FHA Insurance to Increase
HousingWire tells MHProNews.com the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will raise the mortgage insurance from one percent to 1.75 percent to make up for the drop in the Mutual Mortgage Insurance...
View ArticleCo-ops Descend on White House
Sys-ConMedia reports 29,000 cooperative businesses nationwide will be represented when 150 leaders of the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) gather at the White House May 4 with top...
View ArticleMHARR to HUD: You’re Not Hitting the Nail on the Head
In its Washington Update, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) is seeking federal support for public and private chattel lending to expand capital, liquidity, and number...
View ArticleThe Big Apple Bites into Mini Modulars
The Observer reports NYC’s Bloomberg Administration’s My Micro NY competition to create a miniature housing model for the city was won by Monandock Development in collaboration with the Actors Fund for...
View ArticleRep. Fincher’s Remarks Regarding HR 1779 in the Congressional Record
Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.), Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), and Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) sponsored The Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act, HR 1779, which will amend the provisions in...
View ArticleThreat to Industry Needs to be Addressed
In an appeal from the Manufactured Housing Institute, MHI Chairman Nathan Smith says unless the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (H.R. 1779) becomes law, low-to-moderate income prospective...
View ArticleRent Control Set to Expire Dec. 31
A Superior Court judge’s ruling that rent controls established in 1984 for the Tricia Meadows land lease community of Mount Laurel, New Jersey will expire Dec. 31 has led to a lawsuit opposing the...
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