Housing costs have gotten out of hand. Manufactured housing offers high-quality, energy-efficient homes at unparalleled value. The Texas Manufactured Housing Association advocates for the rights to build, buy, and live in factory-built homes.
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Now that the politically charged redistricting bills have passed or are near passage, this second-called special session can move into the other items listed on Gov. Abbott’s “call.” During the first special session things were...
June Preliminary Data New manufactured home sales in June titled to date moved down a seasonally-adjusted -6% from the previous month’s sales but are up +8.7% over June of 2024. The forecast for total new...
The average sales price for multi-section homes in the South Census Region moved +4.7% higher for March after surprising to the down side the two previous months. The average multi-section selling price of $150,300 was...
The Census Bureau releases the previous year’s annual average price data for manufactured homes at the individual state level each summer. For Texas, the average sales price for a new single-section manufactured home in 2024...
The Producer Price Index (PPI) for manufactured housing moved -0.4% lower in July from the previous month and there were no revisions to the previous four months in this release. Wholesale prices nationally are up...
Texans search interest in "mobile homes for sale" moved up a seasonally-adjusted +0.5% in July over last month, but remains at historically low volumes for this time of the year. There was a steady decline...
June Shipments Manufactured home shipments to Texas retailers in June moved down a seasonally-adjusted -2.5% from the previous month. The 1,520 total homes shipped for the month was slightly below the point forecast but represented...
The Manufactured Home Builders Index (MHBI) moved lower for the fifth straight month finishing July -4.6% below the previous months close. The broader ITB residential construction index moved higher on the month, up +4.6% after...
With housing affordability reaching crisis levels across America, manufactured housing continues to provide a proven solution. New Census Bureau data reveals the striking cost advantage that makes home ownership accessible to more families. The Census...
The Manufactured Housing Division of TDHCA has recently changed its enforcement policies. The blunt assessment is they have shifted into a more aggressive posture and are cracking down on laws that have been in place...
SB 1341 - Relating to the regulation of manufactured homes.Potentially the most significant change SB 1341 made to Texas’ manufactured housing law seems the most simple, and it is. The bill swapped out our longstanding...
HB 9 - Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income....
SB 38 - Relating to the eviction from real property. This is the massive eviction reform law (23-page bill) impacting all evictions in Texas; and will alleviate the strain in the eviction process by providing...
HB 2559 - Relating to the imposition by a municipality of a moratorium on property development in certain circumstances. This bill was advocated by Texas Home Builders Association (and additional support from a coalition of...
SB 1940 - Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death This is a small simple bill and deals with transferring MH ownership in...
HB 2960 - Relating to choice of law and venue for certain construction contracts. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston, in the case In re MVP Terminalling, LLC, determined that the longstanding laws protecting...
In a previous post we outlinedthe City of Odessa's consideration of removing manufactured housing from eight of the ten zoning districts that they are currently allowed in, and now TMHA would like to highlight the...
TMHA’s advocacy efforts had a great week last week. Our priority bill this session, S.B. 1341, passed out of the full House on Friday afternoon. The bill had already passed through the Senate, so when...
The City of Odessa is considering removing manufactured housing as a permitted use in all of its zoning districts - General Residence, University, Retail, Light Commercial, Heavy Commercial, Light Industrial, and Planned Development Districts. This...
TMHA is actively working to advance six bills this session that are MH industry specific (i.e. the Good): HB 3527 by Rep. McQueeny & SB 1341 by Sen. Handcock - relating to the regulation of...
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