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‘Pending House-Senate Housing Bills are Terrible Legislation for Manufactured Housing Industry Independent Producers-Retailers-Communities-Affordable Housing Consumers.’ Is MHI Responsible? FEA

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“Industry pioneer Danny Ghorbani and the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) have exposed a catastrophic structural flaw in the bill,” (see #8 further below). Former Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) vice president and Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) founding president and CEO (now senior advisor) Danny Ghorbani said […]

‘Pending House-Senate Housing Bills are Terrible Legislation for Manufactured Housing Industry Independent Producers-Retailers-Communities-Affordable Housing Consumers.’ Is MHI Responsible? FEA Read More

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Comparing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to the Reality Index. How Housing Costs Figures into Federal vs. Reality Index Data. Plus the Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines in Review-FEA

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The: “Reality Index is a research project of Grabien News. It is not a partisan project, a political project, or a critique of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. CPI is a sophisticated statistical product that does exactly what it is designed to do. Reality Index is a complementary measure that takes

Comparing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to the Reality Index. How Housing Costs Figures into Federal vs. Reality Index Data. Plus the Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines in Review-FEA Read More

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Years of “F” Ratings by the BBB Flagship Communities Brags ‘5th Consecutive Year of Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute Community of the Year Awards.’ MHVille FEA

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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

Years of “F” Ratings by the BBB Flagship Communities Brags ‘5th Consecutive Year of Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute Community of the Year Awards.’ MHVille FEA Read More

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Groundbreaking? ‘Comparable Product at Lower Price.’ HUD Published Guidance in Conjunction with NAHB on Using Manufactured Housing for Developing Entry Level Housing. FEA

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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

Groundbreaking? ‘Comparable Product at Lower Price.’ HUD Published Guidance in Conjunction with NAHB on Using Manufactured Housing for Developing Entry Level Housing. FEA Read More

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Perverse Incentives-Pyrrhic Victory Looms-HousingWire on Manufactured Housing. Manufactured Housing Institute Corp-Legal-Senior Staff Mute in Response to Allegations. 21st Century ROAD Bill-FEA

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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

Perverse Incentives-Pyrrhic Victory Looms-HousingWire on Manufactured Housing. Manufactured Housing Institute Corp-Legal-Senior Staff Mute in Response to Allegations. 21st Century ROAD Bill-FEA Read More

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Canary in the Coal Mine? Thousands Apply for Affordable Rentals. Comparing June Housing Reports Mainstream, NAR, MHI and MHARR. What Outsells Affordable Manufactured Housing by 40 to 1? FEA

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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

Canary in the Coal Mine? Thousands Apply for Affordable Rentals. Comparing June Housing Reports Mainstream, NAR, MHI and MHARR. What Outsells Affordable Manufactured Housing by 40 to 1? FEA Read More

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What is Behind the Curtain? Fact Checking the Fact Checkers and Advocates for HUD Code Manufactured Housing. Tortured but True Tale of Trailers to Mobile Homes to Manufactured Homes. FEA.

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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

What is Behind the Curtain? Fact Checking the Fact Checkers and Advocates for HUD Code Manufactured Housing. Tortured but True Tale of Trailers to Mobile Homes to Manufactured Homes. FEA. Read More

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Vultures? ‘Manufactured Housing Institute Shows Fundamentals Driving Manufactured Housing Compelling’ Manufactured Housing Properties Chair-CEO Ray Gee via Berkshire’s BusinessWire Stock PR. FEA

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“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

Vultures? ‘Manufactured Housing Institute Shows Fundamentals Driving Manufactured Housing Compelling’ Manufactured Housing Properties Chair-CEO Ray Gee via Berkshire’s BusinessWire Stock PR. FEA Read More

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“America’s Guest Host” Mike Opelka on Nationally Syndicated Chris Plante Show Talks to L. A. “Tony” Kovach about 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Plus Sunday MHVille Weekly Headlines Recap-FEA

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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

“America’s Guest Host” Mike Opelka on Nationally Syndicated Chris Plante Show Talks to L. A. “Tony” Kovach about 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Plus Sunday MHVille Weekly Headlines Recap-FEA Read More

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Illusions in a Democratic Republic as 250th Anniversary of U.S. Approaches. Markopolos Madoff Lessons Applied to Healthcare, Affordable Housing Crisis-Manufactured Home Mashup. MHVille FEA

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“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

Illusions in a Democratic Republic as 250th Anniversary of U.S. Approaches. Markopolos Madoff Lessons Applied to Healthcare, Affordable Housing Crisis-Manufactured Home Mashup. MHVille FEA Read More

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‘VA Zoning Laws Sometimes Treated Manufactured Homes as Less Than—Blocked From Neighborhoods Traditional Site-Built Homes Welcome’-Gov. Spanberger. But MHARR Paints Different Picture-FEA

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“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

‘VA Zoning Laws Sometimes Treated Manufactured Homes as Less Than—Blocked From Neighborhoods Traditional Site-Built Homes Welcome’-Gov. Spanberger. But MHARR Paints Different Picture-FEA Read More

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Cavco Industries (CVCO) PR Brags-‘VA Law Expanding Where Manufactured Homes can be Placed Good for Virginians.’ So Why Doesn’t Cavco Press HUD to Do that in all 50 States? FEA

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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,

Cavco Industries (CVCO) PR Brags-‘VA Law Expanding Where Manufactured Homes can be Placed Good for Virginians.’ So Why Doesn’t Cavco Press HUD to Do that in all 50 States? FEA Read More

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‘We Told You So! Doesn’t Repeal EISA Section 413. Pablum for Uninformed.’ MHARR on Bill and Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Support for DOE Portion of Housing for the 21st Century Act-FEA

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“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

‘We Told You So! Doesn’t Repeal EISA Section 413. Pablum for Uninformed.’ MHARR on Bill and Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Support for DOE Portion of Housing for the 21st Century Act-FEA Read More

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Factual State of Manufactured Housing. Manufactured Home Industry Data at a Glance with Sources. Third-Party Fact Checked Manufactured Housing Industry Infographics. MHVille FEA.

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“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 –

Factual State of Manufactured Housing. Manufactured Home Industry Data at a Glance with Sources. Third-Party Fact Checked Manufactured Housing Industry Infographics. MHVille FEA. Read More

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Berkshire’s $6.8 Billion Taylor Morrison Deal Earthquake for MHVille. What Deal Means for Clayton Homes and Manufactured Housing Industry? Macro and Micro Economics-FEA

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“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).

Berkshire’s $6.8 Billion Taylor Morrison Deal Earthquake for MHVille. What Deal Means for Clayton Homes and Manufactured Housing Industry? Macro and Micro Economics-FEA Read More

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AmeRegCorp. Claytonization. Consolidation. Same Day MHI Called Out for Years of Failure on June as National Homeownership Month MHI Posted Laughable Response. Sunday Weekly MHVille Recap-FEA

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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,

AmeRegCorp. Claytonization. Consolidation. Same Day MHI Called Out for Years of Failure on June as National Homeownership Month MHI Posted Laughable Response. Sunday Weekly MHVille Recap-FEA Read More

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Wall of Wind FIU Tests Fatal Flaws? FIU Manufactured Home Test Deliberately Altered Anchoring to Achieve Catastrophic Failure Video Clip for Media-Field History Tells Very Different Story’-FEA

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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

Wall of Wind FIU Tests Fatal Flaws? FIU Manufactured Home Test Deliberately Altered Anchoring to Achieve Catastrophic Failure Video Clip for Media-Field History Tells Very Different Story’-FEA Read More

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WSJ Rip ‘Bipartisan Housing Fiasco’ Saying ‘New House Bill Will Raise Costs-Give More Power to Regulators.’ Fool’s Gold FEA Mashup-Will MHI Promote Manufactured Homes in Homeownership Month?

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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

WSJ Rip ‘Bipartisan Housing Fiasco’ Saying ‘New House Bill Will Raise Costs-Give More Power to Regulators.’ Fool’s Gold FEA Mashup-Will MHI Promote Manufactured Homes in Homeownership Month? Read More

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Champion Homes (SKY) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript. Homes Direct Deal. Record HUD Sales? Community Sales Down. Lesli Gooch, Mark Yost, and Tim Larson Investor Relations Insights. FEA

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“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.

Champion Homes (SKY) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript. Homes Direct Deal. Record HUD Sales? Community Sales Down. Lesli Gooch, Mark Yost, and Tim Larson Investor Relations Insights. FEA Read More

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‘Champion Homes Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Retail Locations from Homes Direct’ per Berkshire Hathaway via BusinessWire and Champion Homes (SKY). MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis

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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

‘Champion Homes Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Retail Locations from Homes Direct’ per Berkshire Hathaway via BusinessWire and Champion Homes (SKY). MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis Read More

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