{"id":13744,"date":"2017-07-31T11:01:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T16:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=13744"},"modified":"2017-07-31T16:10:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T21:10:34","slug":"howard-walker-els-vice-chair-mhi-executive-committee-and-multi-billion-dollar-industry-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/howard-walker-els-vice-chair-mhi-executive-committee-and-multi-billion-dollar-industry-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Walker, ELS Vice Chair, MHI Executive Committee, and Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Subsidized housing is a way of tipping the scales against the free-market solution offered by HUD Code manufactured homes. <\/span><\/p><div id=\"manuf-856120781\" 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<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Not enforcing enhanced preemption established by law under the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (MHIA 2000) is clear evidence of HUD failing to do its lawful duty. It&#8217;s one of several clear reasons to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/urgent-to-reassign-pam-danner-current-hud-code-manufactured-housing-program-administrator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immediately <em><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;\">replace<\/span><\/em> Pam Danner, JD, as head of the HUD Code manufactured housing program<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13751\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13751\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HUDPamDannerFederalDataProvesManufacturedHousingIndustryQualityITBusNetMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearchReportsDataMHProNews-com-1.png\" alt=\"HUDPamDannerFederalDataProvesManufacturedHousingIndustryQualityITBusNetMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearchReportsDataMHProNews-com\" width=\"600\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HUDPamDannerFederalDataProvesManufacturedHousingIndustryQualityITBusNetMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearchReportsDataMHProNews-com-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HUDPamDannerFederalDataProvesManufacturedHousingIndustryQualityITBusNetMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearchReportsDataMHProNews-com-1-148x150.png 148w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HUDPamDannerFederalDataProvesManufacturedHousingIndustryQualityITBusNetMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearchReportsDataMHProNews-com-1-424x430.png 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image above appeared on the business website shown, and was modified to fit this page. When HUD&#8217;s own data proves that manufactured homes have their best quality ever, why is Danner pushing for more and costlier regulations? Click above for more details.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Any industry professional, company, or association that fails to support:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0a change away from Pam Danner as head of the HUD Code manufactured housing program, or <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 who don&#8217;t want to investigate why Lois Starkey separated from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), and now is at HUD&#8217;s MH Program office, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">is logically either:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 apathetic, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"DA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 misinformed, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 na\u00efve, <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13756\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.MHProNews.com\/blogs\/industryvoices\/award-winning-mhi-retailer-regarding-hud-objectives-pam-danner-needed-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13756 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DougGormanHomeMartMHILogoAwardWinnerManufacturedHousingIndustryResearchDataReportsMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"DougGormanHomeMartMHILogoAwardWinnerManufacturedHousingIndustryResearchDataReportsMHProNews\" width=\"345\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DougGormanHomeMartMHILogoAwardWinnerManufacturedHousingIndustryResearchDataReportsMHProNews.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DougGormanHomeMartMHILogoAwardWinnerManufacturedHousingIndustryResearchDataReportsMHProNews-150x129.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Click the collage graphic above to see Doug Gorman&#8217;s reasons for saying that Pam Danner, a personal friend of his, ought to be moved out of her current role at HUD. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or is hiding something.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The topic for today was specifically requested by an active and ranking MHI member.\u00a0 That person and others in or out of that group\u2019s body have requested something similar. A number of the questions\/allegations\/points of concern listed were made by MHI members.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13759\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13759 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HowardWalkerJDViceChairEquityLifestylePropELS-ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoViceChair-postedMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearcMHProNews600.png\" alt=\"HowardWalkerJDViceChairEquityLifestylePropELS-ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoViceChair-postedMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearcMHProNews600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HowardWalkerJDViceChairEquityLifestylePropELS-ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoViceChair-postedMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearcMHProNews600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HowardWalkerJDViceChairEquityLifestylePropELS-ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoViceChair-postedMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearcMHProNews600-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HowardWalkerJDViceChairEquityLifestylePropELS-ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoViceChair-postedMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearcMHProNews600-573x430.png 573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Questioning the organization and its impact on the industry &#8211; for good or ill &#8211; should not be construed as attacking individual member companies, or people. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Before diving into questions\/concerns to ask yourself about MHI, let&#8217;s state a pair of <i>\u2018<\/i><\/span><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">fair and balanced<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"> facts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">A)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <b>The vast majority of the people and operations involved in MHI are good folks, fine operations<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">B) Industry gatherings, meetings and events are routinely pleasant, and offer various networking benefits. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13747\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BarryColePastChairRVMHHallofFamePraisingMHProNewsMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryCommentaryAnalysisReports-575x340.png\" alt=\"BarryColePastChairRVMHHallofFamePraisingMHProNewsMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryCommentaryAnalysisReports\" width=\"575\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BarryColePastChairRVMHHallofFamePraisingMHProNewsMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryCommentaryAnalysisReports-575x340.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BarryColePastChairRVMHHallofFamePraisingMHProNewsMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryCommentaryAnalysisReports-150x89.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BarryColePastChairRVMHHallofFamePraisingMHProNewsMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryCommentaryAnalysisReports.png 725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">In the real world, things are rarely all darkness or light<\/span><\/b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">. Thus, the biblical admonition to separate \u2018<i>wheat from chaff<\/i>.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Discerning professionals<\/span><\/b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">, researchers, media, and investors must separate those A-B positive truths, from the questions below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Note too that it\u2019s possible to accomplish the A-B value noted above within MHI, <i>or outside of it. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13783\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JoeKellyIowaManufacturedHousingAssocPraisingMHProNewsMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryCommentaryAnalysisReports-1-575x409.png\" alt=\"JoeKellyIowaManufacturedHousingAssocPraisingMHProNewsMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryCommentaryAnalysisReports\" width=\"575\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JoeKellyIowaManufacturedHousingAssocPraisingMHProNewsMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryCommentaryAnalysisReports-1-575x409.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JoeKellyIowaManufacturedHousingAssocPraisingMHProNewsMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryCommentaryAnalysisReports-1-150x107.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JoeKellyIowaManufacturedHousingAssocPraisingMHProNewsMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryCommentaryAnalysisReports-1.png 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Discernment &#8211; Ask Yourself These Questions About Allegations and Concerns Regarding MHI<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">In no particular order of importance:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">1) Why hasn&#8217;t MHI informed its members on its position about Pam Danner, JD, and what\u2019s behind the separation of Lois Starkey and Ton Heinemann?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">2) Isn&#8217;t it obvious that if MHI wanted to see Danner removed, they would have already publicly come out and said so?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13749\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HowardWalkerJDViceChairEquityLifestylePropELS-ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoViceChair-postedMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearcMHProNews.png\" alt=\"HowardWalkerJDViceChairEquityLifestylePropELS-ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoViceChair-postedMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearcMHProNews\" width=\"600\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HowardWalkerJDViceChairEquityLifestylePropELS-ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoViceChair-postedMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearcMHProNews.png 738w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HowardWalkerJDViceChairEquityLifestylePropELS-ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoViceChair-postedMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearcMHProNews-150x121.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HowardWalkerJDViceChairEquityLifestylePropELS-ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoViceChair-postedMastheadManufacturedHomeIndustryResearcMHProNews-535x430.png 535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">3) Why does MHI not defend the industry against false claims made by the mainstream media, or by activist anti-MH business groups?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">4) Why didn&#8217;t Warren Buffett call then President Barack Obama, and ask him to have Richard Cordray support the changes sought in <b><i>Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing? <\/i><\/b>Wouldn&#8217;t that have saved MHI and the industry millions of dollars and untold hours of failed lobbying efforts?<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13754\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13754\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LoisStarkeyTomHeinemannManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDismissedDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews260.png\" alt=\"LoisStarkeyTomHeinemannManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDismissedDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews260\" width=\"215\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LoisStarkeyTomHeinemannManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDismissedDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews260.png 260w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LoisStarkeyTomHeinemannManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDismissedDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews260-99x150.png 99w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Several media outlets picked up on the story first broken on MHProNews about the dismissal of Vice Presidents Lois Starkey Tom Heinemann Manufactured Housing Institute MHI Dismissed<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">5) Why did key MHI member\/companies de facto derail the Duty to Serve (DTS) process with FHFA and the GSEs, while the association claimed to be working for its robust enactment?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">6) Why didn&#8217;t MHI ask FHFA or the GSEs to release the minutes of private meetings? What are they hiding?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">7) <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/manufactured-housing-institute-mhi-shifts-on-doe-regulatory-rule-report-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why did MHI first support the business and job killing positions it initially took on DOE regulations<\/a>?<\/strong> Why did it only change positions after months of third party pressure on the DOE proposal they supported?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/manufactured-housing-institute-mhi-shifts-on-doe-regulatory-rule-report-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13780\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AnotherMHIFlipFlopManufacturedHousingInstituteMHI-DOELogosManufacturedHomeEnergyRuleDailyBusinessNewsReportsReseardhDataMHProNews-575x414-575x414.png\" alt=\"AnotherMHIFlipFlopManufacturedHousingInstituteMHI-DOELogosManufacturedHomeEnergyRuleDailyBusinessNewsReportsReseardhDataMHProNews-575x414\" width=\"301\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AnotherMHIFlipFlopManufacturedHousingInstituteMHI-DOELogosManufacturedHomeEnergyRuleDailyBusinessNewsReportsReseardhDataMHProNews-575x414.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AnotherMHIFlipFlopManufacturedHousingInstituteMHI-DOELogosManufacturedHomeEnergyRuleDailyBusinessNewsReportsReseardhDataMHProNews-575x414-150x108.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">8) Why has MHI allegedly misinformed its own members on a variety of issues? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">9) Why won&#8217;t MHI release its own bylaws to its own members, or prospective members? Where\u2019s the logic? What are they hiding?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">10) Sam Zell is one of many who has noted that big companies are better able to sustain heavy regulations than smaller firms. Then isn\u2019t it reasonable to presume that if MHI fails to get regulatory relief &#8211; for whatever reasons &#8211; that the end result is more smaller companies will be \u201cconsolidated\u201d into larger ones?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">11) Why has MHI not warned its members about the possible protests by anti-industry activist groups &#8211; that may disrupt the MHI annual meeting?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/presidents-protest-groups-update-on-plot-to-disrupt-mhi-annual-meeting-in-orlando\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13776\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MeethTheFacesGroupsBehindAntiManufacturedHousingMHIndustryActivistsProtests.png\" alt=\"MeethTheFacesGroupsBehindAntiManufacturedHousingMHIndustryActivistsProtests\" width=\"287\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MeethTheFacesGroupsBehindAntiManufacturedHousingMHIndustryActivistsProtests.png 410w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MeethTheFacesGroupsBehindAntiManufacturedHousingMHIndustryActivistsProtests-150x135.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">12) Is your company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/industry-news\/industry-in-focus\/a-executive-summary-400-words-manufactured-housing-industry-obstacles-and-billions-in-opportunities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feeding a hand that undermines your firm\u2019s and the public\u2019s best interests<\/a>? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u201c<\/span><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #993300; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">We Provide, You Decide<\/span><\/b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #993300; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a9 ##<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(<\/span><\/em><strong><em>Note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Listen to what MHI member Dick Ernst says about controversy and <strong><em>MHProNews<\/em><\/strong>.com. Those principles Ersnt mentioned about digging into the issues that will head the industry in the right direction, applied then and now.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/ajg1mrphku\" name=\"wistia_embed\" width=\"485\" height=\"273\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13773\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MHProNews56342Magazines32PagesEach2MillionPageViewsMastheadMHProNews.png\" alt=\"MHProNews56342Magazines32PagesEach2MillionPageViewsMastheadMHProNews\" width=\"595\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MHProNews56342Magazines32PagesEach2MillionPageViewsMastheadMHProNews.png 595w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MHProNews56342Magazines32PagesEach2MillionPageViewsMastheadMHProNews-150x64.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MHProNews56342Magazines32PagesEach2MillionPageViewsMastheadMHProNews-575x244.png 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11724\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/latonykovach.com\/recommendations-and-testimonials.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11724\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LATonyKovach-QuestioningNYSAAteam-NewYorkHousingAssociation-MHProNews-com-PhotoCreditMarkSimon-250x167.jpg\" alt=\"LATonyKovach-QuestioningNYSAAteam-NewYorkHousingAssociation-MHProNews-com-PhotoCreditMarkSimon--250x167\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LATonyKovach-QuestioningNYSAAteam-NewYorkHousingAssociation-MHProNews-com-PhotoCreditMarkSimon-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LATonyKovach-QuestioningNYSAAteam-NewYorkHousingAssociation-MHProNews-com-PhotoCreditMarkSimon-250x167-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Photo taken while L. A. &#8220;Tony&#8221; Kovach was questioning MH regulators in NY. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">(Image credits are as shown, and when they are from third parties, they are provided under fair use guidelines.) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L. A. &#8216;Tony&#8217; Kovach<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subsidized housing is a way of tipping the scales against the free-market solution offered by HUD Code manufactured homes. Not enforcing enhanced preemption established by law under the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (MHIA 2000) is clear evidence of HUD failing to do its lawful duty. It&#8217;s one of several clear reasons to immediately &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/howard-walker-els-vice-chair-mhi-executive-committee-and-multi-billion-dollar-industry-questions\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Howard Walker, ELS Vice Chair, MHI Executive Committee, and Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Questions<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13759,"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":[4884,4077,436,4882,2557,4881,545,275,4883,882],"class_list":["post-13744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-analysis","tag-and-multi-billion-dollar-industry-questions","tag-barry-cole","tag-dick-ernst","tag-els-vice-chair","tag-equity-lifestyle-properties","tag-howard-walker","tag-joe-kelly","tag-manufactured-housing-institute","tag-mhi-executive-committee","tag-sam-zell"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Howard Walker, ELS Vice Chair, MHI Executive Committee, and Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Questions - Masthead L. 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