As thousands of industry professionals know, terminology is a problem in many parts of American society today, not just in our profession. Last week we looked at the topic of conservation and energy. Its a serious issue for factory built housing pros. ICYMI, or need a refresher, that useful …
Ask anyone who is involved in manufactured housing marketing if Google influences their business, and they will tell you, “yes.” So, does the influence and power of Google help or harm our industry? Can it confuse or mislead people about the reality of manufactured homes? The distinctions between mobile homes …
Does Google Harm Manufactured Housing? Other Forms of Free Speech? Read More
Meaningful and accurate history are arguably as important as accurate news. Based upon corporate and market fundamentals, the markets should be doing better than they have performed in recent months. The reasons are many, but one cause is a broad lack of economic, historic, and political understanding. Instead of whining …
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 …
Fed Chair Powell’s Full 24 Minute Economic Speech, Stocks Roar, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
Every Sunday morning for several years, we provide this popular week in review. It helps answer the question, ‘What Just Happened?’ It will also suggest a few answers to a question that hasn’t been asked, what’s coming up in this week ahead? Drama. Some of it is ‘manufactured …
A report and analysis from Columbus, GA linked further below from earlier today includes the interview of a man who stated that he was homeless prior to moving into an affordable manufactured home. Now an official in that town is threatening to close the community that provided a once-homeless man with …
Propaganda works, but facts matter. In this take one on the 2019 outlook, we will focus on facts and evidence. There are talking heads on cable news, in print or digital mainstream news media, who for some months have ‘talked down’ the U.S. economic forecast. Among their false …
Take One – Data Driven U.S. Outlook in 2019 and MHVille Read More
Disclosure. This “MHIdea” is not about MHProNews, and predates topics and positions we’ve published in the last few years. So this Daily Business News report is just that – an article that quotes from a manufactured home industry trade group that industry legend Dick Moore conceived, and was advanced …
Giving Thanks for Manufactured Housing Independents, Applauding “MHIdea!” Read More
Here in the U.S., the legal system forbids falsehood, though the law knows that it occurs. After 18 months of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, millions of observers have learned that lying to the FBI is a federal crime. Some have plead guilty, but not to a 2016 campaign violation. …
Manufactured Housing – MHVille, It’s Not a Matter Open to Interpretation Read More
For several years, MHProNews provided articles by the Fair Housing Lady, Nadeen Green, JD. Green provided insights into the developments that impact landlords and housing provider. Green retired, and we’ve not yet identified someone to fill her often witty and legally insightful shoes. But we still carry news …
MH Communities Reminder, Assistance Animals – HUD Order Levies Landlord Fine Read More
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” “This [saying] has frequently been ascribed to Sun Tzu and once in a while to Niccolò Machiavelli or Petrarch,” says Edwar Louk in Quora “yet there are no distributed sources saying which was its origin before its utilization by “Michael …
Treehugger says, “Yes in my back yard” (YIMBY), “Yves Behar and Plant Prefab introduce ADUs.” California recently signed into law the okay for a broader use of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). The environmental focused publisher, says, “The reason prefabs make so much sense in the A.D.U. context is …
YIMBY, Amazon backed Plant Prefab Introducing ADUs, Product Video Read More
“FHA is in good hands, guarding against excessive risks, protecting the American taxpayer, and remaining true to our core mission to facilitate safe and affordable mortgage options for qualified borrowers.” – HUD Secretary Ben Carson, M.D. “As we look to the future, FHA must continue to seek the …
Latest on the FHA, New Federal Report to Congress, Insider Insight Read More
“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 …
In a new “Issues and Perspectives,” Mark Weiss, JD, President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Institute for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) addresses the following question. Q: Why is the HUD monitoring contract so important? The following three ‘pull quotes’ from his full column below sheds light on that timely topic. …
MHARR Warns Single Source Federal Contract is “Bridge to Nowhere” Read More
August 2018 new home shipment data is in. Let’s be clear, it’s not a disaster. But it continues to signal issues and challenges that the Daily Business News on MHProNews has led-the-charge in spotlighting. Because during an affordable housing crisis, manufactured home should be doing much better than …
New Shipment Data, Top Manufactured Home State, Other MH States Continue Slide Read More
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 …
“Girls of Steel,” 3 Untold Stories of Job Creation, Growing Opportunities for MHVille Read More
“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 …
In a written statement provided to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and their prior Executive Committee Chairman, Nathan Smith, slammed the new manufactured home communities association. From the issue shown in the screen capture above, comes the following direct quote: “MHI was …
