When much of the news that hits the media about manufactured housing seems from the industry perspective to be biased or negative, it is refreshing when good news about the industry hits the ‘news wires.’ In February, MHProNews brought you information straight from First State Manufactured Housing Association (FSMHA) in …
Association Uses Scholarships to Boost Industry Image While Giving Back Read More
“It is what our country is, it is a country of immigrants. We have not recently done a very good job of remembering who we are.” – George Clooney, commenting on President Trump’s border and immigration policies. (1) “He doesn’t feel like Amal and the twins are safe living in …
Battle of the Stars, Manufactured Housing, Security, and America First Read More
The Eric C. Conn – Social Security attorney, fraud case – would never have been mentioned in the Daily Business News save for this troubling fact. Several mainstream media accounts featured his office space – manufactured homes – in photos and copy, as if that was somehow relevant to the …
Ongoing Saga – Eric “Conn Man” MegaFraud – Media’s Troubling ‘Mobile Home’ Spin Read More
Last week, the Daily Business News on MHProNews was the first in manufactured housing to report that Berkshire Hathaway’s Clayton Property Group added Colorado based Oakwood Homes to their expanding site-built housing portfolio. Now, Keith Holdbrooks, president of Clayton home building group, has another announcement. “We are proud to welcome Harris Doyle to our …
Buffett’s Clayton Buys Yet Another Builder, Growing Dominance in U.S. Housing Market Read More
Two more manufactured home communities loans in Enfield and Canaan, NH were closed, converting the properties into resident owned communities, Steve Varnum told MHProNews.com. Varnum is with the NH Community Loan Fund (NHCLF), which he says was Established in 1983, and closed on their first resident owned cooperative in 1984. Mascoma Parks, …
Several recent industry events have highlighted just how significant the incorrect use of jargon – terminology – is for manufactured housing retailers, communities, producers and others who serve, supply, and support the industry. For instance, the Ohio Manufactured Home Association (OMHA) and their state’s resident group struggle to keep their …
Lies, Fables and MH Impact – A Rose by Any Other Name… Read More
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) manufactured housing program administrator, Pamela Beck Danner, JD, or another person there authorized the issue of an Interpretive Bulletin (IB) concerning “frost-free” and frost-protected manufactured housing foundations in freezing climates. The HUD IB was issued on June 23, 2017, states the Manufactured …
“A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.” – Thomas Jefferson, Rights of British America, 1774 (1) “A people… who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may …
Thomas D. Smith, an attorney with a real estate, manufactured housing and development background, died Tuesday in an automobile accident. Smith, says Topix, was 83. The Toledo Blade stated that Mr. Smith, of Waterville Township, became a partner in a group that developed and owned manufactured home communities in Toledo, …
Because Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has such big chunks of the manufactured housing industry’s production, lending, suppliers, and more – the “Oracle of Omaha’s” thoughts are carefully followed by the industry’s professionals. In a recent video interview with Judy Woodruff on PBS, the discussion included a look at what should …
With 1 out of 9 Americans moving every year in search of housing, that represents well over ten million potential opportunities for housing professionals annually. The U.S. Census Bureau says that in 2016, there were 324,118,787 Americans. With 2.64 people per household, that yields some 122,772,267. So, when one out …
USA Snapshot, the Need for Affordable Housing, by the Numbers Read More
Manufactured home professionals may not always realize how many people are ‘on the move’ in their market. Not every mover in an area may not represent an opportunity to sell a home, or fill a leased site/home in a community. But many – once they’re properly exposed to the realities …
Americans On the Move – How Often? What are the MH Opportunities? Read More
As June 2017 winds to a close – a time which President Donald J. Trump proclaimed to be Home Ownership month – Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Dr. Ben Carson hosted a video broadcast via Facebook, which MHLivingNews captured, enhanced from the original and provided to the Daily Business …
HUD Secretary Ben Carson Exclusive Video – ‘Absolutely!’ ‘We Need Crusaders’ Read More
Residents of a manufactured home community in Santa Clarita, California are upset about the new view of a hillside in their backyards that was once covered with wildlife, and more upset realizing there may be little they can do about it. The owner of Canyon View Estates, Kerry Seidenglanz, said …
View of Wildlife Changing for Residents of Manufactured Home Community Read More
“You are entitled to your own opinions. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” So said Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who was paraphrased recently by Tim Williams of the Ohio Manufactured Housing Association, in that association’s efforts to battle the Kasich Administration’s ongoing plan to over-regulate manufactured housing in …
Regulation Nation – Manufactured Housing Associations, Companies, and Professionals Read More
The Herald Leader reports that the Siloam Springs, Arkansas Board of Directors approved a pair of moratoriums on Tuesday to “buy time for city code change on medical marijuana and mobile home [sic] trailer parks [sic].” The local paper said that “The moratoriums will temporarily prohibit applications from being made …
Social Security disability lawyer Eric C. Conn plead guilty earlier this year to a scheme that defrauded the federal government of over half-a-billion dollars. While a legacy factory-built housing professional yesterday quipped, tongue in cheek, that the real Ponzi scheme is social security itself, “The Conn Mann,” a judge and …
Eric Conn ‘Trailer Law Complex’ Social Security Attorney ‘On the Lam’ Read More
Multiple sources tell MHProNews that two “senior staff” members have been “fired” from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Lois Starkey – former Vice President of Regulatory Affairs – with MHI, and Tom Heinemann – previously the Vice President of Federal Government Affairs at MHI – are both gone. Their names have …
Senior Staff Shakeup at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)? Read More
Expert Matthew Wallace, JD, CPA provided the professionals of the manufactured home industry today with a useful article that will be necessary – sooner or later – for millions of home owners who live in a pre-HUD Code mobile home, or a post-code manufactured home. Wallace was keenly welcoming of …
Free Resource for Retailers, Communities, Your Customers and Residents Read More
The Chicago Tribune reported earlier this month on a suspicious fire in an Oak Lawn manufactured home community. Two deaths were reported. When law enforcement ruled the matter an alleged case of arson, it made the deaths apparent murders. “Are there murderers here?” – resident Mary Grochola said, per the Tribune, “A …
Fearful Residents Ask, “Are There Murderers Living Here?” Read More
