In the early 1980s when I entered the manufactured housing industry as a salesman there were designs and ideas that many if not most in manufactured housing pros today may have never seen or heard of firsthand. For instance. Some single section manufactured homes ‘back in the day’ featured high living room ceilings. So-called ‘balcony kitchens.’ Or ‘balcony master bedrooms’ which boasted having a ‘sunken master bath.’ There were dozens of more producers. Some manufactured housing professionals had a ‘reach for the sky’ mentality. Two-level homes. Or high rise manufactured housing that used concrete and steels structures designed for multiple units of manufactured housing with space between each HUD Code home. What happened to that reach for the sky mentality?
What happened to the ‘can do’ and ‘let’s sell a million’ manufactured homes in a year thinking? This manufactured home industry expert viewpoint will briefly examine that question.
Perhaps 70’s era site-builders were scared.
Perhaps some federal or other officials didn’t really want to solve the affordable housing crisis, because that might mean the loss of a nice job, title, and benefits.
Perhaps NIMBY propaganda influenced enough people to make the job of connected site-builders easier.
Perhaps media in too many cases failed to do their jobs objectively, afraid they might lose advertisers, subscribers, or viewers?
There was no doubt a confluence of factors.
But what is beyond doubt is that when the mobile home industry transitioned into the HUD Code manufactured home industry, the profession today is remarkably different than it was then.
The above and what follows are my personal reflections and experiences after several longer-than-usual days. It follows on the heels of several thoughtful messages on the topic linked below. ICYMI, don’t.
Note there is still no apparent response to the above from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) outside attorney David Goch or MHI’s designated media contact, Molly Boyle. Can’t they figure out what to say?
New readers should know there is a standing invitation for MHI-connected leaders to provide emailed feedback. Tim Williams, with the Ohio Manufactured Home Association (OMHA) and others well know MHProNews/MHLivingNews accurately provide emailed content.
That said, back to the headline topics, realizing that all of this is intertwined.
Manufactured housing is more needed now than perhaps at any time in the 21st century.
The industry’s potential ought to rival many of the dreams of those who think that AI, neural links, or some other tech is the only thing worth talking about. Nonsense.
People will always need affordable housing, so long as people who need or want a home on a modest budget will want a home.
Many of the predatory manufactured home industry’s consolidators should be ashamed of themselves.
Many of MHI’s insiders should be ashamed of themselves. And those who heap praise on them, faux or sincere, need to look carefully in the mirror.
Monopolization has always been a serious problem. That is true if it is one monopoly corporation, a duopoly, or oligopoly style monopolization. While this fact- and evidence-based viewpoint is going to focus on manufactured housing, it is important to mention numerous industries and occupations have their woes too. We have friends, family, and others who are involved in various professions. Doctors. Trucking. HVAC. It is hard to name a profession that is not suffering because of steady consolidation which leads to monopolization. Other bloggers and trade publishers who don’t tackle these HUGE topics ought to be ashamed too. Grow a pair.
Our industry’s front-line professionals are being shortchanged big time.
Our profession’s entrepreneurs are in way too many cases being shortchanged.
Much of the U.S. population is harmed. Hundreds of thousands of residents in land-lease communities operated by predators know how much this pattern has harmed them.
And public officials need to step back and look in the mirror too. Because they are either looking the other way, are clueless, or are otherwise turning a blind eye to the harm caused to literally millions of Americans. All because of the utterly avoidable pattern of moat, sabotage monopoly, and related tactics.
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Some people need to be formally investigated, objectively examined, and have properly crafted criminal charges filed against them that the prosecutors actually want to win.
The affordable housing crisis is utterly solvable. There are many tools available to make that happen. But one of the most proven is the modern manufactured home.
See the linked reports. Click through to the Lakeland Ledger op-ed. This pattern can be detailed (see linked reports) or can be introduced in some 900 words. In about 7 to 9 minutes, someone can read this. Some of our longer articles may take 20 to 30 minutes. What is that time investment compared to someone’s future?
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Part II – is our Daily Business News on MHProNews stock market recap which features our business-daily at-a-glance update of over 2 dozen manufactured housing industry stocks.
This segment of the Daily Business News on MHProNews is the recap of yesterday evening’s market report, so that investors can see at glance the type of topics may have influenced other investors. Thus, our format includes our signature left (CNN Business) and right (Newsmax) ‘market moving’ headlines.
The macro market move graphics below provide context and comparisons for those invested in or tracking manufactured housing connected equities. Meaning, you can see ‘at a glance’ how manufactured housing connected firms do compared to other segments of the broader equities market.
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Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – from 2.26.2024
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