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Manufactured Home vs Site-Built Cost Comparison 2024 - Price Per Square Foot Analysis

With housing affordability reaching crisis levels across America, manufactured housing continues to provide a proven solution. New Census Bureau data reveals the striking cost advantage that makes home ownership accessible to more families. The Census...

MH TDHCA Enforcement on Timing Deadlines Increased

The Manufactured Housing Division of TDHCA has recently changed its enforcement policies. The blunt assessment is they have shifted into a more aggressive posture and are cracking down on laws that have been in place...

Texas Manufactured Housing Market Report May 2025 - Sales Data & Analysis

May Preliminary Data New manufactured home sales in May titled to date moved up a seasonally-adjusted +2.8% from the previous month’s sales and are up +9% over May of 2024. The forecast for total new...

Texas Manufactured Home Prices 2025 - Average Sales Price Analysis & Trends

The average sales price for multi-section homes in the South Census Region for February surprised again to the down side coming in below the bottom of the forecasted interval for the second straight month. The...

Manufactured Home Producer Price Index June 2025 - Wholesale Pricing Trends

The producer price index for manufactured housing continued to move sideways in June up just +0.04% over the previous month which was revised down slightly in this release. Wholesale prices nationally are up +1.2% above...

"Mobile Homes for Sale" Google Search Trends Texas June 2025 - Market Demand Analysis

Texans search interest in “mobile homes for sale” moved up a seasonally-adjusted +0.9% in June over last month, but remains at historically low volumes for this time of the year. There was a steady decline...

Texas Manufactured Home Shipments Report May 2025 - Market Analysis & Data

May Shipments Manufactured home shipments to Texas retailers in May moved down a seasonally-adjusted -0.7% from the previous month. The 1,580 total of homes shipped for the month was just three homes above the point...

Manufactured Home Builders Stock Index (MHBI) June 2025 - Performance Analysis

The Manufactured Home Builders Index (MHBI) moved lower for the fourth straight month finishing June -1.6% below the previous months close. The broader ITB residential construction index moved higher on the month up +4.9% and...

From the 89th RECAP – TMHA’s Priority Bills

SB 1341 - Relating to the regulation of manufactured homes.Potentially the most significant change SB 1341 made to Texas’ manufactured housing law seems the most simple, and it is. The bill swapped out our longstanding...

From the 89th RECAP – Tax Relief

HB 9 - Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income....

From the 89th RECAP – Eviction Law Overhaul, Squatters, and Landlord Notices

SB 38 - Relating to the eviction from real property. This is the massive eviction reform law (23-page bill) impacting all evictions in Texas; and will alleviate the strain in the eviction process by providing...

From the 89th RECAP – New Housing Development

HB 2559 - Relating to the imposition by a municipality of a moratorium on property development in certain circumstances. This bill was advocated by Texas Home Builders Association (and additional support from a coalition of...

From the 89th RECAP – Titling and Probate

SB 1940 - Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death This is a small simple bill and deals with transferring MH ownership in...

From the 89th RECAP – Miscellaneous “Grab Bag”

HB 2960 - Relating to choice of law and venue for certain construction contracts. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston, in the case In re MVP Terminalling, LLC, determined that the longstanding laws protecting...

TMHA Members of Odessa Stand Up for Manufactured Housing

In a previous post we outlinedthe City of Odessa's consideration of removing manufactured housing from eight of the ten zoning districts that they are currently allowed in, and now TMHA would like to highlight the...

From the 89th – TMHA Priority Bill Heads to Gov’s Desk

TMHA’s advocacy efforts had a great week last week. Our priority bill this session, S.B. 1341, passed out of the full House on Friday afternoon. The bill had already passed through the Senate, so when...

City of Odessa Consideration of Removing MH as Permitted Use

The City of Odessa is considering removing manufactured housing as a permitted use in all of its zoning districts - General Residence, University, Retail, Light Commercial, Heavy Commercial, Light Industrial, and Planned Development Districts. This...

TMHA’s 2025 Offensive Playbook – The Bills We are Working to Pass

TMHA is actively working to advance six bills this session that are MH industry specific (i.e. the Good): HB 3527 by Rep. McQueeny & SB 1341 by Sen. Handcock - relating to the regulation of...

Texas’ First Tenants Right of First Refusal, and Personal Property MH Killer

At the risk of exhausting my metaphor from my previous post that highlighted this session’s offensive playbook, we all know a team’s defensive is just as, if not more, important than its offense. Added to...

Bills Added to TMHA Defense List on County Land Use Authority at Filing Deadline

And finally, our previous posts have already detailed many of the bills that we have identified as having a possible negative impact on our industry. Most of these bills fall within the landlord/tenant laws or...

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