According to Oxford Languages fraud is defined as “wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.” Deception, per Oxford Languages, means “the action of deceiving someone. “obtaining property by deception” a thing that deceives. “a range of elaborate deceptions”” The law, language, and society have for centuries tended to take a dim view of those …
Energy and fuel costs impact virtually everything else. This has become part of the broader debate over the politics, regulations, and investing practices tied to ‘green’ policies. “Green” and “ESG” investing’s impact on energy and fuel are among the underlying causes of inflation which in turn increases the costs of all housing, including naturally more …
The 2022 midterm congressional elections are nearing completion. The manufactured housing industry faces what may well be the worst regulatory onslaught in its history. The self-proclaimed national representative of “all segments” of the manufactured home industry – the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) – owes the industry an explanation for its serial failures with respect to …
An October 2022 “Federated States Newsletter” is perhaps more aptly a euphuism for a Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) “newsletter.’ Evidence for that point includes the fact that it opens with plugs for MHI backed events. The third event they plugged was this: “MHI’s Next “Monthly Mondays Meet-Up” for State Executives – November 7, 2022.” As …
The Biden-Harris 2020 campaign website aptly noted that in Washington, D.C. “access” to public officials can be a ‘form of currency.’ For years, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has demonstrated their ability to obtain ‘access’ to various lawmakers, appointed officials and members of the federal bureaucracy. MHI has even demonstrated White House access during the …
Superficially, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) both state their opposition to the Department of Energy (DOE) release plan for the DOE’s Manufactured Housing Energy Efficiency Standards Rule. In their own words, they both argue that what the Biden White House claimed was support for manufactured housing …
There are a range of journalistic reasons to provide a subject of an article, topic or series of reports an opportunity to respond. Those reasons include fairness, legal, foundational, and other potential factors. For those who blog or publish but are not engaged in a serious journalistic effort, those motivations for outreach to a source …
Cison and PRNewswire published the following press release for the Wisconsin Housing Alliance (WHA – https://HousingAlliance.us), a Manufactured Housing Institute (MH) affiliate on 5.17.2021. Almost 11 months have gone by, so there is sufficient data available to see how this fine sounding initiative which launched https://www.FactoryBuiltWisconsin.com has performed in the real world. There are potentially …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has released the following data on February 2022 manufactured home production and shipment data to MHProNews. Note: the featured image above is from a prior Tunica Manufactured Housing Show, as there were no traditional manufactured housing trade show display at the recent Biloxi show. Meaning, there were …
On March 7th, 2022 the organizations named in the featured image, which includes Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) and the Association for Mature American Citizens (AMAC) endorsed a coalition letter that opposed new funding sought by the Biden White House and Democrats. Following the letter, which speaks for itself, will be a focused additional information, …
