The June 2021 new HUD Code manufactured home production and shipment data is in. The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform has provided the latest official data collected on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Per their data, there has been an upward surge most aspects of new production and …
We as an industry have the superior solution, and while we’re collectively growing nicely, manufactured housing is still just a fraction of its former production levels. ICYMI (in case you missed it), that relatively low level of production is both a threat and an opportunity in disguise. Reality Checks Divisions have always been a part …
Superior September 2016, How Manufactured Housing Can Do It Better Read More »
“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.” – Warren Buffett “Superficiality is the curse of the modern world.” ― Matthew Kelly There are both keen truths and potent tensions between the two quotes above. The subject is easy, but we’ll avoid an overly superficial look at the …
40 Years of Manufactured Housing, 240th Birthday for America, July 4, 2016 Read More »
Before continuing part two of – The MH Impossible Dream? – let’s look briefly at a MH nightmare scenario lurking in the shadows… A Manufactured Housing Industry Nightmare It’s near the end of the first quarter of 2017. A dark horse Democratic candidate emerged and upset Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren for their …
The MH Nightmare or the MHImpossible Dream? Part II Read More »
It isn’t perfect and the challenges are far from easy, but America is a good place. Something similar can be said about the manufactured housing (MH) industry. Not perfect, numerous challenges, solid opportunities and MH is the best value in new home construction. Warren Buffett doesn’t skim, he reads. He reportedly reads a lot! Setting …
Warren Buffett, financing, #6 – dropping a dime – to FEDs on a Big One? Read More »
NBC's Today Show aired a report this morning of an IBHS Research Center wind test done in a South Carolina facility on manufactured homes; one showing a properly installed carport and the other view was of an improperly installed carport. There was also an Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) test performed on two …
Manufactured Home outperforms conventional site-built house in hurricane wind test Read More »
Let's begin by stating that those who favor subsidized housing, or other programs for lower income households, routinely do so with “good intentions.” The questions that ought to be asked are many, but we will focus on why manufactured housing professionals ought to sit up and take notice of facts, challenges and “opportunities in disguise” …
Slow down. Take your time. Relax, enjoy as what follows soaks you like a warm rain or the treat of a long, hot shower… The flick starring Madonna, Body of Evidence, was for its time, ahem…racy. Even the singer's name was meant to be edgy. Many saw Madonna's bold attempt to coop the Virgin Mary's …
Body of Evidence – for or against – Manufactured Housing? Read More »
A private comment came in, one of dozens in the last 16 hours since Ross Kinzler's thought provoking Industry Voices guest column was posted Tuesday afternoon. The guts of the comment: which is more likely? 1) we build # 9 million 2) we build the last HUD Code home Enough said. Ross' article is called, …
If you haven't spent time with Rick Robinson, you've missed out on a fascinating gent who is doing fine work lobbying for our industry. I was just reviewing some of the edits from the video we will feature with Rick, the Manufactured Housing Institute's (MHI) Vice President and General Counsel. The man has a sense …
