Manufactured and Modular Housing News

As a disclosure, MHProNews has argued for years that however good it sounds, rent-control doesn’t work in practice. That noted, as the affordable housing debate is only growing, and some are pushing rent control as a ‘solution,’ this morning the Daily Business News on MHProNews hereby presents two videos on […]

In the broader society, there are numbers of those who do not believe in free speech. If you don’t agree with their perspective, you don’t deserve the right to speak or write to the contrary is their view. The video tonight is by a self-proclaimed Democrat who takes about 7

It’s a hot topic on financial websites. Rare earth elements (REE) or rare earth metals are not actually that rare, they are found in the U.S. and elsewhere. But sources say that some 80 percent of them are imported from China, because it was cheaper to do so. That’s an

On 5.28.2019, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA-D), a rising 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, issued letters to numerous manufactured home communities (MHCs). Among those manufactured home (MH) communities she has named and taken aim at? Apollo Global Management/Inspire Communities, Blackstone, Brookfield Asset Management, Federal Capital Partners/Horizon Land Company, Havenpark Capital, Stockbridge,

“Since its inception in 2003 this part of my web site has offered a mix of consumer news, excerpts of reports about manufactured homes, miscellaneous ideas and suggestions, Q&A snippets, updates, consumer alerts, and commentary from yours truly,” said John Grissim, author of the Grissim Guides in a Summer-Fall 2018

There are several possible issues that could be covered this evening as our featured report, which is true of numbers of other evening market-related reports too. Tonight, we’ve selected Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez weighing in on climate change. Why this, why now? Because she specifically was talking about tornadoes. When funnels hit

As longtime readers of the Daily Business News on MHProNews May recall, the story that follows may well sound reminiscent of others in cities and towns across the U.S. In Minnesota, Wisconsin, and other states, municipalities and local jurisdictions in recent years have often been accused of targeting manufactured home

Stating the Obvious can bring clarity to an issue. Housing is one of the essentials of life. Those are often defined as: food, fluids, clothing, transportation, and shelter. Notice that technology, toys for all ages, and entertainment aren’t mentioned? Note too that social, spiritual, health, and political items aren’t in

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led a group of eight other Democratic Senators in calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to improve transparency around manufactured home financing, according to a release from the office of Senator Cortez. Senator Cortez was joined in the letter signed “by Senators

While there are arguably market-manipulations afoot that impact manufactured housing, it would be inaccurate to pin the responsibility for all lost sales on a ‘rigged system.’ Retailers and communities can make a difference in their local market. Rephrased, we believe that individual companies do have a level or responsibility for

The manufactured home industry will arguably not achieve its potential until education becomes a core element of the industry’s ‘marketing.’ This column won’t go into the de facto challenges caused by a lack of proper engagement from the industry’s post production sector with the mainstream media to debunk misconceptions, other

For busy professionals, holidays often provide a good time to review facts, themes, issues, and trends to gain useful perspectives. Let’s begin this review of the true state of the manufactured housing industry with a litany of facts and their source relative to U.S. housing, affordable housing, and manufactured homes.

It was after services this Memorial Day weekend, and our family was recognizing the contributions of various military members that we know. For example, publisher L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach was telling a retired special forces operator ‘I know it’s Memorial Day weekend, and not Veterans Day weekend, but I just

There are slogans and then there are solutions. Slogans are what the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) is well known for, examples are “Got Clout? Get it Here” or their recent slogan for their 2019 Congress and Expo fund-raising meeting, which used the phrase “Let’s Keep Building.” More on those two

Nature abhors a vacuum. That axiom is true in science, as well as in issues of pragmatic leadership. In a communique to the manufactured housing industry’s dozens of state association executives, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) outlined their plan to address the “moral obligation” to fix the

There are an array of issues – foreign and domestic – facing our country. Affordable housing, the growing issue of monopolization of numerous industries – including the continued consolidation of manufactured housing – are among them. But the mutual throwdown Wednesday between the 45th president and the Democratic Congressional leader

Most of the nation isn’t crazy about war. On a day that the markets broadly rose, but were still down for the week, we’ll turn to some literal inside information from a global hotspot. The word heard from inside Iran will be our focus for this evening.   If you’re

The Motley Fool is an investment site that has reportedly drawn the ire of industry leaders such as Joe Stegmayer, former president and chairman of Cavco Industries and still MHI Chairman, on more than one occasion. Indeed, such stock and financial news sites, including Seeking Alpha, are often a mixed

The top headline on the ubiquitous Drudge Report this morning read, “So Crazy!” It featured the photo at the image above. It linked to a story by the left-of-center Associated Press (AP), which began as follows. “The enmity between President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi deteriorated Thursday into

A month after tornadoes ripped through Alto, Texas, many were left homeless as their residences were damaged or destroyed. Last week, in a special city council meeting, the Alto city council voted to allow manufactured homes to be used as replacement homes for residents living there. The homes were being