{"id":5838,"date":"2013-05-10T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T18:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=5838"},"modified":"2013-05-10T16:05:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T21:05:28","slug":"manufactured-housing-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/manufactured-housing-news-and-gossip\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufactured Housing News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div font-family:=\"\" style=\"\u201dfont-size:\">\n<p>A dear, wise soul told me years ago that <i><b>&#39;news is gossip for intellectuals.&#39;<\/b><\/i> It was meant to be witty as well as often being a truism. &nbsp;Some &#39;news&#39; &#8211; entertainment news comes to mind &#8211; is indeed gossipy. But other news and commentary are more serious, notably&nbsp;when it impacts people&#39;s lives, including our own.<\/p><div id=\"manuf-3455224770\" class=\"manuf-content manuf-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3870480136270376\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3870480136270376\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>An association leader has told me repeatedly (probably so I&#39;d &quot;get it&#8230;&quot;) that if we simply narrowed our focus in Washington DC, we would be more successful with our industry agenda there.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, that leader suggested that we need HUD to appoint a non-career administrator, as called for by the industry&#39;s coveted Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (MHIA 2000), and to get the legislative fix passed for Dodd-Frank (DF).<\/p>\n<p>That DF fix, which has been filed in the House as HR 1779 and will be filled soon in the Senate, both with bi-partisan support. &nbsp;U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly looked us in the eye last February and said we will get this done. &nbsp;Let&#39;s not think it will get done without our effort!<\/p>\n<p>So the next Two Big Things, contact your <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/corp-press-releases\/5449-mhi-action-alert-co-sponsors-needed-to-hr-1779\" target=\"_blank\">Congressional Rep to support HR 1779<\/a><\/u> &#8211; details are found or linked above &#8211; and then get others who you know or who work with you to do the same. Don&#39;t delay on this one!<\/p>\n<p><b>More Gossipy: &quot;the Carrier&quot;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Okay, those above are &#39;newsy issues&#39; that we ought to act upon.<\/p>\n<p>But let me tarry for a bit on less important &ndash; more gossipy but still interesting &#8211; thoughts that have been floated in industry circles for some weeks now about &ldquo;the carrier.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"335\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/tabloids-news-tk-pic1-mhpronews-com- (1).jpg\" width=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The removable chassis (or carrier, or frame) issue for HUD Code homes was floated by MHARR recently. That thread was picked up by at least three commentators, plus their followers.<\/p>\n<p>I tend to side with MHARR&#39;s position on this issue. &nbsp;HUD should not compel manufacturers, retailers and communities to forever keep the chassis (frame, carrier) under a HUD Code manufactured home. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In an age of recycling, cost controls and &#39;it just looks better,&#39; there are no practical reasons I can see why we should have to keep the frame. &nbsp;Let it be used for transport, let it have the option to be removable (like hitches are) to effect a lower ground set, help end the tr- -ler stigma and make us a step closer to MODs and conventional housing. &nbsp;Many reason could be shared as to why it is a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>Among those commenting on this topic, all of those taking the contrarian position in their commentary to MHARR&#39;s thinking on the optional removable frame &#8211; as polite toward MHARR as it has been &#8211; seems odd.<\/p>\n<p>The opposing thoughts I&#39;ve seen on the removal of the chassis or frame falls into a bucket more like intellectual gossip rather than a serious rationale. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MODs don&#39;t need a permanent carrier\/frame, neither should we on HUDs. &nbsp; The air around the &#39; reasons&#39; &#8211; like losing the frame will turn MH into a commodity &#8211; upon careful examination is mostly just that, air. Are MODs a commodity? I don&#39;t think so. Neither would HUD Code manufactured homes become a commodity due solely to the removal of their carrier\/frame.<\/p>\n<p>Far more interesting in the frame\/carrier topic is how the tax treatment of MH would be impacted if frames are removed. &nbsp;That&#39;s another topic, for later on down the road.<\/p>\n<p>But the wise association leader&#39;s point above &#8211; &nbsp;that for now we should focus on two things in DC &#8211; also comes to mind on this issue.<\/p>\n<p><b>If we had that non-career administrator<\/b> (NCA) in place at HUD as the MHIA 2000 requires, and the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) &nbsp;was functioning like it should, this could be one of many no-brainers for our industry. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Industry leaders could go in and make the case to the NCA at HUD. We&#39;d be doing more than talking. &nbsp;We&#39;d have action! &nbsp;The same might be said about AC Letters, which today are a pain for most manufacturers when the AC process ought to be stream lined and be a source for innovation for HUD Code homes. A non-career administrator could help the program &ndash; and our industry &ndash; in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the original genius of the HUD Code is that it should be <i><b>a performance driven code!<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">Our&#39;s is not supposed to be a proscriptive code, as in the case of conventional building codes. Performance driven means that its the outcome &ndash; the performance or end result &ndash; that would matter. HUD may need to be reminded about that too, as it fits into the whole DC narrative of making America a more innovative place to be and do business.<\/p>\n<p><b>Recap and a Shout Out<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We need to focus on the <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/corp-press-releases\/5449-mhi-action-alert-co-sponsors-needed-to-hr-1779\" target=\"_blank\">House bill HR 1779<\/a><\/u>, and the upcoming Senate companion bill, which could be introduced later this month!<\/p>\n<p>But then, once that is done, &nbsp;lets set our sites on a non-career administrator at HUD. &nbsp;It will help us far beyond the interesting topic of a chassis, which is arguably no where near the top of what we must focus upon today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"333\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/credit-crystl-flckrcc-posted-masthead-mhpronews-com-happy-mothers-day- (1).jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On a personal note, a Happy Mother&#39;s Day shout out to all the mom&#39;s out there! 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