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October 2023 Ultimate Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home/Manufactured Home Research – Trends, Statistics, Expert Views, Fact Checks, and Insights

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Objective research is an obvious way to establish the truth about a subject, including modern manufactured housing. There are numerous impressions which are good, bad, or meh about the manufactured home industry that are the result of incomplete information or at times arguably agenda-driven actions and claims. Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews.com) was launched over a decade ago. …

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Tips For Consumers – Home Builder Reviews – How to Avoid Construction Issues on Conventional Housing-Other Types of New-Existing Manufactured, Modular, Mobile, or Prefab Homes Dispute Resolution

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‘How to Avoid Construction Issues on Conventional Housing and Other Types of New or Existing Manufactured, Modular, Mobile, or Prefab Homes’ is based on the item below that is research provided by PissedConsumer.com. To set the stage, SimilarWeb says that PissedConsumer.com gets 4 million visits monthly which is larger than any known manufactured housing industry website, and that 4M monthly visits …

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CLASS ACTION Case No. 23-cv-6715 v Datacomp-Equity LifeStyle Properties-Hometown America-Lakeshore Communities-Sun Communities-RHP Properties-YES! Communities-Inspire Communities-Kingsley Mgt-Cal-Am Properties

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For several years, Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews) and our MHProNews sister site have been laying out the evidence of from a range of sources that pointed to serious allegations of antitrust, possible RICO, and others who are often either members of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and/or an MHI linked manufactured housing state association. While several cases …

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Double-Digit 2023 Manufactured Home Production Slide Continues, per National Manufactured Housing Association-More New Manufactured Home Living Facts

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Manufactured Housing Association Regulatory Reform (MHARR) provides updates on July 2023 and Year to Date Manufactured Housing Production-Shipment Data per IBTS for HUD WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A. September 6, 2023 The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), HUD Code manufactured housing …

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For Manufactured Home Owners or Affordable Housing Seekers, Encouraging Understanding and Solutions with Facts and Honest Experiences – Leading Others by Example

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Affordable housing is in a well-documented crisis and the causes for the housing crisis are well known. Articles on this site provide documented evidence, third-party research, and other insights that explain why pre-HUD Code mobile homes and post-HUD Code manufactured homes are the runaway most proven source of permanent affordable housing in the United States. The latest site data for …

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‘Show Me the Man and I’ll Show You The Crime’ – Donald J. Trump Arrest, Indictments – Perspective on Problematic Threat for Most Americans and the American Dream – Key J6 Trump Transcript

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“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” Equal justice under law is a tenant of American belief. Few things may be scarier for the American Dream than then notion that anyone – rich or poor, famous or not, even the legally innocent – could be accused of a crime(s) by an agenda-driven prosecutor(s). As a preface and …

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‘Inexcusable and Major Problem’ Exclusive MHLivingNews Question and Answer (Q&A) with Mark Weiss, J.D., President, and CEO of Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR)

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In the legal world, the difference between one word and another can be significant. The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) is Mark Weiss, J.D. – an attorney. Weiss was asked by Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews.com) to respond to concerns about remarks made by the Manufactured Housing Institute …

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Losing the American Dream – Steep Manufactured Housing Production Decline Continues While Manufactured Housing Institute CEO Lesli Gooch Gives Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a Pass

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In a press release to Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews) and others in the news media, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) pointed a sharp finger at their rival national trade group. That press release is below and is followed by additional information with MHLivingNews analysis and commentary in brief.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      …

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Marty Lavin, J.D., and Frank Rolfe’s Distinctive Takes on Carly Berlin’s VTDigger Mobile and Manufactured Home Community Flood Story – Remarks & Analysis

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Writer Carly Berlin produced a report through a partnership between VTDigger and Vermont Public dated 7.15.2023 on the subject of “‘Not Going to Live Here Again’ – Vermont Manufactured-Home Residents Return to Destruction.” Left-leaning CNN reported on July 12, 2023 that: “Catastrophic flooding swamped Vermont’s capital as intense storms forced evacuations and closures in Northeast. Intense rainstorms that inundated the Northeast …

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Were Abe Lincoln and Frank Rolfe Correct? Federal Agency to Present Speaker’s Insights on Why Affordable Housing and Manufactured Homes Struggle During Affordable Housing Crisis

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The following are remarks as prepared for a federal agency who is once more thoughtfully offering this writer for Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News and ManufacturedHomeProNews.com an opportunity to present to federal, corporate, and nonprofit officials. While these are considered expert ‘views’ or ‘opinions,’ the remarks are all documented with evidence that supports the various statements.   Were Abe …

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Independence Day Patriotic Music Video Medley, Star Spangled Banner Versions You’ve Forgotten or Millions Never Heard with Narratives plus “Baby Let’s Be Saboteurs” by Dave Hause from Billions

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The American Dream is more than homeownership, but that is part of the thirst for Independence from rent and other chains that can bind. For your inspiration, enlightenment, and enjoyment here is an article made available to MHLivingNews by the WND News Center, plus music videos, some lyrics and more bonus items in Part II that include the insightful “Baby …

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NAHB Research and Mortgage Rates Reveal More Americans Can Afford a New Manufactured Home Than New or Existing (Resale) Conventional House – Facts, Figures, and Analysis

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Preface – National Mortgage Professional (NMP) cited the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) for “updates [to] its 2023 ‘housing affordability pyramid. ‘ According to the NAHB, 64.8 million households (48.9%) nationwide are unable to afford a $250,000 home. It said 39 million U.S. households have insufficient income to afford a $150,000 home.” NMP March 6, 2023 post shared the …

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Research by 4 Attorneys & 2 Analysts-Manufactured Home Industry and Manufactured Housing Institute Performance Spotlight, plus the Quisling Factor

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Stating the obvious can be eye opening. Truth can be discovered wherever a person happens to find it. Some research provides useful information and couples it with sound analysis or commentary. By contrast, some reports may provide useful information but couple it with flawed or agenda driven analysis.  As Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com or MHLivingNews.com) has reported …

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June is National Homeownership Month – Affordable Housing, Manufactured Home Research, and 2023 U.S. Housing Crisis Insights

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June is national home ownership month. According to a wide range of sources, the U.S. is in an affordable housing crisis. With Biden era inflation at multiple decade high levels, interest rates on conventional housing mortgage loans have more than doubled in the past two years. A lack of affordability is an obvious issue for all kinds of housing, conventionally …

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Reflections on Death of Sam Zell and late Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) Chairman Zell’s Impact on Manufactured Home Living and the Affordable Manufactured Home Profession

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The death of billionaire Samuel “Sam” Zell has and will spark an array of commentaries, among them this from the Associated Press (AP) which quoted Zell as follows. “I’m a professional opportunist,” Zell told AP at the time. “I’m pretty sure that no matter what topic you pick, we’re involved in some way or another.” That absolutely holds true for …

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