Don’t expect the following to be found on the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) website’s ‘news’ sections any time soon, if ever. Why? Because this report from different parts of the country tell an evidence-based story that runs counter to the narrative spun by MHI and their industry allies. While MHI leaders have praised CEO Lesli Gooch, they downplay or ignore …
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Mobile Home and Manufactured Home Residents Could be Deciding Factor in Several 2024 Presidential Swing States, Congressional and Other Races-Facts with Analysis
In the summer of 2024, Mobile Home and Manufactured Home Living News published a report on the percentage of each state’s population that were made up of residents of pre-HUD Code mobile homes and post-HUD Code manufactured homes. That report was based upon the U.S. Census Bureau and American Community Survey, linked here, and goes into additional details not found …
Read More »‘Taking From People That Can’t Afford It’ Dylan Olson tells Reporters 100s of Manufactured Home Community Residents ‘Fighting Back’ Against RHP Properties ‘Disputed’ 30 Percent Site Rent Hike
‘Residents at Portside at the Beaches, a manufactured home community owned by RHP Properties, are fighting against a lot rent increase,’ says News 4 Jax in Jacksonville, FL. Residents at a RHP Properties location called Portside at the Beaches were hit with a drastic lot rent increase in June 2024. Dylan Olson and others will reportedly have their site rent …
Read More »Democratic Black-Hispanic-Asian-Pacific Caucus Leaders PR Effort to Get Biden-Harris to Keep Promises to Minorities on AFFH Housing Rule-How Affordable Manufactured Homes Fit-‘Art of Possible’
“Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best.” So said Otto von Bismarck, per GoodReads. The Political Dictionary in the “Art of the Possible” explained it like this: “The “art of the possible” is idea that politics is a matter of pragmatism, instead of idealism. According to this worldview, politics is a …
Read More »Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews) Readers’ Choice Spring 2024 Top 30 – See What Attracts and Interests Others Looking Into Manufactured Housing!
“You cook, clean, eat, live, and love much the same in a manufactured home as you would living in one of millions of similar-sized site built houses in the U.S.A.” © MHLivingNews has used variations on that phrasing for years, adding the raft that according to U.S. Census Bureau data, at this time a new HUD Code manufactured home is about …
Read More »Insights on Importance of Home Ownership in the U.S.A., But Wall Street Journal and Others Provide Evidence of the Fading of the American Dream – Facts-Analysis
In a left-leaning NBC News poll, a record-low 19 percent of respondents said they were confident their children’s generation would be better off than their own. “The American Dream is centered around the belief that each individual has the right and freedom to seek prosperity and happiness, regardless of where or under what circumstances they were born. The roots of the …
Read More »“Must See” Movie-Length Documentaries per Artificial Intelligence, the U.S. Affordable Housing Crisis, and the Predicament of the 21st Century Manufactured Housing Industry – Videos, Facts, and Analysis
According to the Productivity School, the number one artificial intelligence (AI) search engine, paid or free, is the one by available from Microsoft’s Bing. According to Dictionary.com, a thesis is defined as follows. Thesis definition: “a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections.” Per ThoughtCo: “A thesis (THEE-ses) is the main …
Read More »Exploring Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Awards for ‘Excellence in Manufactured Housing’ Awards Program – MHI Leaders May Prove to be Sinister, But MHI Leaders Aren’t Idiots
Attention affordable housing shoppers. Note to those who are public officials, customers, advocates, or plaintiffs’ attorneys for those who purportedly have been harmed by a “Manufactured Housing Institute” (MHI) “Award” winner for “Excellence in Manufactured Housing.” A word to the wise – don’t be fooled by such ‘awards.’ If you keep in mind this focused analysis and expert commentary about …
Read More »Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Publishes White Paper Concerning Pending Manufactured Housing “Chassis” Legislation, Financing, and Other Matters
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) is quite aware of the sharp downturn in manufactured housing. MHARR is the only national manufactured housing trade association known to publicly report new manufactured home production data monthly. Their goal as a trade association is to protect and expand manufactured home sales, not limit them. So, the following from MHARR position …
Read More »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
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 …
Read More »For Manufactured Home Owners or Affordable Housing Seekers, Encouraging Understanding and Solutions with Facts and Honest Experiences – Leading Others by Example
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 …
Read More »‘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
“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 …
Read More »‘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)
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 …
Read More »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
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 …
Read More »New Research by NerdWallet, Hippo Point to Frustration and Obstacles with Conventional Housing, But Positive Options, Opportunities for Those Who Turn to Modern, New Manufactured Homes
Hippo recently published a report that said that 78 percent of those who bought an existing (think conventional) house within the last 12 months (think 2022) had “regrets.” Meanwhile, NerdWallet’s research included this statement about “The 11% of Americans planning to purchase a home in the next 12 months hope to spend $269,200, on average, according to the survey. The …
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