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As dozens of manufactured housing professionals – mostly based in Ohio, but also some elsewhere – were advised by email on 4.23.2021, MHProNews’ publisher L. A. “Tony” Kovach made an updated request to the FHFA about a controversy that has been brewing for a month. Late Friday afternoon, the FHFA […]
As IBISWorld and the Atlantic previously reported some time ago, the ‘street retail’ sector of the manufactured home industry has been devastated during the Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) era of manufactured housing. Does the loss of perhaps some 20,000 independent street retailers in the last 2 decades mean that the manufactured
Executive Summary. All authentic problem solving involves accurate information, an evidence-based understanding of that information, and a clear path towards a viable solution to the problem(s) faced. This outline report and analysis will aim to do the following. It will set manufactured housing’s current status in the broader national context.
“Every country, from the United States to China, must participate, and every industry, from oil and gas to tech, must be transformed,” said Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in an article on the WEF website about their transformational initiative. “In short, we need a ‘Great
“It’s just amazing, his personality, to be such a genius,” said Kevin Clayton, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway owned Clayton Homes, about Berkshire Chairman Warren Buffett. But what sort of genius is Buffett? Is he a good or an evil genius? To answer that question, quotes from Buffett about his view on
Jim Edwards’ LinkedIn profile says he was previously a columnist with CBS News. He has since gone on to Business Insider “Editor-in-Chief (BI UK and International)” and “Editor In Chief (News) INSIDER.” He’s not a lightweight. His prior report on the CIA merits some context before framing it in a
In an email at 11:16 AM ET on 4.20.2021, Edward J. Pinto, Director, AEI Housing Center sent the following report to MHProNews on various statistical looks at current finance rates and trends. The Washington, D.C. based American Enterprise Institute (AEI) said the following. “This infographic provides near-real-time insights on single-family
“National Public Radio [NPR] is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States.” That description is per Influence Watch’s page on NPR. Influence Watch states that among the funding sources
“Many of our friends in the industry, including my friend Tony at MHLivingNews, have questioned why MHI hasn’t made a strong rebuttal response to the PBS story.” So said then Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) chairman Tim Williams, President and CEO of 21st Mortgage Corp to MHProNews in an exclusive statement about
The evidence-based case or potential legal argument could be made that the “class warfare” declared by moat-building, market manipulating Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) has cost the U.S. economy trillions of dollars since his acquisition of Kevin Clayton led Clayton Homes. That multiple-trillion sum dwarfs what Buffett, now said
Edward J. “Ed” Pinto, J.D., is the Director of the AEI Housing Center, which says of itself that it is “the source for independent, objective, nonpartisan research.” That Washington D.C.-based trade group’s Director of Research, Tobias Peter, told the powerful Senate Committee on Housing, Banking, and Urban Affairs that many
The First informed MHProNews that “On Thursday, financial expert Carol Roth wrote, “The U.S. has exported Capitalism and imported Central Planning. And that’s a bad trade imbalance.” That same source noted that “This latest news of the surge in Beijing billionaires knocking NYC from that list should be a warning
It would be great if America’s most proven solution to the affordable housing crisis was brimming with white hats and only white hats. Regrettably, that is not the case. Warren Buffett declared class warfare more than once. Chairman Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway is a reality that professional white hats and ethical
AEI Housing Center Research Director Tobias Peter laid out the facts this week when he said in Senate Testimony that wayward federal policies were causing the affordable housing crisis. Minneapolis Federal Reserve Researcher James A. Schmitz Jr and his colleagues have in repeated parallel claims pointed to their findings that
Skyline Champion (SKY) in the eyes of many investment advisors plus related stock advisory news sites is riding high. Perhaps it should be. Some of that will be explored in a planned upcoming report. Stay tuned. That noted, nevertheless there are questions. Could more be happening for Skyline Champion? Their
On April 13, 2021, Tobias Peter of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Housing Center made the following statements to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development summarized by his nonprofit as presented by them below. His AEI colleague Howard Husock also provided relevant testimony. To set the
Liberal attorney-turned award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald has been sounding the alarm for years about surveillance state intrusions into American life. Not because MHProNews agrees with every utterance of Greenwald have we featured his penetrating insights on several occasions. Nor is it because he is willing to take out the garbage
Writer Sheelah Kolhatkar’s New Yorker “What Happens When Investment Firms Acquire Trailer Parks” does not necessarily plow new ground. Kolhatkar uses incorrect terminology in a fluid fashion. There are specific items that will be addressed as correct or erroneous in this Manufactured Home Pro News (MHProNews) fact check and analysis
“Of course, Tim and OMHA support others in the industry who are working hard to build the viability of and the perception of manufactured housing.” – Elizabeth Birch, General Counsel, Ohio Manufactured Home Association (OMHA), part of emailed comments to MHProNews received at 4:58 PM ET on 4.12.2021. The “viability
Tim Williams, President and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) owned 21st Mortgage Corporation was the former chairman of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). That Williams still sits on an MHI board. His firm is reportedly the largest lender in manufactured housing for independent retailers, communities, and others who are not
