“I would say I have no intention of retiring anytime soon. So, I’m going to keep working. We’re going to probably stand up a consulting firm with some of my former colleagues at HUD and at FHA,” former HUD Deputy Secretary Brian Montgomery told RMD in February 2021. DSNews said …
As a follow up to the 9.19.2019 announcement that HUD’s Teresa Payne has been elevated to the role of Administrator of the Office of Manufactured Housing Programs (OMHP), a few reminders to new as well as longer-term industry readers is in order. In no particular order of importance: 1) …
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There are several organizations across the left-right political spectrum that have done research similar to what the nonprofit group Public Citizen has produced. Citing this research should not be construed as an endorsement of the organization’s other positions, or even of their proposals with respect to this specific issue of …
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“When it comes to risk, here’s a reality check,” says FINRA. “All investments carry some degree of risk…within [a] country…political risk and currency risk are notable factors…” Investopedia says that “political risk and macroeconomic risk…affect the performance of the overall market…” The centrist Financial Times points to the dangers to …
MHProNews.com has learned from PHH Mortgage that retired chairman of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank Charles Pizzi has joined the PHH board of directors. According to HousingWire, despite trying to recover from $423 million in debt, the company closed on $36.3 billion mortgages through Q3, 2011, an increase of 19 …
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According to the Alliance for Affordable Energy: “New Orleans City Council – If you live in New Orleans, the City Council is responsible for regulating your investor-owned electric and gas utility, Entergy New Orleans.” That same source said about the event described in the news report provided in Part I …
“In addition to…legislative activities, MHARR has also taken action in relation to the recent announcement that former HUD [manufactured housing] program administrator Teresa Payne has been hired as Vice President of “policy” by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI).” That is according to an emailed press release dated 5.19.2025 from the …
Per Quora: “Much ado about nothing means to exaggerate the importance of something minor, going overboard about something said, or done, or a minor event.” However, Gemini said that: “Ado: This word means busy activity, bustle, or fuss.” So Much Ado About History could be construed to mean that there is (or …
“The Deep State and Swamp had determined Trump was to be destroyed, decimated and defeated. They used everything in their dirty arsenal to kill him off: lawfare with criminal and civil allegations, financial attacks, political attacks and worse. But they failed. They failed because of Trump’s indomitable spirit. They failed because the American people …
‘Sherry Chris Joins National Association of REALTORS® as Independent Consultant and Special Advisor to CEO Nykia Wright.’ In case you missed it (ICYMI), it is now a new year. How will 2025 differ from 2024? Time will tell, but here in MHVille – the diminished version of the once far …
In “The Rise of Neo-Feudalism” published on The American Prospect (TAP), Katherine V.W. Stone and Robert Kuttner raise the concern that: “The private capture of entire legal systems by corporate America goes far beyond neoliberalism. It evokes the private fiefdoms of the Middle Ages.” Per Stone and Kuttner: “Elites are …
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, …
The answer to misinformation isn’t censorship or throttling, as some would claim. The common answer to misinformation is better information and a better presentation of information. While there may be some exceptions to the rule, perhaps something like not publishing nuclear secrets that could end up costing millions or billions …
In an email to MHProNews was an article with this headline: “Trump’s 10-Part Plan to Dismantle the Deep State.” In that article on right-leaning Townhall authored by Sarah Arnold was the following: “President-elect Donald Trump announced his plans to completely dismantle the Deep State and return the power to the American …
To set the table for what follows, let’s consider this partial list of mainstream and specialized publishers who have dealt with troubling aspects of concerns connected to the manufactured home industry. The Atlantic, the Nation, Center for Public Integrity, The Seattle Times, GuruFocus, BuzzFeed News, Austin Frerick while at the …
Per the Gibbs Law Group press release provided further below “federal prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] are investigating Arbor Realty’s “lending practices and the company’s claims about the performance of their loan book.” According to Ningi Research: “Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (“ABR”, “Arbor”, “Arbor Realty Trust”, or …
Yesterday’s report that featured large private equity firm Payden and Rygel research into HUD Code manufactured homes made it clear that regulatory barriers and financing are two of the key factors ‘holding manufactured housing back’ from achieving its potential. As a federally regulated affordable home profession, the manufactured housing industry …
American and international history are routinely misunderstood and at times have been misrepresented in ways that impact personal and national interests to this day. For example, consider this partial list of well documented interference in the elections and/or internal government affairs by the U.S. in Chile, China before Communism, Guyana, …
“Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the ownership and operation of lifestyle-oriented properties consisting primarily of manufactured home, and recreational vehicle communities.” That’s according to left-leaning CNN Business. High profile Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) faces multiple announced probes …
“I am proud to lead the fight to save Americans’ precious constitutional rights from Joe Biden’s tyrannical federal government,” said Texas Attorney General [AG] Paxton in a statement provided below. “The [U.S.] State Department’s mission to obliterate the First Amendment [in a conspiracy with government funded private tech censors] is …
