When you or others know the truth, and act upon it, then the truth will set people free. There are principles and ideals that are timeless. The above is a paraphrase of such a principle. What follows are also tried and true principles that when applied, can be a …
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“The Legal Services Corporation’s (LSC) Housing Task Force released an issue brief today on the role of mobile and manufactured housing in housing insecurity and instability in the United States. The brief compiles pertinent research and provides experts’ insights into the unique issues that owners of manufactured homes face.” That …
A move by the Indiana State Attorney General Todd Rokita to stop ‘fraudsters’ from ‘deception’ may be the kind of useful, pragmatic lesson well suited to this week’s Sunday weekly MHVille headlines in review. That press release by Rokita’s office is Part I of today’s report. Part II are the …
Earlier this year, the World Economic Forum (WEF) produced several videos about “The Great Reset”. There is a growing number of voices on the political left and right talking and writing about “The Great Reset.” There are good reasons for professionals, investors, advocates, politicos, policy wonks, and millions of ‘everyday …
On a day when the markets were muted and down awaiting several developments on trade and other politically or macro-economic sensitive issues, we’ll look this evening at a promotion by one of the top ten states in manufactured housing industry shipments. Beyond our left-right news summary bullets, today’s market graphics, …
Retailers. Communities. Have you noticed how relatively quiet word from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been in the past 6 months? Yesterday, June 11, marked the first six months of Director Kathleen L. Kraninger taking the helm from acting director Mick Mulvaney. Mulvaney has since moved on …
Free enterprise is predicated in part on the ability to compete. Be it in tea, banking, or other sectors of the economy, America from its earliest days as a colony includes examples of not just tax revolt, but anti-monopoly rebellion too. New York Times columnist David Leonhardt are among the …
“We can’t be perfect but we can try to be. As I’ve said in these memos for more than 25 years: ‘We can afford to lose money—even a lot of money. But we can’t afford to lose reputation—even a shred of reputation.’ We must continue to measure every act against …
In response to an MHProNews inquiry: “The phrase “if a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing badly” is attributed to G.K. Chesterton, and it suggests that even if something is done poorly, it’s still better to try and do it than to avoid it altogether, emphasizing the importance of taking …
On the date this article about Franklin Homes (a.k.a.: Franklin Structurers) is being drafted that firm has an “A” rating with the Better Business Bureau. Franklin is a member of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), and per that MHARR website on this date: “Peter James” is MHARR’s …
“Resilient” and “value” are two of the phrases from a report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) report linked by a fresh news item in a leading newspaper. But the first of those two terms – “resilient” – did …
It’s one more #nettlesome data-point that must make a certain CEO in Arlington, VA turn red-faced. According to Fannie Mae, and CNBC, “More Americans think it’s a bad time to buy a home.” What’s bad for higher priced homes, and expensive rentals should be good for manufactured homes. Certainly, that …
Words have meaning. The definition of words matters. When it comes to matters of law, words may take on a special meaning. For the better part of a decade, MHProNews has reported on issues that may arguably relate to financial and white collar crimes that can involve the abridgment of …
What is it that many liars, cheats, and con artists fear? Isn’t it exposure, getting caught and exposed by the truth of their deception and misdirection? Aren’t the potential legal, moral, and reputational consequences of their manipulation part of the risk that a con artist takes? Perhaps it can’t be …
“It is Moses who taught us that having a future depends on remembering our past,” said Jason Bedrick in the article provided in Part I. “America is suffering from a cultural Alzheimer’s,” and Bedrick argues that a better understanding of the Jewish Passover could be part of the cure. While …
Remarks from legal professional and zoning expert Daniel R. Mandelker, J.D., help frame the more detail insights that follow from Harry J. Abramson. MHProNews and MHLivingNews previously reported remarks by pro-manufactured housing zoning law expert and land use professor Mandelker who said: ‘Statutes Should Prohibit Restrictive Zoning Standards for Manufactured Homes’ …
Before you spend hundreds of dollars on an admission fee to hear a speech, plus travel, lodging and related for a Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) event so you can hear this or that person say something you may want to hear, it is useful to see how the sausage is …
Only the state of Florida has had fewer HUD Code manufactured home shipments in February 2025 compared to the data for February 2024. That’s according to the new facts as reported by the Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) shown in Part I. As has been …
There are several types of atheists and agnostics. Some are sincerely ignorant about the difficult-to-refute volumes of evidence that God exists. Then, there are people like self-described atheist Warren Buffett who is clearly intelligent and thus is perhaps willfully ignorant, or he may arguably be engaged in paltering, contradictory-hypocritical claims that …
“We will stay focused on the mission.” “Revitalize means to bring new life.” ‘We have a housing crisis – an affordability crisis – and a homeless issue.’ ‘We will not just think of these things as a crisis but as opportunities – opportunities to make a difference in the lives …
