reach.” “No wonder only 14% of voters say Biden’s economic policies have helped them.”

c) Those are topics that MHProNews and/or MHLivingNews have repeatedly explored, with a focus on facts, evidence, and expert analysis.

 

d) Though interest rates have dipped somewhat since the above, the payments are still much higher than when Trump left the White House. Troublingly, there are numbers of economic reports that indicate interest rates may not be coming down, due to ‘hotter than expected’ inflation. Financing and mortgage rates may hold steady or go back up again.

e) While MHI and MHInsider hand out ‘awards‘ that serve themselves as marketing and serve their circle of influence that benefits the narrative the consolidators apparently wish to be told by MHI and MHInsider,manufactured housing industry production dropped sharply. That topic has been avoided for months on end by both of those sources, and some others aligned with MHI too. Happy talk and distractions replaced facts and evidence that told a tale that apparently didn’t fit the official consolidator narratives.

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