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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Dodd-Frank Reality Check: What is its true impact on Manufactured Housing?

Those who follow this blog and our www.MHMSM.com trade journal know that we are pro-Industry, solution oriented and believe in the present and future potential of our business.  There are those who are profitable and are making money.  That means others can be profitable, too. We also believe in facing realities squarely.  Neither holding one’s …

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Are Manufactured Home chattel finance clouds getting darker still?

Are Manufactured Home chattel finance clouds getting darker still? Attorney and Industry Expert Marty Lavin has sounded off on what ails MH personal property (chattel) lending with this article entitled The Train to Oblivion. A response from an MH chattel lender was made with an article entitled If you don’t go forward, you’re not going …

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A Look at Marty Lavin’s Manufactured Housing’s Train to Oblivion

Two topics today.  The second one is an industry pro’s painful experience with local/state officials.  But we will start with… Topic 1:  Marty Lavin’s The Train to Oblivion Attorney, manufactured home community owner and industry expert Marty Lavin has shared a wake-up call in his Industry Voices guest column post, The Train To Oblivion Numerous …

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Why Buffett Bets Against IBISWorld on Manufactured Homes

Attention getting headlines vs. a true analysis.  This sums up what many in the factory-built home world believe is the heart of the issue with the IBISWorld report on the ‘top ten dying industries’ in America.  IBISWorld named manufactured home dealers as one of the top ten, and publications such as The Atlantic , Huffington …

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“Don’t Show this to Warren Buffett…” the latest Manufactured Housing News and Commentary

The Business Insider headline “Don’t Show this to Warren Buffett…” was just one of many private or public messages that came into my email in the days following the IBISWorld Report that forecast the manufactured housing dealer as a ‘dying industry.’  Many calls came in on this and related topics in recent days as well.  …

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Manufactured Housing: Phoenix arising or Endangered Species?

Seven topics this week, one that is pure fun, others more serious, so let’s dive right in. 1. Manufactured Housing: Endangered Species or Phoenix Rising? If you listen to the likes of consultant Chuck Shinn or academic Dr. David Funk, you would think Manufactured Housing is poised for a potentially bright future.  In fact, as …

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Kicking a Man Who Is Down and the Manufactured Housing Industry

At times many tire of the long string of ‘bad news’ that seems to flow endlessly towards our Industry from Washington DC, our state capital or locally.  Many working in our businesses today never knew the glory days of the late 90s, when 372,000+ manufactured homes were sold by HUD Code builders in 1998.  Even …

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