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Latest comment: 11 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

I believe this article deserves to be recreated. Clayton Homes is the United States' largest manufacturer of manufactured housing (one claim for notability) and a part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate. According to its website, it is a vertically integrated manufactured housing company with 41 manufacturing plants and 448 company-owned retail outlets. It also distributes its products through more than 1300 independent retailers and it provides financing for 325,000 customers and insurance protection for 160,000 families. The website says it also owns and operates 68 manufactured housing communities and 12 subdivisions; however, in July 2007 it contracted to sell the manufactured housing communities, totaling 65 manufactured housing communities in 11 states. (See "Clayton Homes getting out of land-lease business", by Michael Silence, Knoxville News Sentinel, Tuesday, July 31, 2007. [1])

The company was founded in 1966 by Jim Clayton. It was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in 2003 for $1.7 billion (See "The Ballad of Clayton Homes", Fast Company, Issue 78 | January 2004 | Page 76 | By: Jennifer Reingold | Illustrations by: Christian Clayton [2]). It builds, sells, finances, leases, and insures manufactured and modular homes.

--Orlady 21:05, 19 October 2007 (UTC)Reply

I can see that the article is linking to a page about 'manufactured housing communities' which does not longer exist. Could this link be removed? Also, the brand would be easier to recognize and it would make a nicer article if a company logo was added.

Maria at Clayton Homes (talk) 14:15, 29 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

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Latest comment: 8 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

"#3" in this article is about Clayton Homes. Cracked.com is probably not a valid source, but the same story may occur elsewhere. --Palnatoke (talk) 07:14, 27 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks User:-Palnatoke see also: Warren Buffett’s mobile-home company denies discriminating http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/seattle-times-responds-to-clayton-homes-claims-about-mobile-home-investigation/ this is a wp:RS, I believe Ottawahitech (talk) 20:08, 11 January 2016 (UTC)please ping meReply

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http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/seattle-times-responds-to-clayton-homes-claims-about-mobile-home-investigation/

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Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Thanks in advance to editors willing to add content to the article, Ottawahitech (talk) 20:11, 21 January 2016 (UTC)please ping meReply

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