MHI’s Lesli Gooch Underscores the Need for GSE’s Purchase of Chattel Loans

Lesli_M_Gooch__MHI_senior_vice_president_forgovernment_affairsWriting for nationalmortgagenews, the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) senior vice president for government affairs, Lesli M. Gooch, noting the average price of a new manufactured home is $64,000 as compared to a new site-built home price of $374,100, states manufactured housing presents the single most affordable option for lower income families.

Manufactured home (MH) loan volume for loans below $75,000 dropped by five percent in 2014 despite the overall housing market improvement. The Census Bureau reports of the 440,000 new single-family homes sold in 2014, only 12.8 percent were MH, as MHProNews has learned. MH shipments in that year accounted for 9.1 percent of single-family housing starts, and six percent of all housing starts.

Congress previously identified manufactured housing as an underserved market that the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should have a duty to serve (DTS). In Dec., 2015 the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) proposed a new DTS rule which would require the GSEs to purchase chattel loans for manufactured homes, thereby providing a secondary market for manufactured housing loans.

Including chattel loans in duty-to-serve would help by providing a secondary market for those loans and help provide more access to credit to many moderate- and lower-income consumers. A robust secondary market for chattel loans is critical to ensure sustainable access to affordable housing,” writes Gooch. The Dodd-Frank Act provides an array of protections for purchasers of manufactured homes.

She adds: “Rising home prices and rental rates are squeezing American buyers, and manufactured housing provides a key alternative. To restore the American dream of homeownership for these creditworthy families, housing policy must be fixed to ensure this underserved market receives the same.” ##

(Photo credit: nationalmortgagenews-Lesli M. Gooch)

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