Being pro-manufactured housing DOESN’T mean that our publication – or anyone else – should turn a blind eye to years of apparently problematic if not hypocritical behavior. As was recently reported by MHProNews here and here, Yes! Communities CEO Steven “Steve” Schaub has been “inducted” into the RV/MH Hall of Fame. For residents of Yes! Communities, that may instantly merit …
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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’
“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 …
Read More »Democratic Congressional Staffer Alleged Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Anti-Consumer, Manufactured Housing Institute Leaders Decline Comment Sam Strommen Antitrust Case Allegations–Analysis
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 …
Read More »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
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 …
Read More »Dirty Secrets in Housing Crisis. Lessons from “Purple Haze” and the First Transcontinental Railroad for the Puzzled, Concerned or Angry About U.S. Affordable Housing Crisis. MHVille FEA
‘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 …
Read More »Backstory with WND Exclusive ‘1 Simple Legislative Fix Needed to Solve America’s Housing Crisis-21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Will Fail Without This Obvious Remedy’ by L. A. “Tony” Kovach
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 …
Read More »Affordability and the Manufactured Housing Census Bureau Evidence. What Most Politicos and Special Interests Aren’t Telling Affordable Housing Hungry Americans. MHVille FEA
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 …
Read More »When Manufactured Housing Institute CEO Lesli Gooch Publicly Opposed Resident Owned Communities as ‘Risky Scheme’ in Right of First Refusal Legislation. Part of Claimed Monopolization Scheme-FEA
“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 …
Read More »Consumers, Sincere Affordable Housing Advocates, and Independent Businesses. Attorney Mark Weiss Interview Insights into Causes and Possible Cures to Affordable Housing Crisis. MHVille FEA
Earlier today on MHProNews the following interview of Mark Weiss, J.D., President and CEO of the Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform was published at this link here. That article promised a follow up that would include third-party artificial intelligence (AI) facts-evidence-analysis checks. Part I of this article will include the full interview with attorney Weiss. Part …
Read More »‘Americans want Congress to Cooperate-Solve Problems-Improve Lives’ ‘Bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act Will Improve Housing Affordability-Boost Housing Supply’ Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (MO-D). FEA
Stating the obvious can bring clarity to an issue. Just because a politician, or any other person of whatever background, makes a bold statement or claim doesn’t automatically make it true. That evidence-based observation applies to members of both major parties, or to minor political party members, as well as to professionals and others of virtually any background or belief. …
Read More »Why is Manufactured Housing Underperforming During a Documented Affordable Housing Crisis? What Sources-Including 3rd Party Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Said. Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA)
According to an emailed statement on 11.7.2025 from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR): “HUD Code manufactured housing industry year-over-year production slightly declined in September 2025. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,726 new homes in September 2025, a 0.9% decrease from the 8,814 new HUD Code homes produced in September 2024. Cumulative production for 2025 …
Read More »“Was Vox Rachel Cohen Booth Misled by MHI CEO Lesli Gooch? Removable Chassis, ROAD to Housing Act 2025, Unpacking Evidence of Deception and Misdirection by Manufactured Housing Institute. FEA
Over a decade of reading and studying official documents, governmental, association, publicly traded company earnings call transcripts along with their investor presentations, nonprofit, mainstream and trade media research and reporting can pay off. Combine those insights with the potential power of properly using third-party artificial intelligence to check and cross-check the known evidence can yield investigative insights not found anywhere …
Read More »ALERT. Why Homeowners-Renters-Manufactured Home Residents Must Demand MHARR-Backed Changes to ROAD to Housing Act 2025. If Congress Doesn’t Amend ROAD Act It Should Be Removed from NDAA. FEA
The ROAD to Housing Act’s inclusion in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bypassed normal Congressional scrutiny and public debate. The arguably problematic and seemingly corrupt Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has publicly pushed this bill without any public calls for amendment, as multiple artificial intelligence (AI) systems have confirmed. As left-leaning MS Bing’s AI powered Copilot said: “MHI’s failure to …
Read More »In Battle for More Affordable Housing AI Systems ChatGPT, Copilot, xAI’s Grok, and Gemini are asked to Check Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA). Do Manufactured Homes Fit In? ChatGPT Case Study
The manufactured housing industry’s role, potential, and performance in the battle for more affordable housing are explored in this exclusive report. A human expert on this topic ‘tests’ ChatGPT’s ‘understanding’ of the affordable housing crisis (see Part I). The questions are asked by MHLivingNews and the bulk of the Q&As (chat, discussion, input-inquiries, etc.) are by the AI systems as …
Read More »Unpacking National Low Income Housing Coalition Release of Gap 2025-‘Shortage of 7.1 Million Affordable Homes’ GAP Report Hits and Misses Revealed in MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA)
New editorial disclosures. This MHLivingNews facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) article will explore the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) 2025 GAP report. For some years, either MHProNews or in this case MHLivingNews has explored that GAP Report for several reasons. Among them is that it is data rich and cited by an array of sources. As several third-party to this publication artificial …
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