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Secretary Carson Letter Lights Fuse for Explosive Change, Obliquely Addresses Manufactured Housing Action Concerns

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 […]

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New Investigation, Insider Trades, Hedge Fund Dumps Cavco Industries (CVCO)

In a recent release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, “Lifshitz & Miller announces investigation into possible securities laws violations in connection with a previously received subpoena [by Cavco Industries, Inc. (CVCO)] from the SEC,” said the law firm.   The firm said “If you are a Cavco investor,

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Cruise Ship Retiring at Sea? Will it Eat Into 55 Plus Community or Assisted Living? Plus, Manufactured Home Market Updates

Before you shrug this trending topic off, several cruise lines are reporting seniors doing exactly what the headline says.  We’ll look at some facts from MarketWatch and a CNBC video on this subject this evening.  On a day when there were more gainers than losers on our evening manufactured housing

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Prosperity Now, Nonprofits Sustain John Oliver’s “Mobile Homes” Video in Their Reports

For those among the manufactured housing industry’s professionals, state association, or investment categories who stated a hope that the John Oliver video would blow over soon, guess again. “They’re [pro-MHI state execs] all drinking each other’s bath water with no objectivity left, whatsoever,” said a recent news tip to MHProNews included

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Wall Street Expects POTUS Trump Reelection in 2020, MHVille First Looks

While some polling suggests that if the election were held today, Biden would have a 6 to 7 point edge. But according to left-of-center CNBC: While Biden was viewed as the most stock market-friendly possible Democratic candidate, more than 70% expect Trump to be reelected. Elections can affect financial markets;

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National Association of Home Builders Co-Hosting HUD Innovative Housing Showcase

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) missed touting Earth Day. Thanks to some forward-looking MHI members, the Arlington, VA based trade group has been dragged into the Innovative Housing Showcase.  See those insights further below the byline and notices. Yesterday, HUD announced in a release to the Daily Business News on

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Revitalization doesn’t have a color or party, it starts in the heart’ Scott Turner, Opportunity Zones Conference, Plus MH Market Updates

There are several reasons why this Opportunity Zone is a periodic topic here on the Daily Business News on MHProNews.  Today’s feature may help bring some of those threads into clearer focus.  The short version could be said like this. Some of the most economically challenged areas – over 8,000

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Got a Fair Housing Complaint? HUD Awards Millions More in Anti-Discrimination Efforts

  The key to this press release from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the Daily Business News on MHProNews might be boiled down to these pull quotes.  The:   ·        …Department’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) to help people who believe they have been victims of housing discrimination

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Insider Tip – “Selling Access” to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, Manufactured Housing Institute’s Latest Razzle Dazzle

The definition given by Dictionary of the noun razzle-dazzle reads in part as follow, with the bold added for emphasis: “Informal. showiness, brilliance, or virtuosity in technique or effect, often without concomitant substance or worth; flashy theatricality: The razzle–dazzle of the essay’s metaphors cannot disguise its shallowness of thought.”   The Urban

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Government Forces Sale of Manufactured Home Community, Case Ruling, Details

  It was a case battled by the community owner’s attorney, who was joined by that state’s manufactured home association in an amicus brief.  But a state appeals court ruling settled a legal battle in favor of a municipality’s right to take that land-lease community under eminent domain power, in

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“Warren Buffet’s Exploitative Mobile Home Investment” Kori Hale in Forbes Rips Clayton Homes, Berkshire Hathaway’s Predatory Manufactured Home Practices

Starting with the featured image, which may have been provided by a Forbes staffer, and moving on to terminology errors, it must be noted that Kori Hale’s allegations against Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway’s Clayton Homes and related lending units includes inaccuracies.  But that doesn’t mitigate the fact that the

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Early PreFab Leader Sears Sues Eddie Lampert, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin for Alleged Billions of ‘Theft,’ Plus MH Market Updates

Sears was a leader in precut housing a century ago.  More recently, it still had strong ties to the housing industry, as the purchase of a new or existing house often led shoppers to their local Sears to buy new TVs, appliances, drapes, and such.   So it isn’t so odd

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“Baseless Discrimination Against HUD Code Manufactured Homes”

In a release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), is pressing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to repeal the use of their “Formaldehyde Health Notice.” MHARR’s statement says in part that they opposed the “baseless discrimination against HUD

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“Less Waste, Better Buying” – Earth Day and Manufactured Housing Image-Building

The conventional housing seller or buyer’s wisdom, pardon the pun, is that manufactured homes cost less because they are “cheaper.” How does the industry respond to that common concern? A pair of Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member producers responded to questions on that topic today, to MHProNews or to MHLivingNews. 

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State of Blue-Collar Workforce White Paper, Plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

As a debate is stirred by several Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls about ‘free college,’ or student loan debt forgiveness, a recent report spotlighted positive news about the blue-collar sector. On a day when 2 of the 3 major markets rose, and industry stocks closed largely lower, that white paper on

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B2B Statistics, Trends 2019 – April 2019 Snapshot of Manufactured Home Professional Readers

  Research compiled from several sources as reported by Get Codeless yielded the following bullets about blogging trends and related business to business (B2B) marketing data.  The importance of their factoids will be more apparent further below. Latest Blogging Statistics and Trends in 2019:   The average blog post length

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Deer Valley Homebuilders Release w/Video Underscores Surprising Clayton Homes, Berkshire Hathaway Connections

Deer Valley Homebuilders (DVLY) has issued a press release that will be featured further below. But their release obliquely spotlighted several issues that could easily make Deer Valley a case study on the ways that Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage Corporation, and Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway’s ability to influence the

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HUD Secretary Carson to Host Innovative Housing Showcase Featuring Affordable Housing Solutions

  Late last March, the Department of Housing and Urban Development notified MHProNews that there would be a special “Innovative Housing Showcase.” That initial release is now more useful to spotlight, for reasons that will become obvious.  Let’s start with the guts of their statement. “WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of

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