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Where is the lack of affordable housing not an issue? It is particularly severe in urban areas of California. People are renting garages to live in in some neighborhoods around Los Angeles. The Mercury News reported in April, 2017 the median price for a single-family home in the nine-county Bay […]
Modular Housing may be Key for Students Read More
In what the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) says is a violation of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders issued January 20, 2017 to ease regulations, the HUD MH program published an interpretive bulletin (IB) in the Federal Register that will alter the standards for MH foundations in “freezing
Retailers, Communities, Producers Warned – Another HUD Power Grab Read More
The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks. By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving
Nobility Homes Spotlight Report, Nobility Rises, Most Tracked Stocks Slip Read More
Being “green” is all the rage for millions of Americans. Indeed, sustainability is good – and all forms of modern factory building are demonstrably more sustainable than their on-site built counterparts tend to be. Just the reduction in wasted materials, which sources say runs about 30 percent, is significant for
Closer Look, VERMOD’s ZEM= Zero Energy Modular – ‘Manufactured Home Replacement’ Read More
“It is of concern to me,” Hjelle said. “We are seeing a significant increase in the affordable housing area, which I would consider starter homes, mobile homes [sic], condos and apartments. More so than in the higher-end homes.” Snohomish (WA) County Assessor Linda Hjelle, was commenting on the increase in
Existing Manufactured Homes Rising in Value Read More
In the 1970’s President Jimmy Carter urged the nation to turn down thermostats as a way of conserving resources, to become “energy independent” from foreign countries. Some wags suggested Americans lower our body temperature below 98.6 as a means to conserve energy. Now, some forty plus years later, the Trump
OPEC Disarray May Yield Manufactured Housing Industry Hooray Read More
The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks. By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving
Proud Patrick Performance Perspective Spotlighted, MHCV, Markets Mixed Read More
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has created its own controversy, on the eve of their much ballyhooed “Legislative Fly-In” to Washington, D.C. Two of the industry trade association’s senior staffers were allegedly terminated, days prior to their event, as was first reported by the Daily Business News, at this link
MHI Legislative Fly In Clouded By New Controversy Read More
Social Security disability lawyer Eric C. Conn plead guilty earlier this year to a scheme that defrauded the federal government of over half-a-billion dollars. While a legacy factory-built housing professional yesterday quipped, tongue in cheek, that the real Ponzi scheme is social security itself, “The Conn Mann,” a judge and
Eric Conn ‘Trailer Law Complex’ Social Security Attorney ‘On the Lam’ Read More
For several years, MHProNews has been following the booming growth of the Bakken oil field in western North Dakota, as in the example that is linked here. The boom created an influx of thousands of job seekers, and their need for prompt availability of homes was primarily met with factory-built,
Putting the Cart Before the Horse—Er, House—in Montana Read More
The New June 2017 articles on the MHProNews.com home page are live, with the full line up on display at this link here. If you’ve been super busy, traveling, have been on vacation, or are new to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, welcome to our weekly recap of the Manufactured Housing Industry’s “News, Tips
Sunday Morning Weekly Recap Manufactured Housing Industry News June 18 to June 25, 2017 Read More
In a move reflecting a growing trend across the nation, the city of San Bernardino, CA is partnering with Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services “to ensure that persons of all walks of life have opportunities to find suitable and affordable housing in San Bernardino,” according to a report from the city’s
City Expanding Affordable Housing Read More
As people all across the nation flock to urban areas seeking opportunity that is not so readily available in small towns and rural areas, the price of homes tend to rise along with the value of land. Readers of MHProNews are familiar with our many stories of manufactured and mobile
The Homeless are Finding Benefactors in Many Cities Read More
The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks. By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving
Skyline Investor Move$ Spotlight; Other MH Stocks, Broader Markets Mixed Read More
Multiple sources tell MHProNews that two “senior staff” members have been “fired” from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Lois Starkey – former Vice President of Regulatory Affairs – with MHI, and Tom Heinemann – previously the Vice President of Federal Government Affairs at MHI – are both gone. Their names have
Senior Staff Shakeup at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)? Read More
The hands down king of affordable permanent housing in the U. S. is single section (a.k.a. ‘single wide’) manufactured homes. On a cost per square foot basis, they are hard to beat, as U.S. Census Bureau – and other research from sources such as Zillow, or the National Association of
Are Americans Hunting for the Single Sectional Manufactured Home Alternative? Read More
There are certainly voices on both sides of the climate controversy and how that relates to energy policy. To oversimplify is to say that Secretary Hillary Clinton and Jill Stein represented those in the 2016 presidential race that broadly favored continuing along the path that President Obama’s administration had begun.
Competitive Enterprise Institute Grades Trump on Energy, Domestic Policies Read More
Similar to re-purposing pressures in urban areas in the United States, our manufactured housing neighbors north of the border are facing redevelopment issues that threaten to uproot them from long-standing manufactured home communities. Vancouver, British Columbia is home to approximately 1,000 manufactured home communities, according to the Manufactured Home Park
Huge Loss to Affordable Housing Stock May Be in Offing Read More
The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks. By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving
Investor$ Big Move$ – LPX Spotlight; Tricon, LCI lead, NOB, SKY Bleed Read More
In response to President Donald J. Trump’s call to proclaim June National Home Ownership month, USDA’s Acting Deputy Undersecretary for Rural Development Roger Glendenning said he celebrates the vital contribution homeowners have made to communities across rural America. “Owning a home provides rural residents a secure environment where they can
USDA Celebrating National Home Ownership Month Read More
