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According to the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Flagship Communities (TSX: MHC.U) “Customer Complaints Summary:” “23 total complaints in the last 3 years.” “4 complaints closed in the last 12 months.” But according to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) affiliated Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute (KMHI) “announced its Sawyier Pointe community in
Champion Homes (SKY), Cavco Industries (CVCO), and others in or beyond manufactured housing corporate interests periodically raise the topic of teaming up with site builders and conventional developers as a possible channel to expand HUD Code manufactured housing and/or other factory-built housing production. With that in mind, the following. “PATH
On 6.11.2026 HousingWire published a new factual and evidence-backed op-ed linked here entitled: Congress, don’t mock homeownership month: Fix or flush 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. MHProNews suggests that it is worth the roughly 7 minutes of reading time. When the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board urged the rejection
Typically several times daily, MHProNews scans multiple sites including Bing’s start page which features MSN news aggregation. On 6.10.2026 was the following Bing headline: “Las Vegas home prices hit record $490K as sales slow.” Quoting: “Record price milestone: The median single-family home price in Southern Nevada hit $490,000 in May, topping
What if someone peeled away the myths and misconceptions behind the troubling but true history of the evolution from trailer houses to mobile homes to manufactured homes? What is behind the curtain? June is national homeownership month. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says that some 74.9 percent of
“A vulture is also someone who is eager to get some advantage from other people’s difficulties or weaknesses,” according to Cambridge Dictionary. From SavingsGrove: “When struggling companies face collapse, some investors swoop in with aggressive tactics that can reshape entire industries—and labor markets. These vulture capitalists often load firms with
According to WMAL, the Chris Plante Show has been a nationally syndicated radio show since 2016. Insider Radio says “The nationally syndicated Chris Plante Show is broadcast on more than 130 radio stations across the United States. Originating from Westwood One, the program airs live in the 9:00 AM to
“When a dominant or common narrative is demonstrably riddled with errors, addressing the core issue successfully requires a shift from social verification (trusting who is speaking) to mathematical and structural verification (testing what is being said)” [see context in Part I, below]. “Application: Harry Markopolos vs. The Bernie Madoff Ecosystem [see
“Let me say flat-out that these [manufactured homes] are quality homes. Zoning laws across Virginia have sometimes treated manufactured housing as something ‘less than’—blocking it from neighborhoods where traditional site-built homes have always been welcome,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) said in a statement (see Part I). “This has left families
According to Cavco’s press release via Globe Newswire on 6.1.2026: “Cavco Industries Hosts Virginia Governor Spanberger for Landmark Manufactured Housing Bill Signing.” “New zoning laws set to expand placement of manufactured homes statewide.” Some mainstream media outlets called it ‘game changer’ legislation. But for regular and detail-minded readers of MHProNews,
“Housing supply constraints are limiting where people can live and work across the country. When workers can’t afford to live near their jobs, employers struggle to hire, communities lose economic competitiveness, and growth stalls.” So said the AEI Housing Center email to MHProNews on 6.2.2026. AEI and the U.S. Chamber
“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” — has been attributed to Mark Twain, but that origin is disputed. Regardless of its origin, that reflects a useful insight. It has long been known that infographics are a useful tool for communicating information – including statistics –
“The government wants high quality, low cost housing and manufactured housing provides that product.” – Warren Buffett. “If home buyers throughout the country had behaved like our [manufactured] home buyers, American would not have had the crisis that it did.” Warren Buffett, both statements per the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI).
AmeRegCorp. Claytonization. Consolidation. It was said by a now former Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) linked state association executive that a good “umbrella” or post-production trade group is supposed to do three things: Protect-Educate-Promote (P.E.P.). Those three PEP elements can be measurable by the key performance indicators (KPI) of production, shipments,
When carefully examined, what does the recent Florida International University (FIU) Wall of Wind (WOW) test of 150 mile per hour winds on a usual 8′ manufactured home prove? While there are doubtless some engineering lessons to learn, there is an evidence-based case to be made that nothing in the
Among recent emails to MHProNews today was an op-ed from the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board slamming as “A Bipartisan Housing Fiasco” the “new House legislation will raise costs and give more power to regulators.” “The House last week passed a big and unsightly housing bill, 396-13, that will do
“People live better when they have less financial stress,” Lindsey Bostick said. “They can do more of what they really want to do with their lives when they pay less for their home.” Bostick, then with Sunshine Homes, added: “I didn’t sacrifice by buying a manufactured home, I’m money ahead.
The pattern of manufactured housing industry consolidation is apparently continuing. From Part II and the preface: ” While corporate reports frame this as a victory for direct-to-consumer distribution strategy and vertical integration, the FEA model exposes the macro reality: transferring independent retail lots to a consolidated giant does not create
xAI’s Grok and ChatGPT were asked to weigh in on the facts, evidence and analysis found in the report dated 5.24.2026 linked here. The following facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) is from ChatGPT in response to “MHI were Masterful Working Through It All.’ New Cavco Plant Groundbreaking plus CEO Boor Revealing Remarks on
