Terminology 101-Understand Key Words: Palter-Posture-Projecting. Optics. Regulatory Capture-Iron Triangle. Nonprofit-Capture. Illusory Truth. How Throttling Production=Consolidation. ‘Moat’
Manufactured Housing Institute Email-CEO Lesli Gooch via LinkedIn: Teresa Payne Joined MHI; Tip-‘Payne’s Policies Favored Largest Manufacturers for Years-Now She Joined MHI’ Conflict Concerns-FEA
‘MHARR Aligns Manufactured Home Industry-Pres Trump-HUD Secretary Turner Affordable Homeownership Vision’ Sec Turner-MHARR Leaders Talk Manufactured Housing Improvement Act-Enhanced Preemption
MHARR v MHI Engagement and Communications re: Incoming Trump 2.0+HUD Secretary E. Scott Turner – Authentic or Symbolic? Genuine or Posturing? Revealing Evidence-MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis
The Full Speech Transcript – President of the United States (POTUS) Donald J. Trump’s 1.20.2025 Inaugural Address – ‘The Golden Age of America Begins Right Now’ ‘No More Taking Advantage of U.S.’ Videos
Company Announces ‘Tiny Tiny Houses’ ‘Mini-Mobile Homes on Bike’ to Benefit Homeless ‘Unhoused’ Working Poor; Implications-Importance to Inherently Affordable Mainstream Manufactured Housing
Top and U.S. Housing Markets for 2025 Interactive Graphic on Buying Power Based on Tax Foundation Studied Data by U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis–Manufactured Housing Opportunities-MHVille FEA
Donald Trump’s Election Victory Speech–Full Transcript plus CNN-Kamala Harris and Kevin Roberts-Transition Insights with Vichy USA Commentary and Analysis
Yardi-Linked Multi-Housing News Manufactured Housing Institute CEO Lesli Gooch Interview vs Mark Weiss Interview Responses Compared on Key Manufactured Home Industry Issues with Revelations
HUD Admits Decades of Delay as Election Approach-Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) say HUD Took 10YRs to OK Multi-Family Manufactured Homes After They Raised Issue
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How High Can Modern Manufactured Home Sales Go? News, Report, Statistical Analysis

In any profession, successful people do what the unsuccessful can’t, didn’t or won’t do.  The successful see opportunities which those with more limited vision or who lack a given expertise might miss. To inform and inspire, let’s look at a snapshot provided by the infographic that follows, and share some analysis. The National Association of …

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CFPB Imposed Appraisal Rule for Manufactured Housing Looms, July 18, 2015!

Ten days from today, the CFPB imposed appraisal rule for manufactured housing goes into effect. There are those who suggest that this is a consumer protection. That reminds me a bit of the Ronald Reagan punch line, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you.” First, for those who aren’t among the thousands …

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America’s Political and Business Climate – Losers and Winners – plus the Impact on MH, July 2015

To consider the current business and political climate, let’s reflect during this 4th of July weekend on the path which brought us here. The fight for American Independence was long and bitterly fought. The conflict with the British  began in 1775 and did not end until 1783. American colonists were divided on the issue of …

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America’s and the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Crossroads, July 2015

As regular readers know, the first Masthead  blog post of the month is devoted to ‘introducing’ the Featured Articles on our MHProNews.com home page. Every month, we list them all, and this month will be no exception. There are times when a theme emerges or is planned for a given month. Last month, it was …

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Manufactured Housing’s Struggle for Rebirth, Independence and Interdependence – July 2015

The new July 2015 Featured Articles and Videos will go live in the home page of MHProNews.com under the two center Daily Business News modules the night of July 1, or by noon on July 2. This Masthead blog post will be updated with the full line up of new articles and Inside MH videos, …

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Manufactured Home Communities – aka ‘Mobile Home Parks’ [sic] – should be 100% Occupied

Investors, take note.  Manufactured Home ‘Street’ Retailers, your report is coming.  But for the next few minutes, we will look at why manufactured home communities (MHCs) – incorrectly still known by too many as ‘mobile home parks’ ([sic] – since no mobile homes have been built in the U.S. since June 15, 1976) ought to …

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President Barack Obama, Dodd-Frank reform and Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing – HR 650/S 682

“A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, ‘Huh. It works. It makes sense.‘” – Barack Obama. There is momentum behind the common-sense changes sought by the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (HR 650/S 682).   MHProNews has …

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Favorite Issues for the Manufactured Housing Industry’s two National Associations

As thousands of MHPros know, the manufactured housing (MH) industry is represented in DC by two different associations. There is MHI – the Manufactured Housing Institute and MHARR – the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform. Each of these is currently pursing rather different courses of action. MHI MHI’s primary focus has been Dodd-Frank reform. …

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Doug Ryan, CFED & CFPB – Conflict of Interest in Lobbying about Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing reforms of Dodd-Frank for Manufactured Housing Financing?

The hot new report linked below on MHLivingNews focuses on what looks like a conflict of interest. Doug Ryan at CFED has admitted that their organization gets money from the federal government, including from the CFPB. They in turn lobby the CFPB, Congress and the media on behalf of “consumers,” including claiming that the largest …

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