Businesses from coast to coast – including manufactured housing industry professionals – are keenly awaiting the outcome of the 2016 campaign. What was once considered a likely shift of the U.S. Senate from the GOP back to Democratic control now looks questionable, if recent public opinion polling holds. The House …
Hillary Clinton’s Abe Lincoln Moment? Mo-Trump; POTUS 2016 News & Analysis Read More
In recent weeks, the Industry Voices guest blog has had more guest columns from manufactured home industry professionals from coast to coast. They have included association as well as business professionals, including many well-known names in the industry. Their topics and comments have been useful in various articles and reports …
Programing – What Manufactured Housing Industry Voices Say… Read More
The National Federation of Independent Businesses has released on Sept 14, 2016 their survey of Small Business Problems and Priorities. Included in the results are the following Top 10 list of 75 total problems surveyed. Those cited as “most severe” problems for small-businesses owners are as follows. Cost of Health …
NFIB Business Professionals Survey – Top 10 Small Business Concerns, Priorities & More Read More
The Controversy – two sides of rent control – are found in what looked to be a political event at an ice cream social. It began when the North Santa Barbara County Manufactured Homeowners Team (NSBMHT) gave congressional, state legislature and city council candidates a chance to talk about their …
Presidential campaigns often revolve around policies and personalities. Related issues like character, health and others also arise. Manufactured housing professionals mirror to some extent the views of the broader nation. There are Democrats, Libertarians, Independents and Republicans. Look hard enough, and a supporter of Jill Stein and her Green Party …
Campaign 2016 – Hillary’s 911 and Manufactured Housing Read More
NBC News, along with their sister channel, MSNBC, will carry the first ever live “Commander in Chief” forum, Wednesday night at 8 PM ET. With the polls tightening between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, this is being seen by pundits as a pre-debate that could yield clues on what to …
First Time – Clinton Vs Trump Live on Cable TV Tonight – Forum Video Read More
Alan Davies, editor of The Urbanist on Crikey, has taken a unique look at U.S. “trailer parks” (sic). His provocative, yet witty, headline tees it up well, “Should trailer parks be trashed?” Davies notes the rather colorful view of “trailer parks” – which he later identifies as “manufactured housing communities” …
Urbanist Alan Davies – On not trashing “Trailer Parks” (sic) Read More
Mayor Tom Hoye and state Sen. Marc R Pacheco were among those who attended the celebration at Colonial Estates in Taunton, MA when the resident association formally purchased the community. Colonial Estates residents organized and collectively purchased the community for $10.2 million from the previous owner, Shamrock Redwood Colonial LLC …
Mayor and State Senator attend to witness Manufactured Home Community Purchase Read More
Elizabeth Wydra is the president of the Constitutional Accountability Center, which Wikipedia describes as a conservative judicial group. Carrie Severino, is the chief counsel and policy director at the Judicial Crisis Network, which Wikipedia says an action center, think tank and public interest law firm that believes in an inherently …
Left, Right Agree – President Obama’s mark is on powerful U.S. Appeals Courts Read More
