It is no longer business as usual, and hundreds of millions of Americans have learned. The proverbial party is, at least for now, over. Professionals, investors, advocates and others should strive to know how this scenario has come to be. Our factory-built housing profession and most others face the most …
The ugliest week for the markets since the 2008 housing/financial crisis has closed. A Democratic and some Republican Senators are under scrutiny for purportedly selling stocks off based upon insider information, a claim they deny and Fox Businesses Charlie Gasparino says would be difficult to hit the technical legal standard …
The Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has told MHProNews that they are following a two-track approach in the battle against discriminatory placement of HUD Code manufactured homes. One of those tracks is the full enforcement of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act (MHIA) of 2000, specifically, …
“The research also found that if interventions in the country could have been conducted one week, two weeks, or three weeks earlier, cases could have been reduced by 66 percent, 86 percent and 95 percent respectively – significantly limiting the geographical spread of the disease. However, if NPIs [non-pharmaceutical interventions] …
“News is the first rough draft of history.” – Philip Graham, American publisher, per Forbes Quotes. The American and global economy that you knew 30 days ago has dramatically shifted, as most readers are realizing. Elements of that rapid shift are reflected in the headline topics, each of which will …
Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, and Pennsylvania are among the states that have announced or are working on loans for smaller businesses that are impacted by the COVID19/coronavirus outbreak. MHProNews has heard from several producers of HUD Code manufactured homes. Thus far, while some are ‘kicking around’ the discussion of under what …
The Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA) issued a link-laced memo early this morning (3.18.2020) that included several useful specific tips. While many of the items include overlapping points, that noted, among those recommendations for consideration are the following. From the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) was this tip. …
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This evening’s focus will be a ‘sandwich’ account. The featured segment will open and close with insights about and from the White House on their evolving plan. But in the middle of those elements will be a deeper dive into an issue aiming at the root cause for what’s occurring …
Talk isn’t always cheap, as former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s over half-billion-dollar self-funded multi-media campaign demonstrated. It is just one of several instances one can point to of something quite different about 2020 than the norm. Whatever the cause of COVID19, the nation is in the grip of an increasingly broad …
Our manufactured home community industry comrades up north have thoughtfully shared some insights from their side of the line with respect to the COVID19/coronavirus outbreak. That will be accompanied by some national, international and other charts, data and videos. On a day when the industry’s equities and broader markets plunged …
“…all regulation, that excessively impacts small business…In fact, big companies secretly love regulation because regulations are in fact anti-competitive — every new rule, law or compliance measure limits the ability of existing smaller competitors or new start-ups to compete.” – Carol Roth – American television personality, bestselling author, entrepreneur, radio host, and investor. Roth appears regularly …
A pick pocket that is good at their devious and criminal art-form can lift a wallet without the “target” or “mark” realizing it. The fact that some ‘get away with it’ doesn’t tempt the vast majority of Americans to become pickpockets. In some of the great scams of …
“Be greedy when others are fearful, be fearful when others are greedy.” – Warren Buffett, Chairman of the Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) conglomerate. “Never let a serious crisis go to waste.” – Rahm Emanuel, former Mayor Chicago and former chief of staff to President Barack Obama. “We study …
Programing notice: there is a coronavirus-related special report that is developing. Update, that report is linked here. That said, tonight’s featured focus is on updates from the South Central Manufactured Housing Institute (SMCHI), the parent organization for the Tunica Manufactured Home Show. There is also an update obtained from the …
As a growing list of sporting, educational, entertainment, and business events are getting cancelled, the question has arisen. What risk, if any, is looming for HUD Code manufactured home producers? MHProNews reached out to Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and independent producers alike. “Off record I don’t see a lot of …
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You could call it a weapon of mass distraction. Think about the hot topics from a month ago, or even 3 weeks ago. They are buried in the background. You could call it a massive transfer of wealth in process, with the parties that are to benefit yet to be …
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Rahm Emanuel, former Mayor of Chicago and former Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama. Analyst Craig Kucera gave a buy recommendation on UMH Properties on 3.11.2020. Kucera works for B Riley FBR, which does analysis work on publicly traded firms. …
Tonight’s market report features a formal statement from UMH Properties President and CEO Sam Landy, J.D., relating to the sharp drop experienced by his firm and others in the manufactured home sector. It is coupled with some pull quotes from award-winning investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson. Every evening our headlines …
In a written invitation to MHProNews to see their latest responses to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) “CrossModTM homes” controversy, the Modular Home Builders Association (MHBA) provided several updates. As part of their grade group’s broader “Advancing Modular Housing Initiative,” the MHBA met with key Congressional leaders. Per their own …
“The platform monopolists of the 21st century have long followed the monopolist’s classic playbook, in which they exploit their positions as providers of multiple essential services to bankrupt, supplant, or sideline rivals in every market in which they operate.” Those comments came as part of the formal testimony today – …
