Manufactured Homeowner Group Rejects Leftist-Activist MHAction, Warren Buffett Connection

LOS ANGELES - Oct. 29, 2018 - PRLog -- Golden State Manufactured-Home Owner League President Michelle Smith, in a letter to members and home owners, warned against the Manufactured Housing Action (MHAction) activist group.

Smith advised saying "no thank you" if contacted by MHAction.

She also explained MHAction's connections to the Tides Foundation.

In a "follow the money, facts, and evidence" report, Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews.com) reveals the money-trail between Warren Buffett, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, foundations he funds, and MHAction.

Berkshire brands include Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage, and 21st Mortgage. They've been the subject of media and federal investigations for alleged fair housing, lending, and other purported issues.

MHAction is purportedly also funded by controversial billionaire, George Soros.

Properly understood, third-party research reveals modern manufactured homes appreciate in value, for the same factors as conventional housing.

There's great demand for affordable homes. The National Association of Realtors™ (NAR) did favorable research on manufactured homes earlier this year.

A combination of circumstances has led millions to misunderstand the opportunities manufactured housing provides. A separate report, linked here on Value Penguin, outlines wealth-building opportunities for home-seekers and investors alike.

MHAction and like-minded groups are arguably part of the challenge in fostering a proper understanding of the realities of contemporary manufactured homes.

The solution to affordable housing, per NAR experts, is more homebuilding. Misconceptions and artificial barriers to more manufactured housing therefor ought to be removed, as a matter of existing law and good public policy. Doing so could benefit millions of manufactured home owners, and others too.

Quotable Quotes from Third-Party Researchers

As the industry's leading trade publishers, MHProNews and MHLivingNews rely heavily on academic and independent researchers who provide well-vetted, peer-reviewed reports on issues such as:

Crime and MH Communities

"There are lower rates of crime than you would expect, because they have pride of ownership."

-- William P. McCarty, University of Illinois at Chicago

Nimbyism

"Despite evidence that disproved misconceptions … negative stereotypes continued to influence local governments to impose regulatory restrictions on this type of housing."

-- Lisa Tyler, Bethel University

Construction Standards

Regarding windstorms, given proper installation (https://www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com/weather-experts-surprising-bombshell-statement-on-tornado-deaths-and-affordable-manufactured-homes/) - "That box is going to be built better than any [conventional] home …"

--Tim Reinhold, chief engineer for the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety

Fire Risk

"Manufactured homes have a lower rate of civilian fire injuries per 100,000 occupied housing units than other (conventional) one- or two-family homes …"

-- National Fire Prevention Association (https://www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com/keeping-the-home-fires-from-burning-fire-safety-and-the-modern-manufactured-home/)

Issue such as appreciation, rent control, and other artificial barriers are often the result of a lack of good information. This new look at groups like MHAction - and controversies that have flowed from Clayton Homes in Seattle Times and federal investigations - are among the issues analyzed in new reports by Soheyla Kovach, on MHLivingNews.