Manufactured and Modular Housing News

News Reports: Housing news updates and reports for Manufactured Home and Modular Housing Industry professionals and investors. Business – daily fact checks, market reports, and analysis.

MillionsConventionalHousingUnitsSoldAnnuallyVsAbout100000ManufacturedHomes50StateMHVilleDataComparedTo2NARReportsWhyBuildersThrottleHousingProductionMHVilleFEA-MHProNews

Millions of Conventional Housing Units Sold Annually vs. About 100,000 Manufactured Homes-50 State MHVille Data Compared to 2 NAR Reports; Why Builders ‘Throttle’ Housing Production; MHVille FEA

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Depending on the source, estimates for the number of housing units needed in the U.S.A. can range from 3.8 million homes (according to Freddie Mac and William “Bill” Boor, President and CEO for Cavco Industries and current chairman of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) board of directors) to 6 million […]

Millions of Conventional Housing Units Sold Annually vs. About 100,000 Manufactured Homes-50 State MHVille Data Compared to 2 NAR Reports; Why Builders ‘Throttle’ Housing Production; MHVille FEA Read More

BerkshireOwnedClaytonHomesPressReleaseMediaCoverageNewCrossModInHarvestMeadowNeighborhoodNearKnoxvilleTN-RegionalNewsHits-MissesInMHVilleFactsEvidenceAnalysisMHProNews

Berkshire Owned Clayton Homes Press Release and Media Coverage of New “CrossMod” in Harvest Meadow Neighborhood Near Knoxville TN – Regional News Hits-Misses in MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

There is an award-winning argument to be made that much, but not all, of mainstream media operates at times as little more than stenographers or press agents for corporate, nonprofit or governmental interests. Articles are written, or relatively short video or other news spots are produced, that may largely mimic

Berkshire Owned Clayton Homes Press Release and Media Coverage of New “CrossMod” in Harvest Meadow Neighborhood Near Knoxville TN – Regional News Hits-Misses in MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis Read More

TheGreatDivideWhyMHIsAdvocacyLeavesAffordableHousingBehindA_WeekOfRevelationsPeeledBackLayersForUnderstandingManufacturedHousingIndustryLeadershipSundayWeeklyHeadlinesRecapMHProNews

‘The Great Divide: Why MHI’s ‘Advocacy’ Leaves Affordable Housing Behind – A Week of Revelations’ Peeled back Layers of Understanding Manufactured Housing Industry Leadership-Sunday Weekly Recap

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

“You’ve accurately outlined the core issues. Yes, humans are capable of both honest error and intentional deception, which contributes to public distrust in media. MHProNews’s stated commitment to presenting sourced information alongside labeled analysis is a fair and accurate reflection of an approach designed to build trust. And it is

‘The Great Divide: Why MHI’s ‘Advocacy’ Leaves Affordable Housing Behind – A Week of Revelations’ Peeled back Layers of Understanding Manufactured Housing Industry Leadership-Sunday Weekly Recap Read More

StatementTestimonyWilliamCBillBoorPresidentChiefExecutiveOfficerCavcoIndustriesCVCOChairmanManufacturedHousingInstituteOnBehalfOfMHI-WhatMHIandBoorDidandDidntSayMHVilleFEA-MHProNews

Statement of William C. “Bill” Boor President and Chief Executive Officer CAVCO Industries (CVCO) Chairman of Manufactured Housing Institute on Behalf of MHI-What MHI and Boor Did and Didn’t Say

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The headline about William “Bill” Boor’s testimony to Congress will be fulfilled in full in Part I with an AI boosted fact-evidence-analysis check by AI and more in Part II. But prior to sharing that, this preface may prove useful to thousands of employees or managers active in MHVille. It

Statement of William C. “Bill” Boor President and Chief Executive Officer CAVCO Industries (CVCO) Chairman of Manufactured Housing Institute on Behalf of MHI-What MHI and Boor Did and Didn’t Say Read More

VitalAI_ManufacturingRaceRegulatingAIconcernWhyFiscalHawksPressedAgainstBigBeautifulBillU.S.HouseFinallyPassedVenezuelaHowBigPictureU.S.TrendsWoesIntersectMHVilleMHProNews

Vital AI Manufacturing Race; Regulating AI Concern; Why Fiscal Hawks Pressed Against ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ U.S. House Finally Passed; Venezuela; How Big Picture of U.S. Trends-Woes Intersect MHVille

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Even a periodic look at news headlines reveals that cronyism, corruption and various forms of deception are alive and well in the U.S.A. Politics can be a dirty or ugly business. Those who exercise some measure of control or influence in politics wield influence over regulators. Those who influence or

Vital AI Manufacturing Race; Regulating AI Concern; Why Fiscal Hawks Pressed Against ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ U.S. House Finally Passed; Venezuela; How Big Picture of U.S. Trends-Woes Intersect MHVille Read More

FederalOfficialSaidConstituentServicesFasterNowWithEmployeesWorkingInGovtOfficesBillyBoyInsightsManufacturedHousingMakingSenseOfCompetingNarrativesMHVilleFEA-MHProNews

Federal Official Said Constituent Services Faster Now with Employees Working in Govt Offices; Billy Boy Insights and Manufactured Housing; Making Sense of Competing Narratives-MHVille FEA

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

According to remarks made by a senior level staff official for Congressman Scott Franklin (FL-18-R) to a lobby occupied by multiple constituents on 5.20.2025, their office has seen a recent increase in output on ‘constituent services’ cases with federal agencies they are handling. It was a remark that was not

Federal Official Said Constituent Services Faster Now with Employees Working in Govt Offices; Billy Boy Insights and Manufactured Housing; Making Sense of Competing Narratives-MHVille FEA Read More

MHARR_AddressesGrowingConcernsRegardingPendingLegislationSupportedByYKW_CopilotOnGeminixAIsGrokGapsInAdvocacyBetweenMHARR-MHI_ExclusiveMHVilleFactsEvidenceAnalysisMHProNews

MHARR Addresses Growing Concerns Regarding Pending Legislation Supported by YKW; Copilot on Gemini and xAI’s Grok – ‘Gaps in Advocacy’ Between MHARR-MHI; Exclusive MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) portion of this headline will be addressed in Part I. To help frame that for newer or longer-term readers of MHProNews is the Q&A ‘chat’ with Copilot the reflects how ‘memory’ works for various popular and currently free access artificial intelligence (AI)

MHARR Addresses Growing Concerns Regarding Pending Legislation Supported by YKW; Copilot on Gemini and xAI’s Grok – ‘Gaps in Advocacy’ Between MHARR-MHI; Exclusive MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis Read More

ManufacturedHousingAssociationForRegulatoryReformMHARRrevealHUD_FOIAreTeresaPayneNewManufacturedHousingInstituteVicePresidentOfPolicyRegulatoryCaptureWhyItMattersFEA-MHProNews

Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Reveal HUD FOIA re: Teresa Payne-new Manufactured Housing Institute ‘Vice President of Policy’-Regulatory Capture-Why It Matters FEA

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

“In addition to…legislative activities, MHARR has also taken action in relation to the recent announcement that former HUD [manufactured housing] program administrator Teresa Payne has been hired as Vice President of “policy” by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI).” That is according to an emailed press release dated 5.19.2025 from the

Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Reveal HUD FOIA re: Teresa Payne-new Manufactured Housing Institute ‘Vice President of Policy’-Regulatory Capture-Why It Matters FEA Read More

JosephJoeStegmayerOnTheUntoldStoryOfManufacturedHousingWH-ReportAndCEOsOn$2TrillionInDealsI_SitBehindMyFathersDeskPlusSundayWeeklyMHVilleHeadlinesRecapMHProNews

Joseph “Joe” Stegmayer on the ‘Untold Story of Manufactured Housing’; WH Report and CEOs on ‘$2 Trillion in Deals’; ‘I Sit Behind My Father’s Desk’ plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

As longtime and detail minded readers of MHProNews know, this publication delivers on each and every topic raised in a multifaceted headline like the one above. Headline topics are often covered in a systemic fashion. Starting in the order provided in the headline, in the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) branded

Joseph “Joe” Stegmayer on the ‘Untold Story of Manufactured Housing’; WH Report and CEOs on ‘$2 Trillion in Deals’; ‘I Sit Behind My Father’s Desk’ plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap Read More

MUCH_ADO_ABOUT_HISTORY_ConsiderPotentialImportanceValueOfPolitical-Cultural-Spiritual-Economic-Industry-ProfessionalOrOtherHistoryHanneNabintuHerlandOnMarxismMHVille_FAE-MHProNews

‘MUCH ADO ABOUT HISTORY’ – Consider the Potential Importance and Value of Political-Cultural-Spiritual-Economic-Industry-Professional or Other History; Hanne Herland on Marxism; MHVille FAE

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Per Quora: “Much ado about nothing means to exaggerate the importance of something minor, going overboard about something said, or done, or a minor event.” However, Gemini said that: “Ado: This word means busy activity, bustle, or fuss.” So Much Ado About History could be construed to mean that there is (or

‘MUCH ADO ABOUT HISTORY’ – Consider the Potential Importance and Value of Political-Cultural-Spiritual-Economic-Industry-Professional or Other History; Hanne Herland on Marxism; MHVille FAE Read More

DespiteFearMongeringLatestFederalDataRevealsInflationSlowingReportContradictsNarrativeThatTariffsWillCauseMoreInflationClaimIstvánDoboziFlashbackMHVilleFEA-MHProNews600x315

Despite Fear Mongering Latest Federal Data Reveals Inflation Slowing-Report Contradicts Narrative that Tariffs ‘Will Cause More Inflation’ Claim; István Dobozi Flashback; MHVille FEA

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The report by Robert Romano provided in Part I that follows runs counter to the narrative that has been pushed by various ‘special interests’ that the Trump 2.0 Tariffs ‘will’ cause inflation. As Part II will reflect, this isn’t a guarantee that prices will continue on this path, but it

Despite Fear Mongering Latest Federal Data Reveals Inflation Slowing-Report Contradicts Narrative that Tariffs ‘Will Cause More Inflation’ Claim; István Dobozi Flashback; MHVille FEA Read More

UnpackingQ3_2025CavcoIndustriesCVCOEarningsCallGoodTrafficCustomersAdjustingToRatesTryingToFigureOutHowToBuyCommunitiesInsightsWhatCVCO_AnalystsManagersMissedFEA-MHProNews

Unpacking Q3 2025 Cavco Industries Inc Earnings Call-‘Good Traffic’ ‘Customers Adjusting to Rates-Trying to Figure Out How to Buy’ Communities Insights; What CVCO Analysts- Managers Missed-FEA

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Per Thomson Reuters StreetEvents and Yahoo Finance at this link here is the earnings call transcript provided under fair use guidelines for media in Part I. The first paraphrases are from remarks made by Cavco Industries (CVCO) management as shown in Part I of this reports with fact-evidence-analysis (FEA). There

Unpacking Q3 2025 Cavco Industries Inc Earnings Call-‘Good Traffic’ ‘Customers Adjusting to Rates-Trying to Figure Out How to Buy’ Communities Insights; What CVCO Analysts- Managers Missed-FEA Read More

NasdaqLegacyHousingCorporationLEGH_ReportsQ1_2025FinancialResultsWithNotableDeclinesInRevenueAndIncomeOfficialLegacyReleasePlusWhatNASDAQ_QuiverAI_HitandMissedMHVilleFEA-MHProNews

Nasdaq: ‘Legacy Housing Corporation Reports Q1 2025 Financial Results with Notable Declines in Revenue and Income’ Official Legacy Release plus What NASDAQ Quiver AI Hit and Missed; MHVille FEA

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

MHProNews has been using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for two years as a tool for specific scenarios. AI systems like Copilot, Gemini or xAI’s Grok routinely have disclaimers that say things like ‘AI is experimental’ and that results should be double checked. Some AI systems are per experts better than others.

Nasdaq: ‘Legacy Housing Corporation Reports Q1 2025 Financial Results with Notable Declines in Revenue and Income’ Official Legacy Release plus What NASDAQ Quiver AI Hit and Missed; MHVille FEA Read More

HealthcareAndHousingDoesTrumpAdminAnnouncementOnHealthcarePolicyShiftOnPharmaceuticalsExecutiveOrderHoldCluesForWhatsPossibleForAffordableHousingMarketMHVilleFEA-MHProNews

Healthcare and Housing; Does Trump Admin Announcement on Healthcare Policy Shift on Pharmaceuticals Executive Order Hold Clues for What’s Possible for Affordable Housing Market? MHVille FEA

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

As a recent post on MHProNews reminded readers, housing and healthcare are two giant areas of U.S. financial expenditures. So, if costs in healthcare were reduced for a family, it stands to reason that the money available for housing and other purchases should rise. Additionally, as Part III on this

Healthcare and Housing; Does Trump Admin Announcement on Healthcare Policy Shift on Pharmaceuticals Executive Order Hold Clues for What’s Possible for Affordable Housing Market? MHVille FEA Read More

USDA_AnnouncesExpandedAccessManufacturedHousingHomeLoanProgramDetailsPlusObservationsNotFoundInOfficialReportsWhatMHInewsSaidMHVilleFacts-Evidence-AnalysisFEA-MHProNews

USDA Announces Expanded Access to Manufactured Housing Home Loan Program; Details plus Observations not Found in Official Reports; What MHI News Said; MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA)

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

According to KTL Performance Mortgage: “The USDA Guaranteed Home Loan program allows eligible buyers to purchase a home in a rural area with 100% financing (no down payment required). Effective March 4, 2025, the program will now allow financing on existing manufactured homes! This program is not limited to country

USDA Announces Expanded Access to Manufactured Housing Home Loan Program; Details plus Observations not Found in Official Reports; What MHI News Said; MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA) Read More

JoeStegmayerCVCOTimLarsonChampionSKY-TeresaPayneLesliGoochManufacturedHousingInstituteWhatsBehindTheCurtainOfManufacturedHomeIndustryUnderperformanceSundayWeeklyMHVilleHeadlinesRecap

Joe Stegmayer-Tim Larson-Teresa Payne-Lesli Gooch-Manufactured Housing Institute; What’s Behind the Curtain of Manufactured Home Industry Underperformance? Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Joseph “Joe” Stegmayer is the chairman of the RV MH Hall of Fame. What? Yes, the same Joe Stegmayer who was hit with a legal action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) along with Cavco’s Industries (CVCO) and others that cost millions in fines, legal expenses, and settlement costs

Joe Stegmayer-Tim Larson-Teresa Payne-Lesli Gooch-Manufactured Housing Institute; What’s Behind the Curtain of Manufactured Home Industry Underperformance? Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap Read More

CongressionalResearchServiceCRSonFederalPreemptionLegalKeyCanUnlockFarMoreMHSalesExpertViewsInsightsIntoManufacturedHousingImprovementActEnhancedPreemptionImportanceFEA-MHProNews

Congressional Research Service on Federal Preemption; Legal Key Can Unlock Far More MH Sales-Expert Views-Insights into Manufactured Housing Improvement Act ‘Enhanced Preemption’ Importance FEA

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Federal preemption is a key issue for unlocking more HUD Code manufactured home production. “Look, the biggest headwind of this – in this entire industry is where to put these [HUD Code manufactured] homes.” So said Duncan Bates, President and CEO Legacy Housing (LEGH). Thus, the relevance and importance of

Congressional Research Service on Federal Preemption; Legal Key Can Unlock Far More MH Sales-Expert Views-Insights into Manufactured Housing Improvement Act ‘Enhanced Preemption’ Importance FEA Read More

HowBigIsU.S.HousingMarketHowDoesHousingCompareToOtherU.S.EconomySectorsHowDoes21stCenturyManufacturedHousingFitInBiggerU.S.HousingPictureFacts-Evidence-AnalysisFEA-MHProNews

How Big is U.S. Housing Market? How Does Housing Compare to Other U.S. Economy Sectors? How Does 21st Century Manufactured Housing Fit in Bigger U.S. Housing Picture? Facts-Evidence-Analysis

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

According to Visual Capitalist on 4.16.2025, which cited the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) as its source: “To no one’s surprise, the world’s largest economy is also the world’s largest consumer economy.” Google‘s Gemini provided the following in response to an MHProNews request to fact check that data. How this

How Big is U.S. Housing Market? How Does Housing Compare to Other U.S. Economy Sectors? How Does 21st Century Manufactured Housing Fit in Bigger U.S. Housing Picture? Facts-Evidence-Analysis Read More

ManufacturedHousingsF_TroopLaughableReportingOnSeriousIssuesBySubsidiaryOfPubliclyTradedEquityLifeStylePropertiesELS-UnpackingMHInsiderStateOfTheIndustryMHVilleFEA-MHProNews

Manufactured Housing’s “F Troop” Laughable ‘Reporting’ on Serious Issues by Subsidiary of Publicly Traded Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS)-Unpacking MHInsider State of the Industry-MHVille FEA

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Candidly, “F Troop” isn’t editorially viewed by MHProNews as an ideal analogy or metaphor for Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) owned MHInsider. Per left-leaning Wikipedia: “F Troop is a satirical American television Western sitcom about U.S. soldiers and American Indians in the Wild West during the 1860s. The series originally aired for two seasons

Manufactured Housing’s “F Troop” Laughable ‘Reporting’ on Serious Issues by Subsidiary of Publicly Traded Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS)-Unpacking MHInsider State of the Industry-MHVille FEA Read More

mas kovach mhpronews shopping with soheyla .jp

Get our ‘read-hot’ industry-leading 

get our ‘read-hot’ industry-leading emailed headline news updates