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. …
No, not that kind of tease. An investor and industry professional wrote the Daily Business News on MHProNews recently to say in part, ‘please, don’t tease me.’ To be VERY clear, his was a generic statement, not a specific tease ‘aimed’ at him, as his own message to MHProNews …
Taxes. Appearances. Uncertainty about the future. Those are some of the excuses, err, reasons that trustees of South Elgin, a part of the Chicago metro, rejected a 296 unit manufactured home community development that would have served residents 55 and older. It’s a story that affordable housing and manufactured home …
A federal judge in Texas has struck down Affordable Care Act. “In a ruling sure to be appealed to Supreme Court, Texas court says the ACA, also known as Obamacare, can no longer stand without the penalty against the uninsured,” said NBC News. The Friday night ruling …
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The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that “Former Obama housing chief Julian Castro says he’s taking a step toward a possible White House campaign in 2020 by forming a presidential exploratory committee,” with an announced decision set for Jan. 12, 2019. Castro is said to be the second …
There is more industry and other interconnected news than we could possibly cover as we are currently configured. Actually, that’s true for any news organization. The New York Times and/or Fox News could each cover more news than they do, but it would take more time, talent, and treasure. Here …
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Who said that jawboning doesn’t work? President of the United States (POTUS), Donald J. Trump has been saying very publicly that he isn’t even a little happy with his pick to head the Federal Reserve as chairman, Jerome Powell. Today, in Powell’s speech to the Economic Club of New York …
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Let’s start with some facts. There’s a shortage of construction and other workers. That worker shortage impacts manufactured housing, and other builders too. There is also the cost and consequences of incarceration. According to Wikipedia, “In October 2013, the incarceration rate of the United States of America was …
You don’t have to be a ‘toter’ driver to know that fuel prices have been falling. Everyone that gets a new or pre-owned manufactured home moved has or will see a reduction in moving costs. What’s ahead on the horizon? What other impacts do energy costs have on our HUD …
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“A brothel-owning, evangelical Christian-backed Republican candidate who died last month won his race for the Nevada state legislature late on Tuesday, according to state election officials,” said Reuter’s. “Dennis Hof, 72, defeated Democratic candidate and educator Lesia Romanov in the race for Nevada’s 36th Assembly District, earning about 68 percent …
A well-placed source said from inside the hexagon began by saying something in a series of messages to MHProNews that thousands of manufactured housing (MH) industry professionals know. “MH is a logical solution to the affordable housing crisis in our cities. Does not matter [,]1 they are typically run …
“It was then best of times, it was the worst of times…” – Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens was writing about the French Revolution, but considering the famous opening to his novel, “A Tale or Two Cities,” one might believe that Nostradamus was writing about the USA …
“A group of protesters gathered outside the Northwest D.C. home of Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Nov. 7,” is how the left-of-center Washington Post and related video reported it. The front door of right-of-center Fox News host Carlson’s home was cracked yesterday by purported AntiFa type …
Lead, kindly Light, amidst th’encircling gloom, Lead thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home; Lead thou me on! Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, …
As numbers of manufactured housing business owners know the head-aches that came with ObamaCare. Everyone in the industry is impacted by this issue. Let’s start with a blast of common sense. There is nothing that is free. Someone always pays. MHProNews has made a simple point, by quoting …
These three stories of actual Americans are the ones that don’t normally make the evening news. These three stories in the video below are ones that can make a significant difference to all housing professionals, but particularly to manufactured home professionals. We’ll set aside for the next few moments …
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“It’s the economy, stupid,” said James Carville in one of his most famous lines as President Bill Clinton’s adviser. Sadly, Carville also gets credit for the infamous “Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you’ll find,” line too. President Ronald Reagan asked a pocket book …
Halloween is beloved by millions, and thousands of industry professionals have youth that will participate. Adults will have their own ‘all hallows eve’ – Halloween festivities. Manufactured housing has arguably been limited by several artificial factors. From the outset of our launch of publishing 9 years ago, MHProNews …
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On a day that the bulls returned, there are many in media that share precisely the same vantagepoint that CNBC does in our spotlight report this evening. It’s about automation and robots in the workplace. As on so many topics in MHVille trade media, it’s a subject we’ve led the …
The markets have been sliding in recent days. But why? The fundamentals of the economy and most companies on the exchanges are good. If you are over 35, and think back, you’ve seen this rodeo market-madness before. A few people already have – or soon will – benefit …
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