The AZ Republic has been reporting on a brewing scandal that could make FEMA’s embarrassment over their Louisiana placement of Manufactured Housing Units (MHUs) pale by comparison. The Navajo Housing Authority spent $12 million building 91 new homes, all but one was later demolished. Then, “After failing to spend nearly …
Modular Housing Scandal? HUD Investigating, Senator McCain Blasts, Wants Reforms Read More
The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks. By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving …
Insider Trades, UMH – Carlyle Surges, Skyline Slips Read More
“Credit is one of the most powerful devices of the financial system designed over time by modern societies. It gives people the freedom to spend money now – whether to cover a medical expense, an emergency repair, buy a home or send their child to school – and pay it …
Alabama’s Geneva City Council approved a new “mobile home” [sic] ordinance this month, removing an ‘age limit’ for manufactured homes allowed in their city. Previously, the town barred manufactured homes more than 12 years old from being placed. WTVY Channel 4 reports that now the city’s building inspector will determine …
The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks. By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving …
Summit Homes, Clayton Subsidiary, Donates to St Jude’s, Skyline JUMP$ Read More
Datacomp, publisher of the JLT Market Reports, announced their June 2017 manufactured home community occupancy and rent surveys covering 7 markets in Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina and Virginia. JLT Market Reports have been providing manufactured home community market analysis for more than 20 years, says Datacomp in a release to …
In what developers and the News Journal are billing as a massive and first-in-over-a-decade in Florida, ground work for a senior community is underway at Ormond Beach. The first phase is 427 home sites, part of a total 1,577 planned lots. These are not going to be entry level, ‘shade …
Posh, Massive New Manufactured Home Community Being Developed Read More
A longtime mantra inside newsrooms has been, “If it Bleeds, it Leads.” While professionals readily connect with that point with regard to murder or terrorism, that’s also demonstrably true about manufactured housing too, as: tornadoes, hurricanes, dramatic fires, crime or other fatality/injury and ‘drama’ stories prove. But what about the …
The Digital Journal is one of several media outlets that have picked up on recent MHProNews reporting on manufactured housing. Quoting them in full: June was proclaimed by President Donald J. Trump as National Home Ownership Month. In a surprising set of admissions, Professor Mark Skidmore, Michigan State University (MSU) …
In yet another piece of evidence that heavy regulation harms smaller business at the expense of larger ones, are recent statements by Manufactured Home Communities giant, Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) Chairman, Sam Zell. Barrons and Newsmax reported Zell saying that President Donald J. Trump with less than 6 months in …
ELS’ Sam Zell – Compliance Costs Destroys Smaller Businesses = Consolidation Read More
The evolving Daily Business News’ market report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks. By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving …
Why Cavco Bought Lexington Homes, per Joe Stegmayer – CG, AMG, MHCV Up Read More
While manufactured housing “consolidation” is on the minds of thousands of MH industry professionals, a result of recent Daily Business News reports – or due to this manufactured home industry overview (click here) – it’s happening in other U.S. industry sectors too. Since finance is a routine hot topic among …
Consolidation? Not just Manufactured Housing, Look at Banking – Similar Causes? Read More
Andrea Levere, president of CFED has announced that as of this morning, their organization is rebranding as Prosperity Now. Levere tells MHProNews that, “For 38 years, CFED has been a leader in the effort to create economic opportunity for all. Over the course of nearly four decades, our work has transformed from …
Starting Today, it’s Prosperity Now, CFED’s Rebranding Read More
Europeans, Asians, Canadians and others world-wide are among those who come to the U.S. – and/or research online – about the differences and similarities between their version of factory crafted housing with what is found here in the United States. That same exercise is useful in reverse. It’s helpful to …
Michael Geller, Making a Home for Manufactured Housing, a Vision for America Read More
The New June 2017 articles on the MHProNews.com home page are live, with the full line up on display at this link here. If you’ve been super busy, traveling, have been on vacation, or are new to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, welcome to our weekly recap of the Manufactured Housing Industry’s “News, Tips …
Sunday Morning Weekly Recap Manufactured Housing Industry News June 11 to June 18, 2017 Read More
“As I have informed you all on various occasions, it is also my goal to improve internal HUD recognition and understanding of the Federal manufactured housing program,” said Pamela Beck Danner, JD. Danner, is the career administrator for the Office of Manufactured Housing Programs (OMHP), a department “buried” at HUD …
HUD’s Belated, Blustering “Promotion” of Manufactured Homes Read More
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Security Mortgage Group, a national award-winning Manufactured Home Community (MHC) lending broker, has informed MHProNews that they have provided financing for another six manufactured home communities. During May and early June, some $23,603,750 in lending was provided for several manufactured home communities in a variety of markets and …
Security Mortgage Group Provides Financing for Six Manufactured Home Communities Read More
The evolving Daily Business News’ market report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks. By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving …
In a series of messages to MHProNews, President Donald J. Trump has said as follows. “If you told me this would happen in America, I wouldn’t believe you… The losing political party is using a conspiracy theory — without having a single shred of evidence — to DERAIL a constitutionally-elected …
President Trump to MHProNews, About “Witch Hunt,” Polling Back at 50% Read More
Wikipedia says that, “Star Parker is an American syndicated columnist, Republican politician, author, and conservative political activist. In 1995, she founded the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), originally the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education. In 2010, she was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for the United States House …
