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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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‘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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“Predatory” RHP Properties CEO Ross Partrich Announces Dozens of New Manufactured Home Communities Bought, Unpacking RHP, Sun’s Shiffman, ELS’ Nader, Frank Rolfe, Resident Leader Tim Sheahan Statements – News Analysis

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The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) are among the nonprofits, media, and public officials who have called RHP Properties and other “consolidators” of land-lease manufactured home communities “predatory.” While such comments were once more commonly reserved to Democratic lawmakers, Republican officials have, in recent years, also become concerned that what is occurring in what for decades was “affordable housing” is …

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Making the Case-Why Mobile Home Univ, Impact Communities, Strive Communities-Frank Rolfe, Dave Reynolds Should Be New Manufactured Housing Institute Leaders – The View On Predatory, Deceptive, and Illegal Behavior That Dims Manufactured Home Living

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As a disclosure for new readers and as detail-minded and longtime readers here know, Manufactured Home Living News takes a dim view of predatory, illegal, and unethical business practices. Then what explains this evidence-based viewpoint on making arguably notorious Frank Rolfe and Dave Reynolds the new leaders for the Arlington, VA based Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)? Simple. Because birds of …

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Impact Communities – What Frank Rolfe, Dave Reynolds, Taught Beyond Mobile Home U; Manufactured Housing Institute and National Communities Council

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If you don’t already know the term, now is a good time to look up the meaning of ‘paltering.’ Then with the definition of paltering in mind, proceed with this report as we unpack what Frank Rolfe, Dave Reynolds, and their colleagues have been teaching observers – beyond the lessons of so-called ‘Mobile Home University’ [SIC]. “Frank and Dave” have …

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Frank Rolfe Says “Why You Should Never Build A Mobile Home Park” – Seriously? Fact-Check and Analysis

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There is no date on the article, but it appeared in a Google search on a topic that is relevant to the manufactured home industry and its current doldrums. Based upon its contents, it would appear to be less than 2 years old.   The reason that this a good look at this article is important to current owners of …

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Open Letter – Kurt Kelley, Joanne Stevens, Frank Rolfe, Manufactured Housing Review About Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Request For Information from Manufactured Home Community Owners

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Kurt Kelley, JD, is the publisher of the Manufactured Housing Review (MHR), as the below reflects in his quarterly’s “Publisher’s Message.” For the 2019 Quarter 1 issue, his message read in part as follows.   “…We also [in this issue] address Senator Elizabeth Warren’s attempt to gather private information from Manufactured Home Community owners. New things surprise us each day, …

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AP, Denver Post Rips Rolfe, Reynolds, New Manufactured Home Resident Protection Law Implementation – The MOAT – Consumer and Advocacy Alerts, Facts Checks, Analysis 

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“It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you‘ve been playing all your life.” – Mickey Mantle per BrainyQuote and opening quote in hit Moneyball.   “I didn’t even want to meet Warren [Buffett] because I thought, ‘Hey this guy buys and sells things, and so he found imperfections in terms of markets, that’s not value added to society, that’s a zero-sum game that …

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Housing Affordability Ranks High Among Voters – ‘Forever Renters’ Rising Homelessness, Out-of-Reach Housing Costs, and Most Proven Solution to Affordable Housing Crisis – Facts with Analysis

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According to Spectrum News, “Housing affordability ranked as the third biggest issue for millennials, fourth for Gen Xers and sixth for Baby Boomers.” HousingWire said: “More than 90% of Gen Z adults said that housing affordability is their No. 1 issue heading into the presidential election this fall.” Both of those were June 2024 reports. As the math previously provided on the …

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‘They’ve Got You By the B-lls’ ‘The Game is Rigged’ G Carlin-Others on Loss of American Dream ‘They Don’t Want Well Informed-Well Educated People Capable of Critical Thinking’ (R-Rated Lingo)

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“Now, this ain’t just ranting and raving. This ain’t just blowing off steam. I got a little evidence to support my claim.” “But there’s a reason. There’s a reason. There’s a reason for this, there’s a reason education sucks, and it’s the same reason that it will never, ever, ever be fixed. It’s never gonna get any better. Don’t look …

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What Every Current or Potential Resident of a ‘Predatory’ Mobile Home Park-Manufactured Home Community Operator Should Know-Views of Advocate Tim Sheahan and MHPro L. A. “Tony” Kovach-How to Avoid or Fix Problems

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Perhaps 75 to 80 percent of manufactured home communities are owned by local owners who are often in a good working relationship with their residents. But the other 20 percent or so may fall into a different category, and that segment will be part of the subject of this report with expert analysis. “My name is Tim Sheahan and I …

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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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‘No Shame’ – Fact Checks: ‘The 100 Largest Mobile Home Park Owners in the U.S.’ by ‘MobileHomeU, MobileHomeParkStore Data Compared to MHPHOA’s Largest U.S. MH Community Owners List

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The “No Shame” part of the headline will be explained near the end of this report and analysis. That said, flashback to 2015 when The Guardian reported that Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) had “nearly” 140,000 homesites for their residents who owned either a pre-HUD Code mobile home (MH) or a post-HUD Code manufactured home (MH).  Needless to say, ELS 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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