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America and the world could be described as entering an era for potential deception that is now possible on ‘an industrial scale.’ Artificial intelligence (AI) has well documented potential to do good as well as harm. On MHProNews, our aim for over 2.5 years has been to use AI in […]
The Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS) and HUD came under fire last month from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) for the “Publication of Pseudo-Regulatory Monitoring Contractor “Handbook.” IBTS is the contractor responsible for gathering the production and shipment data for every HUD Code manufactured home on
The Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act of 2025 (S. 2651) has been the subject of significant scrutiny since it was first announced some years ago. The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) is essentially on record supporting the bill despite its known flaws as reflected by the
Each of us are literally born through blood and pain. Our Republic was born through blood and pain. The first Thanksgiving in America pre-dates the Declaration of Independence by 155 years. The Pilgrim’s first Thanksgiving occurred in 1621. That too was a celebration that involved memories of the toil, sweat,
On 11.24.2025 the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) published their news release updating industry professionals and other interested parties on their latest insights into the multiyear struggle over the Department of Energy (DOE) manufactured housing energy standards. That MHARR press release and its accompanying document is provided in
What follows are pull quotes from emailed remarks from a self-declared resident sent on two different dates. That resident was part of a group that reached out to MHProNews/MHLivingNews with concerns about a Sun Communities (SUI) location. Sun is a longtime Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member firm and happens to
TO: Members of Congress and Senior Staff, NDAA Conference Committee FROM: MHProNews/MHLivingNews SUBJECT: Urgent: ‘Fix or Flush’ ROAD to Housing Act—Don’t Let Special Interests Hijack NDAA and Betray 42 Million Cost-Burdened Families Members of Congress and Senior Staff, America’s housing crisis is a bipartisan failure: 7.1 million affordable units short
The so-called ‘industrial complexes’ are not the stuff of ‘tin foil hat conspiracy theories’ but are rather well researched and documented realities. Explanations, definitions, and examples are provided in this facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) plus Sunday Weekly MHVille headlines recap. The reason this topic matters it is that understanding these often missed
“Today you will learn about America’s best kept housing secret.” That is a line from the speech provided by Jim Ayotte with the Florida Manufactured Housing Association (FMHA) to MHProNews as seen in Part II of this facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) report. “The saying “even a blind squirrel finds a nut” means
Mark Weiss, J.D., stated: “in the “Purposes” section of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, Congress stated that one of the key purposes of the law (and hence, of HUD’s regulation of manufactured housing), was “to facilitate the availability of affordable manufactured homes and to increase homeownership for all
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
According to the Congressional testimony provided in Part I by manufactured homeowner and land-lease manufactured home community (MHC) resident Carla Burr, “I am a proud owner of a manufactured home in Chantilly, Virginia.” “I would love to provide an unqualified recommendation for manufactured housing. However, until we fix the financing
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,
