{"id":966,"date":"2010-10-21T02:56:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T07:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/?p=966"},"modified":"2010-10-20T14:58:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T19:58:03","slug":"fixing-what-is-needed-for-manufactured-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/fixing-what-is-needed-for-manufactured-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing what is needed for Manufactured Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/featured-articles\/1071-hoping-for-change-doesnt-cut-it\">&#8220;Hoping for Change Doesn&#8217;t Cut It&#8221;<\/a>,\u00a0 Ross Kinzler from the Wisconsin Housing Alliance (WHA) used a term I would like to paraphrase, &#8220;partnering with government.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"manuf-1272900107\" 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>Specifically, here is what Ross said:<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;2. There will be no progress without agreement on an action plan to press the solutions with our government partners in the U.S. Congress and the various agencies. We can&#8217;t go to D.C. without a plan.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Some might shudder at my use of the term &#8220;government partners,&#8221; but you can&#8217;t participate in a federally-regulated industry and then declare war on your regulator. We need to develop a partnership with our regulator or don&#8217;t be surprised if they continue to take a hard line against us.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>You can see the entire article and the comment in context at this link:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/featured-articles\/october-2010\/1071-hoping-for-change-doesnt-cut-it\">http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/featured-articles\/october-2010\/1071-hoping-for-change-doesnt-cut-it<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is pain aplenty out in the country, in our Industry and beyond. Physical pain is a signal from the body that something is wrong. Emotional or economic pain is also a signal that something has gone awry. Ross and scores of others are correct: restricted access to financing is part of that painful picture for our Industry. Regulatory and other log-jammed issues are part of that pain as well.<\/p>\n<p>I can think of numerous state and other association executives that I admire &#8211; women and men &#8211; who know how to mix with public officials and legislators to get things done for their members.<\/p>\n<p>Why should MHARR or MHI leaders mind if an ad hoc group of state association execs met with officials from HUD or other agencies? Not to get a third voice in DC, but to facilitate the communications and the efforts we as an Industry all want and need? This could be done by conference call; it can have a very low cost and essentially no risk other than time.<\/p>\n<p>Most investors don&#8217;t put all their eggs in one basket, or even two. If the pitcher isn&#8217;t getting the job done, it doesn&#8217;t mean he is a bad pitcher, it just means today or this team may not be his best game. Why not send in a relief pitcher? Others can coach or share talking points. All analogies limp at some point, but you get the point. Let&#8217;s not sit on our hands, or merely decide to spend money, when another option or approach is available.<\/p>\n<p>We have months between now and when the new Congress is seated. Why not use some of that time to set the stage for a productive effort? State execs&#8230; national execs, government regulators, why not a try a different approach to the dialogue? Why not sit down &#8211; by phone &#8211; and schedule a series of talks?<\/p>\n<p>Who will pick up the phone or send out the email that can get that common sense effort started? # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his article &#8220;Hoping for Change Doesn&#8217;t Cut It&#8221;,\u00a0 Ross Kinzler from the Wisconsin Housing Alliance (WHA) used a term I would like to paraphrase, &#8220;partnering with government.&#8221; Specifically, here is what Ross said: &#8220;2. There will be no progress without agreement on an action plan to press the solutions with our government partners in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/fixing-what-is-needed-for-manufactured-housing\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fixing what is needed for Manufactured Housing<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"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":[476,372,306,162,5,478,29,3,479,159,7,477,8,320,304,602,599,601,600],"class_list":["post-966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-analysis","tag-community","tag-congress","tag-factory-built-home","tag-hud","tag-l-a-tony-kovach","tag-land-lease-community","tag-manufactured-home","tag-manufactured-housing","tag-manufactured-housing-community","tag-masthead","tag-mharr","tag-mhc","tag-mhi","tag-mobile-home","tag-modular-home","tag-regulator","tag-ross-kinsler","tag-wha","tag-wisconsin-housing-alliance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fixing what is needed for Manufactured Housing - Masthead L. 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