In speaking to a packed room at the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show Jan. 12, Joe Stegmayer, CEO of Cavco/Fleetwood and MHI Chairman told attendees about the ongoing efforts of MHI to advance the Industry’s agenda in Washington. Stegmayer spoke of the critical nature of involvement by state associations, because “all politics are local.” Stegmayer said MHI and MHARR have been working together on some issues coming out of Washington. Both organizations participated in a conference call Nov. 22, 2011 with Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Commissioner Carole Galante and Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s program manager Henry Czauski. They discussed tight credit, a non-career administrator for the MH program, and representation on the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC). Stegmayer said he hopes they can work even more closely with each other in the days to come. He said MHI is carefully looking for a replacement for Thayer Long, and suggestions on a possible replacement should be sent to jboehlert@mfghome..org. Sources tell MHProNews that the goal is to have a replacement for Thayer Long in place on or before March 2012. Some of the biggest names in the Industry were in attendance for Stegmayer’s address, along with a healthy dose of ‘mom and pop’ operators who make up the majority of the players in the Manufactured Housing Industry today.
