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That’s Debatable!
If you had a chance to 'vote' for the healthy return of our industry, would you do it? For 13 years after our industry's most recent peak in 1998, we have suffered a long down turn. We are now in...
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Don of December
This is our fourth December issue (where you reading here in December 2009?) and for those who have been around a while – thanks! – and you know that occasion word play becomes part of the fun that...
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Manufactured Housing Professionals, Is Image Everything?
Odds are good that you've heard some Hollywood type or other celebrity say, “Image isn't everything, it's the only thing.” There is no doubt that a good image helps you, and a poor one harms you. So...
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MHARR Message, Associations, China, Japan, Russia and You
We will save the international segment of this message for later, but don't think that means it's a footnote. The international factory builders and investors have their eyes on us and the North...
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11 or 23 million?
Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate are breaking their necks to pass a so-called comprehensive immigration reform bill. The perceived political prize is the future votes of an estimated 11...
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Manufactured Housing – Roaring Ahead!
What does it take to get manufactured housing to advance? What follows are 4 quick looks at very different aspects of how manufactured housing is already 'Roaring Ahead' and how we can continue to...
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Manufactured Housing’s ‘Peace Talks’
Manufactured housing is bigger than any one of us who are in it, but relatively small compared to so many other industries. Outreaches and Inreaches are thus essential for our industry to accomplish...
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Manufactured Housing 2013 Top 30!
At the end of the day, "the people" decide in so many ways. The powers that be spend time and money getting folks to do this vs. that, why? Because those powers need something from we the people. So...
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Warm Welcome Extended to Pamela Beck Danner, JD, as Administrator for the HUD...
A breath of fresh air passed from Washington, DC to the parts of the country tuned into manufactured housing related issues. HUD notified Congress on March 5th of the appointment of Pamela Beck...
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Conventional On-Site Construction vs. Manufactured Home Wind Test Follow Up
If you missed the report in the prior Masthead blog post on this week's IBHS hurricane wind test on houses, please read that now, before proceeding....
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What is MHI’s and the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Leadership’s Strategy?
There are leaders of companies of all sizes involved in the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Some are huge in MH, others as small as one person and all sizes in between. We routinely get...
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Bank Vault Door Closes on Manufactured Housing Lender
We’ve heard for some time the whispers about the now announced closure of U.S. Bank’s indirect manufactured housing lending program. To protect sources, we’ve been unable to do more than hint before...
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America’s and the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Crossroads, July 2015
As regular readers know, the first Masthead blog post of the month is devoted to ‘introducing’ the Featured Articles on our MHProNews.com home page. Every month, we list them all, and this month will...
View ArticleMHARR Message, Associations, China, Japan, Russia and You
We will save the international segment of this message for later, but don't think that means it's a footnote. The international factory builders and investors have their eyes on us and the North...
View Article11 or 23 million?
Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate are breaking their necks to pass a so-called comprehensive immigration reform bill. The perceived political prize is the future votes of an estimated 11...
View ArticleManufactured Housing – Roaring Ahead!
What does it take to get manufactured housing to advance? What follows are 4 quick looks at very different aspects of how manufactured housing is already 'Roaring Ahead' and how we can continue to fuel...
View ArticleManufactured Housing’s ‘Peace Talks’
Manufactured housing is bigger than any one of us who are in it, but relatively small compared to so many other industries. Outreaches and Inreaches are thus essential for our industry to accomplish...
View ArticleManufactured Housing 2013 Top 30!
At the end of the day, "the people" decide in so many ways. The powers that be spend time and money getting folks to do this vs. that, why? Because those powers need something from we the people. So it...
View ArticleWarm Welcome Extended to Pamela Beck Danner, JD, as Administrator for the HUD...
A breath of fresh air passed from Washington, DC to the parts of the country tuned into manufactured housing related issues. HUD notified Congress on March 5th of the appointment of Pamela Beck Danner,...
View ArticleConventional On-Site Construction vs. Manufactured Home Wind Test Follow Up
If you missed the report in the prior Masthead blog post on this week's IBHS hurricane wind test on houses, please read that now, before proceeding....
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