According to their website, “The Open Markets Institute uses journalism to promote greater awareness of the political and economic dangers of monopolization, identifies the changes in policy and law that cleared the way for such consolidation, and fosters discussions with policymakers and citizens as to how to update America’s traditional political economic principles …
The message below was sent from MHProNews publisher, L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach, was sent this morning to Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) General Counsel, Rick Robinson, JD. Several MHI members, and independents were among those BCC’d in this message. — Email to MHI VP and General Counsel, Rick Robinson — …
The left-of-center Daily Beast is reporting that Lina Khan, plans to join the congressional staff of Democrats that overseas antitrust issues. With the AOC, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and the “Feel the Bern” crowd ascendant among Democrats – at least for now – that could be significant for the FAANGs, Berkshire …
If you’ve been buying fuel lately, you’ve noticed that prices have been rising in recent weeks. The tragedy of Venezuela is part of that backstory. Make no mistake. As one of the top proven oil reserves in the world, that Latin American nation’s political and economic upheaval are impacting the …
“After hearing from more than 15,000 people and consulting with many experts, the City saw both support and need for a tax on empty homes in Vancouver. A 2016 City of Vancouver survey found that more than 90% of Vancouver residents surveyed agreed that empty homes were a problem; a …
There are several new and recent items that are purportedly making it ever more clear what is occurring that are artificially stymieing manufactured housing industry growth. There is a new report from the Washington, D.C. based independent producers association – linked below – that raises several disturbing concerns. They should …
Is Manufactured Housing Industry Backstab Coming Into Clearer Focus? Read More
A manufactured home community (MHC) professional told MHProNews that the single largest competitor for our industry is subsidized housing. Ponder that statement. That and the recent Daily Business News on MHProNews report linked here and further below about ‘appalling’ are apt backgrounds for the following stern warning from the U.S. …
HUD Warns PHAs, Manufactured Housing Pros – Take Note Read More
There are potential issues that ought to have been raised in the 2020 Census that experts have told the Daily Business News on MHProNews should have been included. That will be a topic of a planned upcoming report. But today’s U.S. Census topic impacts every affordable housing or manufactured home …
The 2020 Census, Supreme Court, Manufactured Housing, and You Read More
Never underestimate the power of money in Washington, D. C., or in the districts and states that send legislators to Capitol Hill. Legislators or other public officials can be influenced about matters that moneyed interests care about in a variety of ways, as an examination of the power of money …
The Department of Energy was established during the administration of President Jimmy Carter. The creation of the DOE was a throwback to the drama of lines at U.S. gas stations arguably sparked by policies from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries or OPEC. Decades of American involvement in Middle …
U.S. Department of Energy Proposed Rulemaking Could Impact Manufactured Housing Read More
Some power-readers of the Daily Business News on MHProNews have effectively said, ‘you need to be blunt in telling your readers how often you raise issues that no one else in manufactured housing trade media raises.’ Others have expressed this notion, ‘your wheat and chaff’ and sourcing across the aisle …
A recently passed law will soon help manufactured home community owners as well as their residents. House Bill 381 will permit manufactured home community owner/operators to use a process that classifies a mobile or manufactured home as abandoned, and then will allow it to be removed from the community. …
New Law Benefits Manufactured Home Community Owners, Residents Read More
In a matter of days, the first video below of a Russian designed and built “mobile home” cottage has widely surprised the total of all the views of all the videos that the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) produced and published in late 2017. The videos are in Russian with …
Russians Build Truly Mobile, “Mobile Home” – Lighter Side Videos Spark Serious Topics Read More
“We have so many Americans who think that the American dream is not for them, but it is for them. And I think the president wants them to know that for sure. But he is never going to convince them of that by telling them that. But by showing …
Is POTUS Trump Racist? “Here Today, Here to Stay” – HUD Secretary Ben Carson Sounds Off Read More
“Yes, we are calling for a full transition off fossil fuels and zero greenhouse gases,” says part of a working document provided by backers of the so-called “Green New Deal” that rising star freshman Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or “AOC” (NY-D) announced in the company of others today. “The numbers don’t …
Stating the obvious can bring clarity to any subject. Objectivity is necessary in the affordable housing sector, as well as the manufactured home segment of housing. Businesses and investors act upon reality, or what they think is reality. More broadly, objectivity – the search for truth vs. a …
Sidney Powell, JD, Former Federal Prosecutor on “Licensed to Lie” Read More
The partial federal shutdown, now over, delayed several reports, like the one that follows. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) press room provided the Daily Business News on MHProNews select highlights of what they point to as Carson’s accomplishments. Given the Manufactured Housing Institute …
HUD Secretary Ben Carson Touts 2018 Accomplishments, Highlights Read More
There has been broad industry interest and concerns over the documents and video that Tim Williams at 21st Mortgage Corp, Kevin Clayton at Clayton Homes, and Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway have failed to explain away — or even try. This was initially going to be a report …
CFPB and 21st, Second Shoe Drops? Flooring w/21st Mortgage Corp? Insider Tips Read More
“I hope the city of San Jose will opt to protect vulnerable mobilehome park residents from preemptive evictions and not submit to the devious and greedy manipulations of the park owner. I live in San Juan Capistrano and our strong supportive city council opted to protect their MH residents …
It’s the top mainstream news story involving the industry that too few manufactured housing (MH) profession leaders seem to grasp – or are willing to tackle. Nevertheless, it’s perhaps the biggest one in years to impact our flailing segment of the affordable housing industry. Once the ubiquitous Drudge Report …
