Time to Re-Think Where to Seek Shelter from Hurricanes and Tornadoes “We see winds getting underneath those structures…those forces are tremendous…” — Julie Rochman – President & Chief Executive Officer, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety Spring is a season of great renewal, but it is also a time when windstorms blossom, causing anxiety and fear for millions who …
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The Manufactured Homes, Tornadoes and Windstorms! The Story Not Being Told by Most in the Media: Lives Saved with Proper Installation
Jasper County Mississippi was one of three counties targeted by one or more EF2 tornadoes over the weekend of January 3, 2015. Thirty-Three houses were destroyed in these tragic weather events that made the news. Of course, the media outlets focused not on the dozens of conventional houses brought down, but rather on the “mobile home community” where six of …
Read More »Why are Literally Millions Shopping for HUD Code Manufactured Housing? Are they Smart or Deluded? 3rd-Party and Industry Research on Modern Manufactured Homes. 2026 Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA)
According to the report linked here: “The study found that roughly 78% of home shoppers visit 3 or more websites before taking an online action like scheduling a tour or making an inquiry.” That same source said: “estimates that conventional buyers typically visit between 3 to 6 different websites or apps before completing a transaction” and “The most definitive and widely …
Read More »Trump Admin Called to Expose Alleged Manufactured Housing Industry Corruption and Beat Corp-Establishment Politicos at Their Own Game. Root Causes-Cures to Housing Crisis Examined. MHVille FEA
When this human writer for MHLivingNews and MHProNews and my colleagues launched this platform, there was at that time nothing else quite like it in the manufactured housing industry. Frankly, that there was nothing quite like what we had in mind doing should have been a wakeup call to yours truly. How could it be that a multiple billion-dollar industry …
Read More »Then and Now. Construction and Housing in America at 250. Practical Lessons for All in USA. How Choices—Not Scarcity—Drive Unaffordability. Understanding How to Revive the American Dream. FEA
Quoting from Part I: “policy choices—not scarcity—drive unaffordability.” “This systemic deceleration [i.e.: the slowing of construction] directly mirrors the collapse of the middle class and the vanishing of affordable housing options,” quote is from Part II below. In the early 1930s, the 102-story Empire State Building was constructed in about 410 days. The Pentagon, which was reportedly the largest low-rise …
Read More »2026 U.S. Manufactured Housing Industry Production Slide Continues as Affordable Housing Crisis Grows. Unpacking Manufactured Housing Association Report with FEA Method
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 …
Read More »Dirty Secrets in Housing Crisis. Lessons from “Purple Haze” and the First Transcontinental Railroad for the Puzzled, Concerned or Angry About U.S. Affordable Housing Crisis. MHVille FEA
‘Heads, they win. Tails, you lose.’ This article will use historic and contemporary facts and insights to shed light on some of the dirty secrets about the affordable housing crisis. Per Gemini in #7: “Evidence suggests that the “deliverables” in the housing market have dropped not because of a lack of technology, but because of systemic administrative friction.” First the …
Read More »Backstory with WND Exclusive ‘1 Simple Legislative Fix Needed to Solve America’s Housing Crisis-21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Will Fail Without This Obvious Remedy’ by L. A. “Tony” Kovach
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 …
Read More »Affordability and the Manufactured Housing Census Bureau Evidence. What Most Politicos and Special Interests Aren’t Telling Affordable Housing Hungry Americans. MHVille FEA
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 …
Read More »When Manufactured Housing Institute CEO Lesli Gooch Publicly Opposed Resident Owned Communities as ‘Risky Scheme’ in Right of First Refusal Legislation. Part of Claimed Monopolization Scheme-FEA
“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 …
Read More »Consumers, Sincere Affordable Housing Advocates, and Independent Businesses. Attorney Mark Weiss Interview Insights into Causes and Possible Cures to Affordable Housing Crisis. MHVille FEA
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 …
Read More »‘For a Child has been Born’ ‘God himself will give you a Sign’ ‘Introduction—A Christmas Season Reflection Rooted in Evidence, Meaning, and Human Dignity’ Miracles and Wonders That Transform
There are reasons for hope that transcends political, legal, financial, scientific, or any other realities. The Christmas story is more than nostalgia. It can be transformative when we allow that to occur. God doesn’t force us, God invite us. God does so through a newborn babe born not in a royal palace, but rather in a humble stable. “For …
Read More »‘Americans want Congress to Cooperate-Solve Problems-Improve Lives’ ‘Bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act Will Improve Housing Affordability-Boost Housing Supply’ Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (MO-D). FEA
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. …
Read More »Why is Manufactured Housing Underperforming During a Documented Affordable Housing Crisis? What Sources-Including 3rd Party Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Said. Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA)
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 …
Read More »“Was Vox Rachel Cohen Booth Misled by MHI CEO Lesli Gooch? Removable Chassis, ROAD to Housing Act 2025, Unpacking Evidence of Deception and Misdirection by Manufactured Housing Institute. FEA
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 …
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