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 …

‘Residents at Portside at the Beaches, a manufactured home community owned by RHP Properties, are fighting against a lot rent increase,’ says News 4 Jax in Jacksonville, FL. Residents at a RHP Properties location called Portside at the Beaches were hit with a drastic lot rent increase in June 2024. Dylan Olson and others will reportedly have their site rent …

Among the comments posted to one of the video versions of Fleetwood Mac’s lead singer Stevie Nick’s singing Landslide below said this. “I have 4th stage pancreatic cancer. I turned around and I wasn’t young and beautiful anymore. But I can use this time of my life wisely. I accept these changes. I’m climbing this mountain of cancer. But then …

“Our young people can’t afford to buy a home anymore.” “We’re going from an ownership society to a renters’ society. When we do that, we go from being free citizens to mere subjects, entirely at the mercy of the powerful. We’re on track to be subjected to these giant corporations who have no Patriotism, no love for America, and indeed …

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’ …

“You cook, clean, eat, live, and love  much the same in a manufactured home as you would living in one of millions of similar-sized site built houses in the U.S.A.” ©  MHLivingNews has used variations on that phrasing for years, adding the raft that according to U.S. Census Bureau data, at this time a new HUD Code manufactured home is about …

When a school bus plowed into what was likely an older manufactured home that was described by mainstream media as a “mobile home,” that kind of accident is a rare event. To illustrate the rarity: “From the years 2007 through 2016, there were 1,147 school-transportation-related crashes. Typically, there are approximately 114 school bus accidents in a year. In 2016, there …

During an affordable housing crisis, the best known, most proven solution to that troubling challenge for millions requires no federal subsidies or new legislation – HUD Code manufactured homes – oddly remains thwarted. Those apparently artificial obstacles exist despite often supportive federal laws. As part of our periodic series of reports with analysis to better understand the issues involved, the …

According to data provided by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), is the following new manufactured home production and shipment data news brief. The information was released on 4.3.2024 and covers production for February 2024, based on statistics collected for the federal government.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                    Contact: MHARR (202) 783-4087   PRODUCTION GROWTH CONTINUES IN FEBRUARY …

“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 …

Perhaps 75 to 80 percent of manufactured home communities are owned by local owners who are often in a good working relationship with their residents. But the other 20 percent or so may fall into a different category, and that segment will be part of the subject of this report with expert analysis. “My name is Tim Sheahan and I …

‘It’s my Taj Mahal’ said multi-millionaire Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran, as she shows off her $1 million “MOBILE HOME” in an LA (Los Angeles, CA) area “trailer park.” Corcoran admits she ‘likes it more than her $15 million New York City penthouse.’  While her terminology and that of those reporting on this story is routinely wrong – any such …

According to the Productivity School, the number one artificial intelligence (AI) search engine, paid or free, is the one by available from Microsoft’s Bing. According to Dictionary.com, a thesis is defined as follows. Thesis definition: “a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections.” Per ThoughtCo: “A thesis (THEE-ses)  is the main …

The Speakers News Journal says that an “Analysis is an expert opinion.” Manufactured housing is a fine option when someone is doing business with – or considering a deal with – an honorable firm. But if someone is considering doing business with a firm that is deceptively predatory, they ought to be avoided. What follows will be facts, evidence, and …

Attention affordable housing shoppers. Note to those who are public officials, customers, advocates, or plaintiffs’ attorneys for those who purportedly have been harmed by a “Manufactured Housing Institute” (MHI) “Award” winner for “Excellence in Manufactured Housing.” A word to the wise – don’t be fooled by such ‘awards.’ If you keep in mind this focused analysis and expert commentary about …