{"id":17182,"date":"2019-06-06T19:13:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T00:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=17182"},"modified":"2019-06-06T19:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T00:16:00","slug":"hud-secretary-ben-carson-affordable-housing-obscuring-the-truth-innovations-in-housing-and-manufactured-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/hud-secretary-ben-carson-affordable-housing-obscuring-the-truth-innovations-in-housing-and-manufactured-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"HUD Secretary Ben Carson, Affordable Housing, Obscuring the Truth, Innovations in Housing, and Manufactured Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HUDSecretaryBenCarsonAffordableHousingObscuringTruthManufacturedHomesDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HUDSecretaryBenCarsonAffordableHousingObscuringTruthManufacturedHomesDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews-575x302.jpg\" alt=\"HUDSecretaryBenCarsonAffordableHousingObscuringTruthManufacturedHomesDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews\" width=\"575\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HUDSecretaryBenCarsonAffordableHousingObscuringTruthManufacturedHomesDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews-575x302.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HUDSecretaryBenCarsonAffordableHousingObscuringTruthManufacturedHomesDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HUDSecretaryBenCarsonAffordableHousingObscuringTruthManufacturedHomesDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"manuf-2911027952\" 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>Hold the headline for 125 words. Poisoning the well. Salting the fields. Those are but two of several ancient methods some enemies used to harm their opponents. The notion behind those vile tactics was if you could kill off their drinkable water or their food supply, someone could effectively destroy their enemy.<\/p>\n<p>Other devious, ancient tactics are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>scapegoating,<\/li>\n<li>tapping into prejudice(s),<\/li>\n<li>obscuring the truth,<\/li>\n<li>the big lie,<\/li>\n<li>making numbers of people fear doing or saying something that is normally quite natural.<\/li>\n<li>Still other tactics are buying or enticing someone to become effectively a \u2018Quisling\u2019 or \u2018Benedict Arnold.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VidkunQuislingNorwegianTraitorWikiDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VidkunQuislingNorwegianTraitorWikiDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"VidkunQuislingNorwegianTraitorWikiDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews\" width=\"447\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VidkunQuislingNorwegianTraitorWikiDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews.jpg 447w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VidkunQuislingNorwegianTraitorWikiDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-150x139.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All those are tools of manipulation or coercion, but they could in theory begin subtly. \u201cPolitical correctness\u201d might be viewed as an example of the deployment of a way to delicately influence millions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BenidictArnoldWikiDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BenidictArnoldWikiDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews.jpg\" alt=\"BenidictArnoldWikiDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews\" width=\"437\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BenidictArnoldWikiDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews.jpg 437w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BenidictArnoldWikiDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews-123x150.jpg 123w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BenidictArnoldWikiDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews-354x430.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before proceeding, let me stress that this writer is a political independent. Affordable housing ideally ought to be a non-partisan or bi-partisan issue. My friends and family include Democrats, Republicans, libertarians, other minor parties, and the droves that could care less about politics. While I hold personal views on matters of faith, my friends and colleagues include self-professed atheists, agnostics, Buddhist, Bahai, Muslims, Jews, New Age, and oh yes, one of several branches of Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the truth, evidence, reason, experience, logic, and history are among the intellectual drivers for this writer and our LLCs digital publications. Earning and keeping the biggest professional audience of its kind in our industry didn\u2019t happen by accident. Or as a top man of a publicly traded firm said during the Tunica Show, he\u2019s happy his company isn\u2019t one of those we\u2019re investigating, a back handed compliment. He went on to say that we lay out a case step-by-step in an evidence-based fashion that makes sense once an article is digested.<\/p>\n<p>That corporate leader isn\u2019t alone. Professionals from firms of all sizes have made this the number one digital platform of its kind in our industry\u2019s history. Not bragging, just the facts made possible by the various tips, sources, and contributions of so many others.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/frank-rolfe-dave-reynolds-both-finger-manufactured-housing-institute-mhi-failures-in-writing-again\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HUD Secretary Ben Carson\u2019s Affordable Housing Educational Offensive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, let\u2019s acknowledge that a genius in one field doesn\u2019t make someone all-knowing about other subjects. All truth is learned from another in some form or fashion. Before one knows the truth about any given subject, one is by definition \u2018ignorant.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s reality, not a slur.<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming a political candidate for the White House as a Republican in the 2016 election cycle, the current Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) \u2013 Ben Carson, MD &#8211; was a world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon. This writer was among those who grew up hearing amazing-but-true stories of the accomplishments of Dr. Carson. Carson in several ways epitomized the American Dream of going from rags to riches.<\/p>\n<p>His is a story of discipline, endurance to overcome the odds, and the rewards that can come in a free market society that rewards honest accomplishments. So, of course Dr. Carson opposes socialism, and celebrates the American Way.<\/p>\n<p>In an era when being a black man was considered to be automatically a Democrat, Carson &#8211; not unlike Justice Clarence Thomas, Alan Keyes, Thomas Sowell, Alveda King, Carol Swain, Walter Williams or scores of others &#8211; came to believe that what modern Democrats embraced ran counter to many of the values that made America great. That\u2019s not a slam on <em>Democrats as individuals, <\/em>but it is to question a party leaders that drifted from Democratic President John F. Kennedy\u2019s professed anti-communism and tax cutting to one that increasingly embraces socialism and redistribution of wealth schemes.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s note there have been GOP party issues I won\u2019t go into now that kept me from embracing their views in toto as well. Each party \u2013 in some form or fashion &#8211; has something worthy of consideration. This writer, therefor, strives to support those who line up with proven historic principles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mocked!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are times when we all say or do something inadvertently that if magnified and mocked, can be weaponized to create an illusion of ineptitude. Mocking someone can seemingly soil even the most gifted. Do that on national TV, social media, or cable news, and you can turn a truly wise or intelligent person into someone that can be made to appear clumsy. The \u201cOREO\u201d vs. \u201cREO\u201d item that made headlines about Secretary Carson a few weeks ago is an example of that in action.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary Carson profoundly identified that mockery tactic on national TV spot posted below as borrowed from the pages of Saul Alinsky, author of <em>Rules for Radicals<\/em>. Alinsky and Hillary Rodham &#8211; the future Mrs. Clinton &#8211; were pen pals, and Hillary did a college paper on Alinsky and his methods. To dot the i on slips of the lip or honest mistakes, it\u2019s as wrong to mock former President Barack Hussein Obama for saying 57 instead of 50 states, as it is to mock Secretary Carson for not hearing REO correctly during a somewhat raucous congressional hearing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zc4SGavHHhE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stuff happens, but mature or fair-mined people don\u2019t mock another for a simple misunderstanding.<\/p>\n<p>Cheap shots at such slips are the tools of those with a weak argument. Which brings us to a reality that Secretary Carson well knows. The truth can be obscured or even turned on its head by a variety of means.<\/p>\n<p>Before turning to affordable housing, let\u2019s give but one more example of obscuring the truth. Prior to launching the campaign that led him to becoming the 45th president, try to find someone of stature who accused Donald J. Trump of racism or misogyny. The Trump Organization famously promoted women as easily as a man. There are scores of people like Tiger Woods, Kanye West, or Secretary Carson, that have or would attest to the fact that President Trump is no racist. Trump appeared on Oprah Winfrey\u2019s program several times. Did she think him a racist then? If so, why did Oprah have him on\u2026was she promoting racism or a racist? Of course not. But repeat a lie often enough, and a certain number will believe it.<\/p>\n<p>Repeat a lie with millions hearing or reading it often enough, and millions will believe that lie.<\/p>\n<p>With those useful analogies and examples, now let\u2019s turn to Secretary Carson\u2019s lessons on affordable housing. Note that in the video below, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/oklahoma-tornado-kills-sobering-surprising-fact-check-mobile-homes-manufactured-homes-commercial-buildings-conventional-housing-twisters-and-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Secretary Carson speaks about manufactured homes and windstorm resistance, Maria Bartiromo makes a sound<\/a>, as if his statement caught her by surprise. One might think that the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) might want this video on their website. More on that later.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/339335929\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretary Carson and Affordable Housing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, Secretary Carson begins with a free enterprise mindset. As a scientist &#8211; because that\u2019s what a physician is &#8211; Dr. Carson is by training evidence, reason, goal, and solution oriented.<\/p>\n<p>Reverend Donald Tye, Jr. told me something profoundly insightful, which we\u2019ve held until now. Tye said that when he spent time working in social programs to help the disadvantaged, an odd shift can occur among those serving the needy. A job exists in government or a nonprofit in part because there are poor or other circumstantially disadvantaged individuals. <em>Solving the underlying problem would eliminate jobs<\/em>. Ouch, but that\u2019s a deeply insightful point.<\/p>\n<p>Rephrased, Rev. Tye was telling me that solving poverty was not the goal for many in a nonprofit or governmental role. Ouch, that\u2019s painful to ponder, but it\u2019s a notion that at a minimum merits consideration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJrBusinessmanManufacturedHousingAdvocateMastheadMHProNews-500x768-500x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJrBusinessmanManufacturedHousingAdvocateMastheadMHProNews-500x768-500x768.jpg\" alt=\"RevDonaldTyeJrBusinessmanManufacturedHousingAdvocateMastheadMHProNews-500x768-500x768\" width=\"500\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJrBusinessmanManufacturedHousingAdvocateMastheadMHProNews-500x768-500x768.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJrBusinessmanManufacturedHousingAdvocateMastheadMHProNews-500x768-500x768-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJrBusinessmanManufacturedHousingAdvocateMastheadMHProNews-500x768-500x768-280x430.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJrManufacturedHousingAdvocateQuickestWayWealthIndustryVoicesMastheadMHProNews500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJrManufacturedHousingAdvocateQuickestWayWealthIndustryVoicesMastheadMHProNews500.jpg\" alt=\"RevDonaldTyeJrManufacturedHousingAdvocateQuickestWayWealthIndustryVoicesMastheadMHProNews500\" width=\"514\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJrManufacturedHousingAdvocateQuickestWayWealthIndustryVoicesMastheadMHProNews500.jpg 514w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJrManufacturedHousingAdvocateQuickestWayWealthIndustryVoicesMastheadMHProNews500-150x60.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJr.ManufacturedHousingNotTrailerNotNwordMastheadMHProNews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJr.ManufacturedHousingNotTrailerNotNwordMastheadMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"RevDonaldTyeJr.ManufacturedHousingNotTrailerNotNwordMastheadMHProNews\" width=\"522\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJr.ManufacturedHousingNotTrailerNotNwordMastheadMHProNews.jpg 522w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RevDonaldTyeJr.ManufacturedHousingNotTrailerNotNwordMastheadMHProNews-150x117.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carson has been asked to shrink the budget at HUD, as have others in various federal agencies in the Trump Administration. Shrinking HUD\u2019s budget creates political enemies among those who benefit from the existence of programs and poverty. It should be common sense &#8211; besides being federal law &#8211; that illegal aliens don&#8217;t qualify for housing assistance, a topic mentioned in the first right-of-center <em>Fox Business<\/em> video above. That\u2019s but one of many issues that some on the left have attempted to manipulate facts that creates a narrative that they can weaponize against Secretary Carson.<\/p>\n<p>Carson, by a variety of means, has learned several things about manufactured housing. That\u2019s come in part from trade associations, but also from HUD internal, and other sources.<\/p>\n<p>Carson is not necessarily an expert, but he is intelligent. It is common sense that a home built in a factory is less costly than one built more slowly outdoors. Traditional \u2018site building\u2019 is subject to the weather, theft, subcontractors that don\u2019t always show up when expected, inspections that get delayed, permitting, and a raft of issues that cost time and money. Build a single car in a driveway and see how much more expensive that one car is than one essentially identical that\u2019s built on a factory assembly line.<\/p>\n<p>Factory-building is common sense.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary Carson doesn\u2019t have to be a gifted genius to get that reality. Common sense ought to be enough.<\/p>\n<p>In fairness, there is no doubt that Secretary Carson has learned some valuable insights from members of several different associations. I\u2019d like to contemplate the good doctor as thinking for himself \u2013 as a scientist would &#8211; and not as a puppet for Berkshire Hathaway or their de facto association mouthpiece, based in Arlington, VA. Carson surely knows who Warren Buffett is better than most, because &#8211; as noted &#8211; he knows who Saul Alinsky is, of whom most Americans know nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Carson, once he begins to learn the truth about manufactured homes, does what many do. He and others get excited about it. Carson seems to sincerely want to tell others, the best way his time and other demands allows him to do. That desire to share good news is common, until it is beat out of someone.<\/p>\n<p>Now, sharing good news about manufactured homes as a tool in the chest for solving the affordable housing crisis may seem to fit what a manufactured housing trade association would &#8211; or should &#8211; want.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/multimedia\/api\/embed\/iframe?id=c624afdb-485a-496d-aacc-0b09aa7e9858\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But what Secretary Carson &#8211; perhaps inadvertently, perhaps by intent &#8211; has done is reveal the utter purported hypocrisy of the Arlington, VA based Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). How so?<\/p>\n<p>Manufactured housing is now in its 8th month of year-over-year declining production. When one grasps the reality of what Secretary Carson says, it begs the question the Urban Institute asked in January 2018. Manufactured homes could help solve the affordable housing crisis, so why aren\u2019t more HUD Code manufactured homes being sold?<\/p>\n<p>There are over two decades of third-party research that tells the story of HUD Code manufactured homes. That research is largely absent from the MHI website. Why? Why doesn\u2019t MHI have a page on their website with tons of third party research, as we have established on MHLivingNews?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17192\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UltimateReportersResearchersAffordableHousingAdvocatesShoppers3\u2019rdPartyResearchReportsMobileHomesManufacturedHomesModularHousingMHLivingNews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UltimateReportersResearchersAffordableHousingAdvocatesShoppers3\u2019rdPartyResearchReportsMobileHomesManufacturedHomesModularHousingMHLivingNews.jpg\" alt=\"UltimateReportersResearchersAffordableHousingAdvocatesShoppers3\u2019rdPartyResearchReportsMobileHomesManufacturedHomesModularHousingMHLivingNews\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UltimateReportersResearchersAffordableHousingAdvocatesShoppers3\u2019rdPartyResearchReportsMobileHomesManufacturedHomesModularHousingMHLivingNews.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UltimateReportersResearchersAffordableHousingAdvocatesShoppers3\u2019rdPartyResearchReportsMobileHomesManufacturedHomesModularHousingMHLivingNews-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UltimateReportersResearchersAffordableHousingAdvocatesShoppers3\u2019rdPartyResearchReportsMobileHomesManufacturedHomesModularHousingMHLivingNews-575x302.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/ultimate-reporters-researchers-affordable-housing-advocates-or-shoppers-3rd-party-research-reports-on-mobile-homes-manufactured-homes-and-modular-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/ultimate-reporters-researchers-affordable-housing-advocates-or-shoppers-3rd-party-research-reports-on-mobile-homes-manufactured-homes-and-modular-housing\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last year, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Certified Business Economist (CBE) Scholastica \u2018Gay\u2019 Cororaton wrote a fascinating research report that debunks large swaths of the misinformation that exists about manufactured homes. At least one MHI vice president took part in that research process, because she, I, and Mark Weiss from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform are among those that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NationalAssocRealtorsRU_JCRES_Vol6No1Update7-2018Pg48ManufacturedHousingIndustryMarketDataFactsResearchMHProNews.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NAR\u2019s Cororaton cited in her first footnote on page 48.<\/a> That highly useful NAR research by Cororaton isn\u2019t found on MHI\u2019s website. Why not? Wouldn\u2019t third-party evidence which debunks outdated or errant notions help convince more Americans hungry for affordable housing to buy a manufactured home?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it would. Third-party endorsement, by whatever terminology or nomenclature one may use, has been powerful method for convincing skeptics for ages. A genuine third-party research that debunks fallacies goes to the heart of the quotes below, from a former MHI chairman, and a controversial but savvy MHI member.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17193\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TimWilliams21stMortgageCEOthenMHIChairmanGoodArgumentsRefuteEveryStatisticsRespondEveryStoryPBSDIckErnstDailyBusinessNewsmHPronews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17193 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TimWilliams21stMortgageCEOthenMHIChairmanGoodArgumentsRefuteEveryStatisticsRespondEveryStoryPBSDIckErnstDailyBusinessNewsmHPronews.jpg\" alt=\"TimWilliams21stMortgageCEOthenMHIChairmanGoodArgumentsRefuteEveryStatisticsRespondEveryStoryPBSDIckErnstDailyBusinessNewsmHPronews\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TimWilliams21stMortgageCEOthenMHIChairmanGoodArgumentsRefuteEveryStatisticsRespondEveryStoryPBSDIckErnstDailyBusinessNewsmHPronews.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TimWilliams21stMortgageCEOthenMHIChairmanGoodArgumentsRefuteEveryStatisticsRespondEveryStoryPBSDIckErnstDailyBusinessNewsmHPronews-150x83.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Then, MHI Chairman when this comment was made. So why doesn\u2019t MHI follow this prudent advice? Why as MHI chair, did Williams mandate doing what he said was a good argument? MHI has a full time PR person. What is that PR person doing, if not refuting incorrect reports, and promoting good news?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13826\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13826\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FrankRolfeNegativeArticlesOnIndustryNoCommentbyManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIRVHorizonsMobleHomeUniversityPostedDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews.png\" alt=\"FrankRolfeNegativeArticlesOnIndustryNoCommentbyManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIRVHorizonsMobleHomeUniversityPostedDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews\" width=\"597\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FrankRolfeNegativeArticlesOnIndustryNoCommentbyManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIRVHorizonsMobleHomeUniversityPostedDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews.png 802w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FrankRolfeNegativeArticlesOnIndustryNoCommentbyManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIRVHorizonsMobleHomeUniversityPostedDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-150x34.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FrankRolfeNegativeArticlesOnIndustryNoCommentbyManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIRVHorizonsMobleHomeUniversityPostedDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-575x132.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FrankRolfeNegativeArticlesOnIndustryNoCommentbyManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIRVHorizonsMobleHomeUniversityPostedDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-768x176.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Quoting a source isn&#8217;t to be construed as endorsing that speaker. The quote is apt. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/frank-rolfe-blasts-mhi-for-poor-media-engagement-industry-reactions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/frank-rolfe-blasts-mhi-for-poor-media-engagement-industry-reactions\/<\/a> <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are reams of quotes similar to those we could cite, but let\u2019s just use one more quote for the moment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14367\" style=\"width: 437px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14367\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TimeMagazineTerryDecioManufacturedHomeLivingNews.jpg\" alt=\"TimeMagazineTerryDecioManufacturedHomeLivingNews\" width=\"437\" height=\"278\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> The Decio family had Art &#8211; Terry&#8217;s father &#8211; on the cover of Time Magazine decades ago, what happened to the MH Industry since then? <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TerryDecioSkylineChampionHomesPhotoQuoteImTiredofManufacturedHousingbeingBestKeptSecretReadyHelpHouseAmericaMastheadMHProNews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TerryDecioSkylineChampionHomesPhotoQuoteImTiredofManufacturedHousingbeingBestKeptSecretReadyHelpHouseAmericaMastheadMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"TerryDecioSkylineChampionHomesPhotoQuoteImTiredofManufacturedHousingbeingBestKeptSecretReadyHelpHouseAmericaMastheadMHProNews\" width=\"600\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TerryDecioSkylineChampionHomesPhotoQuoteImTiredofManufacturedHousingbeingBestKeptSecretReadyHelpHouseAmericaMastheadMHProNews.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TerryDecioSkylineChampionHomesPhotoQuoteImTiredofManufacturedHousingbeingBestKeptSecretReadyHelpHouseAmericaMastheadMHProNews-150x59.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TerryDecioSkylineChampionHomesPhotoQuoteImTiredofManufacturedHousingbeingBestKeptSecretReadyHelpHouseAmericaMastheadMHProNews-575x227.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Decio\u2019s question begs the question. Why is manufactured housing a secret at all? What is the job of MHI? Don\u2019t they claim in writing and in videos to be promoting the manufactured home industry? Isn\u2019t that part of what MHI\u2019s President and CEO, Richard \u2018Dick\u2019 Jennison, swears to under penalty of perjury when he signs the annual IRS form 990?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IRSForm990ManufacturedHousingInstituteRichardDickJennisonPresidentSignsThisStatementMastheadMHProNews.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IRSForm990ManufacturedHousingInstituteRichardDickJennisonPresidentSignsThisStatementMastheadMHProNews.png\" alt=\"IRSForm990ManufacturedHousingInstituteRichardDickJennisonPresidentSignsThisStatementMastheadMHProNews\" width=\"791\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IRSForm990ManufacturedHousingInstituteRichardDickJennisonPresidentSignsThisStatementMastheadMHProNews.png 791w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IRSForm990ManufacturedHousingInstituteRichardDickJennisonPresidentSignsThisStatementMastheadMHProNews-150x65.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IRSForm990ManufacturedHousingInstituteRichardDickJennisonPresidentSignsThisStatementMastheadMHProNews-575x249.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IRSForm990ManufacturedHousingInstituteRichardDickJennisonPresidentSignsThisStatementMastheadMHProNews-768x333.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17126\" style=\"width: 655px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ManufacturedHomeMHShipments1990-2017MastheadManufacturedHousingMHProNews600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ManufacturedHomeMHShipments1990-2017MastheadManufacturedHousingMHProNews600.jpg\" alt=\"ManufacturedHomeMHShipments1990-2017MastheadManufacturedHousingMHProNews600\" width=\"655\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ManufacturedHomeMHShipments1990-2017MastheadManufacturedHousingMHProNews600.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ManufacturedHomeMHShipments1990-2017MastheadManufacturedHousingMHProNews600-150x141.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ManufacturedHomeMHShipments1990-2017MastheadManufacturedHousingMHProNews600-458x430.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">20 years ago, manufactured homes outsold RVs by about 3 to 2. Today, RVs outsell manufactured homes by some 5 to 1. Manufactured homes are normally purchased for full time living, many RVs are for recreational or part time living. Many RVs &#8211; which are towable as well as motorized &#8211; can be higher than a manufactured home. The cost per square foot for a manufactured home is routinely lower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16930\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ManufacturedHousingSHipmentsBloombergQuintFactoryBuiltRebuidRecoveryMashteadLATonyKovachMHproNEws-756x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ManufacturedHousingSHipmentsBloombergQuintFactoryBuiltRebuidRecoveryMashteadLATonyKovachMHproNEws-756x768.jpg\" alt=\"ManufacturedHousingSHipmentsBloombergQuintFactoryBuiltRebuidRecoveryMashteadLATonyKovachMHproNEws-756x768\" width=\"700\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ManufacturedHousingSHipmentsBloombergQuintFactoryBuiltRebuidRecoveryMashteadLATonyKovachMHproNEws-756x768.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ManufacturedHousingSHipmentsBloombergQuintFactoryBuiltRebuidRecoveryMashteadLATonyKovachMHproNEws-756x768-148x150.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ManufacturedHousingSHipmentsBloombergQuintFactoryBuiltRebuidRecoveryMashteadLATonyKovachMHproNEws-756x768-423x430.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Both a plank in the Democratic Party&#8217;s &#8216;new deal&#8217; plan and a draft by the Trump Administration &#8211; each on paper &#8211; are aimed at the problem of growing monopoly in America. We plan in 2019 to press both Democrats and Republican leaders on this issue, especially as it relates to manufactured housing. Watch for it. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I\u2019ve not spoken to Secretary Carson. So, there is a bit of supposition here, based upon years of my reading and listening to the famous gentleman. At some point, Carson surely must wonder \u2013 why aren\u2019t more manufactured homes being sold? Why didn\u2019t his predecessor at HUD, who likewise praised manufactured homes, actively promote manufactured housing as I\u2019m trying to do?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/145933019\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14137\" style=\"width: 451px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14137\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Superficiality-is-the-curse-of-the-modernWorldMatthewKellyQuoteFancyInspirationBlogMHProNews720-575x278.jpg\" alt=\"Superficiality-is-the-curse-of-the-modernWorldMatthewKellyQuoteFancyInspirationBlogMHProNews720\" width=\"451\" height=\"218\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Seek first understanding. Don&#8217;t skim. Don&#8217;t jump to conclusions.<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Secretary Carson is Exposing MHI and Berkshire Hathaway MH Brands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Secretary Carson has exposed MHI and Berkshire Hathaway in this fashion. A normal trade group would be celebrating what he said to them on May 7, 2019. There are numerous, powerful, pull quotes from his speech.<\/p>\n<p>But no, now almost a month after the address by Carson, that speech is still not found on MHI\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BenCarsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHILogoWebsiteSearch2019-06-04_1143MastheadLATonyKovach.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BenCarsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHILogoWebsiteSearch2019-06-04_1143MastheadLATonyKovach.png\" alt=\"BenCarsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHILogoWebsiteSearch2019-06-04_1143MastheadLATonyKovach\" width=\"700\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BenCarsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHILogoWebsiteSearch2019-06-04_1143MastheadLATonyKovach.png 792w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BenCarsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHILogoWebsiteSearch2019-06-04_1143MastheadLATonyKovach-150x121.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BenCarsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHILogoWebsiteSearch2019-06-04_1143MastheadLATonyKovach-532x430.png 532w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BenCarsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHILogoWebsiteSearch2019-06-04_1143MastheadLATonyKovach-768x621.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After weeks of our hammering that point, last Thursday, MHI finally posted a brief notice on an interior page about the Innovation in Housing event that Secretary Carson, HUD and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) are promoting. They sent out a message to their members via email with a few pull quotes from Dr. Carson&#8217;s 5.7.2019 address, to let their members know how great MHI is. That\u2019s become MHI\u2019s photo op campaign.<\/p>\n<p>But after bragging to their members about \u2018getting\u2019 Carson two years in a row, they failed to promote his fine address this year or last on their own website. Where is the logic there? Doesn&#8217;t that make the point that Frank Rolfe and others have raised about failing to properly promote the industry?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14531\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/MHCommunitiesOfAZNealTHaneyPresidentWhyTheyQuitManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews600-575x167.jpg\" alt=\"MHCommunitiesOfAZNealTHaneyPresidentWhyTheyQuitManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews600\" width=\"558\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MHI also apparently failed to use their media contacts to promote the good insights Carson has been making in mainstream news appearance exemplified by some videos shown on this page. The same was true in the run-up to the Innovation in Housing showcase that has 3 HUD Code manufactured homes on display.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first such failure by MHI. Rather, it is only the most recent, as other examples posted above reflect.<\/p>\n<p>Restated, there is a pattern of behavior that MHI has exhibited for years. It comes down to only a few logical possibilities. Pardon what will seem blunt, but let\u2019s just state them. Among the logical possibilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MHI &#8211; their staff &#8211; are inept.<\/li>\n<li>MHI &#8211; their staff &#8211; are incompetent.<\/li>\n<li>MHI &#8211; their staff &#8211; posture intelligent behavior to their members, but fail to effectively do so with the general public.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s bear in mind that the association\u2019s staff are intelligent people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/238597068\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s further keep in mind that the association\u2019s staff do what the MHI Executive Committee tells them to do. Put 3 stars next to that point.<\/p>\n<p>MHI\u2019s staff have been paid bonuses, if the IRS form 990s filings are to be believed.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/bonuses-bonuses-manufactured-housing-struggles-during-affordable-housing-crisis-while-top-mhi-staffers-get-bonuses\/<\/p>\n<p>MHI staff have been praised by Tim Williams and other MHI Executive Committee leaders. Given the opportunity to respond to concerns raised here or on MHLivingNews, they&#8217;ve ducked time and again for the last 2 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14585\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14585\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/RickRobinsonManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDailyBuisnessNewsMHProNews-478x430.jpg\" alt=\"RickRobinsonManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDailyBuisnessNewsMHProNews\" width=\"391\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Declining to take questions in front of dozens of industry professionals was Rick Robinson, MHI&#8217;s SVP and General Counsel. MHI&#8217;s president has similarly ducked publicly questions by this pro-industry trade media platform. Why begs the question, why? <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rearticulated, <strong>the staff must be doing what the MHI Executive Committee desires<\/strong>. That doesn\u2019t absolve them of moral or perhaps some legal responsibilities. But it causes one to look beyond MHI staff to those who pull the strings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17198\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SamLandyQuotePeopleNeedQualityHomeReasonablePriceWeMHIndustryProvideThatOnlyEconomicDistortionsCausedByGovtMadeOurIndustryLoserLastDecadeUMHPropertiesMHProNews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17198 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SamLandyQuotePeopleNeedQualityHomeReasonablePriceWeMHIndustryProvideThatOnlyEconomicDistortionsCausedByGovtMadeOurIndustryLoserLastDecadeUMHPropertiesMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"SamLandyQuotePeopleNeedQualityHomeReasonablePriceWeMHIndustryProvideThatOnlyEconomicDistortionsCausedByGovtMadeOurIndustryLoserLastDecadeUMHPropertiesMHProNews\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SamLandyQuotePeopleNeedQualityHomeReasonablePriceWeMHIndustryProvideThatOnlyEconomicDistortionsCausedByGovtMadeOurIndustryLoserLastDecadeUMHPropertiesMHProNews.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SamLandyQuotePeopleNeedQualityHomeReasonablePriceWeMHIndustryProvideThatOnlyEconomicDistortionsCausedByGovtMadeOurIndustryLoserLastDecadeUMHPropertiesMHProNews-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SamLandyQuotePeopleNeedQualityHomeReasonablePriceWeMHIndustryProvideThatOnlyEconomicDistortionsCausedByGovtMadeOurIndustryLoserLastDecadeUMHPropertiesMHProNews-540x430.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who helped promote those federal legislation efforts that harmed manufactured housing? Start with a presidential candidate supported by Warren Buffett.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WarrenBuffettBillClintonHillaryClintonBarackObamaKevinClaytonNathanSmithPhotosMastheadLATonyKovachMHproNews-303x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WarrenBuffettBillClintonHillaryClintonBarackObamaKevinClaytonNathanSmithPhotosMastheadLATonyKovachMHproNews-303x768.jpg\" alt=\"WarrenBuffettBillClintonHillaryClintonBarackObamaKevinClaytonNathanSmithPhotosMastheadLATonyKovach\" width=\"303\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WarrenBuffettBillClintonHillaryClintonBarackObamaKevinClaytonNathanSmithPhotosMastheadLATonyKovachMHproNews-303x768.jpg 303w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WarrenBuffettBillClintonHillaryClintonBarackObamaKevinClaytonNathanSmithPhotosMastheadLATonyKovachMHproNews-303x768-59x150.jpg 59w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WarrenBuffettBillClintonHillaryClintonBarackObamaKevinClaytonNathanSmithPhotosMastheadLATonyKovachMHproNews-303x768-170x430.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UMH President Sam Landy <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sam Landy, JD, UMH Properties President and CEO, said at an MHI meeting to a half-dozen or so listening to him a few years ago words to the effect that \u2018<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>there seems to be a lot of meetings, but that not much actually gets accomplished<\/strong><\/span>.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Some MHI corporate members stopped going to many of their meetings, and send a delegate instead, for the same reason Landy stated.<\/p>\n<p>Note that MHI\u2019s 990s make it clear that events and meetings are a profit center for the organization. That\u2019s fine, <em>so long as the organization is doing something worthwhile to promote their stated mission<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>There are some who do benefit from MHI, but not in the normal association manner. The evidence suggests that MHI as it has operated in the Berkshire Hathaway era (since 2003) as a tool for corporate consolidation. By appearing to industry members to do what a normal national association should do, they can effectively collect dues and PAC contributions from independents. That also provides opportunities for larger companies to acquire smaller ones.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17199\" style=\"width: 579px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DonaldTrumpQuoteIfSomethignIsGoingtoAffectYourLifeItsBestToKnowAsMuchAsYouCanAboutItDonaldJTrumpSuccessThreadMHProNews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DonaldTrumpQuoteIfSomethignIsGoingtoAffectYourLifeItsBestToKnowAsMuchAsYouCanAboutItDonaldJTrumpSuccessThreadMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"DonaldTrumpQuoteIfSomethignIsGoingtoAffectYourLifeItsBestToKnowAsMuchAsYouCanAboutItDonaldJTrumpSuccessThreadMHProN\" width=\"579\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DonaldTrumpQuoteIfSomethignIsGoingtoAffectYourLifeItsBestToKnowAsMuchAsYouCanAboutItDonaldJTrumpSuccessThreadMHProNews.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DonaldTrumpQuoteIfSomethignIsGoingtoAffectYourLifeItsBestToKnowAsMuchAsYouCanAboutItDonaldJTrumpSuccessThreadMHProNews-150x74.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DonaldTrumpQuoteIfSomethignIsGoingtoAffectYourLifeItsBestToKnowAsMuchAsYouCanAboutItDonaldJTrumpSuccessThreadMHProNews-575x282.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reading, viewing, asking the right questions, observing, and listening. These are keys to adaptive success.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>How Industry Underperformance Benefits Berkshire and \u201cThe Big Boys\u201d in Manufactured Housing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because the industry is de facto underperforming, based upon historic data and the potential demand, it means that those who have sold out in the last 15 years have done so at a discounted value. Doesn\u2019t that nicely fit what Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger want? Isn\u2019t that what investors who follow Buffett call an undervalued acquisition?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WarrenBuffettAZQuoteCriticalFactorDetermineValuePayFairBargainPriceMastheadTonyKovachMHProNews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WarrenBuffettAZQuoteCriticalFactorDetermineValuePayFairBargainPriceMastheadTonyKovachMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"WarrenBuffettAZQuoteCriticalFactorDetermineValuePayFairBargainPriceMastheadTonyKovachMHProNews\" width=\"750\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WarrenBuffettAZQuoteCriticalFactorDetermineValuePayFairBargainPriceMastheadTonyKovachMHProNews.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WarrenBuffettAZQuoteCriticalFactorDetermineValuePayFairBargainPriceMastheadTonyKovachMHProNews-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WarrenBuffettAZQuoteCriticalFactorDetermineValuePayFairBargainPriceMastheadTonyKovachMHProNews-575x271.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WarrenBuffettAZQuoteCriticalFactorDetermineValuePayFairBargainPriceMastheadTonyKovachMHProNews-768x361.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By suppressing the positive truth about manufactured housing, in direct and indirect ways, the powers that be in MHVille &#8211; exemplified, but not limited to, Omaha and Knoxville metro based firms &#8211; have turned the Arlington based MHI into a tool for consolidation that can readily escape normal regulatory scrutiny. It\u2019s a slow-motion scheme. MHI appears to do what associations do. But they don\u2019t make significant progress. It is a model predicated on the industry underperforming.<\/p>\n<p>Does anyone but this author think so? Yes, and we\u2019ve cited examples. Recent ones are Frank Rolfe and Dave Reynolds, who de facto doubled down on Frank Rolfe\u2019s quote above. See the new report, linked below.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/frank-rolfe-dave-reynolds-both-finger-manufactured-housing-institute-mhi-failures-in-writing-again\/<\/p>\n<p>Or Neal Haney, who as previously was noted, led numbers of this colleagues out of MHI, saying that they failed to represent their interests.<\/p>\n<p>Or Bob Crawford, who on stage and in an entirely unplanned, explained to dozens of industry professionals why MHI was at best a 5 out of 10 in performance. Where so come from, that earns you an \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>F<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d a failing grade. Keep in mind, this is a flashback to near the end of the Obama administration era.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/170186350\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mark Weiss, JD, is the President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). He aptly called what MHI does the <a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/the-illusion-of-motion-versus-real-world-challenges\/\">\u201cIllusion of Motion<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yR4BLVbSIK\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/the-illusion-of-motion-versus-real-world-challenges\/\">\u201cThe Illusion of Motion Versus Real-World Challenges\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;\u201cThe Illusion of Motion Versus Real-World Challenges\u201d&#8221; &#8212; Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/the-illusion-of-motion-versus-real-world-challenges\/embed\/#?secret=cRbYscLcvE#?secret=yR4BLVbSIK\" data-secret=\"yR4BLVbSIK\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Former MHI member and award winner Marty Lavin, JD, may have shrewdly understood this well before others did. For years, he said in writing or in meetings, the following.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14582\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNews600-575x345.png\" alt=\"FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNews600\" width=\"463\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNews600-575x345.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNews600-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNews600.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More recently, the observant Lavin said the next potent quote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14908\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SoTheAssociationMHIIsNotThereFortheIndustryUnlesstheinterestsoftheBigBoysJointheIndustrysMartyLavinMHIAwardWinnerQuoteMHProNe-575x212.jpg\" alt=\"SoTheAssociationMHIIsNotThereFortheIndustryUnlesstheinterestsoftheBigBoysJointheIndustrysMartyLavinMHIAwardWinnerQuoteMHProNe\" width=\"575\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Does Secretary Carson get all of this? I can\u2019t say, because I don\u2019t know him personally. I do know that HUD\u2019s press office has arguably done all that they can to keep me and our publication away from Secretary Carson. Specifically, let me point the finger at HUD\u2019s Brian Sullivan, who is either de facto working for MHI, or for some other reason fails to do what is in HUD\u2019s &#8211; and Dr. Carson\u2019s \u2013 and the Trump Administration\u2019s goals of saving taxpayer dollars best interests. There is no logical reason that Sullivan would have, since we have be consistent public supporters of Secretary Carson since he was first nominated.<\/p>\n<p>No one in MHVille could give Secretary Carson a better chance to talk directly to the largest audience of industry\u2019s professionals of all sizes than this author and our digital trade media platforms. Furthermore, on <em>MHLivingNews<\/em>, Carson could be reaching current and potential manufactured home owners. That\u2019s what Carson says he wants. So, if Sullivan is smart, he knows these things.<\/p>\n<p>So why has Sullivan foiled every effort to date to make that happen? We\u2019ll let that question hang, perhaps Mr. Sullivan will tell us, but what he\u2019s said to date is intellectual mush.<\/p>\n<p>One doesn\u2019t have to believe in a grand conspiracy to recognize that people in the public sector may someday want to work in the private sector. Who better to work for later in life than a Berkshire Hathaway brand?<\/p>\n<p>Further, former <a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/washington-post-article-underscores-clear-need-for-an-independent-post-production-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office of Manufactured Housing Program (OMHP) Pam Danner, JD, was an Obama era appointee<\/a>, with similar political views as the former 44<sup>th<\/sup> president. Secretary Carson said that the regulations he reviewed were \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>ridiculous<\/strong><\/span>\u201d in Senate testimony in 2018, and praised the evolution of manufactured homes as \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>amazing<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d That was an indirect way of scolding Danner\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rPcMitvNlW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/washington-post-article-underscores-clear-need-for-an-independent-post-production-association\/\">\u201cWashington Post Article Underscores Clear Need for An Independent Post-Production Association\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;\u201cWashington Post Article Underscores Clear Need for An Independent Post-Production Association\u201d&#8221; &#8212; Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/washington-post-article-underscores-clear-need-for-an-independent-post-production-association\/embed\/#?secret=89WN5HchiS#?secret=rPcMitvNlW\" data-secret=\"rPcMitvNlW\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/262743141\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Danner, per our sources, was inserted into her role at HUD by allies of the Berkshire brands.<\/p>\n<p>What a growing number of professionals and legislators realize is the following.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The power to tax is the power to destroy<\/strong>. The more complex the tax laws, the better for big businesses. The more complex the tax laws, the harder it is on small businesses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The power to regulate is the power to destroy. <\/strong>It\u2019s another point that controversial MHI members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/frank-rolfe-dave-reynolds-both-finger-manufactured-housing-institute-mhi-failures-in-writing-again\/\">Frank and Dave made just days ago<\/a>. It\u2019s a point we\u2019ve made for years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cut businesses of from capital and financing, and you limit or kill businesses off.<\/strong> Combined with the second bullet above, if you get industry members to fight no-win battles like the now dead <em>Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act<\/em> \u2013 which Frank Rolfe said his congressman told him was a waste of time in the Inside MH video posted above \u2013 and you will over time cause some to quit, sell out, or close up entirely. All of those are useful for a stealth monopolist. This writer recently referred to that tactic as the classic boxer\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/rope-a-dope-preserving-access-to-manufactured-housing-act-mom-dad-you\/\">Rope-a-Dope<\/a>\u201d tactic, and I confess that I fell for it for a time too.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Evidence exists that that Berkshire, Clayton Homes, 21<sup>st<\/sup> did cut off lending<\/strong>. Neither of those brands, nor MHI, have yet to debunk \u2013 or even try \u2013 the documents, direct quotes, video and related evidence that in 2009 a blatant \u2018smoking gun\u2019 style antitrust action occurred during the aftermath of the financial crisis. We use the word alleged, because that\u2019s what\u2019s proper. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/bridging-gap-affordable-housing-solution-yields-higher-pay-more-wealth-but-corrupt-rigged-billionaires-moat-is-barrier\/\">antitrust attorneys we\u2019ve shown this to that\u2019s looked carefully has said there looks to be a reasonable case, learn that at the link here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Last for now, but not least, Buffett\u2019s money has been used to fund both sides of several fights, and it has routinely been MHI that \u2018loses\u2019 in the battles. <\/strong>We\u2019ve followed the \u2018dark money\u2019 trail, see that linked below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/prosperity-now-nonprofits-sustain-john-olivers-mobile-homes-video-in-their-reports\/<\/p>\n<p>So with that series of examples of how to weaponize an industry, why would it be a surprise if the revolving door between government and the private sector \u2013 as well documented as that is \u2013 has also been used by the big boys of MHVille? Again, HUD\u2019s Sullivan will be invited to reply.<\/p>\n<p>But he \u2013 and perhaps HUD\u2019s Teresa Payne, both of whom are nice people \u2013 are arguably sandbagging Secretary Carson from achieving what he claims to want to do. The arguable alternative is that Carson is doing an elaborate head fake, and Sullivan and Payne are covering for their boss. I\u2019m not buying that, but time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>Manufactured housing is underperforming. That harms most, save a few consolidators.<\/p>\n<p>Let me hit one more note we\u2019ve not hit before. There are companies that may disagree with Berkshire, with Warren Buffett, or with their politics. They may go along out of fear of retaliation, because our industry readers know the purported attempts by those in league with the Omaha-Knoxville-Arlington axis to punish those who would publicly oppose them.<\/p>\n<p>But some could stand up and fight, but don\u2019t. They currently have enough capital, enough power to resist. But they don\u2019t. Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because they are willing to allow the Berkshire brands to consolidate the industry, thinking that it helps them in an indirect fashion. Ouch, but I\u2019ve heard that with my own ears from sources who know and are doing that very thing.<\/p>\n<p>And Buffet and Munger don\u2019t even need to know the vast majority of the people being impacted, so long as their minions in Knoxville and beyond are putting the principles of their strategic Moat is being put to work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15794\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/UnderstandingWarrenBuffettCastleMoatMetaphorsQuotesMastheadManufacturedHousingIndustryAnalysisMHProNews-519x768.jpg\" alt=\"UnderstandingWarrenBuffettCastleMoatMetaphorsQuotesMastheadManufacturedHousingIndustryAnalysisMHProNews-519x768\" width=\"519\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why We Believe Carson\u2019s at Least Partially in the Dark\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enhanced Preemption is a provision of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000. As the name implies, it gives HUD Code manufactured homes preemption from a host of local or state regulatory mandates. It is in principle part of how the HUD Code saves a builder money, which in turn saves a home buyer money.<\/p>\n<p>MHI mentions \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>enhanced preemption<\/strong><\/span>\u201d not at all in their website. Why not?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15795\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHILogoEnhancedPreemption2019-06-04_1248.png\" alt=\"ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHILogoEnhancedPreemption2019-06-04_1248\" width=\"587\" height=\"395\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By contrast, you\u2019d find over a dozen articles on MHARR\u2019s website about enhanced preemption. MHI has been online about 10x longer than MHARR. How to explain this disparity? Note that MHI rebuilt its website about 3 years ago, and topics that may have existed before, could have been purged at that time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15796\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/EnhancedPreemptionManufacturedHousingAssociationForRegulatoryReformLogoMastheadMHProNews2019-06-04_1607.jpg\" alt=\"EnhancedPreemptionManufacturedHousingAssociationForRegulatoryReformLogoMastheadMHProNews2019-06-04_1607\" width=\"600\" height=\"763\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What we\u2019ve not seen any evidence that Secretary Carson is aware of the notion of \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Enhanced Preemption<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15798\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HUDSecretaryBenCarsonEnhancedPreemptionManufacturedHomesMastheadblog.png\" alt=\"HUDSecretaryBenCarsonEnhancedPreemptionManufacturedHomesMastheadblog\" width=\"514\" height=\"842\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On <em>MHProNews <\/em>and <em>MHLivingNews,<\/em> we\u2019ve spotlighted \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>enhanced preemption<\/strong><\/span>\u201d for years. We put it into our federal comments letters too. It is my understanding that MHARR has done so too. Videos like the one below touches on the topic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/209234148\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So when MHI shows all of these photo ops with HUD\u2019s Brian Montgomery, HUD Secretary Carson, or others, do their meeting minutes reflect that they\u2019ve raised the issue with HUD? Because if so, in a snap, perhaps the single biggest challenge to sales growth would be remedied.<\/p>\n<p>There is no need to pass a new law, when good existing laws are going unfulfilled. The same is true on the Duty to Serve. MHI has promoted the Clayton-backed \u2018new class\u2019 of homes, but has not pushed for full implementation of the Duty to Serve (DTS) by the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) on all HUD Code manufactured homes.<\/p>\n<p>There is no longer any rationale that the GSEs can use to avoid the implementation of DTS. Why? Because Triad Financial, Credit Human, 21<sup>st<\/sup> Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance (VMF) have proven for years that they can do substantiable lending. Furthermore, the FHFA and NAR research that both say that manufactured homes can and do appreciate should be all the reasons needed for the GSEs to do what the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA 2008) requires.<\/p>\n<p>But that would cost Berkshire Hathaway profits. Who says? Then MHI Chairman and 21<sup>st<\/sup> Mortgage Corp \u2013 a Berkshire brand &#8211; Tim Williams did, in a meeting in San Antonio Texas to a few dozen people, with me in the room.<\/p>\n<p>Not all, but many roads that explain MHI\u2019s odd behavior go back to Omaha and Knoxville. But what seems ever more apparent is that MHI is \u2013 as Marty Lavin said \u2013 there for the big boys. By keeping the industry small now, once the big boys consolidated as much as they think they can get away with, watch as they magically take their foot off an invisible brake pedal. Berkshire\u2019s coffers will open. A real marketing and educational campaign will suddenly come to life. Berkshire Hathaway\u2019s \u201cBH Media Group\u201d will likely suddenly start educating the public.<\/p>\n<p>There is no way that Berkshire can logically argue that they are doing their best to grow the industry. The evidence to the contrary is stark, and growing.<\/p>\n<p>In the <em>Inside MH<\/em> video above, Dye specifically says that Secretary Carson should enforce enhanced preemption. The award-winning Dye does more, like explain that there are entry level manufactured homes, and residential style manufactured homes. Both types must meet all HUD Code standards, and thus both serve consumers in very necessary and valuable ways. Dye also says that over half his customers previously owned a conventional site-built house, before buying a manufactured home.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have both said they want to enforce the law. Secretary Carson has said similarly.<\/p>\n<p>But Carson if doesn\u2019t know the law on enhanced preemption exists, how can they enforce it? I don\u2019t think Brian Montgomery \u2013 an establishment guy that MHI touted and was there at HUD previously for years &#8211; can make the same claim, but let\u2019s hold that issue for another time.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of enhanced preemption is that all those local zoning and placement barriers that Secretary Carson has spoken of at times would vaporize if federal enhanced preemption were enforced.<\/p>\n<p>The affordable housing crisis could be largely solved within a decade, perhaps less, largely be free enterprise. HUD\u2019s budget could be cut without harming people, because the need for subsidized housing would shrink naturally.<\/p>\n<p>That might upset for a time the apple carts of thousands of investors in rentals. But it would balance out and could bring \u2018the rent is too damn high\u2019 complaints to a halt. Because Secretary Carson is correct, the problem is one of supply and demand. Insufficient supply is fueling ever higher housing costs. The solution is more supply, which factory-building alone can rapidly meet.<\/p>\n<p>Manufactured housing is valuable to individuals, to investors, and to society. It should be respected and encouraged as Secretary Carson is trying to do.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15799\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15799\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AffordableHousingNeededCorpCorruptionManufacturedHomesTimeGetFederalOfficialsFullyInvolvedMHLivingNewsMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"AffordableHousingNeededCorpCorruptionManufacturedHomesTimeGetFederalOfficialsFullyInvolvedMHLivingNewsMHProNews\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/affordable-housing-needed-corporate-corruption-and-manufactured-homes-time-to-get-federal-officials-fully-involved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/affordable-housing-needed-corporate-corruption-and-manufactured-homes-time-to-get-federal-officials-fully-involved\/<\/a><\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But wittingly or not, Dr. Carson has unmasked the most logical explanations for why the industry is underperforming. MHI are not doing their claimed job. That opens up several legal issues, which is explored in part in the linked report above.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15803\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15803\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HUDSecretaryBenCarsonSpeechManufacturedHomesManufacturedHousingActiveIngredientMedicationStrongerAmericaMHLivingNewsMastheadMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"HUDSecretaryBenCarsonSpeechManufacturedHomesManufacturedHousingActiveIngredientMedicationStrongerAmericaMHLivingNewsMastheadMHProNews\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Secretary Carson&#8217;s full address in New Orleans on May 7, 2019, and other bi-partisan praise for the industry, are found at the link here. If you&#8217;ve not already done so, why not read it. Then ask yourself, why wouldn&#8217;t MHI want this full speech on their website? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/hud-secretary-ben-carson-speech-on-manufactured-homes-manufactured-housingactive-ingredientmedicationfor-a-stronger-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/hud-secretary-ben-carson-speech-on-manufactured-homes-manufactured-housingactive-ingredientmedicationfor-a-stronger-america\/<\/a><\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Carson Opportunity Zones and Affordable Housing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Secretary Carson is also the head of the president\u2019s \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Opportunity Zones<\/strong><\/span>\u201d initiative. A proper implementation of existing laws, noted herein above, combined with the opportunity zones, could fuel a growth of trillions of dollars in GDP, per third-party research.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bqw5s6qwcZM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That kind of economic growth would raise wages even more than they\u2019ve been doing in the last 2 years. More home ownership would ease income inequality, which is a hot-button issue.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15805\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valuepenguin.com\/home-insurance\/fear-manufactured-homes-affordable-housing-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15805\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ValuePenguinFearManufacturedHomesAffordableHousingCrisis.MastheadMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"ValuePenguinFearManufacturedHomesAffordableHousingCrisis.MastheadMHProNews\" width=\"588\" height=\"577\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valuepenguin.com\/home-insurance\/fear-manufactured-homes-affordable-housing-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/www.valuepenguin.com\/home-insurance\/fear-manufactured-homes-affordable-housing-crisis<\/a><\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Secretary Carson \u2013 if he properly and fully implements the law &#8211; may hold the keys to a Trump Administration second term, or not.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, he\u2019s made a good start by just striving to educate the public. But the next step is to enforce the law, and to ask DOJ and others to investigate MHI, the Berkshire brands and others who purportedly have violated several laws in the scheme outlined above.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike UFOs, the truth here isn\u2019t elusive. The truth is hiding in plain sight. One must peel back years of BS to get to it, but Terry Decio\u2019s and thousands of other industry professionals frustrations are solved by simply telling the truth and enforcing existing laws.<\/p>\n<p>As a multiple year MHI former member, I watched from the inside how smoothly common sense was sidelined in favor of esoteric and ineffective often efforts. This writer was praised for years, until we raised too many questions, like about Pam Danner. It was after that San Antonio meeting, after asking about Pam Danner, and questions like those noted herein, that the powers that be that once praised us, turned on us, and booted me out. Fine.<\/p>\n<p>After some 7 years of slow progress I saw all I needed to, thank you very much. We still have sources that tell us much of what is necessary to out what is either incompetence, or a hidden agenda.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15800\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHILogoNewClassofHomesMHIMediaClaimsMastheadMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHILogoNewClassofHomesMHIMediaClaimsMastheadMHProNews\" width=\"378\" height=\"839\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oddly, instead of MHI hiring an outside attorney:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to push cities and local jurisdictions to fully implement enhanced preemption,<\/li>\n<li>or hire a lobbyist that does nothing more than get FHFA, the GSEs to do the Duty to Serve properly,<\/li>\n<li>or have that same lobbyist do nothing more push HUD to enforce \u201cenhanced preemption,\u201d<\/li>\n<li>MHI instead<em> hired an attorney to threaten this writer and our publication<\/em>, apparently unhappy with our fact checks and related \u2013 and they specifically mentioned an earlier graphic like the one immediately above, that they complained about our using properly cited under fair use guidelines for media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We called their outside counsel&#8217;s bluff. It&#8217;s just one of several such messages from MHI over the years. But that&#8217;s just one of other such items that MHI has arguably been involved with aimed at a pro-growth trade media. Where is the logic? Why not use that money instead for doing the job they claim to do?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/lanham-act-monopolistic-housing-institute-err-manufactured-housing-institute-legal-bullies-and-you\/<\/p>\n<p>And our agenda at MHI was simple. Ethical, sustainable growth, that is good for consumers, independents, and all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15637\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/TimWilliams21stMortgagePublicationDailyBusinessNewsMHProNewsMHLivingNews1.jpg\" alt=\"TimWilliams21stMortgagePublicationDailyBusinessNewsMHProNewsMHLivingNews1\" width=\"472\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/206179886\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They praised that, until they didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/AnnParmanVPManufacturedHousingInstituteMHILogoLATonyKovachMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMastheadblogMHProNews800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/AnnParmanVPManufacturedHousingInstituteMHILogoLATonyKovachMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMastheadblogMHProNews800.jpg\" alt=\"AnnParmanVPManufacturedHousingInstituteMHILogoLATonyKovachMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMastheadblogMHProNews800\" width=\"700\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/AnnParmanVPManufacturedHousingInstituteMHILogoLATonyKovachMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMastheadblogMHProNews800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/AnnParmanVPManufacturedHousingInstituteMHILogoLATonyKovachMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMastheadblogMHProNews800-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/AnnParmanVPManufacturedHousingInstituteMHILogoLATonyKovachMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMastheadblogMHProNews800-322x430.jpg 322w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/AnnParmanVPManufacturedHousingInstituteMHILogoLATonyKovachMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMastheadblogMHProNews800-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/AnnParmanVPManufacturedHousingInstituteMHILogoLATonyKovachMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMastheadblogMHProNews800-576x768.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interesting isn\u2019t it? That\u2019s the rest of the story.<\/p>\n<p>See prior<em> Masthead&#8217;s<\/em> related to Buffett, Clayton, and the related reports below the bylines and notices for more details. \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>We Provide, You Decide<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d \u00a9 ## (Industry news, commentary, fact-checks, and analysis.) ##<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>See <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Related Reports<\/span>, further below<\/strong>. Text\/image boxes often are hot-linked to other reports that can be access by clicking on them. Third-party images and content are provided under fair use guidelines.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/LATonyKovachQuoteManufacturedHousingIndustryWontReachPotentialAddresscoreIssuesArtificallyholdingitback466-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/LATonyKovachQuoteManufacturedHousingIndustryWontReachPotentialAddresscoreIssuesArtificallyholdingitback466-1.png\" alt=\"LATonyKovachQuoteManufacturedHousingIndustryWontReachPotentialAddresscoreIssuesArtificallyholdingitback466\" width=\"466\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/LATonyKovachQuoteManufacturedHousingIndustryWontReachPotentialAddresscoreIssuesArtificallyholdingitback466-1.png 466w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/LATonyKovachQuoteManufacturedHousingIndustryWontReachPotentialAddresscoreIssuesArtificallyholdingitback466-1-131x150.png 131w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/LATonyKovachQuoteManufacturedHousingIndustryWontReachPotentialAddresscoreIssuesArtificallyholdingitback466-1-375x430.png 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a>By<a href=\"http:\/\/www.83degreesmedia.com\/features\/mhnews072115.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> L.A. &#8220;Tony&#8221; Kovach<\/a> &#8211; for <em>MHProNews<\/em>.com.<\/p>\n<p>Tony is the multiple award-winning managing member of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to <em>MHProNews,<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/MHLivingNews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>MHLivingNews.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Office <b>863-213-4090<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> |<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Connect on <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>LinkedIn<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"en-US\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sign Up Today<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/daiyGn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here to sign up in 5 seconds for the<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">manufactured<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> home industry&#8217;s leading<\/span> &#8211; 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