July 15th, 2017 DOE RFI Closed, But Issue, Impact Still Looms over Manufactured Housing, HomeBuyers July 14th, 2017 The REAL Truth, vs. Fake News, About Modern Manufactured Homes Sun, LPX, ELS Rebound – Spotlight LCI, other MH Industry, Macro Market Moves Bernie Sanders, Steve Forbes, Prager U – Tax Reform, […]
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On May 30, 2017, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comments. The RFI was in response to the Trump Administration’s Executive Order (EO) No. 13771 (“Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs”) issued on January 30, 2017, and on Executive Order No. 13777
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There is an apparently ever-growing mountain of alleged ignorance – or agenda driven – reporting about manufactured homes. PBS NewsHour, NPR and more recently The Raleigh, NC headquartered News & Observer are just 3 of many examples of what Marty Lavin, JD has paradoxically called, “the manufactured housing industry’s other
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If you listen to Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Secretary Hillary Clinton or her supporters – such as Warren Buffett – you’d think that the rich aren’t paying enough in taxes. Their answer? Raise them. Tax the rich sounds easy, especially when there are fewer of them to vote against
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Informed sources tell MHProNews that yet another acquisition by Clayton Homes will take place in roughly ‘the next ten days.’ If the reports are accurate, the next acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway owned Clayton will signal the continuation of an interesting pattern of activity. Warren Buffett indicated that more buyouts were
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“Members from both parties have acknowledged the shortcomings of our current tax system and the need for meaningful reforms to encourage economic growth and alleviate many of the burdens imposed on hardworking taxpayers…As we work to achieve those goals, it is essential that Congress has the best possible advice and
Taxes, Rep Gohmert (R-TX), GOP Slow Walking President Trump’s Big Agenda? Read More
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Spotlighting UMH’s Dip, What Does It REALLY Mean? Read More
“Publishing hand-picked information can be worse for the impression it makes on manufactured homes and our industry than stating entirely false information.” – Brad Lovin, North Carolina Manufactured Housing Association. “My 80 percent friend is not my 20 percent enemy.” – Ronald Reagan. “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a
Mainstream Media Hit on Manufactured Housing? What’s Their Agenda? Read More
The comments period is closed, but the documents filed can reveal much, and as they are posted by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), are becoming a matter of public record. Among those comments are one that claims to be packed with details that reveal the “true story” of the
Tune in the evening news and one of the routine stories on your favorite channel featured protesters like those in the featured image shown. Some claim they or a loved one will die without ObamaCare being preserved. Others say that the misnamed “Affordable Care Act” program itself is dying of
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed House Enrolled Act 1119, the “Manufactured Housing Dealer Licensing Bill” into law on Monday April 24, 2017. That bill which took effect July 1, 2017, Ronald L. Breymier, Executive Director of the Indiana Manufactured Housing Association said to MHProNews.com. The new statute requires “that anyone
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“How exciting it is that we are having a new community being built in Oklahoma!” So says Deanna Fields, Executive Director of the Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma, as part of a guest column to the Industry Voices blog in MHProNews.com, linked here. Fields lays out additional facts not found in
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When much of the news that hits the media about manufactured housing seems from the industry perspective to be biased or negative, it is refreshing when good news about the industry hits the ‘news wires.’ In February, MHProNews brought you information straight from First State Manufactured Housing Association (FSMHA) in
Association Uses Scholarships to Boost Industry Image While Giving Back Read More
1001 households have reportedly left their FEMA MHUs – Manufactured Housing Units – and are back in what local news reports dub, “permanent housing.” “FEMA says at the height of the temporary housing program after the August 2016 flooding, more than 4,600 households were put into MHUs. Most of the households
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About three years ago, Sam Zell quipped in Chicago to hundreds of manufactured home community professionals that at Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) they discovered they had a partner without an investment they didn’t count on. The government. The owners of Diablo Estates have likewise learned from experience that organized residents
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“The super-rich and ultra-paranoid are preparing for the breakup of civilisation by purchasing of apocalypse-safe bunkers worth millions of pounds,” says Yarra Elmasry, for U.K.’s Independent. For Americans not used to seeing British spelling of certain words, their version of “civilization” is spelled correctly above. It’s the survival not of
Larry Hall’s Ultra-Rich Hideaway for Global Disaster, Survival Condo Read More
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The first word heard from Oklahoma on the subject of a new manufactured home community breaking ground was, “Awesome!” That industry professional’s email added, “We haven’t had a new community in years.” But some of those living in Edmond, OK nearby the new project don’t think this is an “awesome”
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