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. …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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., …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

Part I of this report is the HUD News release dated 2.5.2025 from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) about the Senate confirmation of incoming HUD Secretary Eric Scott Turner. Part II is a news release from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform and an attachment from that Washington, D.C. based trade group. Part III is additional …