America and our industry are suffering under several interrelated issues. Let’s do a quick survey with links to details, and then push onto a specific and time sensitive example for manufactured housing. One is arguably the problem of monopoly, impacts many industries, not only ours. That is not today’s focus, […]
Crisis of Misinformation, Fact Checks, and Manufactured Housing Read More
If there is one thing that almost everyone likes, it’s good press. The reverse of that reality is that public officials, mainstream media, and professionals dread media scrutiny that reveals unjust behavior. Against that backdrop is the following mainstream news story out of Columbus, GA. It focused on a
Public Official, ABC News, Manufactured Home Community Owner Clash Over Resident Concerns Read More
Before diving into this report, in fairness, several state manufactured housing association reports have been sent to the Daily Business News on MHProNews for possible fact-checks and analysis. That’s said to be clear that selecting this one from the Illinois Manufactured Housing Association (IMHA) should not be misconstrued
MH State Association Issues Midterms Report – Rent Control Alert – Reveals Troubling Trend Read More
For those of you who have sent news tips that have not yet been addressed, take heart. Some tips are addressed rapidly, once verified. Others ae held for an appropriate time to tackle an issue. This is more of the latter category. How does the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. On the surface, it sounds preposterous. Or even bizarre. Why would billionaire Warren Buffett, his family, and related foundations make ‘charitable’ contributions of Berkshire Hathaway stocks, cash, and/or grants to a left-wing activist-organizations that in turn paid MHAction, which disrupted HUD Secretary
People can spin, but the unvarnished facts don’t lie. The facts about the headline will be revealed further below, as we tee up this timely topic. Follow the money. Follow the facts. What the money trail and facts reveal may surprise you, and/or your colleagues. Affordable Housing Is Non-Partisan
“As we sit here, somebody is doing something wrong at Berkshire.” – Warren Buffett, per Quartz. “I’m tired of dealing with it,” said Cody Navarre to ABC news affiliate WBRZ2 in Baton Rouge, LA. “The cabinets are falling apart, the vinyl’s coming off of them,” Navarre said. “Nails and stuff
Clayton Homes Ripped by Customer Complaints Spotlighted on ABC News Read More
Local zoning, ordinances, and barriers-of-entry have been one of the significant factors limiting manufactured home sales. That’s a widely held view, which virtually all state associations, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), a Clayton Homes’ attorney, and the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) would broadly agree upon publicly.
Some 72 percent of Americans believe that misinformation from media is common today, said a recent Axios poll. Distortions of reality impacts manufactured housing in a variety of ways. The light of truth is a useful disinfectant to the darkness of false information or harmful fiction. As was
“Results vs. Resistance,” Cutting Fog with Facts for MHVille Read More
There are at least 4 recent “affordable housing program” proposals that have been announced that have the potential to impact manufactured housing for good or ill. 3 of them are by higher-profile 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls. Senator Kalama Harris’ (CA-D) office has provided a plan she has styled the
