“Draft” Legislation Raises Serious Questions – A Must Read Article
TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS
FROM: MHARR
RE: “DRAFT” LEGISLATION RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS – A MUST READ ARTICLE
Attached for you review and information is a copy of a June 19, 2023 article published in MHProNews entitled “Trojan Horse-Looming Impact? Troubling Questions, History Raised on Potentially Deceptive ‘Bait and Switch’ Housing Legislation Poised to Harm Manufactured Housing Industry?”
This self-explanatory article raises serious questions regarding both the intent and unexpected impacts of a “draft” bill, the “Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act” or “ROAD to Housing Act,” unveiled by South Carolina Senator (and 2024 presidential candidate) Tim Scott in April 2023.
That draft bill, along with certain finance-related provisions, would remove the requirement currently contained in federal manufactured housing law that manufactured homes be “built on a permanent chassis.”
MHARR, as you may be aware, has, in the past – i.e., prior to the enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 and its major resulting reforms — supported legislation and legal action to remove the “permanent chassis” requirement. The removal of that provision by the draft ROAD to Housing Act, however, could trigger unforeseen legislative and regulatory consequences, particularly in the current housing industry environment, where a rapid proliferation of new types of factory-built (also referred to as “off-site” (?)) structures — including, but not limited to modular homes, tiny homes, “park models,” recreational vehicles and even shipping containers — are vying for market share and market advantage.
MHARR, which had already begun to review and analyze the draft bill since its release in April, will now intensify its follow-up on these and other critical matters in the ROAD to Housing Act, and will take further steps and actions, going forward, as warranted by these and other new developments.
Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR)
1331 Pennsylvania Ave N.W., Suite 512
Washington D.C. 20004
Phone: 202/783-4087
Fax: 202/783-4075
Email: MHARR@MHARRPUBLICATIONS.COM
Website: www.manufacturedhousingassociation.org
TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS
FROM: MHARR
RE: “DRAFT” LEGISLATION RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS – A MUST READ ARTICLE
Attached for you review and information is a copy of a June 19, 2023 article published in MHProNews entitled “Trojan Horse-Looming Impact? Troubling Questions, History Raised on Potentially Deceptive ‘Bait and Switch’ Housing Legislation Poised to Harm Manufactured Housing Industry?”
This self-explanatory article raises serious questions regarding both the intent and unexpected impacts of a “draft” bill, the “Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act” or “ROAD to Housing Act,” unveiled by South Carolina Senator (and 2024 presidential candidate) Tim Scott in April 2023.
That draft bill, along with certain finance-related provisions, would remove the requirement currently contained in federal manufactured housing law that manufactured homes be “built on a permanent chassis.”
MHARR, as you may be aware, has, in the past – i.e., prior to the enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 and its major resulting reforms — supported legislation and legal action to remove the “permanent chassis” requirement. The removal of that provision by the draft ROAD to Housing Act, however, could trigger unforeseen legislative and regulatory consequences, particularly in the current housing industry environment, where a rapid proliferation of new types of factory-built (also referred to as “off-site” (?)) structures — including, but not limited to modular homes, tiny homes, “park models,” recreational vehicles and even shipping containers — are vying for market share and market advantage.
MHARR, which had already begun to review and analyze the draft bill since its release in April, will now intensify its follow-up on these and other critical matters in the ROAD to Housing Act, and will take further steps and actions, going forward, as warranted by these and other new developments.
Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR)
1331 Pennsylvania Ave N.W., Suite 512
Washington D.C. 20004
Phone: 202/783-4087
Fax: 202/783-4075
Email: MHARR@MHARRPUBLICATIONS.COM
Website: www.manufacturedhousingassociation.org
