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Wheat and chaff. Let’s give credit where it is due. These two video clips were obtained by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). That’s good. They represent bipartisan praise for manufactured homes as an important part of the solution to the affordable housing crisis. That’s good too. One might wonder why […]

Thank God it’s Friday!  There were new record highs on the markets this week.  The first quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) came in much higher than expected. There were more gainers than losers on the manufactured home tracked stocks.  Let’s dive into the headlines across the left-right media divide that

Remember the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy theory? Do you know who benefited from that narrative? Then you should enjoy the Climate Change storytellers, which used to be called global warming, until too many record cold days forced a change in terminology. Let’s look at three revealing maps that help clear up

According to LinkedIn, Todd Richardson is the General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy Development and Research at U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in Washington, District Of Columbia (D.C). He has been with HUD since September 1991. Richardson – in extended quotes that will follow further below – is

Last year at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Manufactured Housing Action (MHAction) in conjunction with other left-leaning groups, protested Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson’s address to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) at their annual “Congress and Expo” fundraising and networking event. At that time, MHAction issued

In a recent release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, “Lifshitz & Miller announces investigation into possible securities laws violations in connection with a previously received subpoena [by Cavco Industries, Inc. (CVCO)] from the SEC,” said the law firm.   The firm said “If you are a Cavco investor,

Before you shrug this trending topic off, several cruise lines are reporting seniors doing exactly what the headline says.  We’ll look at some facts from MarketWatch and a CNBC video on this subject this evening.  On a day when there were more gainers than losers on our evening manufactured housing

For those among the manufactured housing industry’s professionals, state association, or investment categories who stated a hope that the John Oliver video would blow over soon, guess again. “They’re [pro-MHI state execs] all drinking each other’s bath water with no objectivity left, whatsoever,” said a recent news tip to MHProNews included

While some polling suggests that if the election were held today, Biden would have a 6 to 7 point edge. But according to left-of-center CNBC: While Biden was viewed as the most stock market-friendly possible Democratic candidate, more than 70% expect Trump to be reelected. Elections can affect financial markets;

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) missed touting Earth Day. Thanks to some forward-looking MHI members, the Arlington, VA based trade group has been dragged into the Innovative Housing Showcase.  See those insights further below the byline and notices. Yesterday, HUD announced in a release to the Daily Business News on

There are several reasons why this Opportunity Zone is a periodic topic here on the Daily Business News on MHProNews.  Today’s feature may help bring some of those threads into clearer focus.  The short version could be said like this. Some of the most economically challenged areas – over 8,000

  The key to this press release from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the Daily Business News on MHProNews might be boiled down to these pull quotes.  The:   ·        …Department’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) to help people who believe they have been victims of housing discrimination

The definition given by Dictionary of the noun razzle-dazzle reads in part as follow, with the bold added for emphasis: “Informal. showiness, brilliance, or virtuosity in technique or effect, often without concomitant substance or worth; flashy theatricality: The razzle–dazzle of the essay’s metaphors cannot disguise its shallowness of thought.”   The Urban

  It was a case battled by the community owner’s attorney, who was joined by that state’s manufactured home association in an amicus brief.  But a state appeals court ruling settled a legal battle in favor of a municipality’s right to take that land-lease community under eminent domain power, in

Starting with the featured image, which may have been provided by a Forbes staffer, and moving on to terminology errors, it must be noted that Kori Hale’s allegations against Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway’s Clayton Homes and related lending units includes inaccuracies.  But that doesn’t mitigate the fact that the

Sears was a leader in precut housing a century ago.  More recently, it still had strong ties to the housing industry, as the purchase of a new or existing house often led shoppers to their local Sears to buy new TVs, appliances, drapes, and such.   So it isn’t so odd

When a blind person leads another blind person, both can trip and fall. Millions have watched the various versions of this life of Jesus based upon the Gospel of Luke. It is a series of vignettes.  Among them is the possessed man who has the demons driven out of him,

From what was seemingly the most humiliating defeat in earth’s history, to the most glorious triumph, all in the span of a few days. That’s what a surprising victory looks like. In the life of Jesus as recorded in the sacred texts, there is an episode that we could all

In a release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), is pressing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to repeal the use of their “Formaldehyde Health Notice.” MHARR’s statement says in part that they opposed the “baseless discrimination against HUD

The conventional housing seller or buyer’s wisdom, pardon the pun, is that manufactured homes cost less because they are “cheaper.” How does the industry respond to that common concern? A pair of Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member producers responded to questions on that topic today, to MHProNews or to MHLivingNews.