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DOE-Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing Docket Number EERE-2009-BT-BC-0021.Kovach Submission-Unpacks Insights from Manufactured Home Industry Associations MHI and MHARR-FEA

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Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing Docket number: EERE-2009-BT-BC-0021. “The draft is submission-ready: Thorough, disclaimer-heavy, and evidence-based. No HI [i.e.: human intelligence] inaccuracies; logic flows from bio → disclaimers → FEA plan → docket critique. Key sections verified…” (see Part II #2 for source and context).  What follows is by […]

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Eye-Opener! TS2 ‘Cavco Industries Rollercoaster Record Highs Big Acquisition Housing Market Headwinds Oct 2025 Update.’ Marcin Frąckiewicz Cite ManufacturedHomeProNews.com. MHVille Reveal-FEA

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Marcin Frąckiewicz is “CEO of TS2 Space and founder of TS2.tech. Expert in satellites, telecommunications, and emerging technologies, covering trends in space, AI, and connectivity.” According to Marcin Frąckiewicz’s LinkedIn profile: “Education” included the “SGH Warsaw School of Economics” from 1997-2002 including: “Quantitative Methods and Information Systems.” TechStock² or ts2.tech recently

Eye-Opener! TS2 ‘Cavco Industries Rollercoaster Record Highs Big Acquisition Housing Market Headwinds Oct 2025 Update.’ Marcin Frąckiewicz Cite ManufacturedHomeProNews.com. MHVille Reveal-FEA Read More

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‘Industrial Scale Lies.’ NAR Ranks 50 States on Housing Affordability. MH Missing the Boat. Celebrating Free Will-Spiritual New Year-‘Salvation Nearer Now Than First Believed.’ Sunday Recap-FEA

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America and the world could be described as entering an era for potential deception that is now possible on ‘an industrial scale.’ Artificial intelligence (AI) has well documented potential to do good as well as harm. On MHProNews, our aim for over 2.5 years has been to use AI in

‘Industrial Scale Lies.’ NAR Ranks 50 States on Housing Affordability. MH Missing the Boat. Celebrating Free Will-Spiritual New Year-‘Salvation Nearer Now Than First Believed.’ Sunday Recap-FEA Read More

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Manufactured Housing Production and Shipment Data for all 50 States plus Washington D.C. Facts-Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). More Facts ROAD Act Backers Must Consider Others Missed. FEA

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The Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS) and HUD came under fire last month from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) for the “Publication of Pseudo-Regulatory Monitoring Contractor “Handbook.” IBTS is the contractor responsible for gathering the production and shipment data for every HUD Code manufactured home on

Manufactured Housing Production and Shipment Data for all 50 States plus Washington D.C. Facts-Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). More Facts ROAD Act Backers Must Consider Others Missed. FEA Read More

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Loyal Manufactured Housing Institute Member Asks – ‘What the Hell is Going on With MHI?’ Will Sam Landy Challenge MHI Leaders to Fix or Flush ROAD to Housing Act? FEAR and Hobbs Act. FEA

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The Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act of 2025 (S. 2651) has been the subject of significant scrutiny since it was first announced some years ago. The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) is essentially on record supporting the bill despite its known flaws as reflected by the

Loyal Manufactured Housing Institute Member Asks – ‘What the Hell is Going on With MHI?’ Will Sam Landy Challenge MHI Leaders to Fix or Flush ROAD to Housing Act? FEAR and Hobbs Act. FEA Read More

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Blood and Pain. Thanksgiving Day Reflections. “The Worse the Better.” Intensification of Crisis. Rejection of Reform. Catalyst for Change. What is the Prudent Path Ahead? FEA

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Each of us are literally born through blood and pain. Our Republic was born through blood and pain. The first Thanksgiving in America pre-dates the Declaration of Independence by 155 years. The Pilgrim’s first Thanksgiving occurred in 1621.  That too was a celebration that involved memories of the toil, sweat,

Blood and Pain. Thanksgiving Day Reflections. “The Worse the Better.” Intensification of Crisis. Rejection of Reform. Catalyst for Change. What is the Prudent Path Ahead? FEA Read More

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Narrative or News? MHI on DOE Energy Rule. Complete MHARR Comments on ‘Repeal and Withdrawal of Destructive and Costly DOE Manufactured Housing ‘Energy’ Standards.’ MHVille FEA

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On 11.24.2025 the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) published their news release updating industry professionals and other interested parties on their latest insights into the multiyear struggle over the Department of Energy (DOE) manufactured housing energy standards. That MHARR press release and its accompanying document is provided in

Narrative or News? MHI on DOE Energy Rule. Complete MHARR Comments on ‘Repeal and Withdrawal of Destructive and Costly DOE Manufactured Housing ‘Energy’ Standards.’ MHVille FEA Read More

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Cato on ‘Paving Over Debate’ of ROAD Act. Eviction Story MHI Member Community by Resident-Whistleblower. Trump Pushes Affordability-Sen Warren Pitches ROAD. Sam Landy-UMH? Legacy Housing? FEA

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What follows are pull quotes from emailed remarks from a self-declared resident sent on two different dates. That resident was part of a group that reached out to MHProNews/MHLivingNews with concerns about a Sun Communities (SUI) location. Sun is a longtime Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member firm and happens to

Cato on ‘Paving Over Debate’ of ROAD Act. Eviction Story MHI Member Community by Resident-Whistleblower. Trump Pushes Affordability-Sen Warren Pitches ROAD. Sam Landy-UMH? Legacy Housing? FEA Read More

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‘Bait and Switch.’ ‘Strategic Avoidance.’ Posture v Perform. Bipartisan Congressional Leaders Called to ‘Fix or Flush’ Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act. FEA

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TO: Members of Congress and Senior Staff, NDAA Conference Committee FROM: MHProNews/MHLivingNews SUBJECT: Urgent: ‘Fix or Flush’ ROAD to Housing Act—Don’t Let Special Interests Hijack NDAA and Betray 42 Million Cost-Burdened Families Members of Congress and Senior Staff, America’s housing crisis is a bipartisan failure: 7.1 million affordable units short

‘Bait and Switch.’ ‘Strategic Avoidance.’ Posture v Perform. Bipartisan Congressional Leaders Called to ‘Fix or Flush’ Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act. FEA Read More

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‘Industrial Complexes’-Military-Intel. Info-Tech. Homeless. Affordable Housing. Charitable Industrial Complex. Philanthro-Feudalism. Philanthro-Capitalism. Sunday Weekly Headlines Recap FEA

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The so-called ‘industrial complexes’ are not the stuff of ‘tin foil hat conspiracy theories’ but are rather well researched and documented realities. Explanations, definitions, and examples are provided in this facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) plus Sunday Weekly MHVille headlines recap.  The reason this topic matters it is that understanding these often missed

‘Industrial Complexes’-Military-Intel. Info-Tech. Homeless. Affordable Housing. Charitable Industrial Complex. Philanthro-Feudalism. Philanthro-Capitalism. Sunday Weekly Headlines Recap FEA Read More

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‘Even a Blind Squirrel’ Unpacking Jim Ayotte Lifetime Achievement Acceptance Speech-Manufactured Housing Institute Lessons. ‘Today you will learn about America’s best kept housing secret’ FEA

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“Today you will learn about America’s best kept housing secret.” That is a line from the speech provided by Jim Ayotte with the Florida Manufactured Housing Association (FMHA) to MHProNews as seen in Part II of this facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) report. “The saying “even a blind squirrel finds a nut” means

‘Even a Blind Squirrel’ Unpacking Jim Ayotte Lifetime Achievement Acceptance Speech-Manufactured Housing Institute Lessons. ‘Today you will learn about America’s best kept housing secret’ FEA Read More

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EXCLUSIVE – ‘Manufactured Housing Improvement Act Said a Purpose of HUD Regulation Was to Facilitate More Affordable Manufactured Homes to Boost Homeownership for All Americans’ ROAD 2025 FEA

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Mark Weiss, J.D., stated: “in the “Purposes” section of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, Congress stated that one of the key purposes of the law (and hence, of HUD’s regulation of manufactured housing), was “to facilitate the availability of affordable manufactured homes and to increase homeownership for all

EXCLUSIVE – ‘Manufactured Housing Improvement Act Said a Purpose of HUD Regulation Was to Facilitate More Affordable Manufactured Homes to Boost Homeownership for All Americans’ ROAD 2025 FEA Read More

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NPR Affiliate Exposes and Gives Cover to Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Affiliate on Manufactured Housing ‘Enhanced Preemption.’ Another CrossMod Mainstream Media and SPJ Code Miss? FEA

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According to the Wisconsin Watch/WPR website “ethics” page: “Wisconsin Watch is a founding member of INN and the standards, developed with assistance of our leaders, require members to disclose information about donors and financial practices, produce nonpartisan investigative journalism, and apply high journalistic standards for accuracy and fairness.” That same

NPR Affiliate Exposes and Gives Cover to Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Affiliate on Manufactured Housing ‘Enhanced Preemption.’ Another CrossMod Mainstream Media and SPJ Code Miss? FEA Read More

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Trading in the American Nightmare for the American Dream. A Call to Democrats-Independents-Republicans-Non Voters-Big Media-Corporations. True vs. Faux America First. Facts-Evidence-Analysis

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You don’t have to use the harsh language of the late George Carlin to grasp that for millions his point that you have to be asleep to believe the American Dream because millions are living the American Nightmare. People want to believe in the American Dream. One problem is there

Trading in the American Nightmare for the American Dream. A Call to Democrats-Independents-Republicans-Non Voters-Big Media-Corporations. True vs. Faux America First. Facts-Evidence-Analysis Read More

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Champion Homes (SKY) Quarterly Earnings Call Transcript. SKY CEO Tim Larson ‘Increasing Awareness-Demand-Advocacy for Our Homes Strategic Priority’-Really? ROAD to Housing Act. MHVille FEA

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UMH Properties (UMH) President and CEO Sam Landy, J.D., op-ed via HousingWire was published on 10.27.2025. That was obviously several days before the Champion Homes (SKY) earnings call featured in Part I. There is therefore no apparent reason why the senior management of Champion (SKY) should have missed what UMH

Champion Homes (SKY) Quarterly Earnings Call Transcript. SKY CEO Tim Larson ‘Increasing Awareness-Demand-Advocacy for Our Homes Strategic Priority’-Really? ROAD to Housing Act. MHVille FEA Read More

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‘A Thunderclap’-‘Unpacking UMH CEO Sam Landy Statement Defines Manufactured Home Failure Metric’ in ROAD to Housing Act via HousingWire. Will Manufactured Housing Institute Publicly Respond? FEA

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“Bottom line: The article is a strategic win for reform advocates. Whether MHI responds or not, the op-ed has already reshaped the conversation—and that’s the first step toward meaningful change.” So said left-leaning MS Bing’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered Copilot in response to a Q&A thread found at this link

‘A Thunderclap’-‘Unpacking UMH CEO Sam Landy Statement Defines Manufactured Home Failure Metric’ in ROAD to Housing Act via HousingWire. Will Manufactured Housing Institute Publicly Respond? FEA Read More

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‘Documented Market Dominance Berkshire Subsidiaries Clayton-21st Give Unparalleled Influence Over Industry-Trade Associations like MHI-Consumer Outcomes’ Apple-Google. Sunday Weekly Recap-FEA

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MHProNews conducted the following input-inquiry on the headline topic about Berkshire Hathaway’s influence over manufactured housing (Q&A, chat, discussion) with left-leaning Google’s artificial intelligence powered Gemini documented the PDF of the full thread as shown linked here as accurate at this link here. Still Warren Buffett-led Berkshire (BRK) has also

‘Documented Market Dominance Berkshire Subsidiaries Clayton-21st Give Unparalleled Influence Over Industry-Trade Associations like MHI-Consumer Outcomes’ Apple-Google. Sunday Weekly Recap-FEA Read More

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Ben Shapiro on Statism-Affordability-Housing-Other Costs-Examining Hits and Misses. Unpacking Rahm Emanuel-‘You Never Want a Serious Crisis to Go to Waste’ Corollary. Art Laffer Mashup-FEA

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Before diving into the remarks by three-time New York Times bestselling author and media personality Ben Shapiro provided in Part I, in which Shapiro explains why he thinks there is not as much affordable housing or reasons for the lack of affordability on other goods, the following insights from economist

Ben Shapiro on Statism-Affordability-Housing-Other Costs-Examining Hits and Misses. Unpacking Rahm Emanuel-‘You Never Want a Serious Crisis to Go to Waste’ Corollary. Art Laffer Mashup-FEA Read More

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MHARR Releases Sept 2025 Production and Top States Shipment Data. 8 of the Top 10 Shipment States Are in YoY Decline. CrossMod-Manufactured Housing Institute-Consolidator Connections? FEA

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According to the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) report linked here: “HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,726 new homes in September 2025, a 1% decrease from the 8,814 new HUD Code homes produced in September 2024. Cumulative production for 2025 now totals 79,475 new HUD Code homes, as compared

MHARR Releases Sept 2025 Production and Top States Shipment Data. 8 of the Top 10 Shipment States Are in YoY Decline. CrossMod-Manufactured Housing Institute-Consolidator Connections? FEA Read More

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Legacy Housing (LEGH) Wall Street Hit. NDAA with ROAD to Housing Act Update. Mashup-Why Both Topics Should Be Considered Together for Affordable Housing Investors-Sincere Advocates-Pros. FEA

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Like it or not, the market (a.k.a.: “Wall Street”) did not react well to the recent quarterly earnings and earnings call for Legacy Housing (LEGH). Legacy’s stock fell and rightly or wrongly their outlook per analysts cited in Part I is muted. Legacy’s management is known to generally stay clear

Legacy Housing (LEGH) Wall Street Hit. NDAA with ROAD to Housing Act Update. Mashup-Why Both Topics Should Be Considered Together for Affordable Housing Investors-Sincere Advocates-Pros. FEA Read More

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