Great journalists, pundits, and attorneys often reveal the gift of being able to summarize developments in a manner others might miss. There are forces and conflicts in our nation as well as in our industry and profession that are coming to a head. Cavco’s William “Bill” Boor told Congress last month that the manufactured home …
Samuel Strommen said that “The aim of this paper is thus: to expose a number of antitrust violations—both blatant and subtle—in the form of the increasing monopolization of the manufacturing, financing, and the increasingly consolidating landlords, and to call for reforms within this industry.” According to his LinkedIn profile, Samuel “Sam” Strommen is an Associate …
Each aspect of the headline will be unpacked, but not necessarily in the heading’s sequence, starting with this one. “As part of MHI’s ongoing efforts to elevate the profile of manufactured housing as a solution to the country’s affordable housing shortage, MHI CEO Dr. Lesli Gooch will…” fill in the blank. That quotation is from …
‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ to the Department of Energy was not mentioned in the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) legal pleadings opposing the Department of Energy (DOE) manufactured housing energy standard regulations in a suit filed in association with the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA). Nor were their pleadings’ pending filing mentioned in the MHI generated “Federated …
“The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has published a research White Paper (copy attached) which exposes a decades-long pattern of public relations exploitation — by the supposed representative of “all segments” of the manufactured housing industry — of laws and government benefit programs which purportedly include federally-regulated manufactured housing but, in fact, fail …
Colorado Public Radio (CPR) and the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) CEO Lesli Gooch have both made clear that MHI supports H.R. 7651 – the “Manufactured Housing Affordability and Energy Efficiency Act of 2022.” CPR points to a HousingWire op-ed by Gooch as evidence, under the utopian headline “Cheap, energy-efficient manufactured homes? New federal standards aim …
Superficially, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) both state their opposition to the Department of Energy (DOE) release plan for the DOE’s Manufactured Housing Energy Efficiency Standards Rule. In their own words, they both argue that what the Biden White House claimed was support for manufactured housing …
Mark Weiss, J.D., President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) provided this advanced copy of a report they will release to their mailing list on 1.24.2022. It is part of Weiss’ “Issues and Perspectives” series and is on the topic of “Where is the ‘Equity’ for Manufactured Homes and Consumers …
Some 13½ years after the enactment of the Congressionally mandated Duty to Serve (DTS) manufactured housing, rural, and underserved markets for the Government Sponsored Enterprises of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has stated their respective plans for 2022-2024 will not be accepted for “any of the three underserved markets.” …
In terms of the topic, the headline largely sums it up. The following is a exclusive new interview with attorney, manufactured housing industry veteran, and Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) President/CEO, Mark Weiss. As a note for new and other readers, MHProNews conducted this Q&A style interview with follow up inquiries and …
