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Today is one of those days when it pays to source information across the left-right divide. Even when doing so, sometimes key facts are overlooked, downplayed, or are missed entirely. The Biden-Harris team’s theme has been going green. Right-of-center media, such as Tucker Carlson or Townhall have stressed that windmills […]
“We study history in order to understand the present and to prepare for the future. Because anything that’s happened before can happen again.” – House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (SC-D) on 2.29.2020. There are millions who rent who pay more than 30 percent of their income on housing. “A new
Leticia Miranda is a business reporter for NBC News. Miranda is a journalistic veteran, as will be shown further below. On Valentine’s Day, 2.14.2021 at 6:00 AM, she shared an unloving look at manufactured home living wherein NBC asserted that “Mobile home dwellers hit even harder when facing eviction,” with
It is a fact. If two relatively equal teams are playing a series of contests, and one team is thinking long-term, but the other is one is more focused on today or the shorter term, then the longer-term thinking team – especially if they already have money and influence –
If these next few quotes – used with permission – sound like anyone you know, then you know they (or you…) are not alone. “I am throwing up! I don’t want to hear any more lies!” Variations on those expressions have been commonplace in recent weeks. Those specific quotes are
Tonight’s featured focus on the surface may seem distant from manufactured housing. But upon closer examination, it literally impacts every single person in America and in much of the world as well. That is not hyperbole. That is the cold, hard reality of the dynamic well evidence argument made by
We study the past because anything that has happened before can happen again. For those with the gift of memory and who know that details matter, millions will recall how this new pair of media releases from the Job Creators Network (JCN) Foundation has a familiar echo to past events.
Warping reality has serious consequences. While not a word of what follows is about manufactured housing, that does not mean that our industry and scores of others aren’t being impacted. The same forces that are defining reality in the body politics are routinely ‘defining’ the public’s perception about manufactured homes,
Update: Kathryn Limbaugh just announced on 2.17.2021 that Rush Limbaugh has passed away earlier this morning. On February 4, 2020 during President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union Address, First Lady Melania Trump placed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Mr. Limbaugh, “in recognition of all that you have
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The backdrop for tonight’s report should be the report linked below that spotlighted Cavco Industries (CVCO) frank admission. Indeed, Cavco’s Mark Fusler encouraged an understanding of that topic. Quoting Fusler, “I encourage you to review Cavco’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, without limitation, the company’s most recent
From the left-and-right, there are voices that have been raised about the double obvious standards. “It is good to be a Democrat,” quips right-of-center rising and ‘top 5’ talk radio star Chris Plante. “If not for double standards, the left would have no standards at all.” If that sounds like
On Jan 22, 2017 the Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma (MHAO) tweeted: “Have you seen the new Clayton Homes ads on TV….loved it! Homes made in the US….”who’s laughing now?” Months later, pro-Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) surrogate MHInsider picked up on that theme. On May 4, 2018, Patrick Revere wrote
The Corporate Finance Institute (CFI) defines “NIMBY” in this manner. “NIMBY, an acronym that stands for Not In My Back Yard, is used to characterize the opposition of residents to a proposed development plan in their area. NIMBY describes the phenomenon in which communities will adamantly resist a development plan
There: is a widely acknowledged affordable housing crisis. There are decades of third-party research reports by federal, state, university, nonprofits, and other intelligent researchers that demonstrate that the most proven form of affordable housing are found in modern manufactured homes. Yet, despite that and other points that will be noted
The solution for the affordable housing crisis has been hiding in plain sight for decades. There are clear examples of widespread agreement between numerous members of both major parties that more affordable home ownership would be good for minorities and all those with lower incomes. Democrats and Republicans have often
“MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has released “Absolute Proof,” his documentary purporting to explain the unfounded claims of election fraud, and it’s just as unhinged as you’d expect,” so says left-of-center Vice. They posted this disclaimer from One America News Network (OANN or OAN). No surprise, perhaps, that Vice did not
Duplex manufactured homes. Attached garages or carports part of the design of HUD Code manufactured housing. These are among the items that have long been simmering on the industry’s formal agenda. Today’s report could be summed up as being about significant federal regulations fought and regulations that are changing on
In this week’s Washington Update from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), two of their news release topics to MHProNews are presented in full as part of tonight’s market-connected report. The first is MHARR’s spotlight on FHFA’s Duty to Serve (DTS) lending decision. First, note the contrast. The
In a news release this week from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHRR) to MHProNews is the following item. It will be followed by additional information, analysis, and commentary. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RESCINDS TRUMP REGULATORY ORDERS The Biden Administration, in a flurry of executive actions, has dramatically pivoted
On January 25, 2021, the left-of-center AP reported that Dominion Voting Systems had sued pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell and Trump legal team attorney Rudy Giuliani for $1.3 billion in damages over claims of voter fraud related to the 2020 election. Fast forward to 2.4.2021 and left-of-center CNN, left-of-center CNBC and
