The KCCI Iowa TV News’ headline says about the Havenpark Communities owned “Mobile home community fed up with raw sewage, gunshots and flying axes” with the nomenclature glitch in the original. Will the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) react to this, or will they again ignore this fresh apparent violation of their so-called Rules of Ethical Conduct incident by an MHI member too?

On June 7, 2021 in BERWICK, Iowa, KCCI reported that: “Residents living in Sunnybrook mobile home park say they’ve had to deal with raw sewage, gunshots and flying axes with little help from the property management on site.”

“It’s nasty. I don’t want to live like this,” Randy Atess told KCCI about sewage flowing from pipes for a week.

After KCCI’s morning visit to Sunnybrook, that afternoon, Havenpark reportedly sent out a crew in the afternoon to fix the pipe and put the Atess family in a hotel for the night.

Neighbors of Atess say there’s a list of issues that Havenpark Communities are not addressing. Zach Sessions lives in Sunnybrook. He said their roads are in such poor condition that people driving on them often scrape the bottom of the vehicles.

Havenpark Communities said they are planning on road-work in mid-July. Havenpark has a statement that says, “At Havenpark Communities, our mission is to make caring communities attainable for responsible residents across America. We acquire, improve, and operate manufactured home communities.” Measure that claim by Havenpark against the stories from Sunnybrook.

Or ponder others in the collection of videos and reports about Havenpark that follow.

Is this MHI’s idea of image building? At what stage will they invoke the window-dressing of their Code of Ethical conduct?  After all, Havenpark is one of several MHI connected firms that are stirring up state and national level legislation that when passed could impact all communities, not just Havenpark or MHI members.

 

Back to Berwick and Sunnybrook, Sessions claims another resident was waving a gun in the air with children around. When he attempted to calm the man down, he grabbed another weapon.

“He grabs a two-sided overhand axe out his yard with axe blades on both sides and overhead tomahawks it across the street at me,” Sessions said.

KCCI showed video of a gunshot that penetrated a manufactured home. The bullet traveled through numerous rooms, which that homeowner showed the cameraman and reporter. Sessions said those friends in the Sunnybrook Havenpark-owned development occurred during the Memorial Day weekend.

Fortunately, no one was home.

The resident filed a police report. But she says she can’t get assistance from management.

“It’s impossible to get ahold of management. She still hasn’t called me about the bullet hole,” Lawson said.

Sean King with Havenpark Communities said he hadn’t heard of the bullet piercing a resident’s home or the axe being thrown at another resident, but said “safety of residents is first and foremost.”

Quite apart from this report, is this video collection, which is followed by sample reviews of Havenpark from employees and consumers via various platforms as shown.

 

Just Part of the Multi-Year “Proud Member of MHI” – “Havenpark Collection” of YouTube, Other Videos

 

 

 

 

 

 

How does that sampling of mainstream news videos stack up against Kevin Clayton’s on camera statement from a decade ago that they were ready to do a national image building campaign? Is that the image campaign Clayton and MHI have in mind?

If not, then when will they begin to invoke their so-called MHI code of ethical conduct against such behavior?

MHI will not answer that question. But their insiders have.

MHI’s apparent failure to engage on troubling issues is hardly a surprise. The 700 word report below provides 4 quick examples of MHI apparently ducking out on accountability for their own performance, or lack thereof.

 

Back to Havenpark specifically, the following are noteworthy factoids from insiders at the company and residents rating the “proud member” of MHI firm.

 

 

Sample Reviews of Havenpark Communities from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) website.

• Mark H

(1 star)

01/10/2021

“Havenpark Communities Ohio has been a disappointment. They acquired this property about a year ago, and have attempted to transform an old rundown trailer park into a manufactured home “community.” They originally marketed it as 55-plus community but they are moving in people who are not 55. False advertising. The property manager refuses to allow any access to ownership over her, so we can formally complain about safety and health issues. Residents have now complained to the city and health department as well as the state.

 

• Red

(1 star)

11/12/2020

I really thought this was going to be the last move of my lifetime but NO way ! I am so thankful I did not buy and am only renting . I wish I could leave. Although the home is perfect for me and very pretty, the company is full of lies! The property is disgusting, unkept, and honestly very depressing and it is very clear that complaints fall on deaf ear

• Heather B

(1 star)

10/26/2020

Horrible, despicable company. Do not recommend in any way, shape or form

• Jim F

(1 star)

10/22/2020

I have NEVER in my life seems such rampant disregard for peoples’ welfare. I rent from them and get nothing in return but lies and increased bills. Too bad I have to give them 1 star. They need -5.”

Time will tell if MHI will continue to embrace such reports, all while claiming to be working to improve the image of the manufactured housing industry and community living. See the MHI and their major brands track record plus new revelations in the in depth report below.

 

 

Next, is our evening market report and related left-right headlines.

 

The Business Daily Manufactured Home Industry Connected Stock Market Updates.  Plus, Market Moving Left (CNN) – Right (Newsmax) Headlines Snapshot. While the layout of this business daily report has recently been modified, several elements of the basic concepts used previously are still the same. The headlines that follow below can be reviewed at a glance to save time while providing insights across the left-right media divide. Additionally, those headlines often provide clues as to possible ‘market moving’ items.

 

Market Indicator Closing Summaries – Yahoo Finance Closing Tickers on MHProNews…

Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business = evening of 6.9.20

• China’s new rival
• Ohio will soon have the largest solar factory complex outside of the world’s No. 2 economy
• The perfect storm making everything you need more expensive
• Thinking about painting your house soon? Here’s what to know
• LIVE UPDATES What to invest in after the pandemic
• See a classic typewriter made entirely of Legos
• Opinion: The only way to resolve the nation’s affordable housing crisis
• Exclusive: US businesses warn about crumbling infrastructure
• Bitcoin just cleared another hurdle, but its price could keep falling
• Ferrari taps tech exec as new CEO
• Black-owned banks are pouring money into their communities
• The internet broke briefly on Tuesday. It could happen again
• 5 key to-do items if you want to retire within 10 years
• Are you leaving your job in retail? Share your story
• See how well your state’s economy is recovering
• SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses on the red carpet of the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
• Tesla desperately needs a No. 2 for Elon Musk
• People wearing facemasks walk past a Best Buy store near Union Square on June 25, 2020 in New York City. – New York businesses opened their doors to returning waves of workers June 22 as the city that was once the epicenter of the global pandemic marked an important milestone in its return to normalcy, even as other US states were seeing an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases.
• Best Buy has Thanksgiving plans. You’re not invited
• PICKUP COMPETITION
• Ford enters the little pickup truck war with the new hybrid Maverick
• Meet the Maverick, Ford’s compact $20k truck
• See Ford’s electric F-150 pickup truck
• GM announces electric Chevy Silverado pickup
• Hyundai reveals a new pickup truck, but please don’t call it that
• THE RISE OF MEME STOCKS
• February 23th, 2021 – GameStop GME trading with smartphone.
• Analysis: Meme mania isn’t going away anytime soon
• AMC insiders cashed in on ‘meme stock’ madness
• AMC shares soar to an all-time high
• Wendy’s is latest hot stock with WallStreetBets crowd
• Bank of America stops covering GameStop

Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax – evening of 6.9.2021

• Sen. Cruz: Biden, Harris Covering Up Border Crisis by Staying Away
• Newsmax TV
• Kerik to Newsmax: Voter Fraud Probes Don’t ‘Happen Overnight’
• Peter Navarro to Newsmax: Fauci ‘Orchestrated a Coverup’ |
• Dick Morris to Newsmax: GOP Primary Gives Way to ‘Trump Primary’ |
• Rep. Babin to Newsmax: HHS Facility at Fort Bliss ‘Costing Millions’
• Rep. Nancy Mace to Newsmax: ‘Fauci Needs to Go’ |
• Ed Rendell to Newsmax: Some Nontraditional Infrastructure Must Stay in Bill |
• More Newsmax TV
• Newsfront
• NRA’s Gun Rights Message Not Slowed by Legal, Money Troubles
• Liberals have cheered the highly public legal and financial jeopardy ensnaring the National Rifle Association, seeing the gun lobby’s potential demise as the path to stricter firearms laws.But, it turns out, the NRA’s message has become so solidified in the Republican Party…
• Biden to Launch Task Force on Bottlenecks in Supply Chains
• After completing a review of supply chains, the Biden administration [Full Story]
• Trump Speech Draws 1.8 Million to Newsmax, Beats Fox in Key Rating
• Trump Speech Draws 1.8 Million to Newsmax, Beats Fox in Key Rating
• President Trump’s speech to the North Carolina Republican Convention [Full Story]
• Related
• Newsmax Remains Top 50 News Site, With Big Traffic Growth
• Civil Rights Leaders Can’t Get Manchin to Back Dems’ Voting Bill
• Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin was unswayed Tuesday by civil rights
• Sen. Cruz: Biden, Harris Covering Up Border Crisis by Staying Away
• President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris won’t visit the [Full Story]
• Related
• VP Harris Laughs When Asked Why She Hasn’t Visited Southern Border |
• Sen. Rick Scott Blasts VP Harris Over ‘Disgraceful’ Refusal to Address Border Crisis
• Parents ‘Have to Fight Back’ Against Critical Race Theory in Schools
• As the controversial critical race theory seeps into more and more
• Report: China ‘Drastically Suppressing’ Uyghur Birth Rates
• China’s birth control policies could cause anywhere from 2.6 million
• Va. AG Morrisey: Drugs Coming Across Border Will Devastate State
• West Virginia has already been torn apart by the opioid addiction
• The Hard Truth: When the Equity Bubble Bursts, Where Do Investors Turn?
• Capitol Hill Tech Vendor Hit With Ransomware Attack
• A tech vendor that services several dozen offices in the House of
• Rasmussen Poll: Only 40 Percent Think Fauci Told Truth
• As investigators pursue evidence the COVID-19 virus might have
• Washington State Sets Up ‘Joints for Jabs’ Covid Vaccine Incentive
• Adults can receive a free marijuana joint when they get their
• Obama Condemns Cancel Culture, ‘Condemning People All the Time’
• Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned that “a lot of the
• Sen. Capito: Infrastructure Deal Unlikely on Tuesday, Could Come Later
• Senator Shelley Moore Capito said she does not expect to reach
• WalletHub Poll: Wide US Differences in COVID Recovery
• Two Midwest states have been the fastest, and slowest, in recovering
• NYPD, Federal ATF Create Illegal-Gun Task Force After Shootings
• The New York Police Department and the federal Bureau of Alcohol,
• ‘A Lot of Anxiety’ as Biden Agenda Collapses in Confusion, Liberal Infighting
• Hopes for a big infrastructure investment are teetering. An ambitious
• North Korea Cracks Down on Foreign Culture, Styles
• North Korea has imposed harsh restrictions on foreign films, music,
• Trump: ‘Why Does Fox News Keep Chris Wallace?’
• The “radical left” Chris Wallace of Fox News was the subject of
• US Job Openings Jump to Fresh Record High of 9.3 Million
• U.S. job openings rose in April to a fresh record high, along with
• Trudeau Urged by US, Canada Business to Open Border This Month
• Business groups are calling on the Canadian and U.S. governments to
• Russia Commissions New Class of Submarines
• Russia has commissioned the Kazan, a new and completely modern
• Senate Set to Pass Sweeping Bill to Address China Tech Threat
• The U.S. Senate on Tuesday is set to approve a sweeping package of
• Biden to Launch Task Force on Bottlenecks in Supply Chains
• The United States will target China with a new “strike force” to
• GOP Delaying Biden’s Personnel Agency Choice Over ‘Critical Race Theory,’ Abortion Rights Support
• Senate Republicans are delaying confirmation of President Joe Biden’s
• Cannabis Addiction Draws Drugmakers in Search for a Treatment
• With more states and countries opening up to legal cannabis, there
• Axios-Ipsos Poll: More Than Two-Thirds See Little Risk in Returning to Pre-Pandemic Life
• Sixty-nine percent of Americans now say they see just a small risk –
• US Pullout From Afghanistan Half Done, But Questions Remain
• The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is more than half done, and U.S.
• Bruce Springsteen Plans Broadway Return of His One-Man Show
• The Boss just can’t quit Broadway.Bruce Springsteen will return to
• UK’s Johnson Wants G7 ‘Marshall Plan’ on Climate
• British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants G7 leaders to sign up to a
• Israel Lawmakers to Vote Sunday on Government to Oust Netanyahu
• Israel’s parliament will vote Sunday on whether to approve a new
• More Newsfront
• Finance
• US Job Openings Jump to Fresh Record High of 9.3 Million
• U.S. job openings rose in April to a fresh record high, along with the number of people who voluntarily left their jobs, underscoring fervent labor demand and turnover as businesses emerge from pandemic-related restrictions and the economy strengthens.The number of… [Full Story]
• Apple’s New Privacy Feature Won’t Be Available in China
• Oil Prices Retreat But Outlook Remains Positive
• Ford to Offer New Maverick Compact Pickup Standard as Hybrid
• Tesla China Deliveries Surge 29 Percent in May After April Slump
• More Finance
• Health
• COVID Vaccine-Reluctant Not Changing Their Minds, According to New Poll
• Three-quarters (76%) of Americans say they have already been vaccinated or plan to be in the near future. However, 24% say that do not plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine at all, and of these, 78% say they are unlikely to change their minds. That’s the result of a new Gallup… [Full Story]
• ADHD Meds May Help Keep Some Kids From Thoughts of Suicide
• Polio: When Vaccines and Re-Emergence Were Just as Daunting
• Forgetfulness Doesn’t Always Mean Dementia…And How to Protect Memory as You Age
• Meat-Free Diet Helps Ward Off Severe COVID

 

Manufactured Housing Industry Investments Connected Equities Closing Tickers

Some of these firms invest in manufactured housing, or are otherwise connected, but may do other forms of investing or business activities too.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • NOTE: The chart below includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry lender
                        • NOTE: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
                        • NOTE: Deer Valley was largely taken private, say company insiders in a message to MHProNews on 12.15.2020, but there are still some outstanding shares of  the stock from the days when it was a publicly traded firm.  Thus, there is still periodic activity on DVLY.

 

Spring 2021…

Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21^st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers.
· LCI Industries, Patrick, UFPI, and LP each are suppliers to the manufactured housing industry, among others.
· AMG, CG, and TAVFX have investments in manufactured housing related businesses. For insights from third-parties and clients about our publisher, click here.
Enjoy these ‘blast from the past’ comments.

MHProNews. MHProNews – previously a.k.a. MHMSM.com – has celebrated our 11th year of publishing, and is starting our 12the year of serving the industry as the runaway most-read trade media.

Sample Kudos over the years…

It is now 11+ years and counting…

Learn more about our evolutionary journey as the industry’s leading trade media, at the report linked below.

· For expert manufactured housing business development or other professional services, click here.
· To sign up in seconds for our industry leading emailed headline news updates, click here.

Disclosure. MHProNews holds no positions in the stocks in this report.

That’s a wrap on this installment of “News Through the Lens of Manufactured Homes and Factory-Built Housing” © where “We Provide, You Decide.” © (Affordable housing, manufactured homes, stock, investing, data, metrics, reports, fact-checks, analysis, and commentary. Third-party images or content are provided under fair use guidelines for media.) (See Related Reports, further below. Text/image boxes often are hot-linked to other reports that can be access by clicking on them.)

By L.A. “Tony” Kovach – for MHProNews.
Tony earned a journalism scholarship and earned numerous awards in history and in manufactured housing. For example, he earned the prestigious Lottinville Award in history from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied history and business management. He’s a managing member and co-founder of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to MHProNews, and MHLivingNews.com. This article reflects the LLC’s and/or the writer’s position, and may or may not reflect the views of sponsors or supporters.

LATonyKovach.