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Manufactured Housing Institute members react-Allegations of Misleading MHI Housing Alert

By / June 5, 2016 / Advocacy, Finance, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

MHProNews has been fielding industry responses via email, phone and text to the report and analysis linked below. Why did 4-9-2016 MHI Housing Alert mislead Association and industry members? Based upon early feedback, MHProNews sent the following inquiry to MHI members for their response. The inquiry included the link above, …

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Tax on $3.5 Million Home only $29

By / May 31, 2016 / Business, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, regulation

Fans of 1970s TV shows may recall that James Garner played a private eye named Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files, and he lived in a pre-HUD Code home sited on a deserted parking lot in Paradise Cove with a view of the Malibu coastline. The deserted parking lot with …

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CFPB Director Cordray tells Whistleblower to have her Attorneys “Back Down”

By / May 30, 2016 / Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People, regulation

Claiming senior managers within her office bullied and demoted her for filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) office, Angela Martin said in testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) had a “pervasive” culture of intimidation and hostility within the …

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Dodd-Frank Act Remains a Stumbling Block to Manufactured Home Lending

By / May 31, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

Steve Sinovic, writing in abqjournal, says sales of manufactured home sales are up, a popular and affordable housing choice for New Mexicans, some eighteen percent of whom live in manufactured housing. However, financing costs are being driven up by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) implementation of the Dodd-Frank law. Additionally, …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News May 22-May 29, 2016

By / May 28, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Awards, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, Green, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trends

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com NeighborWorks, Clayton Homes Partner with Next Step Homes in Waco, Texas How a Professional Couple saved $100,000 on a New Home in Tennessee What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MH Communities closing in Minnesota, New York. Cavco stock closes above $100. …

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VA MH Community Charged with Violating the Fair Housing Law

By / April 13, 2018 / Announcements, Business, Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, regulation

Four Latino families have alleged that Waples Mobile Home Community and its management company, A. J. Dwoskin & Associates in Fairfax, Virginia, violated the Fair Housing Act, the Virginia Fair Housing Law and the Manufactured Home Lot Rental Agreement. They claim the community owners refused to renew the leases of …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News May 15-May 22, 2016

By / May 21, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Zoning

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Illinois Professional Couple Discover their Getaway Home near Florida’s top Beaches What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MH Community adding 46 homes. Malibu manufactured home goes for $3.5 million. Oregon MHC sets new record. Oklahoma City has first modular hotel. Americans …

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Attempt to Block Funding of Federal Housing Program Fails

By / May 20, 2016 / Advocacy, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People, regulation

In an attempt to encourage communities to be more diverse, the Obama administration is tying federal community grants to the demographic make-up of communities, according to what washingtonexaminer is telling MHProNews. An amendment from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) would have defunded President Obama’s “The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule,” but …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News May 8-May 15, 2016

By / May 16, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Awards, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Events, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, regulation, RV, Trade Shows

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Illinois Professional Couple Discover their Getaway Home near Florida’s top Beaches What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Rent control judgment favors manufactured home community owner. CFPB may tighten screws excessively on short-term lenders. NAR calls for more starter homes to ease …

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As More People Live on the Edge, Payday Lenders Provide Valuable Service

By / May 14, 2016 / Business, Economy, Finance, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, regulation

According to Neal Gabler, writing an article entitled The Secret Shame of Middle-class Americans in the May issue of The Atlantic, a Federal Reserve study from a year ago reports that nearly half of Americans would be hard-pressed to come up with $400 in an emergency—and he includes himself in …

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Excessive Rent Control Results in $3.3M Judgment for Colony Cove MHC

By / May 13, 2016 / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

A United States District Court jury awarded the owner of Colony Cove manufactured home community (MHC) $3.3 million in damages against the city of Carson, California for violating his constitutional rights by repeatedly rejecting his proposed rent increases going back to 2006. According to dailybreeze, owner James Goldstein, the largest …

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CFPB may Investigate Seller-financed Home Sales

By / May 11, 2016 / Business, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, regulation

With a focus on people who cannot qualify for a mortgage, especially low-income families who have been denied bank lending, a revival in seller-financed home sales has attracted the attention of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) because of concern some of the dealings may violate federal truth-in-lending laws. One …

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Regulatory Costs for New Home Construction Keep Climbing

By / May 10, 2016 / Business, Economy, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, regulation

According to a report courtesy of HousingEconomics.com, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) states that 24.3 percent of the average cost of a new single-family home is the result of government regulations at all levels. Three-fifths, or 14.6%, of the eventual house price comes from regulations imposed during the …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News May 1-May 8, 2016

By / May 8, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, Green, home buyers, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trade Shows

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Possible American Dreams! Engineer Skip VanZant on Evolving U.S. Housing What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Innovative Building Systems said to be filing for bankruptcy, closing Maine’s Keiser. UMH wins community award. Clayton defies criticism, turns $706M profit. Alberta fire pushing …

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CFPB Contemplating Clarifying TRID

By / May 3, 2016 / Announcements, Business, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People, regulation

Director Richard Cordray, of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), responding to complaints regarding complying with the so-called Know Before You Owe rule for homebuyers —formally, the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule implemented Oct. 3, 2015 –wrote a letter to financial trades members stating the bureau is considering making “adjustments” …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News April 24-May 1, 2016

By / April 30, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Awards, Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Events, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Zoning

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Conventional Housing and Manufactured Homes Video Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHC closing in Minneapolis. CFPB constitutionality challenged. MHARR, MHI spar over DTS and chattel lending. Clayton acquires another site-built home builder. Champion expanding into Kentucky. Drew …

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MHARR, MHI Spar over FHFA & Duty To Serve Manufactured Housing via GSE Chattel Lending

By / April 29, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

On April 26, 2016 the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) held a roundtable discussion with manufactured housing industry leaders, inviting those who commented on the proposal, to get their input on the FHFA’s proposed “Duty to Serve” rule, according to the Manufactured Housing Institute‘s (MHI) Housing Alert to MHProNews. Lesli …

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Challenges to CFPB Constitutionality could Create Financial Havoc?

By / April 30, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Finance, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, regulation

Writing in nationalmortgagenews, Craig Nazzaro says there are two significant court cases now challenging the authority and structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), both of which would have been avoided had the agency been established with a five-member commission to operate it, not a czar, and with congressional …

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Board Needs More info about Proposed MH/Modular Community

By / April 26, 2016 / Business, Communities, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation

The Long County Board of Commissioners in Hinesville, GA are grappling with an application for a rural subdivision that Mike Allen wants to build, but it is unclear whether the new homes will be manufactured homes or modular homes, according to coastalcourier. Similarly, the board has little information about water …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News April 17-April 24, 2016

By / April 24, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Events, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Trends

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Conventional Housing and Manufactured Homes Video Report What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHARR Slams Danner, HUD. Clayton in line for air base homes contract. Sears Homes paved the way for prefab. Canada’s ATCO marching far South. Modulars for …

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