If the GOP Takes the Senate, the CFPB may Take a Bath
Since the formation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in 2011, which the financial services industry fought to prevent, Republicans in the House and in the Senate have said it is an...
View ArticleSunday Morning Recap–May 24, 2015 to May 30, 2015
The U. S. news this week was dominated by the flooding that ravaged Texas, leading to the loss of some 30 lives, 4,000 damaged homes and millions of dollars in damages. In manufactured housing news,...
View ArticleDodd-Frank Inspired Regulations Harming the Poor at Bank and Check-out Counters
While Sen. Elizabeth Warren(D-Mass.) sings the praises of the six-year-old Dodd-Frank Act, saying, “If a bank screws up, you have someone to call so you don’t get stuck with the bill,” in fact,...
View Article$500 Billion Dollar Affordable Housing Plan from Warren, Growing Manufactured...
There are at least 4 recent “affordable housing program” proposals that have been announced that have the potential to impact manufactured housing for good or ill. 3 of them are by higher-profile 2020...
View ArticleSenator Cory Booker –‘We Need a President…to Enforce Antitrust Laws,’ Digging...
“I don’t care if it’s Facebook, the pharma industry, even the agricultural industry. We’ve had a problem in America with corporate consolidation that is having really ill effects,” New Jersey Senator...
View ArticleFrank Rolfe, Dave Reynolds, Both Finger Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)...
It has been a while since we’ve done a focus article on Frank Rolfe and Dave Reynolds, partners in RV Horizons, Mobile Home University, and other manufactured home industry related ventures. Per...
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