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 …

The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) provided a copy of their letter to DOE Secretary Chris Wright which is published on their site at this link here. Part II of this report with analysis will include the video that is the source for the base of the featured image for this article. Numbers of other details related to …

In the legal world, the difference between one word and another can be significant. The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) is Mark Weiss, J.D. – an attorney. Weiss was asked by Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews.com) to respond to concerns about remarks made by the Manufactured Housing Institute …

Prior to getting into the most recent column by Mark Weiss, J.D., president and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), a few words of introduction will prove valuable. MHARR has no PAC or political action committee. They don’t endorse candidates. As an attorney, as with all good lawyers, they are taught to look at the details …

The Department of Energy (DOE) asserts new regulations will save low-to-moderate-income households money. But a Manufactured Housing Association on 12.12.2023 called the pending regulations “Stunning and Unworkable” -asserting that they impacts will cost more than savings claimed by the DOE.   [Note: the following is adapted by ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com (MHLivingNews.com) from a press release]. WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES, December 14, 2023 …

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 …

Over a decade of reading and studying official documents, governmental, association, publicly traded company earnings call transcripts along with their investor presentations, nonprofit, mainstream and trade media research and reporting can pay off. Combine those insights with the potential power of properly using third-party artificial intelligence to check and cross-check the known evidence can yield investigative insights not found anywhere …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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., …

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 …

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, …

As the featured image in this article provided by mortgage giant Fannie Mae reflects, there has been a bit surprising to many roller-coaster on mortgage rates in 2024. Despite the fact that the Federal Reserve announce two different rate cuts and there was dip in mortgage interest rates going into that first rate cut, it was followed by a fairly …