Of all the advances that manufactured housing has made, the ability for it to help save lives by saving precious minutes has become an interesting reality in the state of Washington. The Life Flight Network announced that it has moved its local helicopter base to the Kelso airport from St. …
How Manufactured Housing Helps Life Flight Save Lives Read More
With President-elect Donald Trump set to take office in a few weeks, one of the issues front and center is Dodd-Frank and what will happen to the legislation, which Senators Elizabeth Warren (D. MA.) and Bernie Sanders (I. VT.) have vowed to defend. The issues, opinions, perspectives and points of …
Dodd-Frank: Clintons, Buffett, Trump and What it all Means Read More
With Entrepreneurs November in MHVille 2016, in the rear-view mirror, December and an entirely new set of featured articles are found on the MHProNews.com home page. Our theme for this month is: DAAD = Dramatic! Advent! Adventure! December 2016! To see the line-up of over 3 dozen featured articles for this month, …
Americans just experienced a truly unique election and are now living through a historic transition. “News” has been called the first draft of history. The recent election has and will impact everyone and every industry – including ours – as we track here on the Daily Business News and daily …
Harvard Clinton-Trump Campaign Debate & Trump Thank You Tour-Videos Read More
In many instances, discussions around a manufactured home can be moving. In this instance, the land below some manufactured homes may be doing so too – literally. Harvey and Jean Kloos invested in their manufactured home in the Knoll Terrace community, located in Canyonville, Oregon, as it provided them the …
Manufactured Home Owners Face Unique Crisis, Community Response Read More
As another winter arrives and the weather cools, people make a mad dash for heaters and fireplaces. This of course can be dangerous if those options are not used or maintained properly. According to News-Press Now, an example of that danger occurred early Wednesday morning In St. Joseph, Missouri when …
As Winter Approaches, Fire Safety Facts and Myths Take Center Stage Read More
Thanksgiving has just passed, and Christmas is coming. “Down on her luck” Ava Woods, living in very difficult conditions, but known for her giving spirit, has just been given her dream come true. Clayton home building group, Clayton Homes of Pelham and Jesus Works Ministry, teamed up with others to make this …
Dreaming of a Free Home at Christmas – Ava Wood’s True Story Read More
Dorothy Czerniak, a resident of Sun Leisure Mobile Home Park in Penticiton, British Columbia is a lucky woman. Czerniak narrowly escaped serious injury when what is believed to be an explosive device wrapped as a Christmas present exploded as she was opening it Wednesday morning. She suffered minor burns and …
Explosion at Manufactured Home Community Injures Resident Read More
Clayton Homes, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A) has acquired Flemingsburg, Kentucky based manufactured home retailer Doyle Mobile Homes. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Clayton Homes will turn Doyle Mobile Homes into a Clayton Home Center, and current owner David Doyle will remain with the operation …
The phone at MHProNews rang this morning, and after a brief bit of phone tag, Jim Visser, publisher of the Journal of Manufactured Housing and this writer were on an extended call. Mr. Visser called to say that their online issue was going live shortly, and that he wanted me …
Jim Visser, Journal of Manufactured Housing say “Thank You!” and Good-bye Read More
In El Cajon, California, residents of the Starlight and Greenfield Mobile Homes Estates gathered at a local elementary school for a presentation about an underground trichloroethylene chemical plume that they believe causes a threat to their communities and the school. Trichloroethylene is considered the most serious and concentrated of several industrial solvents …
MH Communities Threatened by Toxic Plume, Questions Remain Read More
In an interview on November 21 with Charles Payne of Fox Business Network, BGC Partners Senior Strategist Steve Cortes and Paul Dietrich of Fairfax Global Markets explained why the markets have gone up since Donald Trump was elected president. Many of the points raised by Cortes and Dietrich dovetail with …
Charles Payne, Steve Cortes & Paul Dietrich-Market Rally, What’s Next – Video Read More
“I think Dr. Carson is an intelligent man – he’s a free thinker, he’s a compassionate person, a quick study obviously and I think that he can do the job,” former HUD Secretary during the Clinton administration, Henry Cisneros told FOX Business Network’s Mornings with Maria. The pick is an important …
Former HUD Secretary Cisneros on Dr. Ben Carson as HUD Secretary Read More
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 24, 2016. There has been a strong post-election rally, leading to numerous records. The most recent manufactured housing industry connected daily market report is linked here. Yesterday, President of the United States (POTUS) Barack H. Obama issued his final thanksgiving pardon of turkeys. This whimsical and …
Thanksgiving Day, Markets Closed, POTUS Obama, PE Trump Videos Read More
The “Trump Victory [is] a boost for affordable housing and consumers,” says M. Mark Weiss, CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform in a new article, linked below. “Many believe Donald Trump has the potential to go down in history as one of the most famous, or infamous, disruptors of all …
In what community residents are calling an effort to push them out, the new ownership of the Trailer Haven RV and Mobile Home Park in San Leandro, California is raising rents in a part of the country that already boasts record high housing costs. “I understand many are concerned about our …
Manufactured Home Community Residents Protest Rent Increase Read More
“Dodd-Frank was never meant to and never should have been applied to manufactured homes in manufactured home communities,” says Sam Landy, CEO of UMH Properties. “There is no mortgage and our residents are fully protected without Dodd-Frank.” Landy, an attorney who is leading the rapid growth of his firm, shared …
We continue with our thought-provoking theme for the month: Entrepreneurs November in MHVille 2016. That link will take you to all of the featured articles and interviews this month. Manufactured, modular and prefabricated home professionals know that how a home got to its location should not define a person or their dwelling. …
Alan Dershowitz – an emeritus law professor at Harvard University, high profile member of the O.J. Simpson defense team and staunch Democrat – is speaking out in response to strong rhetoric against Breitbart Chairman, Steve Bannon. “It is not legitimate to call somebody an anti-Semite because you might disagree with …
Prominent Democratic Lawyer Defends Breitbart’s Steve Bannon Read More
A manufactured home community in Tampa is recovering from what appears to be post-election rage. According to Bay News 9, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating graffiti spray-painted on two east Tampa manufactured homes that has also led to an arson investigation. County fire rescue initially responded to the community …
Manufactured Home Set on Fire, Anti-Trump Messages Spray-Painted on Another Read More
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