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Created in 2025 out of S.B. 14, the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office (TREO) is a new department within the governor’s office. They are tasked with reducing, “regulatory burdens and unnecessary rules and increase transparency for...
On June 4, the Texas House Select Committee on Governmental Oversight held an interim hearing to review both the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act and the Texas Tort Claims Act. The Texas Regulatory Consistency Act came...
April Shipments Manufactured home shipments to Texas retailers moved up 0.3% in April on a seasonally-adjusted basis from the prior month. Year over year, shipments were 3.7% below April of 2025, but were very near...
The Manufactured Home Builders Index (MHBI) finished May up +1.4%, while the broader ITB residential construction index finished down -3.4%. The residential construction sector fell as a whole while tech stock gains pushed the S&P...
May 28, 2026 – Landlords operating five or more rental units or manufactured home lots within the City of Austin, including those who lease lots for manufactured housing, will soon be required to disclose the...
On May 26, across the state, 37 primary races advanced to runoff elections. TX U.S. Senate - Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton ran in the high-profile election with more than $135M spent...
For the first time ever, TMHA will sponsor and showcase a HUD-code manufactured home at the Texas Municipal League (TML) Annual Conference this November in San Antonio. TML’s three-day Annual Conference is one of the...
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Industrialized Building Code Council, the Texas governmental body overseeing commercial and residential modular construction, met on May 14. Several general staff reports were presented for those interested in...
March Early Look New manufactured home sales for March 2026 titled to date are so far down a seasonally-adjusted 4.4% from the previous month but are running 14.6% above March of 2025 as the titling...
Manufactured Home Average Selling Prices - December 2025 Multi-section Homes The average sales price for multi-section homes in the South Census Region was $160,700 in December 2025, down 2.7% from November. The December 2025 value...
Google Search Interest: “Mobile Homes for Sale” in Texas Texans search interest in “mobile homes for sale” moved up a seasonally-adjusted 4.1% in April from the previous month, continuing the recovery from the February series...
Manufactured Home (PPI) The Producer Price Index (PPI) for manufactured housing rose 0.7% in April from the previous month. The PPI is a national index for producer pricing and is currently up 2.1% above the...
Several years ago, the Texas manufactured housing industry experienced a major increase in production and sales tied to oilfield housing demand. With energy prices increasing again, that market is returning. At the same time, another...
The Texas Legislature has passed the most significant expansion of manufactured housing rights in decades. Senate Bill 785, which TMHA supported and takes effect September 1, 2026, will require most Texas cities with zoning regulations...
Recall, that the 2025 Legislative Session had several bills pass making significant legal changes in the body of laws governing the landlord/tenant relationship and evictions. TMHA previously posted about the new laws and the coming...
The OCC, Federal Reserve Board, and CFPB have published [90 FR 58141] a final rule amending, respectively, the 12 CFR Part 34, 12 CFR Part 226, and 12 CFR Part 1026 special appraisal requirements for...
Change is in the air. This post addresses several of the recent form and regulation changes for licensees in the manufactured housing (MH) industry of Texas. Make sure your processes have been updated to use...
November 12, 2025Adamek presides over TMHA conventionFederal Law Says Manufactured Homes Must be Movable. Changing That Could Unlock an Affordable Housing BoomIn an industry first, the company begins CHOICEHome financing for modern single-section factory-built homesHow...
Most in the industry have seen the emails and joint letters from the three major foundation design companies (Minute Man, Oliver Technologies, and Tie Down Engineering) announcing the implementation of vertical anchors in Wind Zone...
We hope everyone has seen the MH Division of TDHCA’s recent announcementproviding clarification on how to fill out block 4(d) at the bottom of page one for the Statement of Ownership Application. Just in case,...