It may be April 1, but this is no joke. Senior leadership for the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) – Peter James, Ed Hussey Jr., Mark Weiss, and Danny Ghorbani – met with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary E. Scott Turner and some of …
Per left-leaning Google’s AI powered Gemini: “Attorneys may advise a client firm not to respond to a media inquiry when doing so may create legal jeopardy1234.” That, said Gemini, may be among the reasons why the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) fails to respond to MHProNews when in days gone by …
Words can be accurate, mistaken, misleading, or even cheap and deceptive. Perhaps no one living on planet Earth today knows that better from first-hand experience than former and future President Donald J. Trump (#45 and the Good Lord willing #47), whose election was certified last Monday, January 6, 2025. In …
On September 11, 2024, a housing industry publication, Multi-Housing News (MHN), published an interview with Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) CEO, Lesli Gooch, on “Barriers to New Supply” – factors suppressing the growth and expansion of the affordable manufactured housing industry. To us at MHProNews, as the industry’s leading on-line manufactured …
To grasp the subtlety in Mark Weiss’ opening lines, it is useful to know that he is an attorney, besides being the 2nd President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). In as much as the words “regulatory reform” are part of MHARR’s name, when you …
“A Cruelly-Unfulfilled Promise and Mandate” is how Mark Weiss, J.D., President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has described “The Duty to Serve” manufactured housing. The article is part of their regular “MHARR Issues and Perspectives” Series. Unlike the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) which emails …
“MHARR Targets Fannie and Freddie Chattel Failure in DTS “Listening Session” Comments” proclaimed the headline for the media release provided by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). According to a list provided by Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Weiss was speaker number 5 in their list that follows. …
“So, while HUD pats itself on the back for its good intentions, the affordable housing crisis expands every day, while manufactured housing production has dramatically declined over two consecutive quarters.” So said Mark Weiss, J.D., President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in his latest …
Going back to basics can be eye opening. The purpose of a trade association is described by left-leaning Wikipedia as follows: “One of the primary purposes of trade groups, particularly in the United States, is to attempt to influence public policy in a direction favorable to the group’s members. It can take …
Despite the inherent affordability of HUD Code manufactured housing, the manufactured home connected equities broadly dropped on Friday along with much of the rest of the stock markets. Despite the obvious national need for more affordable housing – as numbers of local, regional, and national news reports underscores – manufactured …
A good turn of a phrase or image is proven to stick for some time. Perhaps that explains why the report on 5.7.2021 from Fannie Mae to MHProNews brought to mind the colorful recent Issues and Perspective image that the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) President and CEO …
Roughly once a month, Mark Weiss, J.D., President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) pens an “Issues and Perspectives” (IP) which are laced with facts and evidence. Each column demonstrates his mix of a sharp wit, keen legal and other insights, and/or an equally …
“Tony, I applaud the decision by [HUD] Secretary [Marcia] Fudge. Now is not the time to weaken FHA’s capacity to handle the economic situation challenges facing its 30-year book of business. Also reducing the MIP during the strongest seller’s market in history would be a huge mistake, as it would immediately …
Lesli Gooch, Ph.D., CEO of the Berkshire Hathaway-Clayton Homes backed Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) said in previously filed comments that “The first 3-year period of the GSEs’ Duty to Serve process has ended, and the Enterprises are still making no progress in actually purchasing chattel loans.” Gooch also said: “…MHI …
As thousands of manufactured housing professionals, as well as savvy investors know, zoning and placement issues are among the routinely cited practical causes for years of industry underperformance in terms of new manufactured home sales and thus new HUD Code production. The irony of that is that federal law was …
To tee up the context for the headline topic, an email from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which is the regulator for the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs of Enterprises) of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, had the following notice. “FHFA is seeking public input on the Enterprises’ proposed …
Given the many industry controversies that often involve legal and regulatory issues, it seemed fitting to begin 2020 and this new decade with an in-depth interview with a true industry legal expert and cover ground that has never been previously published in any manufactured housing trade media. Mark Weiss, who …
Given the many industry controversies that often involve legal and regulatory issues, it seemed fitting to begin 2020 and this new decade with an in-depth interview with a true industry legal expert and cover ground that has never been previously published in any manufactured housing trade media. Mark Weiss, …
Accuracy is – or should be – a hallmark of journalism, including trade journalism. Actionable insights ought to be part of the mix as well for those writers who want to see the most proven form of affordable housing in America flourish instead of struggle after years of seemingly intractable …
by L. A. “Tony” Kovach As regular readers of MHProNews know, MHARR’s new president took the reigns there almost 1½ years ago. When MHI sent us a news release on not yet published DOE standards, it immediately raised some questions for me. So we contacted M. Mark Weiss, the Manufactured …
