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NPR Affiliate Exposes and Gives Cover to Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Affiliate on Manufactured Housing ‘Enhanced Preemption.’ Another CrossMod Mainstream Media and SPJ Code Miss? FEA

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According to the Wisconsin Watch/WPR website “ethics” page: “Wisconsin Watch is a founding member of INN and the standards, developed with assistance of our leaders, require members to disclose information about donors and financial practices, produce nonpartisan investigative journalism, and apply high journalistic standards for accuracy and fairness.” That same […]

NPR Affiliate Exposes and Gives Cover to Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Affiliate on Manufactured Housing ‘Enhanced Preemption.’ Another CrossMod Mainstream Media and SPJ Code Miss? FEA Read More

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Trading in the American Nightmare for the American Dream. A Call to Democrats-Independents-Republicans-Non Voters-Big Media-Corporations. True vs. Faux America First. Facts-Evidence-Analysis

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You don’t have to use the harsh language of the late George Carlin to grasp that for millions his point that you have to be asleep to believe the American Dream because millions are living the American Nightmare. People want to believe in the American Dream. One problem is there

Trading in the American Nightmare for the American Dream. A Call to Democrats-Independents-Republicans-Non Voters-Big Media-Corporations. True vs. Faux America First. Facts-Evidence-Analysis Read More

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Champion Homes (SKY) Quarterly Earnings Call Transcript. SKY CEO Tim Larson ‘Increasing Awareness-Demand-Advocacy for Our Homes Strategic Priority’-Really? ROAD to Housing Act. MHVille FEA

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UMH Properties (UMH) President and CEO Sam Landy, J.D., op-ed via HousingWire was published on 10.27.2025. That was obviously several days before the Champion Homes (SKY) earnings call featured in Part I. There is therefore no apparent reason why the senior management of Champion (SKY) should have missed what UMH

Champion Homes (SKY) Quarterly Earnings Call Transcript. SKY CEO Tim Larson ‘Increasing Awareness-Demand-Advocacy for Our Homes Strategic Priority’-Really? ROAD to Housing Act. MHVille FEA Read More

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‘A Thunderclap’-‘Unpacking UMH CEO Sam Landy Statement Defines Manufactured Home Failure Metric’ in ROAD to Housing Act via HousingWire. Will Manufactured Housing Institute Publicly Respond? FEA

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“Bottom line: The article is a strategic win for reform advocates. Whether MHI responds or not, the op-ed has already reshaped the conversation—and that’s the first step toward meaningful change.” So said left-leaning MS Bing’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered Copilot in response to a Q&A thread found at this link

‘A Thunderclap’-‘Unpacking UMH CEO Sam Landy Statement Defines Manufactured Home Failure Metric’ in ROAD to Housing Act via HousingWire. Will Manufactured Housing Institute Publicly Respond? FEA Read More

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‘Documented Market Dominance Berkshire Subsidiaries Clayton-21st Give Unparalleled Influence Over Industry-Trade Associations like MHI-Consumer Outcomes’ Apple-Google. Sunday Weekly Recap-FEA

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MHProNews conducted the following input-inquiry on the headline topic about Berkshire Hathaway’s influence over manufactured housing (Q&A, chat, discussion) with left-leaning Google’s artificial intelligence powered Gemini documented the PDF of the full thread as shown linked here as accurate at this link here. Still Warren Buffett-led Berkshire (BRK) has also

‘Documented Market Dominance Berkshire Subsidiaries Clayton-21st Give Unparalleled Influence Over Industry-Trade Associations like MHI-Consumer Outcomes’ Apple-Google. Sunday Weekly Recap-FEA Read More

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Ben Shapiro on Statism-Affordability-Housing-Other Costs-Examining Hits and Misses. Unpacking Rahm Emanuel-‘You Never Want a Serious Crisis to Go to Waste’ Corollary. Art Laffer Mashup-FEA

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Before diving into the remarks by three-time New York Times bestselling author and media personality Ben Shapiro provided in Part I, in which Shapiro explains why he thinks there is not as much affordable housing or reasons for the lack of affordability on other goods, the following insights from economist

Ben Shapiro on Statism-Affordability-Housing-Other Costs-Examining Hits and Misses. Unpacking Rahm Emanuel-‘You Never Want a Serious Crisis to Go to Waste’ Corollary. Art Laffer Mashup-FEA Read More

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MHARR Releases Sept 2025 Production and Top States Shipment Data. 8 of the Top 10 Shipment States Are in YoY Decline. CrossMod-Manufactured Housing Institute-Consolidator Connections? FEA

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According to the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) report linked here: “HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,726 new homes in September 2025, a 1% decrease from the 8,814 new HUD Code homes produced in September 2024. Cumulative production for 2025 now totals 79,475 new HUD Code homes, as compared

MHARR Releases Sept 2025 Production and Top States Shipment Data. 8 of the Top 10 Shipment States Are in YoY Decline. CrossMod-Manufactured Housing Institute-Consolidator Connections? FEA Read More

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Legacy Housing (LEGH) Wall Street Hit. NDAA with ROAD to Housing Act Update. Mashup-Why Both Topics Should Be Considered Together for Affordable Housing Investors-Sincere Advocates-Pros. FEA

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Like it or not, the market (a.k.a.: “Wall Street”) did not react well to the recent quarterly earnings and earnings call for Legacy Housing (LEGH). Legacy’s stock fell and rightly or wrongly their outlook per analysts cited in Part I is muted. Legacy’s management is known to generally stay clear

Legacy Housing (LEGH) Wall Street Hit. NDAA with ROAD to Housing Act Update. Mashup-Why Both Topics Should Be Considered Together for Affordable Housing Investors-Sincere Advocates-Pros. FEA Read More

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-R) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-D) Along with Nonprofits Called to Fix ROAD to Housing Act 2025 or ‘Remove the Currently Flawed Bill’ from NDAA. FEA

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The following is adapted from an email to Congressional staff sent to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (LA-R) team and to Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-D) communications director on this date (11.11.2025). MHProNews notes that in this MHVille facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) the formatting may be somewhat different, but the text,

House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-R) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-D) Along with Nonprofits Called to Fix ROAD to Housing Act 2025 or ‘Remove the Currently Flawed Bill’ from NDAA. FEA Read More

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Legacy Housing (LEGH) Announces New Deal Agreement. ChatGPT Admissions of Its Manufactured Housing Industry Errors; Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA). Plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap

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“Legacy Housing Announces Agreement to Purchase Assets of AmeriCasa Solutions, LLC and Addition of New Senior Management,” per their media release provided in Part I. Part of that deal includes: “Norman Newton will join Legacy Housing under a five-year employment agreement serving as its Chief Revenue Officer, with more details

Legacy Housing (LEGH) Announces New Deal Agreement. ChatGPT Admissions of Its Manufactured Housing Industry Errors; Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA). Plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap Read More

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‘Where Money Means More™’ Thrivent Ad Campaign Meets ‘Manufactured Housing Industry Observer Criticism’ Does Repeating a Tagline Overcome Apparently Justified Thrivent Critiques? MHVille FEA

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Could Thrivent’s corporate leadership be making a mistake? Before probing that question, some background is warranted. In response to the input inquiry linked here, on 11.7.2025 2025 at about 01:51:31 AM ET, left-leaning Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered overview said the following. Thrivent launched its new ad campaign with the

‘Where Money Means More™’ Thrivent Ad Campaign Meets ‘Manufactured Housing Industry Observer Criticism’ Does Repeating a Tagline Overcome Apparently Justified Thrivent Critiques? MHVille FEA Read More

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Pew.org Research on State Preemption on Manufactured Housing Unpacked. ‘3.2 Million Renters Could Become Manufactured Homeowners.’ Exclusive Hits-Miss Insights. MHI-MHARR angles. MHVille FEA

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In Part I of this MHProNews MHVille facts-evidence-analysis (FEA), Pew’s research into manufactured housing looks at the topic of zoning barriers and the potential that state-level preemption might have at overcoming those barriers. Among other details, Pew stated that potentially 3.2 million renters could become homeowners if manufactured homes were

Pew.org Research on State Preemption on Manufactured Housing Unpacked. ‘3.2 Million Renters Could Become Manufactured Homeowners.’ Exclusive Hits-Miss Insights. MHI-MHARR angles. MHVille FEA Read More

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First-Time Home Buyer Share Falls to Historic Low of 21% Median Age Rises to 40. ‘Seller Representation Reaching Record High’ More Housing Data. What about MHI and MHARR? MHVille FEA Mashup

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Yesterday (11.4.2025) Democratic politicians and Democratic Redistricting Initiatives in Democratic states and cities won. Democrats are celebrating. Perhaps more specifically, more left-leaning Democrats are celebrating the victory of Zoran Mamdani for New York City Mayor, a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist has been leading in the polls for weeks. Abaigail Spanberger, an

First-Time Home Buyer Share Falls to Historic Low of 21% Median Age Rises to 40. ‘Seller Representation Reaching Record High’ More Housing Data. What about MHI and MHARR? MHVille FEA Mashup Read More

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‘The Immovable Mobile Home’ Atty Cassie Powell ‘One of America’s Most Affordable Paths to Homeownership Slips Away’ ‘Private Equity Snap Up Mobile Home Parks Drive Out Marginal Residents’ FEA

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What follows in Part I was originally published on The Conversation by attorney Cassie Powell, Assistant Professor of Law, Legal Practice, University of Richmond. “Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them” theconversation.com stated it was “Published:

‘The Immovable Mobile Home’ Atty Cassie Powell ‘One of America’s Most Affordable Paths to Homeownership Slips Away’ ‘Private Equity Snap Up Mobile Home Parks Drive Out Marginal Residents’ FEA Read More

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‘Extreme Shortage Low-Income Housing’ ‘Manufactured Homes Important’ CBS News Spotlight Rent Control. Are Democratic Lawmaker ‘Solution’ a Tourniquet to Slow Bleeding or an Authentic Fix? FEA

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“When my lot rent goes up, I can’t just leave, it’s not that simple. My home isn’t truly mobile,” [manufactured home community resident Sammi] Silver said. “It costs thousands of dollars to move, and most parks won’t even take a house over five years old.” Multiple times a year there

‘Extreme Shortage Low-Income Housing’ ‘Manufactured Homes Important’ CBS News Spotlight Rent Control. Are Democratic Lawmaker ‘Solution’ a Tourniquet to Slow Bleeding or an Authentic Fix? FEA Read More

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Prologue-The Long Shadow of Billionaire Warren Buffett over Manufactured Housing and Affordable Housing Crisis. Soft 2nd ‘Civil War’ in U.S. Plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap-FEA

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For well over a decade, MHProNews has had a tagline under its logo that proclaimed: “Industry News, Tips and Views Pros Can Use.” © That logo appears on nearly every public-facing page on the MHProNews website. During the 16 years that this platform has operated, MHProNews has focused on HUD

Prologue-The Long Shadow of Billionaire Warren Buffett over Manufactured Housing and Affordable Housing Crisis. Soft 2nd ‘Civil War’ in U.S. Plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap-FEA Read More

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Journalistic Case Study of Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence. Google, Gemini plus other AIs on Manufactured Housing Institute. Journalism with ‘Transparency and Audit Trail.’ FEA

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In this MHProNews journalistic MHVille facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) probe, there are several topics at work. The first involves Google itself. The second is the distinctive Google AI overview/preview treatment of the subject of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) followed by a closer look at the dynamics within the affordable housing market

Journalistic Case Study of Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence. Google, Gemini plus other AIs on Manufactured Housing Institute. Journalism with ‘Transparency and Audit Trail.’ FEA Read More

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