The Masthead
- Manufactured Housing Professionals, Is Image Everything?
- Manufactured Housing, HR 1779 and the Bigger Issue
- Manufactured Housing Lending, More Financing Available than most Pros Realize
- Manufactured Housing's Who's Who
- The Future of Manufactured Housing Trade Media
- Executive Concerns, plus 4 BIG Manufactured Housing Exclusives!
- Death Toll From Tornadoes Compared to other Risks
- Tornado ravaged Moore, OK
- Manufactured Housing C-Suite Sees Sweet
- Frustration and Gratitude
Industry Voices
- Action Alert: Don't Let Lending for New Homes Dry Up on January 1, 2014!
- Are You Ready to Grow? Ready to Do What it Takes?
- Hearing Explores Government Role in Multifamily and Health Care Facilities
- Manufactured Housing industry businesses along Shields Boulevard in Oklahoma City are still here and intact, as is MH Association of Oklahoma
- Only In America
- Definition of a Manufactured Home
- How About a Cup of Coffee?
- Manufactured Housing Institute CEO Richard Jennison's letter to Princeton's WordNet requesting Definition Correction
- Lisa Tyler - at Walden University – Request for Correction Addressed to Princeton's WordNet
- Georgia Manufactured Housing Association's Executive Director Sounds off on Princeton WordNet's “Definition” of Manufactured Homes
The Cutting Edge
- Getting More Good PR for Manufactured Housing from the Media
- The new Manufactured Home Living Image Campaign
- Explode your manufactured housing results with personality, events and companies marketing!
- Friends and Family
- Scent of a Woman
- In the SM Era, Do I still need a Website?
- Road Signs and Websites
- Slavery!
- How often do you Shower?
- Start YOUR Free Manufactured Housing Image Campaign, Today!
Words of Wisdom
- Whatever Happened to Personal Responsibility?
- The value of pain
- Self-limitations are self-imposed.
- Stress is a performance - killer
- The Ripple Effect
- Tomorrow is Yesterday Before You Know it.
- Struggling with anything today?
- Is your communication grounded in honesty – no matter what?
- Goals, Dreams or just Wishing?
- Sorry, but the world doesn't revolve around you!
Newsletter Archive
- Is MH Image Everything? UMH CEO Video Interview. AARP Funds ROC. Land Bank Prez Blasts Dodd-Frank. Aps, Rates Rise. Exclusives ELS, Cavco. TC's Call. More! 6/17/2013
- Nathan Smith's Call to Action. HR 1779+Bigger Issue. UMH Rentals Soar. TC's Action Alert. Ready 2 Grow? Formaldehyde. MH Image! Donnelly on HUD post, more! More! 6/13/2013
- More MH Financing Available. Kinzler: Ready to Grow? MHC Rent Control. MH Image Campaign. MHs in OK Tornadoes. Clayton buys supplier. MOD Shipments Rise. More! 6/10/2013
- MH Who's Who. April MH Shipments Rise. Drew Scores. Greatest Generation. Chinese MOD Skyscraper. Millions for Lunch with Buffett? New June Articles! More! 6/6/2013
- ELS CEO, Cavco Chair Exclusives! Congressman tips MH. Future MH Media. CFPB: Cap Excludes Comp. Stick Builder Goes MH. Flying Cars + MH. Cavco=Buy. MicroMODs. More! 6/3/2013
- Executive Concerns. 4 Exclusives! OK MH develop. Pro-MH siting bill. PA Mod Funding? Section 8 Scam? EPC Marketing. MHC Owners, Residents Sue. Metro MODs. More! 5/30/2013
- Tornadoes vs. other risks. Cavco Financials. Zell Execs Gone. Canada First Nation. MHC Execs at Investor forum. Disaster MODs. AG settles with MHC. More! 5/27/2013
- Moore's Tornado. SSK's Sales Rock. Clayton's Duck Call. Immigration Reform Boosts Sales? NY MODs. Marcus Promotes 2. Friends+Family. Israeli MODs. More! 5/23/2013
- C-Suite Sees Suite. UMH A Buy. Zell: stocks will fall. Cordray: QM exception? Starts drop, permits rise. State Farm...MODs. Tribe & FHA boosts loans for HUDs, MODs. More! 5/20/2013
- Frustration and Gratitude. HUD Seeks new MH Contractor. Bahama MODs? SW Draws MH. Hensarling Fundraiser. UFPI Rises. Easy on FHA. Lower MHs for Seniors? More! 5/16/2013
Latest Comments
National Manufactured Housing Associations
Manufactured Housing Institute
2111 Wilson Blvd. Ste. 100
Arlington, Virginia 22201
(703) 558-0400
FAX (703) 558-0401
Web: www.manufacturedhousing.org
National Communities Council
2101 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 610
Arlington, VA 22201
Telephone: (703) 558-0400
Fax: (703) 558-0401
Email:
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Web: www.mhcommunities.org
Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 508
Washington, District of Columbia 20004
(202) 783-4087
FAX (202) 783-4075
Email:
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State Manufactured Housing Associations
Alabama MHA
Sherry Norris
PO Box 241607
Montgomery, AL 36124
Ph: (334) 244-7828 Fax: (334) 244-9339
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Arizona Housing Association
Ken Anderson, PHC
4525 S Lakeshore Dr. Suite 105
Tempe, AZ 85282-7047
Ph: (480) 456-6530 Fax: (480) 456-6529
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Arkansas MHA
J.D. Harper
1123 S University Ave. Suite 720
Little Rock, AR 72204-1614
Ph: (501) 663-8444 Fax: (501) 663-8447
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California MHI
Jess Maxcy
10630 Town Center Dr. Suite 120
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Ph: (909) 987-2599 Fax: (909) 989-0434
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Mobilehome Parkowners Alliance
Natalie Costaglio
California Mobilehome Parkowners Alliance
c/o Mobile Community Mgmt Co.
1801 E Edinger Ave., Suite 230
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Ph: (949) 380-3304 Fax: (949) 380-3305
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Connecticut MHA
Nancy Palmisano
PO Box 605
Bristol, CT 06011-0605
Ph: (860) 584-5915 Fax: (860) 584-5930
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First State MHA
Jennifer Allen, PHC
1675 S State St.
Suite E Dover, DE 19901
Ph: (302) 674-5868 Fax: (302) 674-5960
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Florida MHA
James Ayotte
3606 Maclay Blvd. S Suite 200
Tallahassee, FL 32312
Ph: (850) 907-9111 Fax: (850) 907-9119
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Georgia MHA
C. Jay Hamilton
199 E Main St.
PO Box 1538 Forsyth, GA 31029
Ph: (478) 994-0006 Fax: (478) 994-0060
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Idaho Housing Alliance
Teri Ottens
Idaho Housing Alliance
PO Box 8224 Boise, ID 83707
Ph: (208) 947-8094 Fax: (208) 321-4819
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Illinois MHA
R. W. Thieman, CAE Illinois MHA
3085 Stevenson Dr. Suite 200
Springfield, IL 62703
Ph: (217) 529-9120 Fax:(217) 544-4642
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Indiana MHA
Mark Bowersox
Indiana MHA 3210 Rand Rd.
Indianapolis, IN 46241-5499
Ph: (317) 247-6258 Fax: (317) 243-9174
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Iowa MHA
Joe M. Kelly
400 Dean Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50316-3938
Ph: (515) 265-1497 Fax: (515) 265-6480
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Kansas MHA
Martha Neu Smith
3521 SW 5th St.
Topeka, KS 66606
Ph: (785) 357-5256 Fax:(785) 357-5257
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Kentucky MHI
Betty C. Whittaker
Kentucky MHI
2170 US 127 S
Frankfort, KY 40601
Ph: (502) 223-0490 Fax: (502) 223-7305
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LMHA
Steve Duke
LMHA 4847 Revere Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Ph: (225) 925-9041 Fax:(225) 925-1208
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Manufactured & Modular Home Association of Minnesota
Mark Brunner
33 E Wentworth Ave. Suite 265
West St. Paul, MN 55118
Ph: (651) 450-4700 Fax: (651) 450-1110
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Manufactured Home Community Owners
Marolyn C. Mann, CAE
1344 Disc Dr. #463
Sparks, NV 89441
Ph: (775) 622-9641 Fax:(775) 622-9502
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Maryland Manufactured Housing Coalition, Inc.
Mark Weinman
Deep Run Associates PO Box 5992
Baltimore, MD 21282-5992
Ph: (410) 653-1080 Fax: (410) 653-9854
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Massachusetts MHA
Mary McBrady
PO Box 73
Halifax, MA 02338
Ph: (508) 460-9523
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MHA of Maine
Tinamarie Smith
PO Box 6886
Scarborough, ME 04070
Ph: (207) 680-6426 Fax:(207) 883-8089
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MHA of Oklahoma
Deanna Fields, PHC
6400 S Shields
Oklahoma City, OK 73149
Ph: (405) 634-5050 Fax:(405) 634-5355
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MHC of Arizona
Susan Brenton MHC of Arizona
2158 N Gilbert Rd. Suite 116
Mesa, AZ 85203
Ph: (480) 345-4202 Fax:(480) 345-4205
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MHC of Oregon
Charles Carpenter
3878 Beverly Ave., NE
Suite H-18
Salem, OR 97305
Ph: (503) 391-4496 Fax: (503) 214-8100
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MHC of Washington
Ken Spencer
509 E 12th Ave. SE Suite 7
Olympia, WA 98501
Ph: (800) 345-5608 Fax: (360) 753-8731
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MHI of Maryland
Lee Sullivan
Showcase Homes, Inc.
PO Box 37
Pinto, MD 21556
Ph: (301) 729-2511 Fax: (301) 729-2975
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MHI of South Carolina
Mark Dillard
PO Box 1781
Columbia, SC 29202
Ph: (803) 771-9046 Fax: (803) 771-7023
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Michigan MHA
Timothy J. DeWitt, CAE
2222 Association Dr.
Okemos, MI 48864-5978
Ph: (517) 349-3300 Fax: (517) 349-3543
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Mississippi MHA
Jennifer Hall
PO Box 320369
1001 Airport Rd.
Jackson, MS 39232
Ph: (601) 939-8820 Fax: (601) 939-7988
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Missouri MHA
Thomas Hagar
4748 Country Club Dr.
Jefferson City, MO 65109-4541
Ph: (573) 636-8660 Fax: (573) 636-4912
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Montana MH & RV Assoc.
Stuart Doggett
PO Box 4396
Helena, MT 59604-4396
Ph: (406) 442-2164 Fax: (406) 442-8018
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NCMHA
Brad Lovin
PO Box 58648
Raleigh, NC 27658-8648
Ph: (919) 872-2740 Fax: (919) 872-4826
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Nebraska MHA
Martin B. Huff
PO Box 22097
Lincoln, NE 68542-2097
Ph: (402) 475-3675 Fax:(402) 475-1359
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Nevada Housing Alliance
Leo A. Poggione, PHC
PO Box 7036
Reno, NV 89510
ph: (775) 323-6229 Fax: (775) 323-6647
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New Jersey MHA
Jane Chady
2741 Nottingham Way
Trenton, NJ 08619
Ph: (609) 588-9040 Fax: (609) 587-6697
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New Mexico MHA
Mark Duran
6001 Indian School Rd. NE Suite 560
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Ph: (505) 830-3764 Fax: (505) 830-3772
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New York Housing Association, Inc.
Nancy P. Geer, PHC
634 Watervliet Shaker Rd.
Latham, NY 12110-3618
Ph: (518) 867-3242 Fax: (518) 867-3245
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NH Manufactured and Modular Housing Association
Jodi Grimbilas
PO Box 451
Concord, NH 03302-0451
Ph: (603) 629-9369 Fax: (603) 226-0165
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North Dakota MHA
Camie Mosbrucker
PO Box 2681
Bismarck, ND 58502
Ph: (701) 223-6671 Fax: (701) 223-8574
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Northwest Housing Association
Joan Brown
1530 Evergreen Park Dr., SW
Olympia, WA 98502-0800
Ph: (360) 357-5650 Fax: (360) 357-5651
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Ohio MHA
Tim Williams
5640 Frantz Rd.
Dublin, OH 43017
Ph: (614) 799-2340 Fax: (614) 799-0616
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Oregon MHA
Don Miner
2255 State St.
Salem, OR 97301
Ph: (503) 364-2470 Fax: (503) 371-7374
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Pennsylvania MHA
Mary Gaiski, PHC
315 Limekiln Rd.
PO Box 248
New Cumberland, PA 17070
Ph: (888) 242-7642 Fax: (717) 774-5596
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Rocky Mountain Home Association & Utah Housing Alliance
Tawny Peyton
PO Box 1196
Berthoud, CO 80513
Ph: (303) 832-2022 Fax: (800) 998-3208
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South Dakota MHA
Jerry L. Vogeler
PO Box 7077
Pierre, SD 57501
Ph: (800) 657-4352 Fax: (605) 223-2061
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Tennessee Housing Association
Marla Y. Jackson
604 4th Ave. N
Nashville, TN 37219
Ph: (615) 256-4733 Fax: (615) 255-8869
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Texas MHA
D.J. Pendleton Texas MHA
505 W 14th St.
Austin, TX 78701
Ph: (512) 459-1221 Fax: (512) 459-1511
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Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Assoc.
Tyler Craddock
8413 Patterson Ave.
Henrico, VA 23229
Ph: (804) 750-2500 Fax: (804) 741-3027
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West Virginia Housing Institute, Inc.
A. V. Gallagher
PO Box 2182
Charleston, WV 25328-2182
Ph: (304) 346-8985 Fax: (304) 400-4509
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Western MHC Assn.
Sheila Dey
455 Capitol Mall Suite 800
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: (916) 448-7002 Fax: (916) 448-7085
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Wisconsin Housing Alliance
Ross Kinzler
258 Corporate Dr. Suite 200C
Madison, WI 53714
Ph: (608) 255-3131 Fax: (608) 255-5595
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Wyoming Housing Alliance
Laurie Urbigkit
PO Box 1493
Riverton, WY 82501
Ph: (307) 851-1191
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CANADA
British Columbia Active Manufactured Home Owners Association
Box 1000
Saanichton, BC, V8M 2C5
(250) 544-1456
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www.amhoa.ca
Manufactured Home Park Owners Alliance of British Columbia
830 B Pembroke Street
Victoria, BC V8T 1H9 Phone (877) 222-4560
www.mhpo.com
Modular Housing Association of Alberta & Saskatchewan
#401, 4909 - 49 Street
Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1V1
Phone: (403) 347-8925
Toll Free: 1-866-866-8106
Fax: (403) 347-2505
www.affordablehomes.ca
Manufactured Housing Association of British Columbia
P.O. Box 31661
Pitt Meadows, British Columbia V3Y 2H1
Tel: (604) 465-5119
Fax: (604) 465-8655
www.mhabc.com
Manufactured Housing Association of Atlantic Canada
5 Cedarwood Avenue
Moncton, NB E1H 2T9
Tel: 506.854.1929
Toll Free: 888.341.4663
Fax: 506.854.3034
www.mhaac.ca
Ontario Manufactured Housing Association
P.O. Box 54
Strathroy, Ontario N7G 3J1
Tel: (519) 215-9594
Fax: (604) 245-3516
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www.omha.org
Manitoba Park Owners Association
Box 1178
Winkler, Manitoba R6W 4B2
Tel: (204) 325-0042 Fax: (204) 325-5141
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www.manitobaparks.ca
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Daily Business News Briefs
New Home Starts Continue their Climb
Housing starts increased 6.8 percent in May to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 914,000 units due to a jump in multifamily construction. Single-family production remained steady at 599,000 homes, but multifamily activity grew 21.6 percent to 315,000 units. Regionally, the South posted a gain of 17.8 percent in combined starts and the West a...
18 Jun 2013
Read moreMost Tracked Housing Stocks Advance, as do the Three Major Indexes
All three indexes advanced, with the Dow moving up over 120 points, as inflation remains low and housing starts increase, despite concerns of what the Federal Reserve may reveal Wed., June 19, about possibly tapering the quantitative easing. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +0.91 percent, +138.38 points, to end the day at...
18 Jun 2013
Read moreImproving Manufactured Housing’s Image to Increase Sales
With image being a key component to selling more manufactured homes to cash and credit worthy buyers, that may explain the growing daily commentary in favor of the start of the ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com image campaign. Nancy Geer, Executive Director of the New York Housing Association said: “Manufactured Home Living Website is a great r...
18 Jun 2013
Read morePortfolio of Manufactured Housing Communities Changes Hands
Birmingham, Mich. based Q10 l Lutz Financial Services has arranged $108 million for the acquisition of a portfolio including 47 manufactured housing properties and three apartments. Neither the seller nor the buyer nor the number of homesites were identified by Lutz, a commercial real estate financial services firm. As nreionline tells MHProNews,...
18 Jun 2013
Read moreSales and Use Tax Rises in Virginia
The transportation package that was passed by the Virginia General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Bob McDonnell includes tax increases that go into effect July 1, 2013. The titling tax for manufactured homes remains at $10, but the retail sales and use tax, which covers modular homes, will increase from five percent state [...]...
18 Jun 2013
Read moreEmergency Modular Housing May Go to Oklahoma
MODS International Marketing of Appleton, WI is set to deliver shipping containers converted into modular housing for the tornado victims in OK. MODS (Modular On Demand Structures) specializes in providing emergency housing for long and short term. The units arrive fully furnished, as MHProNews has learned from newson6.com. Costing $40,000 each,...
18 Jun 2013
Read moreNew Executive Director for Alabama Manufactured Housing Association Announc…
The Alabama Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA) has announced the decision of their board of directors to promote Doris Hydrick to the position of Executive Director as of July 1, 2013. Ms. Hydrick served as assistant director for 16 years, with responsibility for planning meetings, education seminars, and regulatory matters, and was also...
18 Jun 2013
Read moreHousing Market Index Posts Largest Gain in over Ten Years
For the first time in seven years, builder confidence for newly-built single-family homes has surpassed the 50th percentile mark, which indicates builders see the market as good rather than poor. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) gained eight points to 52. Based on a survey the NAHB has been...
17 Jun 2013
Read moreAffordable Modular Homes Available; Applicants’ Credit Lacking
The North East Community Action Agency (NECAC) in Hannibal, MO has joined the Next Step Network which gives them the opportunity to buy modular homes from Clayton Homes at 10-15 percent below market price. The goal is to provide low cost housing for people of modest means. Carla Potts, NECAC’s deputy director for housing development, [...]...
17 Jun 2013
Read moreUniversal Forest Products, Inc. Spikes; Three Major Indexes Gain
Even though investors are edgy about the possibility the Federal Reserve will announce Wednesday that it will begin to wind down its quantitative easing, the markets managed to advance for the day, with the Dow picking up over 100 points. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +0.73 percent, +109.67 points, to end the [...]...
17 Jun 2013
Read moreHome-building Spurring Gross Domestic Product
As of April 2013, home building employment totaled 2.1 million people, up nearly 100,000 in the last year, according to the labor department. Home building contributed 20 percent to the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the last six quarters. Residential Fixed Investment (RFI), the home building component of the (GDP), measures...
17 Jun 2013
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- New Home Starts Continue their Climb
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- Portfolio of Manufactured Housing Communities Changes Hands
- Sales and Use Tax Rises in Virginia
- Emergency Modular Housing May Go to Oklahoma
- New Executive Director for Alabama Manufactured Housing Association Announced
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- Barclays: Home Prices will Rise Nearly Ten percent
- Affordable Housing Award goes to Minnesota State Legislator
- Williams, Allen and others give Thumbs Up
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Featured Articles and Reports - June 2013 Vol. 4 No. 9
Do you Manage by Example?
by Tim Connor Are you a manager or supervisor that needs to update your people skills, management style or your approach to your roles and responsibilities? Why do I ask? Read more
MARKETING
Too Much Information!
by Scott Stroud On the trip back from the MHI conference in Las Vegas last month I shared a flight with a young woman who was studying for her masters degree... Read more
MARKETING
Flying Cars and Manufactured Housing
by L. A. 'Tony' Kovach The number of prototype flying cars has been increasing. Reuters recently reported on a car that will have a 500 mile range, will essentially fly itself... Read more
MARKETING
That Bites!
by Nadeen Green, JD Those of us who teach (and yes, preach) about fair housing are regularly and routinely asked “Do we have to take restricted breeds as service animals?” Read more
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT & FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)
Mildred!? Is that a Dog Parade?
by Kurt D. Kelley, JD New Court rulings and Federal laws are opening the door to allow a parade of dogs and other animals onto your manufactured home community property(ies). Read more
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT & FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)
How Not to Apply for a Job
by: C. William Dahlin, JD Manufactured home communities, sometimes simply called “mobile home parks,” or even in some areas “trailer parks,” have a variety of employment needs. Read more
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT & FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)
Call for Nominations to the RV/MH Hall of Fame
by RV/MH Hall of Fame ELKHART, Ind., -- The RV/MH Hall of Fame Selection Committee has issued a call for nominations for the Class of 2014. Darryl Searer, Hall president, said, "The... Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
Next Step: Our Story
by Stacey Epperson My name is Stacey Epperson and I am from rural Kentucky, where manufactured housing has always been part of my landscape. Ever since I left college, having served... Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
A Cup of Coffee with…Marguerite Nader
A Cup of Coffee with…Marguerite Nader 1) Who, What and Where: (Your name and your formal title at Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS)).Marguerite Nader, President and Chief Executive Officer. Read more
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A Cup of Coffee with…Joe Stegmayer
A Cup of Coffee with…Joe Stegmayer 1) Who, What and Where: (Your name and your formal title at Cavco). Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
DC Politics and Manufactured Housing
by L. A. 'Tony' Kovach Your industry issues scribe is not going to pontificate (much) on the topic of DC politics as it relates to manufactured housing, HR 1779 and the... Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
Get to Know Your Member of Congress
by The Honorable Paul E. Kanjorski Your Member of Congress wants to hear from you. He or she understands that to represent approximately 800,000 constituents it is essential to hear from... Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
When was the last time you SWOT’d?
by Lisa Tyler A SWOT analysis provides information for the development of business strategies. It is a useful tool for identifying and understanding internal and external influences. Read more
MANAGEMENT
ZigOn Improving Your Quality of Life
by Zig Ziglar A Gallup Poll revealed that by a count of ten to one Americans prefer a good relationship with their loved ones above financial gain or corporate position. The... Read more
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS, MOTIVATION and INSPIRATION
Who Packed Your Parachute?
by Greg McClanahan My daughter is graduating from high school next week. She is our youngest and that means our nest is nearly empty. With this going on in my life,... Read more
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS, MOTIVATION and INSPIRATION
A Few Negotiation Concession Strategies
by Tim Connor In big ticket or repeat business settings as often occurs in an industry such as manufactured housing at the retail or wholesale level, requests for discounts or other... Read more
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