{"id":13145,"date":"2017-02-10T05:13:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T11:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=13145"},"modified":"2017-02-10T09:32:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T15:32:02","slug":"discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Discrimination!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Luther King Jr. Day was beyond busy for an already busy operation here. So, what was conceived as a <em>Masthead<\/em> post weeks ago, will finally happen today.<\/p><div id=\"manuf-2861053228\" class=\"manuf-content manuf-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3870480136270376\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3870480136270376\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13148\" style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13148 \" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IfYouCantFlyRunIfYouCantRunWalkKeepMovingForwardDr.-Martin-Luther-King-Tribute-BeforeITsNewsPostedManufacuredHousingIndustryMastheadCommentaryMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"IfYouCantFlyRunIfYouCantRunWalkKeepMovingForwardDr.-Martin-Luther-King-Tribute-BeforeITsNewsPostedManufacuredHousingIndustryMastheadCommentaryMHProNews\" width=\"548\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IfYouCantFlyRunIfYouCantRunWalkKeepMovingForwardDr.-Martin-Luther-King-Tribute-BeforeITsNewsPostedManufacuredHousingIndustryMastheadCommentaryMHProNews.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IfYouCantFlyRunIfYouCantRunWalkKeepMovingForwardDr.-Martin-Luther-King-Tribute-BeforeITsNewsPostedManufacuredHousingIndustryMastheadCommentaryMHProNews-150x78.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Image credit, Before It&#8217;s News.<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Each of us have flaws, and Dr. King was no exception. Nevertheless, his bold leadership and lessons ought to be studied. \u00a0He should inspire our industry and manufactured home owners too. King looked discrimination in the eye, called it out repeatedly, and protested peacefully in order to effect change.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3vDWWy4CMhE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His protests were media covered events.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W57wPpu-LVk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>King wisely shunned riots and violence. Through writing, public speaking, organization, legal, lobbying and other action,\u00a0King won over hearts, minds and the money needed to carry on.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oehry1JC9Rk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When you look at America today vs. 50 years ago, it&#8217;s a very different nation. A far better one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analogies Limp<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Analogies are useful, but all analogies are imperfect and limp to some degree. This Dr. King analogy applied to MH limps some too. But the lessons for our industry are absolutely relevant.<\/p>\n<p>Given the huge need for affordable housing &#8211; and our MH Industry&#8217;s unique ability to fill that need &#8211; <em>we must also admit that we&#8217;ll never fully tap that ability until we beat the discrmination that holds our industry in chains.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9272\" style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9272\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/breaking-chains-masthead-blog-shutterstock-mhpronews-unlocking-minds-key-to-advance-.png\" alt=\"breaking-chains-masthead-blog-shutterstock-mhpronews-unlocking-minds-key-to-advance-\" width=\"386\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/breaking-chains-masthead-blog-shutterstock-mhpronews-unlocking-minds-key-to-advance-.png 386w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/breaking-chains-masthead-blog-shutterstock-mhpronews-unlocking-minds-key-to-advance--150x105.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image credit, MHProNews.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Manufactured home owners and businesses suffer from subtle to tremendous discrimination<\/strong>. The playing field had been so unlevel for so long, that too many in our professional ranks grumble but accept the status quo, rather than resist it.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the ignorant bias against MH in issues such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Media coverage of MH, often slanted against us, with disrespectful verbiage too.<\/li>\n<li>Regulatory overreach by HUD, others.<\/li>\n<li>The Duty to Serve. The GSEs, with the FHFA&#8217;s cover, have long treated manufactured homes unequally. \u00a0We beg for scraps due us by law in 2008, why?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/nimbyism-debunking-myths-about-manufactured-home-communities-aka-mobile-home-parks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anti-MH NIMBY<\/a> slows or stops new manufactured home placements and developments, and the list could go on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today&#8217;s made-for-television protesters-for-hire, or rent-a-riot troublemakers aren&#8217;t what <em>The Masthead<\/em> is suggesting for manufactured housing professionals and homeowners; nor is it what Dr. King used.<\/p>\n<p>Prudent, planned action is the ticket.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/an-industry-with-a-heart-the-tomorrows-home-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13149\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LaurieMercurioWisconsinHousingAllianceTomorrowsHomeFoundationManufacturedHomeLivingNews.png\" alt=\"LaurieMercurioWisconsinHousingAllianceTomorrowsHomeFoundationManufacturedHomeLivingNews\" width=\"166\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LaurieMercurioWisconsinHousingAllianceTomorrowsHomeFoundationManufacturedHomeLivingNews.png 230w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LaurieMercurioWisconsinHousingAllianceTomorrowsHomeFoundationManufacturedHomeLivingNews-132x150.png 132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Associations in Action<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/an-industry-with-a-heart-the-tomorrows-home-foundation\/\">Tomorrow&#8217;s Homes<\/a> is an example of good deeds deserving of good publicity.<\/p>\n<p>JD Harper lead AMHA members beating back a discriminatory tax plan in his state is another.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11904\" style=\"width: 142px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11904\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JDHarpercreditLinkedIn-postedMastheadMHProNews-.jpg\" alt=\"JDHarpercreditLinkedIn-postedMastheadMHProNews-\" width=\"142\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JDHarpercreditLinkedIn-postedMastheadMHProNews-.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JDHarpercreditLinkedIn-postedMastheadMHProNews--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JDHarpercreditLinkedIn-postedMastheadMHProNews--144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>JD Harper, photo credit, Linkedin.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When we ask for and get useful comments from association executives, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/avoidable-tragedies-mobile-home-fires-vs-manufactured-home-and-conventional-housing\/\">Andrea Reichman\u2019s useful statements on mobile home fires, and how those relate to manufactured housing<\/a>.\u00a0Each step taken to debunk myths, when done repeatedly, could make a big difference for our industry with the media, public officials and the home buying consumers see our homes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13150\" style=\"width: 129px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/avoidable-tragedies-mobile-home-fires-vs-manufactured-home-and-conventional-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13150\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MobileManufacturedHomeFireMythsgoUpinSmokecreditLinkedInAndreaReichman-postedmhlivingnews.png\" alt=\"MobileManufacturedHomeFireMythsgoUpinSmokecreditLinkedInAndreaReichman-postedmhlivingnews\" width=\"129\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MobileManufacturedHomeFireMythsgoUpinSmokecreditLinkedInAndreaReichman-postedmhlivingnews.png 148w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MobileManufacturedHomeFireMythsgoUpinSmokecreditLinkedInAndreaReichman-postedmhlivingnews-144x144.png 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Andrea Reichman, OMHA, photo credit, LinkedIn.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Important Questions for YOU<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How many associations are using their Capitol Day visits as media events? How is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/featured-home-35\/\" target=\"_blank\"> NY Housing&#8217;s <strong><em>House on the Hill<\/em><\/strong><\/a> media day going?<\/p>\n<p>As even these quick examples reflect, there are good examples in our industry, as well as numerous professionals with good ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Education, protests, lobbying, legal and other forms of positive as well as protective steps are needed, <em>don&#8217;t you agree?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>We hereby invite your input on this topic of discrimination against manufactured housing and manufactured home owners.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13155\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13155\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WhatSayYouOnThisTopic-575x48.png\" alt=\"WhatSayYouOnThisTopic\" width=\"575\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WhatSayYouOnThisTopic-575x48.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WhatSayYouOnThisTopic-150x13.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WhatSayYouOnThisTopic-768x65.png 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WhatSayYouOnThisTopic-1024x86.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WhatSayYouOnThisTopic.png 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Text Graphic, MHProNews.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q1.<\/strong> What do you see as discriminatory against manufactured housing and\/or manufactured home owners?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2.<\/strong> How do you think the professionals of our industry ought to respond?<\/p>\n<p>Please email me your thoughts, and clearly indicate if you&#8217;re sending it <strong>on or off the record.<\/strong> Subject line: <strong>MH Discrimination<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What say you?<\/strong> ##<\/p>\n<p>(Image credits are as shown above.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10533\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10533\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/LATonyKovachPresentingIndustryMembers-MHProNews-150x86.png\" alt=\"LATonyKovachPresentingIndustryMembers-MHProNews\" width=\"150\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/LATonyKovachPresentingIndustryMembers-MHProNews-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/LATonyKovachPresentingIndustryMembers-MHProNews.png 249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony will be presenting at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/corp-press-releases\/12845-2017-tunica-manufactured-home-updates\" target=\"_blank\">2017 Tunica MH Show March 27<\/a> on the subject of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/corp-press-releases\/12845-2017-tunica-manufactured-home-updates\" target=\"_blank\">successfully engaging the media<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\">L. A. \u2018Tony\u2019 Kovach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Luther King Jr. Day was beyond busy for an already busy operation here. So, what was conceived as a Masthead post weeks ago, will finally happen today. Each of us have flaws, and Dr. King was no exception. Nevertheless, his bold leadership and lessons ought to be studied. \u00a0He should inspire our industry and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/discrimination\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Discrimination!<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5073],"tags":[4764,4760,546,4763,4762,4761],"class_list":["post-13145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-analysis","tag-andrea-reichman","tag-discrimination-discrimination-against-manufactured-housing-and-manufactured-home-owners-ought-to-find-inspiration-in-dr-kings-organized-protests","tag-jd-harper","tag-laurie-mercurio","tag-speeches","tag-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Discrimination! - Masthead L. 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