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MH IDEAL, Understanding Manufactured Housing’s Choke Points, Tunica Show Day 3

By / April 17, 2019 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Trends

Numbers of manufactured home independents, many of whom are so called ‘street retailers’ or independently owned communities, producers, lenders, and other professionals from MHVille stopped the MHProNews team to say ‘thank you’ while walking show homes or the exhibit hall. Among them was an independent retailer who had acquired a …

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Tunica Manufactured Housing Show, MH Industry Pro Feedback, Day 1

By / April 17, 2019 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Trade Shows, Trends

There is always something far more personal to those face to face contacts with professionals across the span of the industry.   Some of the things heard today, in no particular order of importance, from those at the Tunica Show were: The mood was generally good. Builders still report several …

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‘Green New Deal Fantasy,’ “Revenge Politics,” Says Democrat Schultz Pondering Independent 2020 Run, plus Manufactured Home Stocks

By / April 17, 2019 / Analysis and Commentary, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Stocks, Trends

The American people are disgusted and exhausted by revenge politics, says former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.  Schultz has been traveling for 7 weeks and claims he has not once heard someone ask him about the Mueller report or the now debunked Russian collusion, for instance.  On a day when the …

‘Green New Deal Fantasy,’ “Revenge Politics,” Says Democrat Schultz Pondering Independent 2020 Run, plus Manufactured Home Stocks Read More

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Spreading City Ban on Individual Lot Placements Threatens Independently Owned Manufactured Home Communities, Retailers, Residents, and HUD Code Producers

By / April 17, 2019 / Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Events, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Marketing Sales Management, News, Trade Shows, Trends

  Former volume retailer, community owner and Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) award winner Marty Lavin has referred to the HUD Code has a discrimination code. State association executive J.D. Harper has called the bias against manufactured housing and their residents an example of “economic racism.” It will be recalled that …

Spreading City Ban on Individual Lot Placements Threatens Independently Owned Manufactured Home Communities, Retailers, Residents, and HUD Code Producers Read More

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“Collusion Delusion,” “An Illegal Takedown that Failed” WH/Media Round-Up, plus MH Stock Updates

By / April 17, 2019 / Analysis and Commentary, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, media bias, News, Politics, Trends

It’s dominated broadcast, internet, satellite, and cable news for nearly 2 years.  When the word broke that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report had been delivered to Attorney General Barr and that it exonerated the president, his campaign, and all Americans on the issue of a falsely claimed collusion with Russia, …

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Manufactured Housing – Easy as 1, 2, 3

By / April 17, 2019 / Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Association, Events, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Trends

1, 2, 3. Protect. Educate. Promote. P.E.P. It’s just that easy. 1) Federal laws are already on the books and are favorable for manufactured home industry independents. Existing laws only have to be enforced. 2) Furthermore, federal laws prohibit the use of fear, restraint of trade, market or financing manipulation, …

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Fact Check, Darren Krolewski, MHInsider Claim on 2019 Louisville Show Attendance

By / April 17, 2019 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Events, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, media bias, News, Trends

Darren Krolewski, Co-President at MHVillage and publisher of their MHInsider magazine made another bold claim in their most recent issue.  As regular and close readers of MHProNews fact-checks may recall, a problematic claim was made in their prior issue too, and no known correction of that factual error took place. In …

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“Whatever It Takes,” Hard As Nails Men’s Conference, and Manufactured Housing

By / April 17, 2019 / Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Events, Flashback, Headlines - Week In Review for Manufactured, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, News Item, Trends

On the day before a week-long manufactured home industry business trip, the top of my to-do list would not normally have included going to a men’s conference. But a retired-younger Army major and former law enforcement officer invited me to go, so that’s where some of these thoughts came from …

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Speak No Evil, Only Evidence. Tunica Show, Feds, Clayton, 21st, MHI, MHARR, Public Debate, and You

By / April 17, 2019 / Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Association, Events, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, News, Trade Shows, Trends

Anyone can allege anything. To heck with hyperbole or he said, she said. It’s evidence, documents, money trails, trend lines, and common-sense reasoning that are among the elements that ought to be considered by thinking professionals. While most of manufactured housing’s bloggers, or other publishers, are blatant Omaha-Knoxville-Arlington kiss-ups, the …

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HUD Proposes Ending Manufactured Home Formaldehyde “Health Notice”

By / April 17, 2019 / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, regulation, Trends

Let’s be clear. For years, not only manufactured housing, but other forms of housing had formaldehyde.  The health notices that were required in manufactured homes were arguably discriminatory.  Science says there can be more formaldehyde in parts per million (PPM) in the normal person’s breath than there used to be …

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Manufactured Housing Compromise? Carrots and Sticks, and Mutual Victories?

By / April 17, 2019 / Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Association, Events, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Trade Shows, Trends

The approach often deployed by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and their industry acolytes is one of sounding reasonable. It’s also the voice of polite compromise. But unfortunately, it’s been demonstrated time and again to be ineffective. A recent example is the article linked below. Urgency Grows, Another City Prepares …

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Urgency Grows, Another City Prepares Ban on Manufactured Homes

By / April 17, 2019 / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, media ignorance, News, regulation, Trends, Zoning

The report of yet another American city considering a ban on new manufactured housing is the most recent warning-flag for an issue that has been growing for several years in states across the country. City of Bryan, TX, District Two Councilman Prentiss Madison, told KBTX that he is getting calls …

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“Don’t Mess With the Virgin,” Heated Fair Housing Manufactured Home Community Controversy Comes to Conclusion

By / April 17, 2019 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Trends

It was an issue that began to attract attention close to a year ago.  A controversy erupted between a pre-HUD Code mobile home resident and her resident owned community (ROC). The controversy raised freedom of religious expression and thus fair housing, and other legal issues.  So, it caught fire for …

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Ford’s Big Lead Dog, Teaches Manufactured Housing, Legal Q&A

By / April 17, 2019 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Events, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Marketing Sales Management, News, Trends

  “If you’re not the lead dog, the scenery never changes,” said the Ford Motor Company on their Big [Lead] Dog commercial’s YouTube page. Ford’s Big Lead Dog commercial comes in two lengths on YouTube.  One has had over 8.5 million views as of this date. That number is nearly …

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Fed Caves, Rates Hikes, Balance Sheet, Smoother Sailing Ahead? Plus Manufactured Home Market Updates

By / April 17, 2019 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Company News, Economy, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Trends

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced what several observers are referring to as a ‘cave,’ giving into what investors and President Donald J. Trump has been pushing for over the course of several months. On a day when the broader market slid, and more losers than gainers on the manufactured …

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“Out-Performing the Market” Robert Robotti, Value Investing, and Manufactured Housing

By / January 20, 2020 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, research, Trends

“In order to outperform the market, you have to have a contrarian point of view,” said Robert Robotti, to the investing media resource, the Motley Fool. This Daily Business News on MHProNews report looks at Robotti and his firm’s 15+ years involvement in the Manufactured Housing sector. This 1-minute video gives …

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National Association of Home Builders CEO Jerry Howard Declining Housing Affordability, Plus MH Market Updates

By / April 17, 2019 / Analysis and Commentary, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Stocks, Trends

Housing affordability is down from 8 out of 10 buyers 10 years ago, down to 5 out of 10 home shoppers today, says the NAHB’s Jerry Howard CEO in today’s Fox Business video. On a day when most manufactured housing tracked stocks slid, as did the broader markets the interview …

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Fix MH Industry Trick$ – Special Meeting at Tunica Show

By / April 17, 2019 / Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Association, Events, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Trends

  The past is there to learn from. Avoiding prior mistakes is something that savvy and successful professionals do.   A close look at the facts reveal that few fields have more upside growth potential as HUD Code manufactured housing does. Yet the industry is underperforming, as even publicly traded …

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Cha-Ching! Manufactured Housing Made Simple in 2019

By / April 17, 2019 / Announcements, Association, Events, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Trade Shows, Trends

  A recent report reflected the potential for the manufactured housing industry during this current affordable housing crisis. There are some 100,000,000 Americans living in rental housing. About one in seven Americans are moving this year, and every year. Manufactured homes are the most affordable type of permanent housing. So …

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Subsidized Housing vs Manufactured Homes, Community Owner Marge Clark Sounds Off

By / April 17, 2019 / Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, regulation, Trends

The website of Marge Clark’s Grand Lakeview Estates website says “FOR forty-four years we have been improving the quality of life and reducing the cost of living for our residents, who’ve downsized from their “big” houses.” The new HUD budget proposal for 2020 is out.  It calls for billions of …

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