Mainstream media routinely does flashbacks to set the context for new or developing controversies. In manufactured housing, to be fair, there are some examples of that by others, but they are arguable often tilted with little or no evidence provided to support their often flawed thinking, easily debunked, and outrageous …
A contact at HUD has told MHProNews that the contents from the page linked here were not on their official website about two years ago. A contact with the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has told MHProNews that this is ‘old’ information, that they protested years …
14 years has gone by since Congress passed what is styled as, PUBLIC LAW 106–569—DEC. 27, 2000 114 STAT. 2997. Congress found that: ‘‘SEC. 602. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— ‘‘(1) manufactured housing plays a vital role in meeting the housing needs of the Nation; and ‘‘(2) manufactured …
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HUD’s Regulatory Expansion violates sections of the Law While the original 1974 federal manufactured housing law included specific procedural and substantive requirements for the development and adoption of federal manufactured housing construction and safety standards, it contained no parallel requirements for the development of enforcement-related regulations. Congress changed this in …
HUD has not Implement Enhanced Federal Preemption Federal preemption, with regard to federally-regulated manufactured housing, is essential to ensure interstate commerce, avoid discriminatory state or local standards or regulations, and to protect the balance between affordability and the full protection of homeowners that is required by federal law. Based on …
“The Honorable E. Scott Turner, Nominee to be Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development” (a.k.a.: HUD) specifically mentioned manufactured housing by name in the prepared opening remarks which are provided in Part I of this report with facts, evidence, and analysis (FEA). Turner also notably said during this hearing …
The following fact-packed op-ed was adapted from the article linked here and cites a range of sources that are provided below. The article makes a factual, evidence-based statement that without a robust use of new HUD Code manufactured homes the U.S. affordable housing crisis can’t be solved by conventional housing …
In a Masthead from 2024, it was mathematically demonstrated that the U.S. affordable housing crisis can’t be solved by taxpayer subsidies. Next, it is a matter of record caught on video that former National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) CEO Jerry Howard stated the following. “Right now, in almost no …
From a recent (January 2025) Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) email is this statement. “Political Action: Learn how to get involved with MHI’s Political Action Committee and hear more about the impact MHI is making on Capitol Hill.” More on that later, but an apparent primary purpose of MHI meetings and …
As regular and detail-minded readers of MHProNews should know, we keep one eye on mainstream news to see how events may impact aspects of our affordable manufactured housing profession. For example, on the left coast of California wildfire stories are front page news across the country, as it should be. …
Manufactured housing professionals have likely seen one or more of the headlines (see below) and may have heard the buzz about the latest Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) enforcement action taken on January 6, 2025 against Clayton Homes’s captive lender, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance (VMF). But what thousands of professionals …
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is correct in saying that ‘manufactured homes are vital affordable housing,’ as is shown further below. Per the CFPB pleadings linked further below filed “Case 3:25-cv-00004” in the “United States District Court – Eastern District of Teneessee.” According to National Mortgage Professional’s version of …
“Since 2010, UMH has tripled the size of the company by acquiring 107 communities containing approximately 18,800 developed homesites. These communities were acquired with a blended occupancy rate of 73% for a total purchase price of $616 million or $33,000 per site.” So states the UMH Properties 55th Anniversary presentation …
“When I was a child, my parents used to listen to Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story.” The premise of the broadcast segments – which proposed to reveal the hidden, or unknown back-story of familiar people, incidents, or phenomena – was alluring even to an 8-year-old. There was more …
Daily, objective, and detail minded thinkers among MHProNews readers will recall that on 1.2.2025 this writer considered as part of a more detailed report a recent item expressed by Frank Rolfe and Dave Reynolds linked “Mobile Home University” or MHU. It was per that Rolfe and Reynolds linked MHU site …
Left-leaning Google’s Gemini says: “The phrase “news is the first rough draft of history” is attributed to Philip L. Graham, the former publisher of The Washington Post, meaning that news reporting provides an initial, incomplete account of events that can be further refined and expanded upon by historians later on; essentially, journalism …
According to their “about us” investor relations (IR) page: “Champion Homes, Inc. is one of the largest homebuilders in North America and employs approximately 8,800 people. With more than 70 years of homebuilding experience and 48 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and western Canada, Champion Homes, Inc. is well …
Once someone begins to digest the reality of several nations overseas, it could dawn on some MHVille pros how important it is to make the United States of America (USA) into a safe haven, an oasis for living a life where the rule of law, authentic liberty, and sound investments …
As regular and detail mined readers may know, “Making Sense of the News” is a tag line used by Washington, D.C. based WMAL, a.k.a.; “Washington’s Mall.” In an era of “Manufacturing Consent” via big media, big tech, big business, and big government, to better understand our professional reality there is …
Let’s start with the punch line. Stonington, Maine could end up with problems that resemble much of California if their community fails to attract more manufactured housing so their residents can afford to live there. It is a troubling for many other locations as this report will illustrate with examples …
