Contents tagged with Advocacy
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Build, Build, and Build – Need for Housing Supply Takes Center Stage in Top Political Discussions
On Tuesday, August 27, Texas Comptroller Glen Hegar’s office issued a 26-page report titled “The Housing Affordability Challenge.”
The report is the latest in a growing trend of top-level political … more
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TX Supreme Court Emergency Order Extending Deadlines in some JP Courts due to hurricane
The Supreme Court of Texas has issued an emergency order authorizing the modification of deadlines in certain justice courts affected by Hurricane Beryl.
Justice courts in Fort Bend, Galveston, … more
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US Supreme Court ruling impacting the future of federal regulations
Full disclosure…this post probably isn’t going to be super exciting for most of our members. But for my fellow uber-legal nerds out there dying to discuss the recent Supreme Court of the United … more
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New Final Rules for MH and Modular Homes in Texas
MH TDHCA – New 3rd Party Initial Testing
Following unanimous approval by the MH TDHCA Board and posting in the Texas Register on June 14, 2024, the most recent changes to the Manufactured Housing … more
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TMHA Comments on Texas Water Development Board 2024 State Flood Plan
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) accepted public comments this week on its Draft 2024 State Flood Plan. TMHA submitted our public comments, and we know several other real estate trade … more
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TDLR Pushes Back Modular IRC Code Compliance Date
TDLR recently published a rule revision that pushes back to the mid-summer the effective date for the new building code requirements. The requirement that industrialized housing (i.e. modular homes) … more
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Texas Eviction Update
Our first reminder is a quick one, and one that if you have obtained an eviction judgment from a JP court in the last year you have probably already seen.
Rule 505.1 was amended effective February 1, … more
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HUD Action on Alleged Fair Housing Violations
For HUD to charge a company with a violation, typically they first receive a complaint that is then verified. After they verify the complaint, HUD, on behalf of the aggrieved persons, conducts an … more
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Texas Factory Housing State Admin. Rule Update – TDHCA, TDLR, and DMV
We have two updates on final rules and effective dates that we previously posted about. First, MH TDHCA rule changes are now final and effective. Recall the few rule changes were in response to an … more
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Manufactured Housing Division of TDHCA Board – New 2024 Administrative Rules
Last Friday, January 19, the board for the Manufactured Housing Division of TDCHA met and approved final rule revisions that create a new process when a licensee or prospective licenses is caught … more