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‘We Are Really Excited About the Housing Bill’-Sen Tim Scott (SC-R) to CNBC-‘I Think This Happens Within the Next Two or Three Weeks.’ What Gooch Said. MHVille Engagement Metrics Mashup-FEA.

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The end of June, and National Home Ownership Month, is rapidly approaching. As the month draws towards a close, this facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) mashup will level up interrelated topics. One is when the pending federal housing bill is expected to be finished (‘soon’).  It could possibly occur this week (or before […]

‘We Are Really Excited About the Housing Bill’-Sen Tim Scott (SC-R) to CNBC-‘I Think This Happens Within the Next Two or Three Weeks.’ What Gooch Said. MHVille Engagement Metrics Mashup-FEA. Read More

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Northmarq’s 2025 Land Lease Manufactured Home Community Data and Trends Research. MHCs Reportedly Outpacing Apartment Rent Hikes in Past Decade. Greenfield vs. Existing MHCs. FEA

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“Since mid-2022, annual rent gains have averaged between 6.0% and 7.7%,” said Northmarq in the research found in their report provided in Part I below. Multi-year Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member Northmarq also stated: “In the trailing 10 years, rent growth averaged 5.6% per year.” Northmarq’s report of “an average

Northmarq’s 2025 Land Lease Manufactured Home Community Data and Trends Research. MHCs Reportedly Outpacing Apartment Rent Hikes in Past Decade. Greenfield vs. Existing MHCs. FEA Read More

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Some 800,000 Americans Earn 1 Million Annually or More – Numbers of Millionaires by State Graphic. Miracle Needed on Housing Bill. Plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines in Review. FEA

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The second part of the headline is perhaps the easiest to summarize. In the natural order, it seems like it will require a miracle to stop or amend the latest version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. The latest update is among the headlines for the week in

Some 800,000 Americans Earn 1 Million Annually or More – Numbers of Millionaires by State Graphic. Miracle Needed on Housing Bill. Plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines in Review. FEA Read More

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‘Glaring Paradox.’ ‘Million Dollar Leadership!?’ MHI President Mark Bowersox, CEO Lesli McCollum Gooch and MHI Form 990 ‘Secrets and Revelations’ Hiding in Plain Sight Updates Unpacked. FEA

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According to Guidestar.org: Manufactured Housing Institute is located at 1655 Fort Myer Dr Suite 200, Arlington, VA, United States. EIN: 36-2085558. Tax status: 501(c)(6) Business Leagues, etc. The summary on Guidestar.org for MHI stated: “Total revenue: $7,848,973.” “Total assets: $11,103,799.” For those who are used to larger numbers, like a

‘Glaring Paradox.’ ‘Million Dollar Leadership!?’ MHI President Mark Bowersox, CEO Lesli McCollum Gooch and MHI Form 990 ‘Secrets and Revelations’ Hiding in Plain Sight Updates Unpacked. FEA Read More

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Juneteenth. Insights, Stories and Facts Millions May Not Find Elsewhere in Single Report. Ken Qualls-TakeChargeUS Expose Divergence Between Historic Black Emancipation and Civil Rights. FEA

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“President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war,” says the National Archives. But that executive proclamation had to be enforced in the various states controlled by Confederates or interests favoring slavery. “Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day,

Juneteenth. Insights, Stories and Facts Millions May Not Find Elsewhere in Single Report. Ken Qualls-TakeChargeUS Expose Divergence Between Historic Black Emancipation and Civil Rights. FEA Read More

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NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun on Home Sales Expectations 2nd Half 2026. Mortgage Rates 1972-2026. Residential Housing Sector Spending. Apt Rents. Consumer Sentiment-‘Doom.’ Wage Growth. FEA

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“Home sales are expected to be modestly better in the second half of 2026, provided that inventory and housing supply continue to expand, National Association of REALTORS® Chief Economist Dr. Lawrence Yun said” according to their press release provided to MHProNews by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and provided

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun on Home Sales Expectations 2nd Half 2026. Mortgage Rates 1972-2026. Residential Housing Sector Spending. Apt Rents. Consumer Sentiment-‘Doom.’ Wage Growth. FEA Read More

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MHARR CEO Mark Weiss’ ‘I Told You So’ 2.0 – ‘Pending Housing Legislation is a Litany of Deficiencies and Missed Opportunities for Mainstream Manufactured Housing and Consumers’ MHVille FEA.

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According to left-leaning Politico and right-leaning Newsmax, the U.S. Senate is expected to take up the so-called affordable housing legislation this week. Left-leaning MSN and Reuters report that single family housing starts have fallen to an eight-month low in May. That slide in conventional housing starts follows yet another reported

MHARR CEO Mark Weiss’ ‘I Told You So’ 2.0 – ‘Pending Housing Legislation is a Litany of Deficiencies and Missed Opportunities for Mainstream Manufactured Housing and Consumers’ MHVille FEA. Read More

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Collection of Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Testimony and Pitches to Congress, Public Officials and Others. MHI Stances In Their Own Words. MHVille FEA

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The following attached documents were all submitted by this or that person as named and shown below on behalf of the Arlington, VA based Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI or manufacturedhousing.org). While this is likely the single biggest collection of such documents linked from a single article anywhere online at this

Collection of Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Testimony and Pitches to Congress, Public Officials and Others. MHI Stances In Their Own Words. MHVille FEA Read More

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‘Pending House-Senate Housing Bills are Terrible Legislation for Manufactured Housing Industry Independent Producers-Retailers-Communities-Affordable Housing Consumers.’ Is MHI Responsible? FEA

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“Industry pioneer Danny Ghorbani and the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) have exposed a catastrophic structural flaw in the bill,” (see #8 further below). Former Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) vice president and Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) founding president and CEO (now senior advisor) Danny Ghorbani said

‘Pending House-Senate Housing Bills are Terrible Legislation for Manufactured Housing Industry Independent Producers-Retailers-Communities-Affordable Housing Consumers.’ Is MHI Responsible? FEA Read More

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Comparing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to the Reality Index. How Housing Costs Figures into Federal vs. Reality Index Data. Plus the Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines in Review-FEA

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The: “Reality Index is a research project of Grabien News. It is not a partisan project, a political project, or a critique of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. CPI is a sophisticated statistical product that does exactly what it is designed to do. Reality Index is a complementary measure that takes

Comparing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to the Reality Index. How Housing Costs Figures into Federal vs. Reality Index Data. Plus the Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines in Review-FEA Read More

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Years of “F” Ratings by the BBB Flagship Communities Brags ‘5th Consecutive Year of Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute Community of the Year Awards.’ MHVille FEA

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According to the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Flagship Communities (TSX: MHC.U) “Customer Complaints Summary:” “23 total complaints in the last 3 years.” “4 complaints closed in the last 12 months.” But according to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) affiliated Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute (KMHI) “announced its Sawyier Pointe community in

Years of “F” Ratings by the BBB Flagship Communities Brags ‘5th Consecutive Year of Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute Community of the Year Awards.’ MHVille FEA Read More

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Groundbreaking? ‘Comparable Product at Lower Price.’ HUD Published Guidance in Conjunction with NAHB on Using Manufactured Housing for Developing Entry Level Housing. FEA

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Champion Homes (SKY), Cavco Industries (CVCO), and others in or beyond manufactured housing corporate interests periodically raise the topic of teaming up with site builders and conventional developers as a possible channel to expand HUD Code manufactured housing and/or other factory-built housing production. With that in mind, the following. “PATH

Groundbreaking? ‘Comparable Product at Lower Price.’ HUD Published Guidance in Conjunction with NAHB on Using Manufactured Housing for Developing Entry Level Housing. FEA Read More

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Perverse Incentives-Pyrrhic Victory Looms-HousingWire on Manufactured Housing. Manufactured Housing Institute Corp-Legal-Senior Staff Mute in Response to Allegations. 21st Century ROAD Bill-FEA

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On 6.11.2026 HousingWire published a new factual and evidence-backed op-ed linked here entitled: Congress, don’t mock homeownership month: Fix or flush 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. MHProNews suggests that it is worth the roughly 7 minutes of reading time. When the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board urged the rejection

Perverse Incentives-Pyrrhic Victory Looms-HousingWire on Manufactured Housing. Manufactured Housing Institute Corp-Legal-Senior Staff Mute in Response to Allegations. 21st Century ROAD Bill-FEA Read More

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Canary in the Coal Mine? Thousands Apply for Affordable Rentals. Comparing June Housing Reports Mainstream, NAR, MHI and MHARR. What Outsells Affordable Manufactured Housing by 40 to 1? FEA

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Typically several times daily, MHProNews scans multiple sites including Bing’s start page which features MSN news aggregation. On 6.10.2026 was the following Bing headline: “Las Vegas home prices hit record $490K as sales slow.” Quoting: “Record price milestone: The median single-family home price in Southern Nevada hit $490,000 in May, topping

Canary in the Coal Mine? Thousands Apply for Affordable Rentals. Comparing June Housing Reports Mainstream, NAR, MHI and MHARR. What Outsells Affordable Manufactured Housing by 40 to 1? FEA Read More

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What is Behind the Curtain? Fact Checking the Fact Checkers and Advocates for HUD Code Manufactured Housing. Tortured but True Tale of Trailers to Mobile Homes to Manufactured Homes. FEA.

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What if someone peeled away the myths and misconceptions behind the troubling but true history of the evolution from trailer houses to mobile homes to manufactured homes? What is behind the curtain? June is national homeownership month. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says that some 74.9 percent of

What is Behind the Curtain? Fact Checking the Fact Checkers and Advocates for HUD Code Manufactured Housing. Tortured but True Tale of Trailers to Mobile Homes to Manufactured Homes. FEA. Read More

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Vultures? ‘Manufactured Housing Institute Shows Fundamentals Driving Manufactured Housing Compelling’ Manufactured Housing Properties Chair-CEO Ray Gee via Berkshire’s BusinessWire Stock PR. FEA

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“A vulture is also someone who is eager to get some advantage from other people’s difficulties or weaknesses,” according to Cambridge Dictionary. From SavingsGrove: “When struggling companies face collapse, some investors swoop in with aggressive tactics that can reshape entire industries—and labor markets. These vulture capitalists often load firms with

Vultures? ‘Manufactured Housing Institute Shows Fundamentals Driving Manufactured Housing Compelling’ Manufactured Housing Properties Chair-CEO Ray Gee via Berkshire’s BusinessWire Stock PR. FEA Read More

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“America’s Guest Host” Mike Opelka on Nationally Syndicated Chris Plante Show Talks to L. A. “Tony” Kovach about 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Plus Sunday MHVille Weekly Headlines Recap-FEA

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According to WMAL, the Chris Plante Show has been a nationally syndicated radio show since 2016. Insider Radio says “The nationally syndicated Chris Plante Show is broadcast on more than 130 radio stations across the United States. Originating from Westwood One, the program airs live in the 9:00 AM to

“America’s Guest Host” Mike Opelka on Nationally Syndicated Chris Plante Show Talks to L. A. “Tony” Kovach about 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Plus Sunday MHVille Weekly Headlines Recap-FEA Read More

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Illusions in a Democratic Republic as 250th Anniversary of U.S. Approaches. Markopolos Madoff Lessons Applied to Healthcare, Affordable Housing Crisis-Manufactured Home Mashup. MHVille FEA

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“When a dominant or common narrative is demonstrably riddled with errors, addressing the core issue successfully requires a shift from social verification (trusting who is speaking) to mathematical and structural verification (testing what is being said)” [see context in Part I, below]. “Application: Harry Markopolos vs. The Bernie Madoff Ecosystem [see

Illusions in a Democratic Republic as 250th Anniversary of U.S. Approaches. Markopolos Madoff Lessons Applied to Healthcare, Affordable Housing Crisis-Manufactured Home Mashup. MHVille FEA Read More

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‘VA Zoning Laws Sometimes Treated Manufactured Homes as Less Than—Blocked From Neighborhoods Traditional Site-Built Homes Welcome’-Gov. Spanberger. But MHARR Paints Different Picture-FEA

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“Let me say flat-out that these [manufactured homes] are quality homes. Zoning laws across Virginia have sometimes treated manufactured housing as something ‘less than’—blocking it from neighborhoods where traditional site-built homes have always been welcome,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) said in a statement (see Part I). “This has left families

‘VA Zoning Laws Sometimes Treated Manufactured Homes as Less Than—Blocked From Neighborhoods Traditional Site-Built Homes Welcome’-Gov. Spanberger. But MHARR Paints Different Picture-FEA Read More

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Cavco Industries (CVCO) PR Brags-‘VA Law Expanding Where Manufactured Homes can be Placed Good for Virginians.’ So Why Doesn’t Cavco Press HUD to Do that in all 50 States? FEA

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According to Cavco’s press release via Globe Newswire on 6.1.2026: “Cavco Industries Hosts Virginia Governor Spanberger for Landmark Manufactured Housing Bill Signing.” “New zoning laws set to expand placement of manufactured homes statewide.” Some mainstream media outlets called it ‘game changer’ legislation. But for regular and detail-minded readers of MHProNews,

Cavco Industries (CVCO) PR Brags-‘VA Law Expanding Where Manufactured Homes can be Placed Good for Virginians.’ So Why Doesn’t Cavco Press HUD to Do that in all 50 States? FEA Read More

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