“Google, Amazon and Facebook were platforms that could become tools “to snuff out competition,” Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) warned during a keynote speech at a New America Foundation, Open Markets event in 2016. Voices on the political and economic left and right share her concerns. “Anyone who loves markets knows that …
Not everyone at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) believes that Secretary Ben Carson deserves his place as head of the sprawling agency. This has been apparent even before Carson was confirmed as HUD’s new secretary, as reported by the Daily Business News back in January. “People feel disrespected,” one HUD employ …
HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson’s Critics, and Response Read More
If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline reports’ are found further below, just beyond the Manufactured Housing Composite Value for today. The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the manufactured home industry’s stocks in the broader …
A Top MH Connected Lender Hit by More Embarrassing News, Video, Market Updates Read More
The Department for Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has churned out more proposed new regulations for the manufactured housing industry, per a release from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). In just the last month the Daily Business News reported on proposed new regulations for installation standards, and …
HUD’s Over Regulation of Manufactured Housing, Industry, Consumer Impact Read More
During his campaign, and since being elected president, Donald Trump has been promising an American business and American workers first agenda. Since Trump took office Congress has passed at least 53 bills. But partisan bickering, including within the GOP, has kept major issues like the border wall, and the repeal …
Immigration, Debt Ceilings, and Manufactured Housing Read More
Manufactured Housing Executives Council (MHEC) held a conference call on August 25, 2017 regarding HUD interaction with the International Code Council (ICC). MHEC, as many industry leaders know, is made up of state association leaders, plus a presence from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) and the Manufactured …
“Worst of All Worlds,” “HUD’s Tortured Approach to Installation and Federal Preemption” Read More
As previous and upcoming reports will highlight, the political winds are blowing in several different directions. Those winds could well mean, as Mark Weiss, President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has said, a narrowing window of opportunity for manufactured housing. “Ideas have consequences,” Steve …
Should Recreational Vehicles (RVs) be allowed to use vacant lots in a manufactured home community? That question sparked a debate in the state of Ohio, and elsewhere. Some manufactured home communities that have a vacancy issue would happily rent vacant lots to towable or motorized RVs, to bring in additional …
Why does federal preemption of manufactured housing matter? Because preemption is what allows a HUD code manufactured home (MH) to be built to a performance based standard proven to save consumers time and money, while protecting durability, and homeowner safety. The enforcement of manufactured home preemption could open hundreds of …
Preemption Fact Check: HUD’s Pam Danner Interview by MHI Surrogate Suzanne Felber Read More
Among the thousands of daily readers, MHProNews software indicates that hundreds of public officials are among those professionals who routinely logon. While the specifics of who those visitors are isn’t known, Webalizer detects .gov, .mil, and .edu – along with numerous other such extensions. A federal official called MHProNews recently. In …
“The System Is Rigged,” Federal Official’s Description of HUD, Industry Reactions Read More
Steve Bannon is out. Was is it a strategy? Is this a head fake to deflect heat off the Oval Office? More on that in our spotlight section below, in two video reports. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the …
Markets Mixed, POTUS Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Out, What Does it Mean? Read More
Skyline, Equity LifeStyle Properties and Sun Communities were among the few manufactured home industry connected stocks that bucked a broader drop in the markets. There is also a link to a report on VMF, Clayton Homes in house lender, near the bottom of this daily market report. If you’re new, …
“It would be interesting to do a comparative history, MH vs. public housing,” said Ross Kinzler, prior executive director of the Wisconsin Housing Alliance (WHA). “Did the public sector do any better serving lower-class housing needs? Nope,” said Kinzler. His remark came in part as a reaction to an in-depth …
Ross Kinzler on MH Communities, and Marty’s Lavin’s Back to the Cornfields Read More
“The CFPB is “protecting” people right out of affordable manufactured homeownership. Congress should fight to give families opportunities – not take them away,” said Representative Andy Barr (R-KY) when a group of bipartisan representatives introduced the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act back in March, per Global Newswire. There is …
Senators Fighting for Preserve Access to Manufactured Housing, Reality Checks Read More
“The Central Government should be limited to basic functions. Defending the nation against foreign enemies, preserving order at home, mediating our disputes.” – Milton Freidman. The widely cherished First Amendment rights – especially to freedom of speech – is a hot topic on many fronts. “I believe that churches have …
Freedom of Speech, Rep. Jim Renacci, Don Glisson, Jr. Triad Financial, and Dick Ernst Read More
Concerns over war with North Korea aren’t gone, but a variety of signals at home and abroad have calmed nervous investors. So for today’s spotlight, we’ll return to a the push for tax reform, 2017. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to …
War Jitters Return to Yawn, Market$ Roar Back, Tax Reform 2017 Updates in Two Videos Read More
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has filled one more of their vacant positions this week, per HousingWire. On August 10, 2017 HUD announced that Anna Maria Farías had been confirmed by the U.S. Senate. She was sworn in by HUD Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson, as the Assistant …
“The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published on August 9 its Worst Case Housing Needs: 2017 Report to Congress, showing that 8.3 million unassisted very low income households in America spend more than half of their income on their housing, live in severely substandard housing, or both,” said …
NLIHC CEO Responds on HUD’s Worst Case Housing Needs Report, MH Leader Reacts Read More
As promised last week, the Manufactured, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry’s new featured articles and reports are live on the MHProNews home page. Recent or first-time visitor? Then go to the home page, and scroll down past the Daily Business News and MHLivingNews modules, and on the center left, you’ll …
New MH Industry Reports – “Politically Incorrect, Factually Accurate” Read More
“The current HUD manufactured housing program administrator, Pamela Danner – “parachuted” into that position on a career basis in violation of section 620(a)(1)(C) of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000,” says Mark Weiss, JD. Addressing state associations and other interested industry parties, Weiss, President and CEO of the Manufactured …
