Manufactured Home Set on Fire, Anti-Trump Messages Spray-Painted on Another
A manufactured home community in Tampa is recovering from what appears to be post-election rage. According to Bay News 9, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating graffiti...
View ArticleProminent Democratic Lawyer Defends Breitbart’s Steve Bannon
Alan Dershowitz – an emeritus law professor at Harvard University, high profile member of the O.J. Simpson defense team and staunch Democrat – is speaking out in response to strong rhetoric against...
View ArticlePaul Bradley – Mom and I Believe in Manufactured Homes!
Perhaps no statement of support for modern manufactured housing is stronger than when someone connected with the industry buys a home for themselves, or their beloved family members. That’s the ‘heart’...
View ArticleMovie Stars & Quality Affordable Homes – How a Park became a Community and...
Ed Shukle is the City Administrator of the City of Landfall, in Oakdale Township, near the Twin Cities. With an eye to history and the future, Shukle has weaved an account that points-the-way that...
View ArticleMHARR: President Trump’s Regulatory Orders to Directly Impact MH
Washington, D.C., – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) tells MHProNews that regulatory orders issued by the new Administration of President Donald J. Trump should have a...
View ArticleSmall Business Optimism Index: January Results
Almost one month into the Donald Trump administration, things continue to look up. According to the National Federal of Independent Business (NFIB) survey, small business confidence, which saw the...
View ArticleMHARR: President Trump’s Actions Offer Major Opportunity for MH Industry and...
Washington, D.C., February 28, 2017 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) tells MHProNews that Executive Orders issued by President Trump within the past thirty days...
View ArticleRichard Jennison, Manufactured Housing Institute, Worth Millions to MH...
The Manufactured Housing Institute, and its president and CEO, Richard A. Jennison, are required as a tax-exempt organization to keep and file certain records. One of those reports was obtained by...
View ArticlePresident Trump at 100 Days: Numbers, Polls
As President Donald Trump reaches the magic 100-day mark in office, new polling and statistics show that many American’s believe he’s getting the job done. According to Lifezette, approximately 73...
View ArticleJenny Hodge, National Community Council, Public Time-Bomb Deployed on...
It’s axiomatic. Today’s news becomes tomorrow’s history. Journalist Alan Barth wrote, “News is only the first rough draft of history.” As confirmation hearings and political campaigns often prove,...
View ArticleOne Month Later… What’s Happening in Louisiana’s Post Flood Recovery?
While millions watched the drama unfold on TV, residents throughout the state of Louisiana were dealing with historic rains and floods that would drastically impact their lives. Steve Duke, Louisiana...
View Article$6.7 Billion in Opportunities Bubbling Up?
Booms in West Texas, North Dakota and the Marcellus regions due to oil and gas drilling may have tamped down for a time, but one (or more) of those may be bubbling back up. Shale Directories (SD)...
View ArticleNew Rules for Tiny Houses crafted, Manufactured Housing Connections
The saga of the legality of placement of tiny houses continues to play out throughout the United States. Coconino County, in north-central Arizona, is one such place. Amanda Acheson, Sustainable...
View ArticleSBA, George Washington University, Blast Proposed DOE Energy Rule for...
“It does not appear that DOE grasps the unique challenges that small manufacturers encounter.” — U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy A controversial proposal by the U.S. Department...
View ArticleSkyline Corporation Hits 52-Week High. Is Near-Term Analysis Positive?
The stock of Skyline Corporation (NYSE: SKY) hit a 52-week high of $12.72 last week, according to a recent report from BarChart. While the stock price has had its ups and downs throughout 2016, Skyline...
View ArticleCommunity Owners, Residents Clash over Measure V
A full-blown battle over rent control is on in Humboldt County, CA, reports the Lost Coast Outpost’s Ryan Burns. The Humboldt Mobilehome Owner Coalition established a ballot measure, Measure V, that...
View ArticleMeasure V – Battle Lines Drawn
“As the moms and pops that built our mobile home parks age out, predatory, out-of-town corporate investors have been taking over.” – Measure V proponents “Once rent control is adopted, politicians will...
View ArticleWhy are Equities Impressed by Skyline Homes?
Skyline Corporation (NYSE:SKY) has seen its stock price on the rise recently, hitting a 52-week high of $12.72 last month. Daily Business News readers will recall that we covered the rise of Skyline’s...
View ArticleMHC Leaders ELS, Sun – Assess Hurricane Matthew Impact
Sun Communities Inc. (NYSE: SUI) and Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc. (NYSE: ELS) each provided preliminary assessments of the impact from Hurricane Matthew on their properties. Sun Communities...
View ArticleSkyline Announces Q1 2017 Results
Skyline Corporation (NYSE:SKY), one of the larger and oldest independent producers of HUD Code manufactured homes, announced its results for Quarter 1 2017 this week. The company reported net sales...
View ArticleWhile MSM Spins Anti-Trump Narrative, Voters and Donors Support the President
The two most visible billionaires in manufactured housing are evenly split between pro-Democratic Warren Buffett, and now pro-Trump Sam Zell. Certainly, other industry professionals run the gamut, from...
View ArticleNorthpoint’s nearly 900 Million Portfolio Being Acquired by Canadian...
“Following five consecutive years of robust growth and the development of an impressive customer base throughout North America, Northpoint Commercial Finance has recently announced that they are to be...
View ArticleNFIB – Small Business Outlook, Optimism, How Can DC Keep it Going?
While the two major parties and their respective media allies battle (sadly, literally) in Washington, Main Street is feeling optimistic. So says the National Association of Independent Business (NFIB)...
View Article4 and 0 – Special Elections and Manufactured Housing – Clayton, Connor, Hamilton
“I don’t care whether you are a liberal, conservative, independent or something else – the bottom line with this year’s [2016 presidential] election was simply more of the same or something new,...
View ArticleHUD Secretary Ben Carson Exclusive Video –‘Absolutely!’ ‘We Need Crusaders’
As June 2017 winds to a close – a time which President Donald J. Trump proclaimed to be Home Ownership month – Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Dr. Ben Carson hosted a video broadcast via...
View Article“Sabotage” says U.S. Senator
“I think there has been a concerted effort to sabotage this administration since day one on the part of many in the media and of course our Democrat colleagues in the House and Senate,” Sen. Ron...
View ArticleNew Bill on Manufactured Home Inclusion/Regulatory Impacts
“A new bill has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA) that would impact both the regulation of manufactured housing by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and,...
View ArticleOxford Magazine Spotlights John Bostick & Sunshine Homes
A recent article in Oxford Magazine featured the thoughtful gift of President and CEO John Bostick, who donated a manufactured home to The Pantry. “The Pantry has provided food for those who might need...
View ArticleMHARR vs. MHI on DOE Energy Rule, Pushback Pay$ Off?
Washington, D.C. – ”The proposed rule to implement manufactured housing “energy” standards, published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on June 17, 2016 and consistently opposed by the...
View ArticleCelebration, Fact Check$, Plus Small Biz Nuts and Bolts on 2018 Tax Changes
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) issued the following statement in a release to MHProNews. President and CEO Juanita Duggan, speaking about the on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act becoming...
View ArticleDocumented Results from Manufactured Housing Industry Leadership
The column below could carry a sub-title – proven results vs. hype and hot air. Every organization worth its salt takes a periodic victory lap. The same occurs in manufactured housing. The...
View ArticleBreakup “Massive Power” of Giants, “Subvert Our Democratic Process” Says...
Senator Ted Cruz added his voice to the voices across the left-right spectrum that are calling for a use of federal antitrust laws to break up the “massive power” of giant companies that “subvert our...
View ArticleMcKinsey Global Institute “Blueprint for Addressing the Global Affordable...
A new report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), “A Blueprint for Addressing the Global Affordable Housing Challenge,” defines the affordability gap as the difference between the cost of an...
View ArticleChairman Hensarling, Fannie Mae’s Latest “Backdoor Schemes,” Illegalities? MH...
Late Friday, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) said that “high ranking Fannie Mae employees have been intentionally violating their government prohibition on lobbying...
View ArticleManufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Pressing...
“The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in written comments filed on May 30, 2018, has called on the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) — the federal regulator of...
View ArticleCavco Industries (CVCO) Insights, Financial Update, Fiscal 2018 Fourth...
“Cavco Industries, Inc. (CVCO) announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2018. On April 3, 2017, the Company completed the acquisition of Lexington Homes, Inc.,...
View ArticleSkyline Champion Corporation Created as Skyline and Champion Home Builders...
Skyline Corporation (“Skyline”) and Champion Enterprises Holdings, LLC (“Champion”), the parent company of Champion Home Builders, Inc., publicized the closing of the previously announced combination...
View ArticleEase Shortage with 400,000 More Manufactured Homes for California, says...
Industry professionals should note the mixing of nomenclature, or feel a level of angst in reading in California’s Orange County Register the following. “Look, I know mobile homes[1] are not for...
View ArticleFocus on More Financing, HUD Program Reforms, Aimed at Increasing...
The Daily Business News has been advised of a meeting at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which took place on July 25, 2018. The focus of that high-level meeting’s discussion?...
View ArticleCourt Hands DOE Procedural Victory in Potentially Costly Manufactured Housing...
“The court in the Sierra Club V. Perry case has handed DOE [Department of Energy] a procedural victory, for the moment, in the case brought by the Sierra Club, trying to force the Department to act on...
View ArticleManufactured Housing Production Report – After Slow June 2018, July 2018...
After a modest 1 percent increase in year over year (YoY) production increases in 2018 vs. 2017, the growth in production for manufactured housing has taken a heftier bump up. A total of 6,781...
View ArticleDiscerning and Sharing Truth, & Manufactured Housing
“All warfare is based upon deception.” – Sun Tzu, philosopher, strategist in The Art of War. “…the truth will set you free.” – Jesus of Nazerth, cited in John 8:32 “Easy doesn’t pay...
View ArticleSexual Harassment, #MeToo Small Business Workplace Webinar
“Sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement have received lots of news coverage of late,” says the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). “While most of the headlines focus on big-name...
View ArticleDetails Emerging on Amazon’s Plans for Plant PreFab Modular Home Investment
“It’s a huge business opportunity. With more than 600,000 new homes sold in the U.S. alone last year, there are billions of dollars to be made by anyone who can get a head start in dragging the...
View ArticleWhy Is Manufactured Housing Struggling During an Affordable Housing Crisis?...
It is no secret that MHProNews believes in applying similar principles of accountability to an association that one should apply to a successful, ethical business. If there was a business manager...
View Article“THE ILLUSION OF MOTION VERSUS REAL-WORLD CHALLENGES” – Spotlighted by...
“Motion – or, more accurately, activity – in and of itself, is not necessarily synonymous with, or equivalent to, real progress, or, in fact, any progress at all…” “…Recent reports emerging from...
View ArticleSidney Powell, JD, Former Federal Prosecutor on “Licensed to Lie”
Stating the obvious can bring clarity to any subject. Objectivity is necessary in the affordable housing sector, as well as the manufactured home segment of housing. Businesses and investors act upon...
View ArticleCavco Industries Woes Mount, Official, Unofficial Insights, Broader...
“Thank you. And before we begin, please be advised that comments made during this conference call by management will contain forward-looking statements under the provisions of the Private Securities...
View ArticleCanadian Firm Gobbling Up Dozens of Manufactured Home Communities
“New Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust CEO Mark Kenney isn’t wasting any time putting his stamp on the trust, announcing its second major purchase of manufactured homes...
View ArticlePresident Trump Mulls Federal Action Intervening on Homeless Crisis in U.S....
Tucker Carlson Tonight (TCT) had an exclusive interview with President of the United States (POTUS) Donald J. Trump that was aired on 7.1.2019. It covered foreign and domestic affairs. It included...
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