Few issues are more important than free speech. Your freedom personally or professionally is dependent in large part on your ability to communicate a marketing, educational, or whatever message to others. Furthermore, your ability to learn about a topic depends upon the quality and accuracy of information you are exposed …
When it comes to doing relevant fact checks, analysis, and commentary, timing is everything. “In 1970, my city of San Marcos had a population of less than 4,000 and was part of the dramatic manufactured housing community development boom of the 1970s, adding over 3,000 pads among 18 …
There are precisely three ways to influence any organization of whatever size. Influence can only occur: From within an organization, from outside of a given group or from a combination of both. That’s the clarity of applied logic or common-sense reasoning. Day by day, MHProNews and MHLivingNews presents facts, figures, …
Pain, Pleasure, Persuasion, Honesty, and Sustainable MHVille Profits Read More
There are thousands of undocumented or illegal immigrants living in manufactured home communities, and/or working in various manufactured housing businesses. Articles on illegal immigration published by the Daily Business News – some under the related reports, at the bottom of this post – are thus a magnet for …
There are some things you simply can’t make up. There are times when you find that the truth is more interesting than fiction. The following are direct quotes from the Delaware Online, by a gentleman named Robert Weymouth from Rehoboth Beach. He identifies himself as a resident of …
MH Communities, Owners, MH Independents Alert – NMHOA and MHAction Next Steps? – Part 1 Read More
“HUD Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson, as the saying goes, “gets it.” – wrote Mark Weiss, JD, President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in a new Issues and Perspectives. “First, and most fundamentally, he understands – and has very plainly stated — that to …
MHI SVP Lesli Gooch & MHARR CEO Mark Weiss Bookend New, Prior HUD Controversies Read More
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie.” – Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler’s …
Stunning Degree of Corruption, Collusion, Manipulation, and Ignorance Threatens MHVille Read More
During this affordable housing crisis, there are several arguments to be made for a broader use of manufactured housing. But discriminatory local zoning is often a barrier. A new ruling is being embraced by HUD and others as a welcome development that could lead to more manufactured home placements. …
“I am haunted on a daily basis that I have blood on my hands because of the fact that I was drawn into this unwittingly and duped by the city,” said Brad Hoyt, developer of Lowry Grove, in St. Anthony, MN. “Hoyt’s company, the Village, bought and closed …
“Undesirable” – Community Owner Sues City for Fraud Read More
Let’s be honest. Not everyone gets it. So, savvy industry pros must help others ‘get it.’ That’s a transparent reason why we do reports like this one. With a pro-business builder in the Oval Office, it’s wise to flashback to a time before President Gerald R. Ford praised …
Help Others “Get It” – Loans on “Mobile Homes” Promoted by Another U.S. President Read More
“The court in the Sierra Club V. Perry case has handed DOE [Department of Energy] a procedural victory, for the moment, in the case brought by the Sierra Club, trying to force the Department to act on the MH energy rule,” said Mark Weiss, JD, President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing …
It’s “Nihilism,” said Jason Hill, Ph.D., with De Paul University in Chicago. “An attack on reason.” “An attack on rational argumentation.” What is Dr. Hill talking about? Among other concerns, he believes there is a growing power wielded by tech giants over free speech. If you think this …
Tech Billionaires, “Moral Cowardice,” MH Industry, and National Impact Read More
In a release from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, HUD is signaling once again that they take violations of Fair Housing laws seriously. In this respect, like prior administrations, the statement ends with points of contact for those who think …
Secretary Carson Led HUD Brings Housing Discrimination Charges Read More
Kevin Clayton said that headline in his own words, as the video interview of him posted below demonstrates. But how does Clayton’s statement even make sense? Why would he say such a thing? To understand the answer, and before we get to the video where he said that, various …
Barring some unforeseen political earthquake, the smart money has the GOP holding the Senate in November’s midterms. So, the focus for most pundits is on the House of Representatives. The White House has made it clear that they think they can get a red wave in November, due …
Battle for the House, What to Watch in Tuesday’s Primaries Read More
The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, was put into effect in 2015, during the tenure of former President Obama. The rule required jurisdictions that received Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to assess fair housing. AFFH aimed to identify solutions to discriminatory barriers in housing markets. …
HUD Publishes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Affirmative Furthering Fair Housing Rule Read More
Let’s stress again that there are numbers of honorable operators and professionals in manufactured housing. Some of those honorable souls would see “the basics” in a similar way that we at MHProNews would agree with too. But perhaps in an ironic way, the fact that not everyone understands what …
If you listen to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies video below, the outlook for affordable housing sounds bleak. By contrast, Mark Weiss, in a soon-to-be-released commentary, told MHProNews that “HUD Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson, as the saying goes, “gets it.” First, and most fundamentally, …
“The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a “Notice of Data Availability and Request for Information” (“Notice”) regarding its previously dormant manufactured housing energy conservation standards rulemaking in the August 3, 2018 edition of the Federal Register (see copy attached),” said the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) …
MHPro Alert: DOE Issues Manufactured Housing Energy Rule RFI Read More
The House Financial Services Committee announced that there will be an upcoming hearing that will continue their probe into allegations of “waste, fraud, and abuse.” The Daily Business News on MHProNews has tracked developments over the ongoing drumbeat out of Washington, D.C. over concerns regarding the Federal Housing Finance …
“Waste, Fraud, and Abuse” – FHFA, GSE Federal Oversight Announcement Read More
