On May 7th, the House Financial Committee is scheduled to mark up H.R. 1779, the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act. MHI (Manufactured Housing Institute) needs your help. Please send a message to your Representative and urge them to support H.R. 1779. MHI has made this easy – simply click here and …
There are some messages that come in to our offices that suggest that MHProNews ‘not do politics.’ Please tell that to highly engaged in politics manufactured housing industry and lending professionals, such as Jim Clayton. “It’s just politics.” “We don’t say that out of these walls,” are just some …
“…the Senate Banking Committee passed legislation to clarify that a manufactured housing retailer or seller is not considered a “loan originator” simply because they provide a customer with some assistance in the mortgage loan process,” said a “Housing Alert” from Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to their members, and through them, …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives “passed bipartisan legislation on Friday that protects consumers’ ability to become homeowners and access affordable housing,” said a release from the House Financial Services Committee to MHProNews. “Manufactured housing serves as an affordable housing option for roughly 22 million Americans and represents the largest …
House Approves the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act, Again, Meanwhile… Read More
Much of the manufactured housing industry is familiar with latest version of the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017 – a.k.a. H.R. 1699. The Arlington, VA based Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) latest “alert” urged their readers to keep up the momentum for the 4th iteration of a bill, …
Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act – Momentum or DOA? Read More
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews on Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed its Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, which includes the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (S. 682/H.R. 650) per Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby’s (R-AL) request. While passage of the …
Help Ensure Passage of The Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act Read More
On the heels of the Seattle Times/Center for Public Integrity’s stinging criticism alleging predatory lending practices by the manufactured housing industry in general, and Warren Buffett/Clayton Homes in particular, MHProNews reached out to Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), who introduced the bipartisan bill S 682, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing in …
The U. S. House of Representatives passed the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act this afternoon, 263 to 162 with six members not voting. The following is the roll call. FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL (Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined) H R 650 YEA-AND-NAY 14-Apr-2015 5:55 …
HR 650 -Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act-Passed House Read More
A bi-partisan group of U. S. senators have reintroduced the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act so fewer manufactured home loans are classified as high cost. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.VA), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) filed the bill that will alter the thresholds under the …
Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act Reintroduced in Senate Read More
The bill styled Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act 2015 (HR 650) was introduced by Rep. Stephen L. Fincher, (R-TN) on February 2, 2015. Since then, support for the bill has been building. At the bill’s introduction, Congressman Fincher said: “Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss my bill, the …
Mark Brunner at the Manufactured and Modular Housing Association of Minnesota (MMHAMN) tells MHProNews that the All Parks Alliance for Change (APAC) is lobbying Congress to oppose The Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (HR 1779). Brunner says APAC has sent out the following call-to-action statement to their members. “House …
The Virginia Manufactured and Modular Housing Association (VAMMHA) informs MHProNews.com that U. S. Congressman Randy Forbes (R-Chesapeake) has signed on as co-sponsor of the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (HR 1779). He joins fellow Virginians Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Roanoke) and Rep. Robert Hurt (R-Chatham) as supporters of the legislation. …
Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act Garners Support from Rep. Forbes Read More
Access to financing by millions of home owners and would be buyers, as well as job loss-or-creation, hangs in the balance due to regulatory hurdles caused by Dodd-Frank. So say supporters of the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013, known as HR 1779. The bill proposes a remedy …
The Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017 was passed last week, as the Daily Business News reported at the first linked article below. Today’s report spotlights the opposition to the bill from Democratic lawmakers; in this case, Representative Maxine Waters. Expect her House opposition to be carried into the …
Prosperity Now is the rebranded version of what was known for decades as CFED. As many manufactured housing industry professionals know CFED opposed the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act. In a release, Prosperity Now claims that, “A bill recently introduced in Congress would roll back some basic consumer protections …
Prosperity Now Ramps Up Anti-Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing, HR 1699 Pressure Read More
The odds of passing the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) backed “Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act” may be rising. Sources tell MHProNews that MHI has reported to their members in an email yesterday that, “the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) passed the language of …
Updating a story about the reintroduced Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing bill in the U. S. Senate, co-sponsored by Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), CEO Dick Jennison of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) calls Sen. Donnelly a “champion” of the industry. Donnelly has high hopes for this measure which did not …
Sen. Donnelly Foresees Passage of Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Read More
Writing in thehill.com blog, Doug Ryan, director of Affordable Homeownership for Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), says the manufactured housing industry is trying to sabotage perfectly good Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulations that protect buyers of MH from high-priced loans, through promoting its Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act …
On June 5, 2025 just hours after the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) issued its news release on April 2025 manufactured housing production an occasional source with ties to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) forwarded the following to MHProNews. It included the following remark (bold added): “Interesting, no …
The headline about William “Bill” Boor’s testimony to Congress will be fulfilled in full in Part I with an AI boosted fact-evidence-analysis check by AI and more in Part II. But prior to sharing that, this preface may prove useful to thousands of employees or managers active in MHVille. It …
