The truth has been hiding in plain sight for years. But politics, the revolving door, and other factors have kept Americans – living in one of the wealthiest nation per capita on planet Earth – out of the top 40 countries in the world in terms of the percentage rate for personal home ownership. How did that relatively low …
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Is Manufactured Home Production Keeping Pace with U.S. Population? What California ADU Preemption and Higher Production Signals Manufactured Housing Potential to Solve Affordable Housing Crisis
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 …
Read More »Manufactured Home Community (a.k.a. ‘Mobile Home Park’) Residents Pressured by Purported ‘Predators’; Who’s Behind Crisis—Who Profits from Status Quo and What Can Be Done Legally? MHVille FEA
Millions of Americans rely on manufactured home communities (MHCs) — sometimes called “mobile home parks”—as one of the few proven paths to affordable housing. But across the country, residents of such land-lease communities operated by specific firms that may be members of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) or that follow the ‘teachings’ of Mobile Home University (MHU) are under mounting …
Read More »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)
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 …
Read More »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
“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 …
Read More »The Story that the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) ‘News’ Dept and their Industry Allies Routinely Ignore-‘Mobile Home Issue Voted Down by Zoning Board’–Affordable Housing Takes Blow-FEA
Don’t expect the following to be found on the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) website’s ‘news’ sections any time soon, if ever. Why? Because this report from different parts of the country tell an evidence-based story that runs counter to the narrative spun by MHI and their industry allies. While MHI leaders have praised CEO Lesli Gooch, they downplay or ignore …
Read More »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
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., …
Read More »The Right Stuff and the Wrong Stuff: How Does So Much Important News, Views, and Insights Fail to be Routinely Reported by Many in Media? Research and Lack of Affordable Housing Unpacked-FEA
“The U.S. has a housing shortage from years of underbuilding, leading to increasingly unaffordable housing costs. While overall housing construction has not kept up with demand, entry-level or “starter” homes for first-time homebuyers are in especially short supply. Factory-built housing, which includes various construction techniques and products, could help fill the supply gap. However, increasing the supply of factory-built housing would …
Read More »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
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 …
Read More »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
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, …
Read More »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
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, …
Read More »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
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 …
Read More »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
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 …
Read More »Homeowner Promises Fight Over Huge Housing ‘Affordability’ Costs – High Fees for Single Family Housing Permits Contribute to Unaffordable Housing – Institute for Justice (IJ) Legal Efforts
Housing unaffordability is and has been a headline issue for years. A CNN report in August of 2023 proclaimed: “Home affordability is the worst it has been since 1984,” and matters are arguably worse now than then. CNBC has a report spotlighted by the MSN news aggregator tool that says: “Housing prices are what’s driving inflation, says Enterprise Community Partners’ …
Read More »Democratic Black-Hispanic-Asian-Pacific Caucus Leaders PR Effort to Get Biden-Harris to Keep Promises to Minorities on AFFH Housing Rule-How Affordable Manufactured Homes Fit-‘Art of Possible’
“Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best.” So said Otto von Bismarck, per GoodReads. The Political Dictionary in the “Art of the Possible” explained it like this: “The “art of the possible” is idea that politics is a matter of pragmatism, instead of idealism. According to this worldview, politics is a …
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