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Factory-Built Housing Pros, Opportunity Zones Roll-Out Approaches, Insider Look

  Almost anything you care to mention that comes out of Washington D.C. takes time. Last February, the Daily Business News spotlighted Senator Tim Scott’s (SC-R) insights on Opportunity Zones.  Opportunity Zones were part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.   Opportunity Zones Law in Place, Poised …

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Housing Reform, Trump Admin Policy, Secretary Ben Carson Video Interview

  Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, M.D., was featured on Bloomberg’s Kevin Cirilli on “Bloomberg Markets: The Close.” Carson discussed HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, and Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) reform. Each of those directly or indirectly impacts manufactured housing. HUD …

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“A Nation of Laws” – Donald Tye, Jr. Affordable Housing, and Manufactured Homes

  The new video interview with actively retired businessman and minister, Donald Tye, Jr., draws to a close with these words from Tye. “We are a nation of laws,” Tye said. Tye explained that when laws aren’t enforced, all people and the nation at large suffers. The useful, and often …

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News Tips, Manufactured Housing Industry Comments on Big City’s Manufactured Home Promoting Commentary

  “I am a long time reader of your site but have never sent in a tip…below is the link to an article that ran in the Boston Globe last week. As someone in the industry…I have my own opinions on what is said and how the article is written but as the …

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Manufactured Homes – HUD Called to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Remove Zoning, Placement and Consumer Financing Barriers to Manufactured Housing

  The date for public comments requested by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regarding amending regulations for Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) is rapidly approaching. Court Ruling for HUD on Amending Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Opens Door for More HomeSites for Manufactured Housing HUD provided the …

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Plan for New 296 Site Metro Manufactured Home Community

PND 3001 Investments has proposed developing a 296 manufactured home development in South Elgin, IL. It is about an 88-acre site.   The plan is for an adult, 55 plus community.  Planners are positioning a comparison to Saddlebrook Farms in Grayslake, IL, which Chuck Fanaro developed, and years later, Hometown …

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Anti-MH Bigotry, Prejudice, and Possibly Illegal Action on Display in Manufactured Housing’s Birthplace?

  Indiana in many ways was the ‘birthplace’ of the RV and MH industries. Recreational vehicle (RV) production is still robust in Indiana.   Manufactured homes are still built in Indiana too.  But production of manufactured homes has become more diversified.  States like Texas and Alabama far outproduce Indiana.  Oddly …

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Court Ruling for HUD on Amending Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Opens Door for More HomeSites for Manufactured Housing

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. …

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“Undesirable” – Community Owner Sues City for Fraud

  “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 …

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Some Manufactured Homes Included, as Metro Weighs Opening Additional Land for Homes Amid Housing Crunch

  “The Metro regional government is headed without much fuss toward a decision on whether to open more land for development,” said the Oregon Live (OL).   The evaluation of whether to expand the Portland metro’s urban growth boundary, beyond which development is tightly restricted rarely avoids controversy. “Metro estimates …

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“Vehicular Homelessness” Rising, Land Use, and Manufactured Housing Policies

  In the background of numerous mainstream media news stories are the underlying cause(s) of the headlined issue.   A recent example of this is a CBS News report on the stunning rise of what some are calling “vehicular homelessness.”  Even with economic improvements, more people are trying to figure …

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Race, Equal Opportunities, Affordable Housing, CNN’s Lydia DePillis, and the Dinesh D’Szouza Reality Check

  “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” – George Orwell, per Goodreads.   What does that quotation mean?  “The meaning of this statement is that someone can redefine who they are and, in fact, what a society is by being able to …

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“Unconstitutional Taking,” “Gentrification on Trial” in Recent Oak Hill Manufactured Home Community Ruling

  “Easy doesn’t pay well.” – John Bostick, Sunshine Homes   “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by …

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Manufactured Home Nonprofit Affordable Housing Initiative Brings Joy, But Hits Wall

Melissa Lugo thought owning a home “was just not feasible, being a single mom with two kids,” says the Cortland, NY LoHud. She’s a 34 year old New York City school teacher, and grew up in this town north of the Big Apple.   In 2017, she applied for every …

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McKinsey Global Institute “Blueprint for Addressing the Global Affordable Housing Challenge” Points to Factory Building

A new report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), “A Blueprint for Addressing the Global Affordable Housing Challenge,” defines the affordability gap as the difference between the cost of an acceptable standard housing unit (which varies by location) and what households can afford to pay using no more than 30 …

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Sunday Morning Weekly Recap – Manufactured Housing Industry Headline News 4.22.2018 to 4.29.2018

 America is going through a time of upheaval. That’s not news, that’s reality.   When rapper Kanye West is making headlines for saying that its time for Blacks to get off the Democratic plantation, that’s a signal for just how turbulent the 2018 midterm elections could be. Don’t count on …

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Manufactured Housing – Regulatory, Other Roadblocks and Potential Solutions, Up for Growth Research, plus Urban Institute Report Revisited

  “Sadly, the growing recognition of [restrictive zoning for housing] by scholars and policy analysts across the political spectrum has so far not resulted in much political action.” — Libertarian law professor Ilya Somin, per the Up for Growth National Coalition, April 2018.   “Manufactured homes could ease the affordable …

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City Considers Manufactured Homes on Scattered Lots for More Affordable Housing

It’s grand to see local media using the proper terminology, and a city considering the use of manufactured homes as an option in an area where conventional builders haven’t been prepared to build any longer. So on vacant “buildable” lots, Andy Taubman’s local manufactured home operation has offered to develop …

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Manufacturers Roaring Back, Hiring, Growing, Investing – Plus MH Market Update$

Call it a victory lap, joy, or exuberance. Manufacturers who were struggling just a few years ago, are now roaring.  Data points and the president’s talk today about it all are our featured report this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready …

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“Move, Open, Live” De Rose Industries & Senator Thom Tillis’ Mobile Home Comments

When U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) spoke at an oversight hearing with HUD Secretary Ben Carson about a “mobile home” with a “bump out,” likely few understood just how keen an insight that statement was.   Back in the pre-HUD Code days of the factory-built home industry – prior to …

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