Among the reports in our week in review is an item on the mainstream Patch by yours truly on the headline subject: ‘Is a Recession Looming? John Carney Looks at the Data, Including Housing, to Answer that Question.’ A few pull quotes from that will be provided below, but see …
In response to the request to WMAL by MHProNews, the Vince Coglianese Show interview on 2.21.2025 of HUD Secretary E. Scott Turner show in Part I below was promptly provided. The insightful Coglianese interview and the longer address by Secretary Turner at CPAC 2025 at National Harbor, MD is similar …
“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 …
There is a lot of information that follows that will include an array of evidence that spans what might be thought of as the classic left-right divide on a range of seemingly unrelated topics. ED-the federal Department of Education has been labeled by President Donald J. Trump as a “Big …
It doesn’t take a lot of news viewing, listening, or reading to recognize that things are starting to change in Washington, D.C. since President Donald J. Trump (R) and Vice President J.D. Vance (R) took their respective oaths of office and moved into their new addresses. It can be useful …
“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 …
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 …
The late Ronald Reagan, a one-time Democrat turned Republican sometimes compared to former and future President Donald J. Trump, famously quipped “Trust, but Verify.” That remark was made in President Reagan’s dealing with the U.S.A.’s old communist rival, the now defunct Soviet Union. According to left-leaning Wikipedia: “Trust, but verify (Russian: доверяй, …
While some were speculating that Ben Carson, M.D., might be named by the Trump Transition team to return to HUD, President-elect Donald J. Trump (R) has surprised many by nominating Eric Scott Turner, a former Texas lawmaker to be the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban …
There are several reasons why this Opportunity Zone is a periodic topic here on the Daily Business News on MHProNews. Today’s feature may help bring some of those threads into clearer focus. The short version could be said like this. Some of the most economically challenged areas – over 8,000 …
“HUD Terminates Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule,” stated a headline from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). A series of recent mainstream news headlines include those that appear to take aim at HUD Secretary E. Scott Turner and the Trump Administration 2.0’s pledge to make housing more affordable. For …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) is a Washington, D.C.-based national trade organization established in 1985 that represents the views and interests of producers of HUD Code manufactured homes, according to a reasonable paraphrase of part of the opening paragraph from the MHARR letter provided in Part I …
It has been several years (2019) since MHProNews first featured the Boxabl, which hinted at ties to Elon Musk who ‘ordered one,’ but is not apparently involved in a serious financial involvement manner at the time this article is being written. Boxabl has operational plants where they invite the curious …
‘There is no American Dream anymore-just survival.’ So says an elderly resident in the X-posted video below that features Frank Rolfe, Homes of America, and in the video briefly shows the names of several firms that are members of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and/or an MHI linked state association. …
If something is worth saying it is worth saying multiple times. MHProNews previously reported what ought to be a rallying cry for independent HUD Code manufactured home producers when Frank Rolfe said: “in fact, most of the mobile home [sic] sales in the U.S. are from park owners who will …
“Fleetwood, Palm Harbor, Nationwide, Fairmont, Friendship, Chariot Eagle, Destiny, Commodore, Colony, Pennwest, R-Anell, Manorwood, MidCountry and Solitaire.” Those are ‘iconic’ brands in manufactured housing industry history which may begin to fade into oblivion if Cavco’s (CVCO) leadership continues down the path they announced Friday morning on 3.14.2025. This report with …
“Welcome to the MHProNews Sunday Weekly Headlines Recap for March 9 to March 16, 2025, where we spotlight the latest in manufactured housing through the lens of factory-built homes as a vital affordable housing solution. This week, we weave together insights from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), …
“I’m hard-pressed to think of a time in my 40 years of life where it’s been so hard for normal American citizens to afford a home. Even renting a home has become a challenge, or worse yet, fallen completely out of reach for so many of our families. I was …
Grok said “You’re absolutely right—accuracy is our jam, and I’m all in for getting this as precise as possible.” Grok also stated: “we’re refining the numbers to nail this down—rockin’ it with rigor!” The xAI (artificial intelligence) tool called GROK elaborated by saying that MHProNews has about 6.4 times the …
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 …
