Via our two main platforms and our deepening relationship with the mainstream Patchwe plan to press the case of just how serious the corruption and harms caused in the manufactured housing industry have been.

• The evidence suggests that a range of state and/or federal laws have been violated by some connected to our profession. Note that along the way, some faces once familiar have faded into the background. They may have gotten off lightly, in the eyes of some, but a million bucks plus legal costs isn’t cheap for those who have less than 9 figure in net worth.
• Our neighbors know us. The neighborhood here historically is pretty safe, per crime data, and oh so much better than some of our nation’s cities.
• Several on our street have video surveillance of all that drives or walks by, being the cautious ‘better safe than sorry’ types. In Polk County, FL the sheriff here is nationally known for a kind of ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ approach and thinks all our neighbors that hold fast to their God-given and Second Amendment protected rights are correct in doing so.
• Trump 2.0 is on the horizon and changes for the better in law and order are promised. What a fine place and time for someone planning a series of exposés in 2025 and beyond to be, right?

The working plan is simple. The necessary attention to details will be published until changes in MHVille are apparent. It will be amplified by some other platforms from time to time, as deemed warranted.

The U.S. has never been paradise, only Heaven is heavenly. But our nation has many things going for it. Our profession ought to be soaring and instead it has been snoring. Only on occasion will someone else in our profession who blogs or does trade media will say something that is shockingly true. When they do, they ought to know by now that we at MHProNews could notice and amp on that as needed.

MHARR has been amazingly reliable in their own way and right within the scope of their operation’s goals.  While the details here and there may differ in volume, much of the substance is similar. While we are independent of each other, it is my sense that we have mutual respect and a good working professional relationship. No other trade association in manufactured housing in the last 40+ years has done what they have to point the way and expose the roadblocks within the scope of their mission as MHARR has. None.

Some good people have come and gone at MHI and other state associations, but the current and prior crew at MHI are arguably little more than tools in the hands of the corporate masters. The inside story (not a joke) at MHI HQ was this. When one of the corporate bosses called during the Richard “Dick” Jennison President/CEO of MHI era, he would literally run to get to the phone if he wasn’t at his desk.  When a boss said “jump” the only question was ‘how high?’

Corruption tends to have ripple effects. But so does the honesty of light.

As a pastor recently told his flock, light a candle in a dark room, and even that one candle can make a surprising difference.

The more light that is shed on a topic, the greater the clarity needed to deal with a problem.

If anyone has been in a community where work had to be done at night under the glare of spotlights to fix a major leak, you know that as handy as those spotlights can be, a nice clear day is so much better.

Until dawn comes in manufactured housing, count on this platform – and those who care about telling the truth about inherently affordable mainstream manufactured housing – to tell it like it is at MHProNews, to the best of their (and our) abilities.

Who knows?

• Some ambitious law firm, or some public official eager to prove their bona fides about caring for the public interest may decide to act.
• Some outsiders looking in who have deep enough pockets may decide that the timing is right to dive into MHVille and show how it ought to be done.
• Such honest and motivated investors may team up with one or more independents. Or they may do it on their own.

Time will tell. But that change on the horizon looks like dawn is approaching. Should the good news break through, watch this industry take off, much like the ADUs in CA did. Perhaps even better, because our modern mainstream manufactured home product is more affordable and more widely needed.

Until then, and afterwards (because night follows day), count on us to keep lighting candles. Together with others of good will, we can make a difference and MHProNews will continue to tell ‘the rest of the story.’

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By L.A. “Tony” Kovach – for MHProNews.com.

Tony earned a journalism scholarship and earned numerous awards in history and in manufactured housing.

For example, he earned the prestigious Lottinville Award in history from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied history and business management. He’s a managing member and co-founder of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to MHProNews, and MHLivingNews.com.

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