Fred Lucas is the author of the report provided in Part I and is the chief news correspondent and manager of the Investigative Reporting Project for The Daily Signal. Part II of this report is the text of the letter from Consumers’ Research to the Fortune 500. The topic? As …
In response to the request to WMAL by MHProNews, the Vince Coglianese Show interview on 2.21.2025 of HUD Secretary E. Scott Turner show in Part I below was promptly provided. The insightful Coglianese interview and the longer address by Secretary Turner at CPAC 2025 at National Harbor, MD is similar …
Manufactured housing production increased in May 2024 over April 2024, according to the July report issued yesterday (7.8.2024) by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). But a closer look at the data and related events reveals cracks, weaknesses, and apparent flaws in manufactured housing industry performance among …
NASDAQ reported that: “Legacy Housing (LEGH) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.28 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.77 per share.” Be that as it may, odds are that the analysts cited by Zack’s lacked some key insights or they wouldn’t have missed their estimates. With that …
“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.” – F. Matthias Alexander. To set the context for the exploratory expert analysis on the facts regarding manufactured homme production and shipments in all 50 United States, and Laurie Goodman with the Urban’s Institute …
The headline about predatory brands and the power that contractors and employees have begs the question. Have there been whistleblowers in the manufactured housing industry? The short answer is yes – there have been several. And to support that notion the following Q&A with Bing’s AI powered Copilot provided the …
In a late Thursday afternoon message to their national manufactured home trade association readers, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) issued a “Housing Alert” email which proclaimed that “Manufactured Housing Features Prominently During House Oversight Hearing.” Complete with one of their periodically used oversized logos, the message said that “HUD Secretary …
The Normalcy Bias is defined by left-leaning Wikipedia as a mental state that “causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects.” Patrice Lewis cited that below in her look back at 2023 and the look ahead at 2024. Lewis also cited a range of …
Reflections and insights in this report and analysis come from an array of sources, including personal encounters. For example. It has been a few years since this writer’s last eye examination. Having recently returned last year to Polk County, FL from nearby Osceola County, I was overdue for an eye …
We live in a period sometimes called the Information Age. Yet, it is surprising how a lack of accurate information seems to characterize certain issues and topics. Among those areas of concern for a lack of dependable facts is about manufactured housing in the United States. This article aims to …
“The Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) remained mostly flat in June” 2023 said that organization’s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group in a media release provided to MHProNews, which is shown below in Part I of this report with analysis. The Fannie Mae ESR Group report also …
A check of the Regulations.gov website Wednesday late afternoon on 4.26.2023 did not apparently reveal a comments letter by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). That noted, it would be surprising if MHI hasn’t commented (the deadline was 4.24.2023) and that some federal employee had simply not yet posted that comment; …
Perhaps Nobility Homes did not get ‘the memo.’ Ocala, Florida based Nobility (OTCQX: NOBH) is not per a prior report by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) a member of that organization, which may prove to be relevant. While some larger members of MHI are reporting an odd ‘downturn’ due to …
As readers of MHProNews who have attentively read remarks by Sun Communities (SUI) and other Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) members who have declared their pursuit of so called ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) standards may recognize, ESG linked steps are becoming more pervasive. Or as attorney and Ph.D. Bruce Abramson, …
Preface: something can have true remarks and nevertheless may be misleading. The Clayton Homes-Next Step white Paper headline, shown above and below, is an apparent example of that observation. “Off Site Built Homes Proven to Appreciate in Value.” That is an accurate statement. However, an apt response to that Clayton-NextStep …
According to information created by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), which used to be available publicly but no longer is, Nobility Homes Inc is not an MHI member. That factoid may shed light on why independent producer Nobility Homes is outperforming so many other manufactured housing industry independents. As Nobility …
What follows is adapted from a press release linked here. That press release can be used as provided [i.e.: no changes] at this link without any fee or additional permissions. It is “free content” that could prove useful to numbers of manufactured home industry connected retailers, communities, suppliers, attorneys, advocates, …
Activities and “to do” style checklists have limited value if they are not authentically aimed at achieving their higher purpose. Decades before the company that bears his name ‘went woke,’ Walt Disney noted that “Everyone needs deadlines.” For anyone that has sold manufactured homes at the retail level in a …
“Riley Moore is West Virginia’s [WV] 25th State Treasurer and was elected in 2020. Born in Morgantown, Treasurer Moore started his career as a welder,” says a page on that state’s website. After taking on Blackrock and “woke capitalism” as WV Treasurer’s, Moore is now planning a run for Congress …
“Our mission is to fight homelessness with dignified living, getting the homeless off the streets and in a sustainable, supportive community environment benefiting themselves, the community, and the city’s economy.” So says the About Us page on the Kansas City, Kansas (KCK) Eden Village website. “Eden Village of Kansas City …
