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Biden State of the Union Raised Key MHC Resident Concern-Important to Millions of Affordable Housing Seekers ‘Cracking Down on Big Landlords Who Break Antitrust Laws-Price-Fixing Drive Up Rents’

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“For millions of renters, we’re cracking down on big landlords who break antitrust laws by price-fixing and driving up rents.” – Joe Biden, State of the Union (SOTU) address 3.7.2024, per transcript on right-leaning Breitbart. That isn’t just rents that are being driven up, it is other housing costs – purchase prices, interest rates – that are part of the problem …

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Democratic Congressional Staffer Alleged Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Anti-Consumer, Manufactured Housing Institute Leaders Decline Comment Sam Strommen Antitrust Case Allegations–Analysis

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A U.S. House of Representatives Democratic staffer told MHLivingNews/MHProNews that the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has a reputation on Capitol Hill for being anti-consumer. The context of that staffer’s remarks was connected to manufactured home industry connected financing controversies, some of which will be explored in this report. When Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews) offered Manufactured Housing Institute …

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Videos by NFIB Reflect Desire by Small Business Owners for Antitrust – or anti-Monopoly – Action and Why it Matters to Manufactured Home Community Residents and New Manufactured Homes Shoppers

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MHLivingNews has long backed the notion that consumers are routinely better off doing business with smaller businesses that tend to be more responsive to their needs than large firms that often feel empowered to ignore their clients’ best interests. On 11.30.2022, just days ago, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released a statement with videos that urged action on …

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Affordable Housing, Manufactured Homes and the Rigged System: What Every American Should Know and Why Truth-Seeking Hybrid Journalism Matters; Eye-Opening MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA)

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During a well documented affordable housing crisis, the manufactured home industry is demonstrably underperforming as measured by historic and U.S. population growth standards. There are several possible explanations. Among them? There are sadly tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of thousands of residents in older mobile home parks or newer manufactured home communities that are living in a property …

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Artificial Intelligence with Human Expert is Hybrid Journalism-U.S. Affordable Housing Crisis Often Misunderstood. To Clarify Issues Human Expertise and AI Boosted Fact Checks of MHI and MHARR

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“This article synthesizes the key points from the provided sources, verifies claims where possible, and highlights the advocacy gaps between MHARR and MHI. It incorporates external references to corroborate data and notes the absence of contradictory evidence on key claims, while acknowledging the complexity of regulatory processes. The content is structured to inform readers about the manufactured housing industry’s challenges …

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Consumer Alerts! Gemini on ‘Are Warren Buffett Style Moats Harming Affordable Housing Seekers and some Community Residents?’ Clayton-21st-Champion (SKY)-Cavco (CVCO) MHI Linked Community Owners

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This article for MHLivingNews is based upon the interaction with Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered Gemini found in the deeper dive report at this link here plus the document found here. That linked document is the record of the ‘chat’ or conversation between this primary writer and co-founder of MHLivingNews and MHProNews and the vast information resources available to a …

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Fannie Mae Research Reveals ‘What’s Driving the Increasing Importance Consumers Place on Their Homes’ – What that Research Could Mean for Affordable Housing and Manufactured Home Seekers-Residents

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In an email to MHLivingNews on 3.10.2025 Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) team provided the following information provided in Part I. Additional insights will follow in  the facts-evidence-analysis portion of this report provided in Part II.     Part I per Fannie Mae to MHLivingNews is the following. What’s Driving the Increasing Importance Consumers Place on Their Homes …

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Revisiting Pamela Blumenthal and Regina Gray HUD Edge Report ‘Opportunities to Increase Housing Production and Preservation’ plus Star Parker & HUD Sec Turner with Facts and MHVille Analysis

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When this writer for MHLivingNews and MHProNews first read the article by HUD researchers Pamela Blumenthal and Regina Gray entitled “Opportunities to Increase Housing Production and Preservation” it was our immediate editorial stance that they duo has provided an array of useful insights and information. When one administration leaves and another moves in there are times when certain articles are …

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January 2025 Release of New HUD Code Manufactured Home Data for November 2024 by Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Facts-Evidence plus MHVille Expert Analysis

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According to the press release provided by the Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) at this link here is the following report in Part I to MHLivingNews’ and this writer for this Patch. Part II will provide additional insights, analysis, affordable housing, governmental, plus related and other topics. Part I HUD CODE Manufactured Housing PRODUCTION INCREASES IN NOVEMBER 2024 Washington, …

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Ongoing Tragedies at Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park Explored – ‘Most Comprehensive’ Reporting by Manufactured Home Pro News (MHProNews.com) Unpacked – Problematic vs. Ethical Companies in MHVille

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According to left-leaning Bing’s AI powered Copilot on this date is the following response to the chat Q&A shown below related to the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park woes being experienced by the residents there in Sweetwater, FL. Note that the #1 shown below from Copilot links to the most detailed report, per that source, at this link here. 1) …

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Donald H. Layton for Furman Center: ‘Manufactured Housing is a Good Source for Unsubsidized Affordable Housing’–‘Key Facts and Surprising Economic’ Research plus MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis

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Neither Donald H. Layton, nor anyone other typical human that this writer has met or heard about, is able to see into the future with total clarity or certainty.  That is to say that Layton’s first installment of a research article for the Furman Center, shared in Part I and unpacked with added facts, evidence, and analysis in Part II, …

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Homeownership Rates in Europe-Other Parts of the World Compared to United States Homeownership Rate-Eye Opening Facts with Analysis and Critical MHVille Insights for Affordable Housing Advocates

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI-D) and Cavco Industries (CVCO) are two of several sources that stated that the lack of affordable housing near where it is needed in the United States cost the American economy some $2 trillion dollars annually. The U.S. produces less housing every year than it needs. That shortage of affordable housing, per economic experts and others, is …

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Manufactured Homes Appreciation Research Reveals Decades of Evidence Mobile and Manufactured Homes Can Gain Value Similar to and Sometimes Faster than Conventional Housing and for Similar Reasons

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Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News has been reporting for over a decade that third-party research reflects the fact that modern manufactured homes can and do gain value, and for similar reasons, as conventional site-built housing. More recent research by LendingTree and other sources, such as the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), is linked below.  But the purpose of this …

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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

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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 …

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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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