In a conference call today of members of the General Subcommittee of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), several developments occurred. One will be the topic of an upcoming and separate report from this one, which may occur after the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) provides whatever ‘alert’ or ‘update’ to […]
In case you missed it (ICYMI), last week there was a significant legal victory that the Modular Home Builders (MHBA) was pleased to have participated in. That original report is linked here and below. It is necessary to grasp the added details that follow. “Historic!” High Court Ruling on
Let’s lay it out like this. On 60 Minutes, billionaire investor Ray Dalio said some things that are pretty savvy. Other things sounded odd coming from a billionaire. We’ll sort that out with facts and analysis, on this evening in our report further below, prior to the mixed results on
The letter that follows from Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA-D) is reproduced from the Iowa City Press Citizen from this link here under fair use guidelines. The Massachusetts maverick senator’s letter will be followed by an analysis and commentary by MHProNews. Senator Warren is a 2020 Democratic presidential nomination hopeful.
A Buffalo developer has filed suit with the Village of Alden in New York, alleging officials interfering with his agreements to sell an aging manufactured home community, causing losses of more than a half-million dollars. The Alden Landings mobile and manufactured home community is a near the village’s
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MHProNews has provided periodic warnings for several years to domestic factory-built housing professionals about the potential impact of their modular, container, and other forms of prefabricated housing targeting the U.S. market. Such Chinese prefab units have already been produced and shipped to the United States, typically for the West
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As professionals of all kinds know, every day – each week – is a potentially important and impactful one. But some days and weeks are clearly more memorable than others. In the past week: The modular home industry won a significant court case. The manufactured home industry obtained
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MHProNews has made the ‘stating the obvious’ argument before that the management of publicly traded firms have a fiduciary responsibility to their stockholders. For those who have not seen that report, grasped that legal point, or who simply want a refresher on that topic, you can access it by
Three-word executive summary? ‘Sustained pushback pays.’ One sentence summary? ‘Routinely spotlighting purported failures by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to properly do their job is once more showing measurable results.’ But there is more work to do. Let’s dive into the background and the latest facts as it
Google is catching heat from a variety of sources. Tech guru Peter Theil recently accused them of putting national defense at risk. This week, 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, Representative Tulsi Gabbard (HI-D) is filed suit, saying that Google has too much control over elections. The DOJ is probing big tech,
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), as their name implies, is focused on issue of housing affordability. It is regarded as a progressive operation by the left-of-center Huffington Post and others. That’s precisely what makes their spotlighting earlier this month of Senator Todd Young (IN-R) “Yes in My Back
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“…the Supreme Court could have ruled in favor of the Court of Appeals and ordered the Goyings to tear down their home. That would have been tragic. But we are proud to be a part of this ground-breaking ruling and proud of the homes our members build.” – MHBA
Patrick is a supplier to the RV, Marine, and Manufactured Housing Industry, among others. Their data is therefor of interest to manufactured housing industry professionals and investors for several reasons. Their press release on earnings and data will be this evening’s market feature. Every evening our headlines snapshots from two
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A new manufactured home community has been authorized by a vote of the Midland, Texas City Council earlier this month. In the 1960s well into the 1990s, such approvals were fairly routine. But in the 20 years since manufactured housing hit its last high in 1998, the number of
On July 10, 2019, the Arlington, VA based Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) published the following. It will be provided verbatim. It will be followed by our MHProNews analysis. Seth Appleton and Hunter Kurtz Begin Key Roles at HUD On June 28, 2019, Seth Appleton was sworn in
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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“Home sales are running at a pace similar to 2015 levels – even with exceptionally low mortgage rates, a record number of jobs and a record high net worth in the country…” – Lawrence Yun, Ph.D., National Association of Realtors (NAR) chief economist, July 23, 2019. “Imbalance
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The topic was the FAANG stocks, with a focus on Amazon. Berkshire Hathaway now has about $1 billion dollars of Amazon stock and the firm has a large stake in Apple too. With Amazon moving into prefab housing, and given the parallels between what is occurring in retail and what
In many ways, the manufactured housing industry – as well as the RV industry – were ‘born’ and took root in the state of Indiana. While several other states now out-produce Indiana in HUD Code manufactured homes, but several manufactured home production facilities are still there, along with hundreds of
There are a growing number of examples of past business and professional relationships among 2020 Democratic hopeful that raise concerns about their general election viability, based upon revelations of past deals that may not square with their political persona or posture. Some examples from recent weeks include, but are
