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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contracts with the Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS) to gather data on HUD Code manufactured home production and shipments. The following is the official data on production and shipments by state. In the abbreviations that follow, SW is short […]
Within days of the 2020 election, Naomi Wolf, Ph.D., was trying to ‘walk back’ her vote for Joe Biden. The issue she raised at the time, per the Washington Examiner, was his support for lockdowns. Wolf told the Sunday Times “I’m not a conspiracy theorist.” In her June 13, 2021
A periodic look at the big picture of the U.S. economy and the mood of Americans is useful because it will reflect on our profession’s opportunities. The following report by the WND NewsCenter to MHProNews on the recent Wall Street Journal-NORC survey sheds the light on how Americans feel about
The following news release from Legacy Housing Corporation (LEGH) is followed by a brief but clarifying statement from a well-placed and informed source at the company to MHProNews. Legacy Housing Corporation Receives Notification of Deficiency from Nasdaq Related to Delayed Filing of Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q May 23,
June is National Home Ownership Month, as MHProNews readers were recently reminded. On Thursday afternoon, June 9th and then June 10-12th, 2022, the Innovative Housing Showcase (IHS) will be revived after its hiatus during the proclaimed COVID19 pandemic. IHS began during the tenure of HUD Secretary Ben Carson, in June
Manufactured homes and baby formula are obviously two distinctive products. Both industries feature federal regulation, more on that and the possible takeaways for manufactured housing industry professionals follow further below. But to grasp the reasons why manufactured housing pros, advocates, and others should be concerned, facts and insights about the
The Biden Administration is apparently named in the transcript below due to the recently announced White House initiative. Biden-Inflation and supply chains are background topics in the Seeking Alpha (SA) transcript of the latest Skyline Champion (SKY) earnings call. Their transcript, complete with audio, is available at this link here.
“Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.” So said Lavrentiy Beria, head of Joseph Stalin’s secret police, per Quozio. Beria served as the Soviet deputy premier from 1941 until Stalin’s death in 1953, according to the Oxford Eagle. Beria, per the Free Dictionary, “Soviet chief of secret
As a Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) op-ed by their CEO Lesli Gooch, Ph.D., that follows revealed, they are once more claiming “momentum.” This time that claim applies to what Gooch asserts is MHI “momentum” with public officials in Washington, D.C. As multiyear readers here may recall, MHI made a
Jury nullification is part of the important provision of American Constitutional Law that gives defendants the right to trial by jury. While some are understandably disappointed in the jury’s verdict in the Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussman trial, that absolute power of the jury to effectively strike down a law
A byline by award-winning journalist Kirstin Garriss, with the Cox Media Group’s (CMG) Washington, D.C. news bureau published a report in several regional media markets under the headline: “Concerns rise as mobile homes could become unaffordable.” What appears to be the same content under a different headline and byline was
Manufactured housing has two active national trade groups. While both claim to be working to stop the implementation of what they each agree is a damaging and costly Department of Energy (DOE) manufactured housing energy rule, only the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has used or publicly discussed
A tweet about a national leader has focused the attention of some on an international meeting occurring in Europe. To set the stage for the report, a brief flashback is useful. In World Wars I and II, most Americans were opposed to getting involved in overseas conflicts. For example, in
Cavco Industries (CVCO) William “Bill” Boor, CEO relates below two distinct types of ‘records’ in describing their corporate results. Both are eye opening. One is record corporate results, which this article will provide. Another is his reference to being a bit of a ‘broken record.’ Said Boor, “I feel like
Ed Pinto and Tobias Peter with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Housing Center were by asked by MHProNews for their expert insights on concerns over a ‘housing bubble’ and their organization’s recent data and related U.S. housing market forecast. To tee up the reply below from Peter, Ast. Director of
A May 24, 2022 Gallup news release said: “latest data are from a May 2-22 Gallup poll that was conducted as the U.S. inflation rate remained near its highest point in 40 years, gas and food prices were skyrocketing, and supply chain issues persisted, including a shortage of baby formula.
In the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Chief Economist Lawrence Yun, Ph.D., PowerPoint Presentation found further below, he used a same home comparison cost, interest, and monthly payment in 2022 vs. 2021. “Monthly Mortgage Payment for Same House … One year ago vs. Now” stated Yun’s presentation, “$400,000 Loan” one
A Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) connected source provided MHProNews with the following items the controversial Arlington, VA based trade association provided to their members on 5.25.2022. As a disclosure, citing or quoting MHI should not be considered as an endorsement of the association. Their statements below is as published. Note
In a release to MHProNews and others, the Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) released perhaps the most blistering statement in years by that organization. The MHARR news item is in response to the Department of Energy (DOE) media release, shown below. MHProNews brought the item
History says that “Benito Mussolini was an Italian political leader who became the fascist dictator of Italy from 1925 to 1945.” Mussolini defined the term fascism in this way: “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” There are those who say
