The deadline for entering the 2011 Manufactured Housing Institute’s Community and Retail Sales Center and Manufactured and Modular New Home Design competition is Feb 18. Materials for judging must be received by March 4. The awards will be presented at a luncheon at the National Congress & Expo for Manufactured […]
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On 6.19.2025, the financial news site TipRanks published an artificial intelligence (AI) generated report under this headline: “Flagship Communities REIT Earns Top Honor for Derby Hills Pointe.” But without proper and often expert human guidance, that story could be a case study on how artificial intelligence (AI) can produce a
A well-known and longtime Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member company has become the focus of a new controversy related to that trade group giving them three “awards” during their recent Congress and Expo (C&E) revenue generating and networking event for 2023. Flagship Communities, formerly known as SSK Communities, along with
Awards are often a thinly veiled marketing tool for those who give an award and for those who accept it. When the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) gives awards, it often gets them nearly free media coverage. When some company brags that they got an MHI award, it gets MHI’s name
News, analysis and commentary are serious issues. The root causes of the manufactured housing industry’s underperformance are important to business, investors, affordable housing seekers and the general public. Often acknowledged by lawmakers as the largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing in America, the issues connected to the manufactured housing industry’s
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) elected a new slate of officers at the 2015 MHI annual meeting, and awards were presented to those honored for outstanding achievement, according to a report from our MHProNews person in attendance. Tim Williams, of 21st Mortgage Corporation, was elected Chairman of the Board, replacing
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“The administrative repeal of the DOE standards and termination of any parallel HUD rulemaking is essential because a bill by Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN) – supported by MHARR – which would have fully repealed not only the 2022 DOE “final” manufactured housing energy standards, but also the EISA statutory mandate for such
According to Yahoo Finance on 5.1.2026 Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) was down 3.04 percent year-over-year. ELS’ Chief Operations Officer (COO), Patrick Waite, is currently the chairman of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). ELS previously purchased MHVillage, MHInsider, and Datacomp. Datacomp, ELS, and multiple other community operators are defendants in a
Example Number 1. On 3.25.2021 in a Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) “listening session” attended by MHI CEO Lesli Gooch, L. A. “Tony” Kovach presented to a 7-minute fact-packed talk entitled “A Pimple on an Elephant’s Ass.” Over 5 years later, there is no known pushback or challenge by Gooch,
From a historic statement from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) website linked here was the following. “The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) were pleased to read in Fannie Mae’s announcement…that a national lender would be permitted to offer five percent (5%) down payments
