Facebook has a neat feature that reminds you of some post from the past. This morning, that Facebook feature reminded me of a post about MHVille that was from two years ago. We’ve begun to use the phrase – “wheat and chaff” – more often to describe the point that people and sources of …
Facebook, Manufactured Housing, and American Drama Read More »
S. 2155 is poised to pass the House today. It’s styled “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.” Should the bill pass – and Skopos Labs/GovTrack say there is a 56 percent chance of enactment – then the following is what you can expect from the Arlington, VA based national manufactured housing association …
In the aftermath of last year’s Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) annual meeting, an MHI advocate metaphorically taunted MHProNews for our reporting on looming protests of their meeting. That skeptic isn’t doubting the forecast of MHAction protests any more. MHAction initially targeted the MHI annual event in Orlando last year. But a combination of disruptive factors …
Anti-MH Industry MHAction Protesters Have Struck Manufactured Housing Again, and Again Read More »
Affordable housing, including manufactured homes, is not a partisan issue. At least, it shouldn’t be. When HUD Secretary Ben Carson, M.D., and Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) shared the brief exchange below, there was an energy in Carson’s words. It’s an energy – “a shock” – that many have experienced over the …
HUD Secretary Carson, Advocacy Groups, Politicos, & Manufactured Housing Shock Read More »
Hindsight is twenty-twenty. Warren Buffett doesn’t need to convince me or gain my agreement with him on that point. On that and the value of history, Mr. Buffett and this Masthead writer would agree. Buffett and we agree too on the value of research, reading, asking, listening, probing, and understanding. For the record, …
“I’m tired of being the best kept secret. I’m ready to help house America.” – Terry Decio, Skyline Homes, to MHProNews. What happened? The Rest of the Story, 1… Several of the brands that the industry knows today are not the same brand as they were a decade or more ago. Palm Harbor. Fleetwood. Champion. …
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It was 15 years ago, but back then, MHI was correct to quote Harvard’s Eric Belsky. What happened to Belsky’s prediction, that kept manufactured housing from reaching its promised potential? That’s debatable. We outlined in a cross-referenced, fact-based analysis and commentary part of what allegedly happened to the then-and-now potential for federally regulated, HUD …
That’s Debatable – Affordable Housing, Manufactured Homes, Trillion$ Await Read More »
First, the readers digest version, then the details. Last week, the WVHI sent out their newsletter with a column apparently written by their co-president, George Gunnell. Gunnell is an RVP for Clayton Homes. That article and others in the same newsletter indicated that MHI wanted Pam Danner ousted from her role at HUD. That’s not …
Andy Gallagher, “Ousting” Pam Danner, MHI, Clayton’s RVP, WVHI – “Transparency” Read More »
It should go without saying that the readers of MHProNews span the political, economic, religious, gender, ethnic, and other spectrums. That means there are some that will love a statement they read on X (fill in the blank on what X is), while others oppose that same statement on X. Still others with a furrowed …
“The X Factor” – Manufactured Housing’s Surprising Solution$ Read More »
Let’s begin with several examples of good news, before we get into the headline concerns. • A huge, new manufactured home community has broken ground, and is underway. That upscale MHC project, linked here, joins Scott Robert’s and his team’s big MHC project, linked here. • A new, independent HUD Code home manufacturing center …
Staff Shakeup! What’s Next – Good and Bad – at the Manufactured Housing Institute? Read More »
