It may be self-evident so many, but it is important to note that the population of the United States (U.S.) has grown since manufactured housing achieved its last highwater mark in 1998. Beyond population growth, Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) have witnessed a boom in California in recent years. Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews) and MHProNews have periodically spotlighted that boom …

The AARP Public Policy Institute published a report that merits a closer look, given the fact that inflation is roaring and there is widespread agreement that affordable housing is in great demand. Nearly half of all Americans living in manufactured homes are over 50, said AARP, which cited the sources for their data. AARP’s report below is largely favorable to …

Performer Kid Rock has done a music video from on top of what appears to be a pre-HUD Code mobile home. He’s absolutely cool with mobile home and manufactured home living. So much so that he sold a mansion and bought a camo manufactured home not far from Nashville, TN. Born Robert James Richie, his stage name is Kid Rock, …

“Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban purchased an entire, tiny — and virtually empty — Texas town. An abandoned strip club and vacant mobile home park are about all that’s still standing in the 76.8-acre community of Mustang, which is about 65 miles south of American Airlines Center, home of Cuban’s NBA franchise.” So said NBC News on 12.3.2021. KXAN said: “It’s …

The controversial and unsentimental storyline in the posted video trailer and full-length movie shown further below is largely Canadian; more on that later, but for now it is worth mentioning that the plot could have occurred either in the U.S. or Canada. IMDb has this plot summary credited to Production: “A young mother drifts from one motel to the next …

A Reddit user with the handle u/wheresabel posted the following inquiry on that platforms’ r/ManufacturedHome category last week. The headline is a paraphrase of what  u/wheresabel said, which is posted below. For disclosure purposes, I’ve worked in manufactured housing most of my adult life, starting in 1981 (about 5 years after the HUD Code for manufactured homes went into effect). …

“The linkage between large-scale federal deficit spending, the national debt (which recently crossed the $40 trillion threshold), higher borrowing costs, elevated interest rates, and reduced housing affordability is economically well-supported and highly relevant to the broader U.S. affordable-housing discussion. Economist E.J. Antoni’s August 21, 2026 Daily Signal article correctly highlights that the debt is not an abstract accounting issue—it already …

According to the report linked here: “The study found that roughly 78% of home shoppers visit 3 or more websites before taking an online action like scheduling a tour or making an inquiry.” That same source said: “estimates that conventional buyers typically visit between 3 to 6 different websites or apps before completing a transaction” and “The most definitive and widely …

When this human writer for MHLivingNews and MHProNews and my colleagues launched this platform, there was at that time nothing else quite like it in the manufactured housing industry. Frankly, that there was nothing quite like what we had in mind doing should have been a wakeup call to yours truly. How could it be that a multiple billion-dollar industry …

Quoting from Part I: “policy choices—not scarcity—drive unaffordability.” “This systemic deceleration [i.e.: the slowing of construction] directly mirrors the collapse of the middle class and the vanishing of affordable housing options,” quote is from Part II below. In the early 1930s, the 102-story Empire State Building was constructed in about 410 days. The Pentagon, which was reportedly the largest low-rise …

Federal manufactured home construction and safety standards (the HUD Code) became legally effective on June 15, 1976, requiring all manufactured homes built on or after that date to comply with the then new national manufactured housing industry construction standards. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): “The Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 …

‘Heads, they win. Tails, you lose.’ This article will use historic and contemporary facts and insights to shed light on some of the dirty secrets about the affordable housing crisis. Per Gemini in #7: “Evidence suggests that the “deliverables” in the housing market have dropped not because of a lack of technology, but because of systemic administrative friction.” First the …

According to Google Books on this (3.22.2026) date, “Bestselling author and journalist David Kupelian is the managing editor of both WorldNetDaily and its monthly news magazine, Whistleblower.” Simon and Schuster said: “David Kupelian is an award-winning journalist and author, and serves as managing editor of online news giant WorldNetDaily as well as its monthly newsmagazine…” In an email from David Kupelian to …

There are any number of studies done by nonprofits, governmental agencies, universities, Freddie Mac and others that demonstrate that HUD Code manufactured housing (different in standards than pre-HUD Code mobile homes) are the most proven form of permanent affordable housing in the United States at this time and have been so for decades. That said, the most recently available Census …

“While MHI claims to support growth, CEO Lesli Gooch’s recent Maine testimony—which disparaged the resident-owned community (ROC) model—is cited as a specific example of MHI working to protect existing land-lease monopolies rather than expanding the industry through the legal tools available.” So said left-leaning Google’s artificial intelligence powered Gemini in response to evidence supplied to it that included the testimony …