It is important to be fair and balanced. This video has had some 1.6 million views since it was first posted on YouTube on Mar 3, 2017, almost 2 years ago. To be precise, there have been 1,603,008 views as of the time of this Daily Business News on …
Warren Buffett “Oracle of Omaha” HBO Documentary Berkshire Hathaway #Advexon Video Read More
The Minnesota Valley Action Council (MVAC) and city of Mankato officials met with mobile home owners, community owners and management, plus representatives of the United Community Action Partnership to discuss the initiative second phase of a project to replace older mobile homes there. MVAC and Mankato hope to replace …
Mobile Home Replacement Plan Offers Upgrade to Manufactured Homes Read More
There are some things you can’t make up. There are not many that would accuse Brad Pitt and the Make it Right Foundation he helped establish of purposefully providing modular homes that have been drawing negative media attention for the last few years. It seems like a fit for …
“What’s Wrong is that We Don’t Ask What’s Right.” – G. K. Chesterton. “Donations to Abortion Rights Organizations: Buffett is a liberal and is pro-choice. In an effort to lend his support as an abortion and reproductive rights advocate, the billionaire has donated $1.2 billion to abortion rights …
The Class of 2018 includes: (Back row left to right) Bill Wilson, Cherry Hill Mobile Home Park and Indian Hill Estates; Roger Faulkner, General Coach Canada; Mike Cirillo, Star Management; John Evans, CMHI. (Front row left to right) Derald Bontrager, Jayco, Inc.; Joan Cohron, accepting for Darrel/Harrel Cohron, Dealer …
RV/MH Hall of Fame Class of 2018 Inducted in Gala Ceremonies Read More
Some weeks ago, MHProNews teased in an article that MHI ought to attempt to meet with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Given the new leadership under pro-business, and less-activist acting director Mick Mulvaney, such a meeting could prove useful to the industry’s lenders, and all those who used …
Inside Scoop Mulvaney-CFPB and MHI, Berkshire Hathaway Company Meeting Detail$ Read More
Introduction When you do the math, it is far more than a $64 billion dollar question, as an upcoming report will outline. But that $64 billion dollar number – roughly ten times the retail output for all of manufactured housing in 2017 – will help industry readers …
Was the Urban Institute Misled, Duped, or Part of a Manufactured Housing Industry Scam? Read More
Warren Buffett gave billions to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Accordng to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation website, that organzation in turn gave millions of dollars to the Urban Institute. The Urban Institute (UI) recently published a report on manufactured housing. The Urban Institute …
“Follow the Money” – Controversial Urban Institute Report on Manufactured Housing Read More
Warren Buffett is closely watched by several in the manufactured housing industry, with good reason. His Berkshire Hathaway brands with stakes in manufactured housing include Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage, Berkadia, Wells Fargo, Shaw, NAI, and other suppliers, and businesses engaged in the factory-built housing industry. So, a recent …
Warren Buffett’s Role in a “Perfect Storm,” per Oxfam Research Read More
At the root of the word ‘responsibility’ is the simple idea of ‘an ability to respond.’ Is there some degree of responsibility within parts of the manufactured housing industry for the crash post-2008? Teeing Up the 21st Mortgage Corp Document To set the stage for understanding the importance of a …
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), state and federal officials are praising the pre-storm response coordination for Hurricane Irma per reports on Fox News and USA Today. Nelson speaking on Fox, called the federal response, “seamless” with state, local officials and first responders. Irma is reportedly one of …
Bipartisan Praise for Hurricane Irma Preparation, Behind the Scenes Look Read More
In a story that the Daily Business News originally covered here, the Village Mobile Home Park in Sebastopol, California is going to help provide housing to those who are at risk of, or are already, homeless. Back in March, the city committed to invest $258,000 into the project to create …
Manufactured Homes Repurposed in Costly Housing Market Read More
In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a long-standing issue throughout the U.S. has been brought to the forefront, along with a solution. According to WOOD TV, the gap for families who earn too much money to qualify for low-income programs, but not enough to afford the reality of high rents, results in many families falling …
Manufactured Housing Delivers Hope for Families in Need Read More
In a hotly contested property rights versus residents rights case, originally covered by the Daily Business News in September, and then again in December, the five-year journey for residents of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto, California has come to a favorable end for all parties. In a case that …
In June 2016, the massive Erskine Fire near Bakersfield, California displaced a number of families. After a long wait, thirteen families, who resided in manufactured homes prior to the blaze, were finally able to move into new FEMA units this week. According to Bakersfield Now, Kern County, which includes the …
In Detroit, Michigan, Shamayim “Mama Shu” Harris had a dream. That dream was to create a sustainable eco-village in the heart of her Highland Park neighborhood. “I converted my neighborhood from blight to beauty,” said Harris. Another part of that dream was a main building to handle things. Nationally syndicated …
TV Star Donates Modular Home, Provides Industry Recognition Read More
Long-time community owner and award-winning industry professional, Marty Lavin, has said that many of the industry’s residents are “financially fragile.” Alongside numerous others in the industry, Lavin’s not alone in his concerns for the economically vulnerable residents of manufactured homes. There are also those outside of the MH Industry willing to …
