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“We as a Nation Can Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis,” Says Secretary Ben Carson, Spotlighting Manufactured Homes, Other Emerging Housing Technologies

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“Let’s make sure people understand what’s available,” said HUD Secretary Ben Carson about affordable housing, as he spotlighted manufactured homes as a key part of the Innovations in Housing display on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.   “You can get one of these manufactured houses, for instance, for 30 percent less, and they are very, very resilient. Because that …

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HUD Secretary Ben Carson Speech on Manufactured Homes, “Manufactured Housing…Active Ingredient…Medication…for a Stronger America.”

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The text that follows has one edit, Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Joe Stegmayer’s name was misspelled, and we’ve edited in links to other reports that we’ve published that HUD Secretary Carson’s comments confirmed. Those links have an * at the end of that hotlink. Otherwise, the text is as shown. Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews) will follow this up with …

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Washington Post – Protests of HUD Secretary Ben Carson, Manufactured Housing Institute, by MHAction, New York Communities for Change, CarsonWatch – An Inside Look

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A recent Washington Post (WP, the Post, or WaPo) report about a recent protest made it clear that manufactured housing is an important part of the solution to the growing affordable housing crisis in the USA. Here is part of what the WP report said. “The average price of a “stick-built” home in January was $382,700, according to the Census …

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HUD Secretary Ben Carson and Senator Thom Tillis Discuss Affordable Housing and Manufactured Homes, Video

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Readers should deliberately allow the words spoken by Senator Thom Tillis and HUD Secretary Ben Carson, MD, about manufactured homes, and pre-HUD Code mobile homes to speak for themselves in the video that follows.     MHLivingNews is pairing the Secretary Carson and Senator Tillis video with a separate but related affordable housing focus group video, shown below.     …

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American Dreamers and HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson; How Millions Could Win by Enforcing the Law

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The American Dream has long been defined as including home ownership.  While there are several positive economic signals in the early weeks of President Donald Trump’s Administration, it will take some time for millions to see their incomes go up enough to allow them to do what most of their parents or grandparents achieved – a home they could call …

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Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews) Unpacks Manufactured Housing Institute Announcement: ‘HUD Secretary Scott Turner to be Keynote Speaker at 2025 Congress & Expo’ – FEA

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On April 2, 2025 the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) issued the following statement via their own website. The bulk of the MHI information is provided below under fair use guidelines for media. The MHI statement is shown in Part I. Facts-evidence and analysis (FEA) will follow in Part II. Included in Part II are remarks provided by Mark Weiss, J.D., …

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Manufactured Housing Energy Standards and Enforcement Regulations with DOE Secretary Chris Wright Addressed by Mark Weiss CEO of Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR)

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The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) provided a copy of their letter to DOE Secretary Chris Wright which is published on their site at this link here. Part II of this report with analysis will include the video that is the source for the base of the featured image for this article. Numbers of other details related to …

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Scott Turner Confirmed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development-Official HUD+Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) News Releases; Manufactured Home Generational Wealth

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Part I of this report is the HUD News release dated 2.5.2025 from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) about the Senate confirmation of incoming HUD Secretary Eric Scott Turner. Part II is a news release from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform and an attachment from that Washington, D.C. based trade group. Part III is additional …

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Fannie Mae Response to What Determines Rate on a 30-Year Mortgage? Useful Information for Conventional and Manufactured Home Buyers and Shoppers that can Benefit Your Planning; Facts-Analysis

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As the featured image in this article provided by mortgage giant Fannie Mae reflects, there has been a bit surprising to many roller-coaster on mortgage rates in 2024. Despite the fact that the Federal Reserve announce two different rate cuts and there was dip in mortgage interest rates going into that first rate cut, it was followed by a fairly …

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Manufactured Housing Association Declares Big Step vs. Exclusionary Zoning with Acting HUD Secretary Adrianne Todman in Meeting

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The following items are adapted by Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews). from a news release from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). While the text is as provided by MHARR, the format and images may differ from their release. Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) announced methods discussed with Acting HUD Secretary Adrianne Todman to overcome zoning …

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Association Warns ‘Stunning’ Consumers-Business Impacts by DOE Energy Regulatory Stance for HUD Code Manufactured Homes – DOE Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm Remarks – Facts/Analysis

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The Department of Energy (DOE) asserts new regulations will save low-to-moderate-income households money. But a Manufactured Housing Association on 12.12.2023 called the pending regulations “Stunning and Unworkable” -asserting that they impacts will cost more than savings claimed by the DOE.   [Note: the following is adapted by ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com (MHLivingNews.com) from a press release]. WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES, December 14, 2023 …

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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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State Legislation May Benefit Affordable Housing Seekers, Manufactured Home Residents, Public Radio Report – Positive Takeaways from Behind Proposal, Federal Officials Could Help

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Then, there are those who may already own a manufactured home but are living in a land lease community that has fallen into the hands of a so-called “predatory” manufactured home community operator. Some possible examples are shown below. What follow those linked reports is what Jefferson Public Radio reported out of Oregon. A takeaway hint. Whatever someone’s beliefs or …

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Consumer Ben Womack Sounds Off On Manufactured Home Sales, Service, Manufactured Home Lending – Specifically 21st Mortgage Corporation

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Ben and his family have lived in manufactured housing for some years. He recently bought a new manufactured home.  In his view, he has been lied to repeatedly by the sales person as far as delivery dates and other issues were involved. That said, Womack said he and his wife love the floorplan and home that they bought, if it …

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President Trump, HUD Secretary Carson, Creating Jobs, by Supplying the American Dream – sans Taxpayer Subsidies

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Millions of Americans want the dream of home ownership to become their reality. More than half a century and trillions of dollars in spending have demonstrated that the noble intentions of the federal “War on Poverty” launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson has failed to move the needle. The poverty rate remains about the same now as then. Meanwhile, affordable …

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