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“We urge you [President Donald J. Trump] to build on the foundation already established and to resist pressures that would return federal antitrust enforcement to a more hands-off approach, the very approach that allowed unchecked market power to take root.” So says a letter provided in Part I by what …
Paraphrases in the headline are clearly disclosed herein and credited to Matt Stoller in Part I of this facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) mashup. It is just, moral and thus important to give credit where credit is due. It is equally important to hold people and organizations accountable. There are times when MHProNews …
According to the latest August 2025 manufactured housing production data provided by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), only Georgia and Kentucky are ahead in year-over-year cumulative shipments of new HUD Code manufactured homes to their states. That means that the number one state for new manufactured home shipments …
“It is like George Patton says, one look is worth a thousand reports. Unbelievable,” said Congressional Representative Lisa McClain (MI-10-R). “If somebody put a blindfold on you and took you into one of these [new manufactured] houses, you would think you were in any suburban community around the…country” said Congressional …
According to a transcript of Kevin Clayton – CEO of Berkshire Hathaway owned Clayton Homes – video interview found at this link here is the following. “We are a very large affordable housing producer. We currently have 36 manufacturing plants and each of those terrific general managers runs their operation. …
On 10.3.2025 the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) posted a high quality, professional style video on their website that is focused on a post-event recap of the Innovative Housing Showcase 2025 (IHS 2025). The title of their post was “Cabinet Secretaries and Members of Congress Visit Homes on the National Mall” …
“Paying off a competitor to stop competing against you is a violation of federal antitrust laws,” said Daniel Guarnera, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition. “Zillow paid millions of dollars to eliminate Redfin as an independent competitor in an already concentrated advertising market—one that’s critical for renters, property managers, …
Cavco Industries (CVCO) announced on 9.30.2025 that its previously announced deal to acquire American Homestar has closed. That means that consolidation in the manufactured housing industry continues in the production and retail verticals despite antitrust concerns published by MHProNews during Democratic and Republican administrations alike. To borrow the language from …
“Until we’re serving humanoid robots and they have the ability to spend money, we’re serving people,” said the largest private U.S. employer, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon in a recent interview with the right-leaning Wall Street Journal as cited by left-leaning CNBC (see below). It should go without saying that artificial …
As a planned report on MHProNews will spotlight, SkyView Advisors was cited by an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for certain kinds of manufactured home industry research and data. In preparation for that planned report, this MHVille facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) mashup will compare and contrast a recent SkyView Advisors report for Q2 …
“Washington’s total population has only grown by 9% since 2016, meaning homelessness is outpacing population growth despite an unprecedented amount of spending designed to prevent that trend,” states the recent report from RealClearInvestigations (RCI) provided in Part I. According to left-leaning Cascade PBS: “We don’t need more luxury apartments built…What …
What is faded glory? Why the metaphor Behind Enemy Lines? What does it mean when artificial intelligence (AI) says that often retail-focused sites like MHVillage, Clayton Home, 21st Mortgage, and various REIT owned sites among the array of Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) linked websites have hidden proving their traffic data? …
“ChatGPT acknowledged that its own understanding evolved over the course of this exchange. Initial overviews were supplemented by the user’s submission of legal documents, congressional testimony, corporate statements, and investigative reports. The result is a clearer portrait of systemic obstacles to affordable housing—including those found within the very industry …
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said: “However, sales of affordable homes are constrained by the lack of inventory.” There is more from the NAR in their press release sent to MHProNews and provided in Part I. Part II provides the ‘hidden’ Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) …
According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Chief Economist Robert Dietz: “Policymakers at all levels of government need to focus on delivering regulatory relief and easing supply-side headwinds that are impeding builders from boosting housing production.” The full context for Dietz’s remarks are provided in Part II of …
“We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country, or we’ll not save capitalism from its own excesses, and we’ll not save democracy from its own inertia.” Bill Moyers, journalist. “There is no more important struggle for American Democracy than insuring a diverse, independent and free …
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” ― Winston Churchill, Never Give In! The Best of Winston …
The Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) revealed a direct outreach last week to President Donald. J. Trump (R) and several members of his administration plus Congressional Democratic and Republican leaders. In Part I and Part II, are those documents made available by MHARR, which MHProNews …
In a land of nominally free speech, anyone can claim pretty much anything that they may want to claim. Dating sites, so the saying goes, are filled with false claims and even faked photos. Someone can claim to have money, but they don’t. Some are more subtle and don’t boast …
A fundamental premise of good media is to hold powerful people and institutions to be accountable to the public interest. That’s according to the American Press Institute (API). Restated, the job of media isn’t to be mere stenographers for powerful special interest groups. It is rather to call into question …
