“The linkage between large-scale federal deficit spending, the national debt (which recently crossed the $40 trillion threshold), higher borrowing costs, elevated interest rates, and reduced housing affordability is economically well-supported and highly relevant to the broader U.S. affordable-housing discussion. Economist E.J. Antoni’s August 21, 2026 Daily Signal article correctly highlights that the debt is not an abstract accounting issue—it already …

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 …

“Getting Zoning for Manufactured Housing Right” is a working paper published by the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy authored by Daniel R. Mandelker. The Lincoln Institute says the following about Mandelker. “Daniel R. Mandelker is the Howard A. Stamper Professor of Law Emeritus at Wash U Law and is one of the nation’s leading scholars and teachers on land use …

A Reddit user with the handle u/wheresabel posted the following inquiry on that platforms’ r/ManufacturedHome category last week. The headline is a paraphrase of what  u/wheresabel said, which is posted below. For disclosure purposes, I’ve worked in manufactured housing most of my adult life, starting in 1981 (about 5 years after the HUD Code for manufactured homes went into effect). …

Manufactured housing production slid once more in April 2026, per MHARR. During an affordable housing crisis, some may wonder, why is that so? Depending on the sources you or other readers may normally use for manufactured housing industry information, it is entirely possible that readers could have little or no clue that the manufactured housing industry is once more experiencing …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

On our MHProNews sister site (see examples linked here, here, and here) and on the mainstream Patch news site there are several reports on apparent problems with the “Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream” (ROAD) or “ROAD to Housing Act 2025.” While much of mainstream media is hailing the bill as an example of bipartisan efforts to ‘solve’ the affordable …

The MHVille Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA) methodology is briefly defined here. Independent of this MHLivingNews platform there are three different artificial intelligence (AI) platforms that have probed topics related to the headline. All three of those responses to detailed questions (input-inquiries, chats, discussions) with left-leaning Google’s AI powered Gemini, xAI’s Grok, and MS Bing’s AI powered Copilot are provided in the text …

“In this life there are lots of laws and flaws.” – Soheyla Kovach. It is an interesting insight from a woman who is the co-founder of MHProNews and MHLivingNews. She hails from a society that is ancient and steeped in a rich cultural heritage where one liner maxims are used to convey axiomatic insights. Not just in the U.S., but …

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 …

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., …