August

Manufactured home shipments for August moved up from July to the second highest total of the year at 1,418 homes. Multi-section shipments beat single-sections making it nine straight … more

The majority of the questions coming in are focused on the new law fee law that goes into effect on September 1, 2019.  SB 1414 changes the law in Chapter 92, Property Code.  Chapter 92 governs all … more

There are several new laws impacting the rights of Texans to have access and carry firearms.  The specific law impacting all landlords, including manufactured home community owners, is HB 302.

H.B. 3 … more

The 2019 session has now come and gone.  What started out with 7,323 bills filed concluded at the end of the 140 days with just 1,429 bills sent to Gov. Abbott’s desk.  Of those, Gov. Abbott later … more

Unlike previous sessions that at times derailed over politically volatile issues, this session remained focus on the job at hand.  And as laid out by the three state leaders – Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. … more

One of our main goals this session was to provide energy code flexibility and choice to our modular home manufacturers and builders.  This was the culmination of several years of work where … more

From a previous post early on in our From the 86th series, we discussed the increased volume  of landlord tenant related bills filed.  We tracked 50 bills this session that could have some impact on … more

Following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, it was clear that a top priority of this year’s legislature was to address issues coming out of the most significant natural disaster in recent memory … more