“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 …

Samuel “Sam” Strommen from Knudson Law forged an evidence-based and systematic case that points the finger of monopolization at Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage Corporation, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, and several specific members of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Minneapolis Federal Reserve professional researchers James A. Schmitz Jr and David Fettig have made their own evidence-based argument that “Monopolies Inflict Great Harm on Low- and …

Superficially, manufactured housing is an easy to understand product, service, and industry. It costs far more to build a house on site – so-called ‘stick building’ – then it does to build one in a factory and was permanently installed on a buyers preferred home site. It costs more to build apartments than it does a manufactured home community. The …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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, …

“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 …

“The American dream is homeownership, and the unintended effects of new regulation and lack of the secondary market by the GSEs is a path to tragically wipe out the remains of this important housing segment.” – Kevin Clayton, CEO Clayton Homes, in remarks to members of Congress made on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). More from Clayton linked …