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 …
Every profession has its Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Manufactured housing is no different. In the recreational vehicle (RV) or automotive industries it is common to report the actual production volume as a KPI. In conventional housing and real estate, the number of “housing starts” or existing homes sold are also …
NASDAQ reported that: “Legacy Housing (LEGH) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.28 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.77 per share.” Be that as it may, odds are that the analysts cited by Zack’s lacked some key insights or they wouldn’t have missed their estimates. With that …
The recreational vehicle (RV) industry and the manufactured home industry have similar and in some respects “intertwined” origins, as the Smithsonian Institute, the RVIA, and other sources would say. Per Bing’s AI powered Copilot: “The origins of the RV (Recreational Vehicle) and manufactured home industries are intertwined, with both having their roots in the early …
Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) and Sun Communities are the two largest operators of manufactured home land-lease communities in the country, as many industry professionals know. What is less understood by those engaged in the industry, investors or other observers are the meaning of statements being made by the firm. Those …
“Patrick Waite is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE: ELS), which owns and operates an $11 billion portfolio of manufactured home resort communities and RV properties across the United States and British Columbia,” according to bus.wisc.edu. Bloomberg’s profile of David P. Eldersveld …
“You’ve got to have confidence. Once we understood the business we had absolute confidence in its future.” said Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) Chairman, Sam Zell to a packed room of industry professionals at the W Center in Chicago, IL. What made his quote even more compelling was its timing, coming …
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According to a press release provided further below by the National Association of Home Builders: “NAHB Commends Trump Administration’s Six-Month Delay of Costly Energy Code Rule.” As regular readers of MHProNews may recall or know, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has been openly and publicly calling for …
“Manifest Destiny.” ‘Jacksonian thinking.’ ‘Trump’s version of the Monroe Doctrine.’ Aspirational projections. These are apparently part of the thinking behind the naming of the Gulf of America, the call for Greenland, Panama, and perhaps even Canada to be somehow taken into the U.S.A. under Trump 2.0 or “T2.” Where that …
According to left-leaning Wikipedia: “The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is an American progressive[1][2][3] think tank, formed in 1963 and based in Washington, D.C. It was directed by John Cavanagh from 1998 to 2021…IPS focuses on US foreign policy, domestic policy, human rights, international economics, and national security.” “ IPS has been described as one of the five major …
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 …
“Dr. Richard H. Ebright of Rutgers University told a Senate committee hearing on June 18, 2024, that “… lapses in U.S. oversight of gain-of-function research and enhanced potential pandemic pathogen research likely contributed to the origin of COVID-19…”” So stated Martin Hoyt via Real Clear Wire and the WND News Center. …
“WELCOME TO THE PLUTONOMY MACHINE” said the all caps headline in a leaked report by Citigroup to select investors. That Citigroup report was cited as part one of the headlines in the weekly recap of MHVille headlines below. “Our economics team led by Lewis Alexander researches and writes about these …
“Two-Story House Built in Just Eight Hours Showcases Offsite Manufacturing Practices with Potential to Increase Housing Supply, Enhance Jobsite Efficiency & Reduce Construction Costs” is the headline of a press release via Cison PR Newswire on 6.7.2024. Their release is posted as Part I of this report with analysis and …
To tee up the topic of dark money in U.S. politics, and the role that it plays in public policies and elections, a look at a key source for information and data on this topic will be useful. Perhaps one of the best sources for research on nonprofit organizations and …
“Democrats.” “The Media.” “But I repeat myself.” “The Democratic Party Isn’t.” “Friendly Fire Isn’t.” Chris Plante has shared each of those pithy remarks repeatedly, along with variations on this assertion: ‘The greatest power the media has is the power to ignore.’ Plante is a former award-winning 17-year CNN veteran reporter …
According to Regulations.gov site: “Summary: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to establish enforcement procedures for its energy conservation standards for manufactured housing. DOE recently amended the compliance date for these standards in a final rule to delay compliance. DOE delayed the compliance date to allow DOE more …
“They’re what I call black holes in journalism. There are certain events and certain subjects that you…you may not cover.” That’s according to Kristina Borjesson, a former CBS News journalist who reportedly was terminated for attempting to probe an area that CBS News’ parent company and federal officials purportedly did …
“Homelessness is solvable and should not exist in the United States,” said Secretary Marcia L. Fudge per the press release found below in this fact- and evidence-packed report and analysis that includes the entire statement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The PIT is HUD’s abbreviation …
The affordable housing industry obviously operates within the larger macro-U.S. economic, business, and political environment. To better understand what is occurring in our profession, it is therefore useful to take the periodic look around at the bigger picture that includes, but goes beyond, our affordable home profession. With that brief …
