One of the biggest reasons manufactured home professionals give as to why more new HUD Code MH homes aren’t sold is due to the public’s perception about durability and safety. While there are several factors that contribute to this impression – including improper use of outdated or demeaning terminology, or …
Gone With the Windstorm – Official Report, Facts on ManuFACTured Home Performance Read More
In a release just minutes ago, the Daily Business News has been told by Pamela Beck Danner, JD, Administrator, Office of Manufactured Housing Programs the following. “Dear Manufactured Housing Partners and Stakeholders, “I am pleased to announce that Lois Starkey has joined the Office of Manufactured Housing Programs on Monday, …
HUD’s Pam Danner Announces former MHI VP Lois Starkey Joining HUD Read More
It’s not a secret that the need for affordable housing is a problem in major metro areas throughout the United States. A new Pew Research study reports there are more renters than at any time since 1965. Recent stories coming out of San Francisco are just one example of the …
In a release to the manufactured home industry dated today, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has published the comments they state they submitted regarding DOE regulations impacting manufactured homes, per the Trump Administration’s executive orders on regulatory freezes and roll backs. In their cover message to the industry, MHI stated …
Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Shifts on DOE Regulatory Rule, Report, Analysis Read More
July 15th, 2017 DOE RFI Closed, But Issue, Impact Still Looms over Manufactured Housing, HomeBuyers July 14th, 2017 The REAL Truth, vs. Fake News, About Modern Manufactured Homes Sun, LPX, ELS Rebound – Spotlight LCI, other MH Industry, Macro Market Moves Bernie Sanders, Steve Forbes, Prager U – Tax Reform, …
Sunday Morning Weekly Recap Manufactured Housing Industry News July 9 to July 15, 2017 Read More
On May 30, 2017, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comments. The RFI was in response to the Trump Administration’s Executive Order (EO) No. 13771 (“Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs”) issued on January 30, 2017, and on Executive Order No. 13777 …
DOE RFI Closed, But Issue, Impact Still Looms over Manufactured Housing, HomeBuyers Read More
When much of the news that hits the media about manufactured housing seems from the industry perspective to be biased or negative, it is refreshing when good news about the industry hits the ‘news wires.’ In February, MHProNews brought you information straight from First State Manufactured Housing Association (FSMHA) in …
Association Uses Scholarships to Boost Industry Image While Giving Back Read More
The need for affordable housing is growing across the country, but some places are more affected than others. Cities like San Francisco – home to tech powerhouse companies such as Google, Facebook, and others – have headquarters which have seen an influx of new residents. There’s not enough affordable housing …
While lumber costs have risen for all of housing – including factory builders – fuel prices are falling. In fact, CNN Money reports that prices are the lowest they’ve been in about 12 years. NBC News in the video below echoes that reality, stating that prices are expected to stay …
“From the moment Governor John Kasich‘s Administration first proposed to eliminate the Ohio Manufactured Homes Commission, the air has been full of misleading information and derogatory comments directed at almost one million Ohio residents who live in manufactured homes,” said Tim Williams, Executive Director of the Ohio Manufactured Homes Association …
Governor’s Controversial Manufactured Housing Battle Concludes Read More
The New June 2017 articles on the MHProNews.com home page are live, with the full line up on display at this link here. If you’ve been super busy, traveling, have been on vacation, or are new to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, welcome to our weekly recap of the Manufactured Housing Industry’s “News, Tips …
Sunday Morning Weekly Recap Manufactured Housing Industry News June 18 to June 25, 2017 Read More
The hands down king of affordable permanent housing in the U. S. is single section (a.k.a. ‘single wide’) manufactured homes. On a cost per square foot basis, they are hard to beat, as U.S. Census Bureau – and other research from sources such as Zillow, or the National Association of …
Are Americans Hunting for the Single Sectional Manufactured Home Alternative? Read More
Similar to re-purposing pressures in urban areas in the United States, our manufactured housing neighbors north of the border are facing redevelopment issues that threaten to uproot them from long-standing manufactured home communities. Vancouver, British Columbia is home to approximately 1,000 manufactured home communities, according to the Manufactured Home Park …
Huge Loss to Affordable Housing Stock May Be in Offing Read More
“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” said Alexander Pope, about 208 years ago, and it is as true today as it was then. An early version of the saying, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions,” is attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, (1091-1153), and that too …
Jana Kasperkevic, Tiny Houses, Manufactured Homes & Financing Read More
While the two major parties and their respective media allies battle (sadly, literally) in Washington, Main Street is feeling optimistic. So says the National Association of Independent Business (NFIB) President, Juanita Duggan. “Small business owners are highly encouraged by the President’s regulatory reform agenda, and they remain optimistic there will …
NFIB – Small Business Outlook, Optimism, How Can DC Keep it Going? Read More
41 years ago, today, manufactured housing was “born.” The conception for what become federally regulated HUD Code manufactured homes was the media crisis that occurred regarding some “shoddy” mobile homes in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Flashback to Flash Forward… While many mobile home builders in those pre-HUD Code days …
Dodd-Frank. FHFA and the GSEs. Mortgage and lending related “unintended consequences” – or failures to act by federally chartered Enterprises – are common issues south of the U.S. Canadian line. But our brethren north of the border apparently have their own financing woes for manufactured home owners now too. Canadian …
New Mortgage Lending Changes Impacting Hundreds of Thousands of MH Owners Read More
“Though mobile homes offer a relatively inexpensive but comfortable housing alternative, it appears that this trend has made the United States more vulnerable to tornadoes over time,” claims Climate Change, Tornadoes And Mobile Homes: A Dangerous Mix. Mark Skidmore and his colleagues crafted the Michigan State University study, which said, …
What Michigan State Climate, Tornado and ‘Mobile Home” Researchers Missed, and Admitted Read More
Governor Abbott has just signed SB 1248 into law. The bill, per the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) is dubbed the “Right to Replace.” SB 1248 will go into effect September 1, 2017. TMHA tells MHProNews that “SB 1248 is the bill that preserves a manufactured home community owners’ right to replace …
They are described by Vancouver’s CTV News as small, affordable and illegal. Their advocates don’t claim that they are the entire solution to Vancouver’s growing affordable housing crisis, but they think they are part of the solution, if they’re given acceptance. And meanwhile, Cory Grandfield says that their home – …
Squamish Over Vancouver? BC Tiny House Controversy, Leadership, MH Parallels Read More
