Manufactured and Modular Housing News

HUD Secretary Ben Carson told the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) yesterday that manufactured housing “is a product which clearly fills a need that would otherwise go unmet.” Secretary Carson made a surprise appearance that the MHCC meeting in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Per informed sources, HUD’s Office of Manufactured Housing […]

Last night, the Daily Business News on MHProNews looked at regional data that revealed 3 states with increases, but 3 others with significant declines in new manufactured homes shipped. Now, in our pre-dawn report, multiple tips from members of the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) provided their state’s latest –

Tips from members of the Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma (MHAO) members provided the data their state association produced. The graphic below summarized MHAO’s calculations of what the states of AR, KS, LA, MO, NM, OK, and TX shipped in February 2019 vs 2018, and a Year over Year (YoY)

MarketWatch has a column today about capitalism and the law that merits a good fact-check, but we will defer that topic for another date, as the headlines for today were focused on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s “one word” that sent generally sent stocks down. On a day with slightly

“Sankaty Advisors Llc decreased its stake in Skyline Champion Corporation (SKY) by 29.6% based on its latest 2018Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. Sankaty Advisors Llc sold 2.01 million shares as the company’s stock declined 5.55% while stock markets rallied. The hedge fund held 4.79M shares of the homebuilding company

According to key “congressional supporters of the 2000 reform law” in a letter to HUD said that “…changes to the law [the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000] give “HUD the legal authority to preempt local requirements or restrictions which discriminate against the siting of manufactured homes … simply because

Let’s begin this report with a clarification of the headline. The term white hats and black hats are metaphorical for ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys.’ We know professionals in our industry who literally wear black hats. That should not be construed as a slam on any of those who literally

Investors crave certainty. In a true constitutional republic, they should have that, but many if not most Americans may not know what those words actually mean.  Sad and costly. In the wake of the 2016 election, stocks began their record runup.  But as the elections of 2018 approached political uncertainty

Before you take out that credit card to pay for similar data to Datacomp-JLT or others, why not look at what this free snapshot provides. It may save you some money. In a release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, Marcus & Millichap Research Services provided the following snapshot.

“The San Francisco Bay Area, and California generally, has an extreme housing shortage.” So says YIMBY Action. The video posted further below by John Stossel for Reason makes their point in sobering terms. Unlike NIMBY, YIMBY means, Yes In My Back Yard. YIMBY Action says, “This housing shortage is causing

  “The state’s most destructive wildfire broke out just before dawn Nov. 8, burning nearly 14,000 homes in the communities of Paradise, Magalia and Concow, and killing 85 people,” said KQED News. “The blaze’s destruction worsened an already difficult housing crisis in and around the nearby city of Chico: Butte

Ask a manufactured home retailer, and many will tell you that they are not happy about rising oil – and fuel – prices.  While every price hike tends to bug a seller, fuel can seemingly bite faster than some shifts.  Tonight’s focus will be on the end of Iran oil

  Let’s be clear, allegations of Trump Campaign-Russian collusion have no direct ties to manufactured housing, save perhaps for the fact that the 45th president made a historic visit to a manufactured home community. That said, one of the top concerns that CEOs and investors have are changes in government

Let’s string together what may seem to be disconnected points, that are in fact quite inter-related. When the New York Times this morning opens with the words, “Joe Biden Announces 2020 Run for President, After Months of Hesitation” that is less than a ringing endorsement by their staff writers. It

Wheat and chaff. Let’s give credit where it is due. These two video clips were obtained by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). That’s good. They represent bipartisan praise for manufactured homes as an important part of the solution to the affordable housing crisis. That’s good too. One might wonder why

Thank God it’s Friday!  There were new record highs on the markets this week.  The first quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) came in much higher than expected. There were more gainers than losers on the manufactured home tracked stocks.  Let’s dive into the headlines across the left-right media divide that

Remember the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy theory? Do you know who benefited from that narrative? Then you should enjoy the Climate Change storytellers, which used to be called global warming, until too many record cold days forced a change in terminology. Let’s look at three revealing maps that help clear up

According to LinkedIn, Todd Richardson is the General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy Development and Research at U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in Washington, District Of Columbia (D.C). He has been with HUD since September 1991. Richardson – in extended quotes that will follow further below – is

Last year at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Manufactured Housing Action (MHAction) in conjunction with other left-leaning groups, protested Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson’s address to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) at their annual “Congress and Expo” fundraising and networking event. At that time, MHAction issued