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  • Texas Manufactured Housing Sales Market Analysis

    Tags: News

    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

  • Texas Manufactured Home Shipments Market Analysis

    Tags: News

    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

  • New Final Rules for MH and Modular Homes in Texas

    Tags: Advocacy

    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

  • Industry in the News

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    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

  • TDLR Pushes Back Modular IRC Code Compliance Date

    Tags: Advocacy

    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

  • Texas Eviction Update

    Tags: Advocacy

    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

  • HUD Action on Alleged Fair Housing Violations

    Tags: Advocacy

    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