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HUD Regulatory Comments for Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) Meeting July 23, 2026 Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing. FEA mhcc@homeinnovation.com

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My name is L. A. “Tony” Kovach, and I am the co-founder and publisher of ManufacturedHomeProNews.com (MHProNews.com) and ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com (MHLivingNews.com), both DBAs of LifeStyle Factory Homes LLC of which I am a managing member. I am also a columnist at HousingWire. During my academic years, I won numerous awards in […]

HUD Regulatory Comments for Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) Meeting July 23, 2026 Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing. FEA mhcc@homeinnovation.com Read More

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‘Legal Triad.’ MHARR Confronts HUD and Manufactured Housing Institute-Federal Bill Fails to Fix Discriminatory Zoning Targeting Affordable Manufactured Homes-Sunday Weekly Headlines Review-FEA

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According to the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) President and CEO, Mark Weiss, J.D.: “Discriminatory zoning exclusion is at the root of the industry’s stagnant production levels and a major contributor to the nation’s affordable housing crisis. For this issue to be excluded, in any mandatory context, from bills

‘Legal Triad.’ MHARR Confronts HUD and Manufactured Housing Institute-Federal Bill Fails to Fix Discriminatory Zoning Targeting Affordable Manufactured Homes-Sunday Weekly Headlines Review-FEA Read More

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Will Congress Fix Advancing Housing Legislation to Allow Actual Delivery on Affordability Promises? ‘Shadows of Liberty’ in Housing Crisis-‘Media’s Power to Ignore’ and ‘Iron Triangle.’ FEA

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Based in part on economic, legal and historical data, Google‘s artificial intelligence (AI) powered Gemini has said that the U.S. housing crisis is a “man made” crisis. Representative Mike Flood (NE-R) said via LinkedIn (see below): “Homeownership is out of reach for many Americans. To make housing affordable, municipalities need

Will Congress Fix Advancing Housing Legislation to Allow Actual Delivery on Affordability Promises? ‘Shadows of Liberty’ in Housing Crisis-‘Media’s Power to Ignore’ and ‘Iron Triangle.’ FEA Read More

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‘Can’t See the Forest for the Trees’ – What That Metaphor Means. Understanding the Big Picture in the United States of America in 2026. Plus, the Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines in Review

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“”Can’t see the forest for the trees” is an idiom meaning someone is so focused on minor details that they fail to understand the overall situation or big picture, like being unable to see a whole forest because you’re only looking at individual trees. It describes getting lost in the

‘Can’t See the Forest for the Trees’ – What That Metaphor Means. Understanding the Big Picture in the United States of America in 2026. Plus, the Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines in Review Read More

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-R) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-D) Along with Nonprofits Called to Fix ROAD to Housing Act 2025 or ‘Remove the Currently Flawed Bill’ from NDAA. FEA

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The following is adapted from an email to Congressional staff sent to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (LA-R) team and to Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-D) communications director on this date (11.11.2025). MHProNews notes that in this MHVille facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) the formatting may be somewhat different, but the text,

House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-R) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-D) Along with Nonprofits Called to Fix ROAD to Housing Act 2025 or ‘Remove the Currently Flawed Bill’ from NDAA. FEA Read More

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Prologue-The Long Shadow of Billionaire Warren Buffett over Manufactured Housing and Affordable Housing Crisis. Soft 2nd ‘Civil War’ in U.S. Plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap-FEA

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For well over a decade, MHProNews has had a tagline under its logo that proclaimed: “Industry News, Tips and Views Pros Can Use.” © That logo appears on nearly every public-facing page on the MHProNews website. During the 16 years that this platform has operated, MHProNews has focused on HUD

Prologue-The Long Shadow of Billionaire Warren Buffett over Manufactured Housing and Affordable Housing Crisis. Soft 2nd ‘Civil War’ in U.S. Plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap-FEA Read More

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‘Affordable Housing Unaffordable Credit? Concentration High-Cost Lending for Manufactured Homes’ Sebastian Doerr-Andreas Fuster BIS ‘Exploit Market Power-Manufactured Housing Borrowers’ FEA

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“Policy makers place high hopes in manufactured homes – the largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing in the US – to alleviate housing supply shortages. This paper shows that high market concentration in the multi-billion-dollar manufactured home loan market allows lenders to charge significantly higher interest rates than for site-built

‘Affordable Housing Unaffordable Credit? Concentration High-Cost Lending for Manufactured Homes’ Sebastian Doerr-Andreas Fuster BIS ‘Exploit Market Power-Manufactured Housing Borrowers’ FEA Read More

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Legacy Housing and Robotti Robert. All 50 States Ranked by Manufactured Housing Shipments and Production. Revealing Location for Documented Explosive Growth in MHVille-Mashup. MHARR v MHI-FEA

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According to Trading Central: “On the stat front in the U.S., new home sales are estimated to be down 1.1% month-on-month in July after a 0.6% rise in June. Separately, the Dallas Fed manufacturing index is expected at 0.2 in August vs 0.9 in June.” “On Friday, U.S. stocks jumped after Federal Reserve

Legacy Housing and Robotti Robert. All 50 States Ranked by Manufactured Housing Shipments and Production. Revealing Location for Documented Explosive Growth in MHVille-Mashup. MHARR v MHI-FEA Read More

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‘Serious Liabilities-Breach of Fiduciary Duty’-ESG Ruling Puts Pressure on Pension Funds-Fred Lucas on BlackRock with Multiple Tentacles into Manufactured Housing Industry and More-MHVille FEA

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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

‘Serious Liabilities-Breach of Fiduciary Duty’-ESG Ruling Puts Pressure on Pension Funds-Fred Lucas on BlackRock with Multiple Tentacles into Manufactured Housing Industry and More-MHVille FEA Read More

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HUD Sec Scott Turner-‘Local Leaders Know What Their Communities Need Rather Than Imposing Top-Down Solutions by Washington Bureaucrats’-What Turner Said re Manufactured Homes Since Taking Office

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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

HUD Sec Scott Turner-‘Local Leaders Know What Their Communities Need Rather Than Imposing Top-Down Solutions by Washington Bureaucrats’-What Turner Said re Manufactured Homes Since Taking Office Read More

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Manufactured Housing Production Up May 2024 per July Manufactured Housing Association Report but Data Reveals Cracks; Brief History of Trailer Houses-Mobile Homes-Manufactured Homes; MHMarkets

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  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

Manufactured Housing Production Up May 2024 per July Manufactured Housing Association Report but Data Reveals Cracks; Brief History of Trailer Houses-Mobile Homes-Manufactured Homes; MHMarkets Read More

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Zacks Squawks About LEGH While Legacy Housing Corp Gives Full Year 2023 Financial Results-CEO Duncan Bates-‘Driving Profitability in Lower Demand Environment’ Facts w/Exclusive Insider Analysis

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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

Zacks Squawks About LEGH While Legacy Housing Corp Gives Full Year 2023 Financial Results-CEO Duncan Bates-‘Driving Profitability in Lower Demand Environment’ Facts w/Exclusive Insider Analysis Read More

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No More Sacred Cows – 50 States Monthly Data-Analysis Includes Urban Institute’s Goodman Other Potent Insights on Why Manufactured Housing is Underperforming in an Affordable Housing Crisis

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“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

No More Sacred Cows – 50 States Monthly Data-Analysis Includes Urban Institute’s Goodman Other Potent Insights on Why Manufactured Housing is Underperforming in an Affordable Housing Crisis Read More

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Employees and Contractors of ‘Predatory’ Brands in Manufactured Housing Industry Have Potential POWER in 2024 – Facts, Insights, Analysis in Brief – plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap

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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

Employees and Contractors of ‘Predatory’ Brands in Manufactured Housing Industry Have Potential POWER in 2024 – Facts, Insights, Analysis in Brief – plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap Read More

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‘Manufactured Housing Features Prominently During House Oversight Hearing’ per Manufactured Housing Institute Housing Alert-What MHI Leaders Did-Didn’t Say; plus Sunday Weekly Headlines Recap

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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

‘Manufactured Housing Features Prominently During House Oversight Hearing’ per Manufactured Housing Institute Housing Alert-What MHI Leaders Did-Didn’t Say; plus Sunday Weekly Headlines Recap Read More

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Welcome to 2024–Brace Yourself for What Others May Not Say-‘Since 2009-100% Artificial Unprecedented Money Printing-Deficits Up $27 Trillion Over 15 Years;’ plus Sunday Weekly Headlines Recap

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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

Welcome to 2024–Brace Yourself for What Others May Not Say-‘Since 2009-100% Artificial Unprecedented Money Printing-Deficits Up $27 Trillion Over 15 Years;’ plus Sunday Weekly Headlines Recap Read More

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Gifts of Sight and Insights – What’s in Store for 2024? Including 2023 Year End Reflections on MHVille and USA Snapshots – Facts, Evidence, Observations, and Analysis – plus MHMarkets Update

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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

Gifts of Sight and Insights – What’s in Store for 2024? Including 2023 Year End Reflections on MHVille and USA Snapshots – Facts, Evidence, Observations, and Analysis – plus MHMarkets Update Read More

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The Rise and Fall of HUD Code Manufactured Housing – a History of U.S. Manufactured Home Production by Year – 1995-2022 and 2023 Year to Date Data; plus MHVille Markets Update

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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 Rise and Fall of HUD Code Manufactured Housing – a History of U.S. Manufactured Home Production by Year – 1995-2022 and 2023 Year to Date Data; plus MHVille Markets Update Read More

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‘Consumer Confidence in Housing May Have Plateaued’ per Fannie Mae ‘Difficult Supply and Affordability Conditions Continue to Weigh on Housing Market’ Facts-Analysis; plus MHVille Markets Update

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“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

‘Consumer Confidence in Housing May Have Plateaued’ per Fannie Mae ‘Difficult Supply and Affordability Conditions Continue to Weigh on Housing Market’ Facts-Analysis; plus MHVille Markets Update Read More

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