Video: The risks of substandard manufactured homes for Texas families
Miriam Hernandez is a single mother who now lives in Mercedes, a small town in the Rio Grande Valley. ButContinue Reading
Tag: manufactured housing
Policy Suggestions from the Park Girl Rip-off
If you don’t live in the RioGrande Valley, or don’t follow manufactured housing (MH) scams, you might have missed theContinue Reading
Problems Found with Accessibility Modifications to Smith County Manufactured Home
KLTV reports that a Habitat for Humanity of Smith County is facing criticism over home accessibility modification work done throughContinue Reading
Update:2011 Tornado Season
Three weeks ago we had an extensive discussion of the relationship between tornado fatalities and manufactured housing (see Many ofContinue Reading
Increasing Minimum Entry Door Width in Manufactured Housing
TxLIHIS recently submitted Comments to the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), a federal advisory committee to HUD on the regulationContinue Reading
Manufactured homes, mobile homes, and trailers, oh my!
While many readers were tracking the exciting housing bills popping in the mad-end-of-bill-filing rush in the Texas Legislature last week,Continue Reading
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words
(Image Kerry Smith / AP) The AP reports today: “Storms ripped through central Mississippi […] Dozens of homes were damagedContinue Reading
Improving Manufactured Homes, One Tabled Proposal at a Time.
I spent much of last week in DC at the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), a federal advisory committee toContinue Reading
Seriously?
Sometimes things cross my desk I don’t even know exactly how to comment on them in polite company: H.R.5369 :Continue Reading
Mississippi moves to 100% inspections of mobile home installations; so should Texas
In response to six deaths in mobile homes from the April tornado in Mississippi, WAPT in Jackson Mississippi reports thatContinue Reading
Reducing tornado deaths in mobile homes
This weekend ten people were killed when tornadoes touched down in Mississippi. This section of the Washington Post coverage ofContinue Reading
TDHCA Sunset Recommendation #7: 3 in 1 on manufactured housing
As previously discussed here at Texas Housers, TDHCA is currently undergoing Sunset Review. We are presenting recommendations for ways toContinue Reading
TDHCA Sunset Recommendation #6: Give the Manufactured Housing Division Its own Sunset clause and review
As previously discussed here at Texas Housers, TDHCA is currently undergoing Sunset Review. We are presenting recommendations for ways toContinue Reading
Buffett wants to tilt the market towards manufactured housing
On Friday Warren Buffett released his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire Hathaway owns Clayton Homes, a majorContinue Reading