“As I have informed you all on various occasions, it is also my goal to improve internal HUD recognition and understanding of the Federal manufactured housing program,” said Pamela Beck Danner, JD. Danner, is the career administrator for the Office of Manufactured Housing Programs (OMHP), a department “buried” at HUD […]
HUD’s Belated, Blustering “Promotion” of Manufactured Homes Read More
The Financial Choice Act, what some are calling version 2.0, passed out of the House Financial Services Committee in May on a partisan line vote, 34-26. Financial Choice is back in the news, as the full House takes up the measure. A Google search on Financial Choice Act 2017 brings
Financial Choice Act, with MHI Bill, Heading to Floor Vote, Outlook, Analysis Read More
“You would never see the NAHB, or another national trade association do,” something like that… – Titus Dare, SVP, Eagle One Financial “Hypocrisy!” – Frank Rolfe, MHU, MHP Fund, and MHI Member Washington, D.C. Regulatory, lobbying and several Department of Justice (DOJ) activities are often centered or take place
Department of Justice, Anti-Trust, and Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Read More
by L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach It could be boiled down to the 3-letter acronym at the end. Let’s first take a 400 word walk through the top obstacles and opportunities. 1) We’re in a trillion-dollar annual U.S. housing market. There’s a growing demand for affordable housing. So why is manufactured
The Senate, in a 58-41 vote Thursday, has confirmed Dr. Ben Carson to be the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Carson’s nomination was approved by a bi-partisan majority of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in a vote on January 24,
Ben Carson Confirmed as HUD Secretary, MHI and MHARR Commentary Read More
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” – American Maxim. “Why not half-a-million [new manufactured homes sold annually]? We can get there.” – Richard “Dick” Jennison, president and CEO, Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). “James McGee and Chet Murphree said it very well on a video, it’s
Weaponized, Faked News Harms Manufactured Housing Homeowners, Professionals Read More
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service (RHS) announced it would begin a pilot project that would open up lending for manufactured home loans on existing (pre-owned, used) manufactured homes, per a report by Brian Collins on National Mortgage News. Doug Ryan, director of affordable homeownership with the
New Federal Lending Option “Opens” for Manufactured Homes in Quiet, pre-New Year Report Read More
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) finalized a rule on December 13th that creates a “duty to serve” for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The action is aimed at having government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) enter the market for manufactured home loans by creating a pilot program under which they receive credit
FHFA Makes Major Move, Significant Impact Expected on MH Loans Read More
Following up on the recent Senate passage of a bill that passed in the House in February – The Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act (HOTMA), posted on MHLivingNews and picked up hundreds of mainstream media outlets and advocacy sites – President Obama signed that bill it into law, as expected. The bill willl allow
Bill to Use Section 8 Vouchers to Buy Manufactured Home Signed by President Obama Read More
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and the Indiana MH Association informs MHProNews that in the U. S. House of Representatives, two amendments to the Fiscal Year 2017 Financial Services Appropriations bill were defeated that would have stripped language from the bill that make necessary changes to the Dodd-Frank Act in
House Reaffirms Support for MH by Defeating two Potentially Crippling Amendments Read More
