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‘Frustration and Hope’ – Law Prof Fran Quigley Slams Frank Rolfe and ‘Wall Street Holding a Gun to Mobile Home Residents’ Heads’ – Statements, Apt Manufactured Home Facts, and Expert Analysis

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Law Professor Fran Quigley says that his Substack newsletter “is the product of frustration.” A 3.15.2023 post about Quigley on the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law website says he recently presented at “Manchester University on Housing as a Human Right.” It said in part that “Quigley, who directs the Health and Human Rights Clinic at IU McKinney, …

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Shock! Better Business Bureau D- Rated Flagship Communities (TSX:MHC.U) (TSX:MHC.UN) Announces 3 Manufactured Housing Institute ‘Awards for Excellence’–What Gives? Media Release, Facts & Analysis

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It is important to note as a preface to this shocking report that there are scores of honorable companies that operate in the manufactured housing industry. For that reason, this fact- and evidence-supported MHLivingNews editorial report ought to be disturbing to honorable manufactured home professionals, to current and prospective manufactured home buyers, residents, and customers seeking the affordable quality lifestyle …

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Mobile Home and Manufactured Home Residents Decline Half Billion Dollar Offer – MHLiving Pride – Briny Breezes Saga Continues – Facts and Commentary

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Regional news reported the $500 million (half-a-billion) dollar offer by an unnamed developer to purchase the Briny Breezes resident owned community. Briny Breezes, Inc. is an oceanfront and intercoastal waterway facing development featuring pre-HUD Code mobile homes and some manufactured homes located near Boyton Beach, FL. South of West Palm Beach and north of Delray Beach, Gulf Stream, and Boca …

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Why Manufactured Home Industry Members and Advocates Must Comment on the DOE Manufactured Housing Energy Rule to Demand its Delay and Withdrawal, per Manufactured Housing Association

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Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews) recently reported on the statement from pro-manufactured home Senator Tim Scott (SC-R). Scott’s letter to DOE and our MHLivingNews analysis and commentary are linked here. Manufactured homes have been mandated by law to have money saving energy saving standards since June 15, 1976.   From the Regulations.gov website the Department of Energy (DOE) …

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‘Manufactured Homes Truly One of Best Opportunities for Realizing Dream of Homeownership’ says Sen Tim Scott – Rips ‘DOE Standards Overly Broad, Unduly Burdensome Cost Imposed by Climate Alarmists’

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The letter by Ranking Member Tim Scott (SC-R) on manufactured housing obtained by Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews) is not found on the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) website on the date and time shown. But it is found on the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affair webpage in the press release shown below and found …

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Hot Housing Market=Higher Homelessness–Ilana Mercer; Shocking Claims Awaken Thinkers to Painful Reality–70% of Americans Can’t Afford New House-Jenga Analogy on Housing Crisis-Possible Cures Explored

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“The hotter the housing market, the higher the homelessness.” ~ Paleolibertarian author Ilana Mercer. To grasp the meaning of paleolibertarian, Wikipedia provides this definition: “Paleolibertarianism (also known as the “Paleo strategy”) is a libertarian political activism strategy aimed at uniting libertarians and paleoconservatives.” Oxford Languages explains that paleo means: “older or ancient.” So self-described paleolibertarian author Ilana Mercer is apparently seeking …

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‘Choctaw, Cherokee, and the Creek’ – Indian Reservation Video with Lyrics – Justice and Injustice in America – Infographics on Affordable Housing Facts Needed for All

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Perhaps the very best friend in my elementary school days in Norman, OK was Doug Humphrey. We both liked a variety of board games, and we were competitive in a friendly way. Doug was of Native American descent. As young kids sometimes do, we created a jingle – a kind of a team ‘fight’ song – for cheering on his …

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Responding to Rob Carson’s ‘Trailers’ and Dave Ramsey ‘Mobile Homes’ Errors, Why it Matters to Manufactured Homeowners, Professionals, Affordable Housing Advocates, Media, and Public Officials

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In all languages, definitions and the meanings of words matter. “A manufactured home is not a motor home or trailer, and although it is often called a “mobile home,” it is not that either,” explained the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) in their report which then illustrates why the language matters.  The NFPA report that made that pithy observation explained …

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New Report: Deconstructing Warren Buffett’s and Bill Gates Agenda Masked by ‘Charity’ – Duo’s Agenda Examined – Philanthro Feudalism, Philanthro-Capitalism, Charitable Industrial Complex

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MHLivingNews and MHProNews stand essentially alone in ‘following the money trail’ in MHVille trade media when it comes to numerous issues that impact the manufactured housing industry and the homeowners of manufactured homes. That’s particularly so for those living in land-lease manufactured home communities. Voices from across the left-right spectrum have said things similar to what Democrat Robert Reich has …

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Taking Manufactured Home Community Resident Advocacy to Next Level, How Mobile Home Park, Land Lease Manufactured Home Community Residents Can Achieve More – Facts and Viewpoints

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There are several reasons that Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews) published the article linked here and further before before this one. Those reasons will become more apparent to the detail minded who read that article in conjunction with this one. Millions from all walks of life have chosen a mobile or manufactured home (MH) as a primary or …

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Storytellers Wanted! The Mobile and Manufactured Home Storytelling Project – Truth Tellers, Myth Busters, and Behind the Scenes Revelations are Encouraged Here

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On Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 4:48 PM an email was sent by Robert “Bob” Van Cleef to Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews.com). It said in part the following: “I just discovered your site while looking for responses to John Oliver’s report.  I really like what I see and thank you for your reporting. One suggestion:  Please include …

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Official U.S. Census Bureau Cost & Size Comparisons of New Manufactured Homes to New Single-Family Site-Built Homes – Facts for Shoppers, Affordable Housing Advocates, Public Officials, Investors & Researchers

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, this most recent data set was last revised on July 12, 2022. As it reflects information from the year 2021, the facts should be accurate. The information displayed in this article will cover the years 2016 to 2021 so that affordable housing shoppers, advocates, researchers, and others will also see the trends in size, …

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Thanksgiving in MHVille, Backstory of Misunderstood But Most Proven U.S. Affordable Housing Solution – From Trailer Houses, to Mobile Homes, to Manufactured Housing – Modern Manufactured Homes Reality Check

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It may seem like a modern miracle. It may sound too good to be true. Brand new homes with warranties and consumer protections not found in housing that is far higher priced, yet only about half the cost of conventional construction. But before getting ahead of our true story, a look back for understanding is appropriate. For decades, the secular …

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‘It’s a Scam’ – USA Today – Renters Mull 2022 Voting ‘Lack Faith in System’ – NAR Data Reveals Black Homebuying Down Under Biden; Affordable Housing Solutions and Manufactured Homes Explored

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Left-leaning USA Today on its own site and via outlets like Yahoo or MSN published a report entitled “‘I don’t have any faith in the system’: Soaring housing costs have renters mulling how they’ll vote in the midterms.” Meanwhile, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) – said left-leaning CNN – pointed to housing research. That study essentially revealed that the …

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Controversial Former U.S. Rep & Ex-Democratic Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard (HI-D)-What Key Dems Recently Said, Why it Matters to Affordable Housing Seekers and Manufactured Homeowners

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“People before politics. Country before party. Peace, prosperity, security and freedom.” So says Tulsi Gabbard’s slogans on her Substack page under the photo shown below. There has been pushback against former Democratic Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard from the left and right before and since her announced departure from the Democratic Party. Some are cheering while others are jeering. Gabbard served …

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