It’s the top mainstream news story involving the industry that too few manufactured housing (MH) profession leaders seem to grasp – or are willing to tackle. Nevertheless, it’s perhaps the biggest one in years to impact our flailing segment of the affordable housing industry. Once the ubiquitous Drudge Report …
It is a well-known concern that Clayton Homes, and their affiliated/sister Berkshire Hathaway owned lenders, has been repeatedly accused of “racism” and “predatory lending.” Maxine Waters (CA-D), the new chairperson for the powerful Housing Financial Services Committee (FSC), and 3 of her colleagues are among those who have formally lodged …
The stark saga of 85-year old Millie Francis and the theatre involving her pre-HUD Code mobile home has made the page of the ubiquitous Drudge Report since our previous update, linked here. As one of the most trafficked news websites on earth, when the Drudge team links up a topic, …
“St. Petersburg police are warning families to pay attention to their children following an eight-month-long investigation into human trafficking involving two teenaged boys,” says Fox 13 YouTube page. “Investigators and victim advocates said it’s very common for children to be lured by family, family friends, or through gaming apps …
Sex and Human Trafficking Involving Manufactured Home Community, Hits Fox Video Report Read More
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, …
“We as an independent manufactured home producer’s association have often worked successfully with resident groups, on issues of mutual interest. We don’t deal with community related issues directly. I believe that people of good will may agree or disagree on details, and still have mutual respect. Let me express my …
Manufactured Home Industry Groups Fighting Hard, Meanwhile, a Man Died Read More
The RV MH Hall of Fame is an annual event that honors members – living or deceased – for their distinctive service within their respective industries. According to their website, “The RV/MH Heritage Foundation began its operation in 1972 and operates today as the RV/MH Hall of Fame and the …
2019 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced by RV/MH Heritage Foundation Read More
Centralization. Globalization. Immigration. Those three words sum up much of what “the establishment” of both major political parties have actively or passively accepted and/or promoted for decades. Those three words also help explain how Washington, D.C. has become more remote from the people it is supposed to serve. Those …
State officials and an ABC Action News are reporting on an eight-month long investigation of state human trafficking that involved teen age victims used as “sex slaves.” Florida’s newly-installed State Attorney General, Ashley Moody said that, “This case is just one example of how I will work daily with my …
Teen “Sex Slave” in “Mobile Home Park” – Kid Lured by Gaming App, per ABC, State Officials Read More
The Town of Fallsburg organized a forum in response to growing complaints about FoxCroft Village, where Paula Frumkin, president of the community’s homeowners association, was one of the residents who spoke on Jan. 23, 2018. The situation deteriorated since then, she said, per the Record Online. “We have more empty …
For those not ‘in the know’ about the SEC mandated quiet period, the prior report will help tee up the significance of this one today. See that and more trading insights from late last week, in the linked text/image box below. Legacy Housing IPO (LEGH) Quiet Period Set to Expire, …
Insider Trade During SEC Mandated ‘Quiet Period’ at Legacy Housing Corp Read More
Every part of the headline will be covered in this column and analysis, only the sequence will be mixed. Let’s frame this report simply. Affordable housing is potentially worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year in the U.S. That’s the conclusion of Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Alexa Fund. …
The Mountaineer is a newspaper based in Waynesville, North Carolina, and is owned by The Mountaineer Publishing Company, with Vicki Hyatt as the editor, says Wikipedia. They just named their person of the year as Jim Blyth, who is a real estate and modular housing professional. “Blyth is a native …
Person of the Year for Mountaineers? It’s a Modular Housing Professional Read More
There is a school of thought that the only way to effect change in addressing stereotypes, prejudice, and other forms of misinformation is to push for a change with the appropriate organizations and institutions that misuse a term. Tim Williams, President and CEO of 21st Mortgage Corp and …
MHARR, ROC USA, Canadian Association Weigh-In On Disney “Trailers” Controversy Read More
A rut has been defined as an open-ended grave. Habits can be useful, and good habits are necessary in one’s personal and professional life. But problematic habits are a rut. They may be comfortable, at least until the walls of the rut finally weaken and collapse. If a collapsed …
Escaping the Grave? Affordable, Manufactured Housing News Read More
The issue that follows is tied to allegations of corruption, how that impacts affordable housing, and thus millions of Americans, plus taxpayer funded budgets. At its core, it’s not a matter of one political party over that one. It seems that the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and the Berkshire …
“Deputies investigated…and prosecutors charged Walter Kenneth Baldwin, 69, 1916 Happy Hollow Road North, West Lafayette, with conspiracy to torture or mutilate a vertebrate animal, torture or mutilating a vertebrate animal, conspiracy to killing a domestic animal and killing a domestic animal,” per the JCOnline, part of the USA Today …
Teen, Adult Charged in Troubling Tragedy Involving MH Community Read More
Judaism, like Christianity or Islam, are not monolithic in their beliefs. There are branches of Jewish belief, not unlike the symbolic branches of the menorah. At dinner with a Jewish friend on the first evening of Hanukkah, among the comments from our guest? “If you have 10 Jews …
Hanukkah at the White House, Video, Visuals and Formal Presidential Statement Read More
There is not a syllable about manufactured housing in this report, which is perfect for our purpose in this evening’s report. The markets have been broadly down. Yet most economic, jobs, corporate and other fundamentals are sound. By contrast to the roller coaster of Wall Street, why not …
“Capitalism is not perfect,” said Jordan Rodriguez in response to the video below, “but its the best system we got so far. The attackers of capitalism always fall into the “Nirvana Fallacy”. Just because something doesn’t work 100% of the time, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t work at all. …
