Living in an Old Mobile Home? Why not Buy a New Manufactured Home?

So many of the homes in mobile home parks date back to when the parks were built in the 1960’s and 1970’s. It may be time to consider replacing your older mobile home with a new modern manufactured home. New manufactured homes are better built and offer many cost saving features such as modern appliances, installation, better windows and much more. And, the best news of all is that there are a wide range of models, manufacturers and price ranges to choose from.

To learn more about modern manufactured homes visit the California Manufactured Housing Institute’s website at www.cmhi.org or call CMHI at (951) 683-4053.

You may also want to contact a knowledgeable and experienced manufactured home dealer such as Manufactured Housing Educational Trust member Advantage Homes. Visit the Advantage Homes website at www.advntagehomes.com for more information.

Why Get Your Flu Shot and other Facts

It’s never too early to start preparing for flu season, and that’s exactly what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging Americans to get their vaccines for the 2018-19 flu season by the end of October. Last year, seasonal influenza hit epidemic levels for 16 straight weeks and more than 700,000 people were hospitalized.

Everyone over 6 months old should get a flu shot. Children under the age of 5, adults over the age of 50, anyone pregnant, and those with chronic health conditions are especially at risk for severe influenza infection.

People should know that the flu shot can’t cause a person to get the flu. This has been demonstrated in several randomized controlled trials, said Dr. Judy Tung, an internal medicine physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. “Part of the reason why the flu shot is never 100 percent effective is because the flu virus is tricky and undergoes antigenic drifts (or genetic changes) all the time, forcing us to try to keep pace with these changes with annual vaccine updates. Drifts can happen within a season which renders the vaccine less than effective,” she explained. CDC announcement stated that this season’s vaccines have been updated to better match circulating viruses. Last year’s vaccine was not well matched, reducing the effectiveness to about 36%. Another perk to getting a flu shot, even if you’re not at high risk for the flu, is that it protects you and the people around you.

Source: www.healthline.com

Manufactured Housing Educational Trust Takes Position to Oppose Proposition 10 Statewide Ballot Measure

The Manufactured Housing Educational Trust is a non-profit trade association of mobile home communities.  It is dedicated to promoting mobile home parks and the manufactured housing industry.   At a recent meeting the organization took a position to oppose Proposition 10, which will be on the November 6, 2018 ballot.

While the proposition does not directly impact mobile home parks and manufactured housing communities, it impacts housing costs and availability, which is very important to all Californians.  Included among the reasons the Manufactured Housing Educational Trust is opposing Proposition 10 are that it will drive up the cost of existing housing, it exposes taxpayers to the risk of millions in legal costs and it adds tens of millions in new costs to local government.