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A Breakfast with…Mary Gaiski, Pennsylvania Manufactured Housing Association

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  1) Who, What and Where: (Your name, town and your formal title at Pennsylvania Manufactured Housing Association, PMHA).  Mary Gaiski, Executive Vice President, Pennsylvania Manufactured Housing Association, New Cumberland, PA 2) Background: (Educational/Professional snapshot before entering the factory-built housing arena, at or before the Pennsylvania Manufactured Housing Association – PMHA). Besides picking up extra cash waiting tables, my life since …

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A Breakfast with Tim Williams, Ohio Manufactured Home Association

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Please tell our readers your WHO, WHAT, WHEN, and WHERE? Tim Williams, Executive Director, Ohio Manufactured Homes Association (OMHA), Dublin, Ohio. Tim, give us some insights into your background, prior to entering the factory built home arena. U.S. Secretary of Labor Representative /Spokesperson, Great Lakes Region, President George Bush Administration (Presidential appointment”) Assistant Secretary of State, State of Ohio. Vice …

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Trends and Information About Manufactured Housing

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The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has a report on the Trends and Information About the Manufactured Housing Industry in 2012. Their ‘Quick Facts report is attached as a free download, below. This insightful report includes: a MH Industry Overview. Who Lives in Manufactured Housing (demographic information). Cost comparisons to conventional housing. New Manufactured Homes Placed For Residential Use Financing options. Photos, …

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Manufactured Homes, Garages and Basements

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Millions would gladly consider the manufactured home option, if they just knew a few facts. For example, there are those who consider having a garage a ‘must’ as part of their housing needs. Just as a house can be built with or without a garage – or with an attached or detached garage – the same options exist with today’s …

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Maricopa County Summer Home and Garden Show

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Ken Anderson, President of the Arizona Housing Association, reports that their Phoenix Chapter has reserved an Exhibitor Booth at the Maricopa County Home and Garden Show, which will take place over 3 days – July 19, 20 & 21, 2013 – at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Phoenix Chapter Vice President, Brian Brastad, is heading up the project …

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Manufactured Home Residents talking about 55+ MHCommunity Living Video

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he two videos that follow are a pair of couples out of the millions who live happily in manufactured home land lease communities across the United States and Canada. One of the first things that jump at you as you watch these videos is that these are not actors, these are real people sharing from the heart. Both of these …

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Manufactured Homes Eligible for USDA Rural Development Home Loan Programs

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 by Mary Beth Juergens  I had the opportunity to speak during a session at the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association’s 65th annual meeting in Cedar Rapids held on November 12th. I want to again congratulate their entire association for organizing such an educational event. I enjoyed being among so many professionals with such enthusiasm and dedication to helping Iowans (and those in …

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Homeownership Lending to be Maintained in Rural Areas

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Population growth in rural communities is challenging the parameters set by the U. S Dept. of Agriculture’s rural housing programs. Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) have proposed a bill to raise the population cap from 25,000 to 35,000 so homeownership continues to be available for low-income households. Senator Johnson said, “Providing these loans, grants, and loan guarantee …

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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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‘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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Remember Normal? Buckle up for Manufacturing Consent, Oxfam, Billionaire’s World, and the American Dream Reality Check

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While it won’t be necessarily be sequential, every aspect of the headline – Remember Normal? Buckle Up for Manufacturing Consent, Oxfam, Billionaire’s World and the American Dream Reality Check – will be explored by sharing a Q&A with Bing’s artificial intelligence (AI) system currently known as Copilot. Productivity School and Analytics Vidhya rated Bing’s AI the top publicly available AI …

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New Report: Deconstructing Warren Buffett’s and Bill Gates Agenda Masked by ‘Charity’ – Duo’s Agenda Examined – Philanthro Feudalism, Philanthro-Capitalism, Charitable Industrial Complex

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MHLivingNews and MHProNews stand essentially alone in ‘following the money trail’ in MHVille trade media when it comes to numerous issues that impact the manufactured housing industry and the homeowners of manufactured homes. That’s particularly so for those living in land-lease manufactured home communities. Voices from across the left-right spectrum have said things similar to what Democrat Robert Reich has …

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‘Monopolies Inflict Harm in Many Ways’ ‘Merger Guidelines are a Free Pass’ – Historic Lessons in ‘Sabotaging Monopoly’ Economics in DoJ/FTC Guidelines by Prof James A Schmitz Jr, Sr Economist

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Professor James A. Schmitz Jr.’s formal comments letter to the Department of Justice (DoJ) include the following observations: “monopolies inflict harm in many ways. These include: A. Monopolies sabotage and destroy markets. They typically destroy substitutes for their products, often those that would be purchased by low-income households; B. Monopolies also use their weapons to manipulate and sabotage public institutions …

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“Calling Kevin Borden at MHAction, Kevin Borden at MHAction” – Judas Priest! – What Are You Doing, Who Are You Doing It For?

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‘Calling Kevin Borden at MHAction, Calling Kevin Borden at MHAction – Judas Priest! – man!’ What are you doing and who are you doing it for? Phrases.UK explains that: “”Judas Priest” is a “swear.” It’s used on the theory that it is better to swear using the name of Judas Iscariot…who betrayed Jesus rather than saying “Jesus Christ,” taking the …

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“Trailer Park” Raised U.S. Senator vs. “Drag a Hundred-Dollar Bill Through a Trailer Park, You Never Know What You’ll Find.” Examining James Carville and Thom Tillis

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The first phrase in the headline using the term “trailer park” is from U.S Senator Thom Tillis (NC-R). He says “trailer park” as a point of some pride to underscore his humble roots. For Tillis, “mobile home” and “trailer park” and rental housing are not pejoratives, even if he is arguably and obviously misusing the terminology. The second headline quote …

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