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Texas Manufactured Housing Sales Market Analysis
May Preliminary Data
New manufactured home sales in May titled to date are currently down a seasonally-adjusted -8.5% from the previous month and are down -24.2% from May of 2023. The year-over- … 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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Texas Manufactured Home Shipments Market Analysis
May Shipments
Manufactured home shipments to Texas retailers squeaked by the previous month to hit their highest monthly total so far this year. The 1,625 homes shipped was just four units … 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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Industry in the News
July 10, 2024
Supreme Court shifts power over federal regulations from agencies to judges
Supreme Court Ruling Reins In Federal Bureaucrats
FANNIE - Unaffordability Expected to Remain Primary … 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