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There is a cunning, audacious – and at times malevolent – brilliance to hiding the truth in plain sight. There is also the risk that the truth, be that reality hidden or obscured, will in time be revealed. Whatever the truth is about the 2020 presidential election and claims of […]
“Members of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) have already started to address many of the recommendations [from the Roper Report],” said then MHI Vice President Bruce Savage. Those recommendations from Savage’s report to MHI members included “such as increased attention to customer service and building a stronger resale market
“Limited financing for manufactured housing and 2-4-unit properties—as well as other barriers—have restricted access to these alternatives. Today, the Administration is calling on state and local governments to reduce zoning and financing barriers to these kinds of housing – housing that allows families to achieve homeownership and build wealth.” –
“U.S. consumer confidence fell to a six-month low in August as worries about soaring COVID-19 infections and higher inflation dimmed the outlook for the economy,” said Reuters on August 31, 2021. “The survey from the Conference Board on Tuesday showed consumers less inclined to buy a home and big-ticket items
It is a study in stark contrasts. A few weeks ago MHProNews did a Sunday report that compared Work Horses like the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to the proverbial Show Horses at the Manufactured Housing (MHI). That contrast was aptly illustrated on Monday August 30, 2021 via
“Questioning an investing thesis — even one of our own — helps us all think critically about investing and make decisions that help us become smarter, happier, and richer.” So said the Motley Fool (MF or Fool) investment news, advisory, and views website as part of their report on the
“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.” So said author and newspaper man Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain per GoodReads. In order to grasp the true state of the contemporary manufactured housing industry in August 2021, Twain’s insight should be carefully considered.
It is safe to say that one of the top if not most disruptive events impacting the American economy and political landscape in roughly the past 20 months has been the COVID19 outbreak and its handling. That’s true for our part of the affordable manufactured housing industry, but for virtually
Despite the arguably outrageous recent claims by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) (see further below) and certain corporate leaders and surrogates who are MHI members, those who objectively look at the facts, trends, opportunities, and overall SWOT analysis will find that MHI is arguably engaged in deceptive and misleading marketing
The initial report on the acquisition deal by Cavco Industries (CVCO) of The Commodore Corporation (TCC or Commodore) deal on MHProNews is near the pinnacle of the most read reports in the manufactured housing industry for August 2021. This report will provide a mix of corporate updates on that Cavco-Commodore
This report will examine some of the hottest topics in manufactured housing today. It goes without saying that manufactured home, other factory-built housing professionals, advocates, public officials, educators, nonprofits and others read whatever they want to and when they want to do so. What those readers find of interest on
When left-leaning MSNBC and ABC News reports are calling into question the increasingly and apparently flawed if not false claims about the situation in Afghanistan, perhaps it is no surprise that normally “non-political” comments by Dr. Joseph Mercola and his organization’s research has drawn useful parallels between the “bold face
“Whatever energy you use throughout a year inside that home is roughly equal to the renewable energy that’s captured by that property. There’s no utility bill. It’s a fraction of the time and time is money so it’s a big savings.” So said S2A’s co-founder and CEO Brian Kuzdas in
In an era of deception and misdirection, when numbers of news reports are widely believed to be fake, misleading, or propaganda, there are lessons to be learned. One of those lessons is the Saul Alinsky inspired take from Rahm Emanuel (D), former Mayor of Chicago and former Chief of Staff
When you want the truth, an old adage among investigators and journalists is to follow the money trail. Cui bono? See who benefits from what is occurring. To tee up the headline topic, jump back in time to the MHProNews report on Juneteenth, 6.19.2021. Our Daily Business News segment on
A series of press releases from the small business focused National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) will serve several purposes. Among them, is to provide third-party researched information on the headline topics of small business confidence, supply chain, labor, capital access, regulatory and other issues. The NFIB report will also
The following press release was provided to MHProNews by Senator Laura Murphy (IL State-D). Murphy’s media release promotes two laws that may be coming to a state you or your firm are doing business in. Or, it may become the foundation for other bills that are working their way through
“Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.” – Alan Jones. To those who do not follow foreign affairs news and how it impacts American business, there may seem at first to be little or no connection between the gut-wrenching fall of Kabul, China, and Taiwan. But even before Kabul’s
There is a daily array of business, governmental, nonprofit, and other news and media releases. Only some of these are selected for publication. For various reasons, the joint news release that follows below from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
The Washington, D.C. based national HUD Code manufactured home producers trade group, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), provided MHProNews with the following advanced copy of a press release. As the illustration below reflects, on the issue of the Department of Energy (DOE) pending energy regulations for manufactured
