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The manufactured housing industry has lost a valuable friend and industry contributor with the passing of Charles “Chet” Murphree, Jr., president, general manager, and one of the founders of Deer [...]

The City of Elkhart, Indiana, and the nation’s manufactured home industry have lost a giant. Arthur Decio, a longtime community leader, philanthropist, and legendary founder of Skyline Homes [...]

In 2019, an (M.H.I.) report stated the average per square foot cost for a new site-built home was $111, compared to a new manufactured home at $50 per square foot –  with the average sales [...]

Since the early days of the Trump Administration, Dr. Ben Carson, as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has been an advocate for affordable housing by reducing unnecessary burdens [...]

On September 8, the wind-driven Almeda fire ripped through the Highway 99 Rogue Valley corridor, breaking out just north of Ashland, Oregon, and roared through the small cities of Talent and [...]

According to a report by Voice of OC, a non-profit news organization, Anaheim, California Mayor Harry Sidhu might face a recall election after seniors from a manufactured home community, (a.k.a. [...]

Spring into summer is traditionally the home buying season for thousands of American’s seeking the uniquely American dream of homeownership. Conventional wisdom would suggest that many would have [...]

As many American families are sequestered at home, hopefully waiting for the pandemic (COVID-19) to mercifully subside– and it will–. Many are renters that are exploring affordable [...]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are currently 22 million Americans living in 6.8 million manufactured homes across the U.S.  After years of decline starting in the late 1990’s, [...]

“Putting the cart before the horse” is occasionally applicable to purchasers of new manufactured homes. Certainly understandable for many who fall in love with today’s new modern manufactured [...]