The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has begun to line up support for HR 3849, dubbed "Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act.” The bill would amend portions of the SAFE Act and Dodd-Frank. The good news for our industry is there is bi-partisan support for the measure in the House, with over a dozen legislators signed …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) new president, Richard A. "Dick" Jennison has done well on his response to USA today about tornadoes. Let me quote his letter to them, verbatim: — Tornadoes are devastating natural events that do not discriminate against one form of housing vs. another. As the article states, 823 people were killed …
We are starting a series of videos and photos here on The Masthead blog, entitled "Live from Washington, D.C. 2012" 2/26/2012 2/26/2012 Opening statement of Richard A. Jennison 2/26/2012 Richard A. Jennison giving his bio. 2/26/2012 2/26/2012 2/27/2012 Honorable Tom Davis R-VA 11th, 1995-2008 2/27/2012 Brad Shechtman with American Mobile Home Communities 2/28/2012 James McGee, …
Business and profit building education has always been one of the many benefits of membership in state and national associations. When we say that an association exists to protect and promote the industry, that's true. One of the ways those goals are accomplished is precisely through educational workshops, seminars, symposiums and events tailored for manufactured …
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The Louisville Manufactured Housing Show for 2012 is now in the history books. Hats off to Dennis Hill and the Show Ways team, Show Chairman Ron Thomas Sr., the Midwest Manufactured Housing Federation (MMHF) executive directors, our speakers, panelists and each company that helped make this show a success. An exhibitor I spoke with summed …
Manufactured Home Community Operators! Manufactured Housing Retailers! Manufactured and Modular Builder/Developers! If there is only 1 event you can attend in 2012, make that one the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show. Why? It will provide you with THE Tools and Methods that will yield MORE home $ale$ in 2012. Learn more and read all about …
The temperature may be dropping and the snow may be flying where you are, as it tends to do around Chicago-land at this time of year. But things are sizzling here at MHProNews. Thousands like you have ‘voted’ for the new format and have set a new record for number of visitors (readers) and page …
Happy Thanksgiving from: Joe – Matthew – Jeff Soheyla – Tony Before you break for all the joys and feasting with family and friends, let us thank you for coming faithfully to our web-pages. You've made us #1. We also want to thank our feature writers and sponsors who make all of this possible: …
A friend of mine called from California today (I am writing this on Saturday) who was telling me, ‘I’ve been looking at the history of change in business and politics. Most of the time, positive new ideas comes not from the current leaders – the insiders – but from those who aren’t yet part of …
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein 1. MHI and MHARR released their dueling press releases this week on their different takes on the fire sprinkler issue. Click the respective names of each organization above to see their statements. Which one makes …
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