The definition of affordable housing used by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): “Affordable housing is generally defined as housing on which the occupant is paying no more than 30 percent of gross income for housing costs, including utilities.” According to the U.S. Census Bureau in: “2022, show that before taxes, median household income declined …
Per Grammarist, “A day late and a dollar short is another way to say too little too late. When a person is a day late and a dollar short, he has not only missed an opportunity due to tardiness, but also because he has not put forth enough effort.” When examining contemporary MHVille landscape connected facts like the …
“IF we keep doing what we’ve been doing, We will keep getting what we got!” – MHIdea Today’s Sunday Weekly Recap (9.3.2023) details a troubling trend in manufactured housing that might have been thwarted had what follows further below from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) been heeded sooner. But it is not …
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 …
First comes the facts, per the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). MHI’s latest emailed remarks to members dated 4.3.2023 are found at this link here. Recall Cavco Industries’ claims linked here and here. Then, consider in Part I below what …
The 2022 midterm congressional elections are nearing completion. The manufactured housing industry faces what may well be the worst regulatory onslaught in its history. The self-proclaimed national representative of “all segments” of the manufactured home industry – the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) – owes the industry an explanation for its serial failures with respect to …
Danny Ghorbani was working for the Manufactured Housing Institute as a vice president for years before he and some industry colleagues launched an independent trade association that eventually became the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). Ghorbani led MHARR for years before Mark Weiss took over the helm and Ghorbani moved into an advisory …
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 …
