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Fred Lucas is the author of the report provided in Part I and is the chief news correspondent and manager of the Investigative Reporting Project for The Daily Signal. Part II of this report is the text of the letter from Consumers’ Research to the Fortune 500. The topic? As …
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) press release in Part I reveals that existing conventional housing sales took a dip in March by 5.9 percent. Other conventional housing market insights from the NAR are included. Part II is the state-by-state data from the Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS), …
The article from the Daily Signal (which in turn cited the L. A. Daily News) on “California’s Homeless Crisis Shows the Need for Government Accountability” to MHProNews is Part I of this MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis report. More insights on roadblocks to reducing homelessness and MHProNews more facts, evidence, and analysis to increasing the …
Let’s be clear. Problems impacting manufactured housing (MH) are broadly from two sources: various pressures from outside of the industry and inside the arguably artificially diminished manufactured home profession (a.k.a. MHVille). The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) can’t be blamed for everything. That said, it is MHI’s stated mission for them …
Words have meaning. The definition of words matters. When it comes to matters of law, words may take on a special meaning. For the better part of a decade, MHProNews has reported on issues that may arguably relate to financial and white collar crimes that can involve the abridgment of …
Some years ago, this Manufactured Home Pro News (MHProNews) website was ‘rebuilt’ and as a result some of the URLs (web addresses) to original content have changed. But that content is still online. That helps set the stage for two of the three headline topics today. First, see what was …
Several seemingly different topics will be woven into a single article, as the headline for today clearly reflects. The remarks about monopolists in Part I will be from author and anti-trust thinker Matt Stoller. The Golden Age vs. Stone Age is inspired by but not a quote based on a …
MHProNews reported on Sunday that per a tip it was anticipated that the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) would announce publicly their position on the legislation. That stance by MHARR is found in Part I. MHProNews also reported on 4.20.2025 that the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has not …
Maris Jensen is the author of “Manufactured Housing and Market Foreclosure.” Per his website, Maris is an “Assistant Professor of Finance at the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa. My research fields include household finance, real estate, industrial organization, and corporate finance. In recent work, I study the manufactured housing market (the …
MHProNews uniquely spotlighted for some months in 2024 the insider trading that had been occurring among certain specific firms that happen to be publicly traded members of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). What this report will do is update insider trading activities based on information from sources as cited, which …
According to the press release by Congressional Representatives Mike Flood (NE-R) and Brittany Pettersen (CO-D) a bipartisan group of lawmakers in both the House and Senate (i.e.: bicameral) has introduced what is called the “Housing Supply Frameworks Act.” Rep. Petterson said: “We need to build up the supply of housing …
As left-leaning Matt Stoller noted as cited in the report provided in Part I by right-leaning the WND News Center, Google violated the tying provision of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. As regular and detail-minded readers of MHProNews may recall, that tying provision is what consumer advocate …
On this day in history, a dear compatriot of mine turned 75. Per Britanica, also on April 18 are the following items in Part I about this day in history, but they missed a big one, which yours truly will edit address in Part II as the reason why this …
According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB): “Housing affordability remains a critical issue, with 74.9% of U.S. households unable to afford a median-priced new home in 2025, according to NAHB’s latest analysis. With a median price of $459,826 and a 30-year mortgage rate of 6.5%, this translates to …
The ProPublica headline item in Part I follows these framing quotes. “Nearly every US politician is talking about improving housing affordability, and most of them are looking intently for villains to blame for today’s high home prices. Despite rhetoric to the contrary, the price escalations in recent years have not …
As a helpful analogy, during the four Biden-Harris (D) years, a steady stream of what critics could call half-truths, paltering, spin, and propaganda were uttered on a range of topics that included the then porous southern U.S. border with Mexico. Only legislation would fix it was one of several claims …
There are several possible critiques of the press conference a media release that is the focus of this report as it relates to the announced “launch” of the “Monopoly Busters Caucus.” Some of those critiques will be considered in Part IV. That noted, it is U.S. Congressional Representatives Pat Ryan …
What is it that many liars, cheats, and con artists fear? Isn’t it exposure, getting caught and exposed by the truth of their deception and misdirection? Aren’t the potential legal, moral, and reputational consequences of their manipulation part of the risk that a con artist takes? Perhaps it can’t be …
“President Donald Trump announced historic tariffs on April 2—“Liberation Day”—to ensure that America is no longer “looted, pillaged, raped, and plundered” by other nations,” said the Daily Signal, which provided the article that is the source of the headline topic presented in Part I below, are the following bio-in-briefs on the …
“It is Moses who taught us that having a future depends on remembering our past,” said Jason Bedrick in the article provided in Part I. “America is suffering from a cultural Alzheimer’s,” and Bedrick argues that a better understanding of the Jewish Passover could be part of the cure. While …
