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 …

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 …

“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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

“Improper payments are a long-standing and significant problem in the federal government. Since fiscal year 2003, executive branch agencies (agencies) have reported cumulative improper payment estimates of about $2.8 trillion, including $161.5 billion for fiscal year 2024,” said the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a report dated 1.23.2025 that is linked here. According to the most recent data from the …

In one of the most quoted parts of Joe Biden’s farewell White House address from the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, per REV transcripts, he said the following. “…in my farewell addressed tonight I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern, and that’s the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a …

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, …

According to left-leaning Bing’s AI powered Copilot on this date is the following response to the chat Q&A shown below related to the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park woes being experienced by the residents there in Sweetwater, FL. Note that the #1 shown below from Copilot links to the most detailed report, per that source, at this link here. 1) …

Neither Donald H. Layton, nor anyone other typical human that this writer has met or heard about, is able to see into the future with total clarity or certainty.  That is to say that Layton’s first installment of a research article for the Furman Center, shared in Part I and unpacked with added facts, evidence, and analysis in Part II, …

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 …