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MHI Winter Meeting & DOE Comment Letter Needed
February 14, 2022 - Last week in New Orleans, MHI hosted its winter meeting. Industry members gathered to discuss the most pressing issues we face. Topics included supply chain issues, backlogs, zoning, MH community litigation trends, financing, and coming...
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It’s a Special Day…Early Voting Starts Today
February 14, 2022 - You can all probably imagine the shock and unjustified disappointment (in my mind at least) when I excitedly asked my wife this morning if she knew what day it was, and she had some thought...
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Reminder - New Landlord Flood Disclosure Effective January 1, 2022
December 20, 2021 - As we originally reported at the conclusion of the 2021 regular Texas Legislative Session, a new landlord/tenant law goes into effect in the new year. The new law is in Chapter 92, Property Code, which...
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New TX Supreme Court Order Impacting Eviction Proceedings
November 17, 2021 - The Texas Supreme Court issued a new emergency order on November 10 in reaction to the closure of the state’s rent relief program. The rent relief program stopped taking new applications after the$1.9 billion in...
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Update on Evictions in Texas – September 2021
September 02, 2021 - It has been exceedingly challenging staying up-to-date on the constantly changing laws, rules, orders, and local ordinances dealing with evictions in Texas. Unfortunately, I start this latest update with the admission that the process and...
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TX Special Session #2 Has Begun & More Legal Uncertainty on Extension of Eviction Moratorium
August 09, 2021 - Texas Second Special Session Second verse, same as the first. At least initially. On Saturday, Texas started our second Special Session when Gov. Abbott announced that the second special session would begin immediately following the...
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TMHA Offers Members New Lease with Purchase Option Addendum and Esign Notices
July 20, 2021 - TMHA is pleased to announce that we have added several new member benefits into our catalog of Community Forms and informational Member Wikis. Special thanks to Jeff Barringer and Paul Kellogg with the McGlinchey law...
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From the 87th – Special Session
July 08, 2021 - Back at it again. After a little more than a month since the conclusion of the 87th Regular Session, the Texas legislature is once again convened in Austin. For the next 30-days the members of...
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87th Session Recap
June 29, 2021 - I’m not sure how long the license is to continue to describe the happenings of this past year and a half as crazy, unprecedented, and chaotic, but as this unusual Texas legislative session is now...
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87th Session Recap - Successful Defense
June 29, 2021 - One of TMHA’s primary missions during every legislative session is to prevent bad bills from becoming bad laws. While now 20 years ago the scar tissue on our industry still remains from when a devastating...
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87th Session Recap - Disaster/Pandemic
June 29, 2021 - S.B. 968 - Relating to public health disaster and public health emergency preparedness and response; providing a civil penalty. More than 150 bills and resolutions were filed pertaining to the pandemic. Less than 20 passed....
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87th Session Recap - Landlord Tenant
June 29, 2021 - H.B. 531 - Relating to notice requirements for a leased dwelling located in a floodplain. H.B. 531 did pass and creates a new flood notice provision that every landlord in Texas needs to be aware...
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87th Session Recap - Lending
June 29, 2021 - H.B. 3617 - Relating to certain qualifications and requirements for residential mortgage loan companies, the investment and use of excess residential mortgage loan originator recovery fund fees, and the creation of the mortgage grant fund;...
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87th Session Recap - Construction and HVAC
June 28, 2021 - H.B. 871 - Relating to the municipal fees charged to certain air conditioning and refrigeration contractors. H.B. 871 was another bill strongly supported and advocated for by TMHA, along with the advocacy groups for heating...
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87th Session Recap - Taxes
June 28, 2021 - H.B. 1195 - Relating to the franchise tax treatment of certain loans and grants made under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. This law change impacts the forgiveness of a loan made...
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87th Session Recap - Transportation
June 28, 2021 - H.B. 1257 - Relating to the definition of personal property for purposes of removing personal property from a roadway or right-of-way. H.B. 1257 is a bill specific to manufactured housing and supported by TMHA. The...
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87th Session Recap - Zoning and Local Land Use Policy
June 28, 2021 - H.B. 1475 - Relating to municipal board of adjustment zoning variances based on unnecessary hardship. Last session, the legislature took action to make necessary reforms to help clarify the process of appealing a land development...
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87th Session Recap - Transportation
June 28, 2021 - H.B. 1257 - Relating to the definition of personal property for purposes of removing personal property from a roadway or right-of-way. H.B. 1257 is a bill specific to manufactured housing and supported by TMHA. The...
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87th Session Recap - Regulations and State Agencies
June 28, 2021 - H.B. 1322 - Relating to a summary of a rule proposed by a state agency. This new law requires that when a state agency files notice of a proposed rule, the agency shall publish on...
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87th Session Recap - Zoning and Local Land Use Policy
June 28, 2021 - H.B. 1475 - Relating to municipal board of adjustment zoning variances based on unnecessary hardship. Last session, the legislature took action to make necessary reforms to help clarify the process of appealing a land development...
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87th Session Recap - Expansion of Broadband
June 28, 2021 - H.B. 5 - Relating to the expansion of broadband services to certain areas. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted, more than ever, the critical importance of a robust broadband infrastructure network to maintaining basic quality of...
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Extended Eviction Moratorium; End of UI in TX; Special Session; TMHA Board Meeting
June 24, 2021 - CDC Extends Eviction Moratorium to July 31 On June 24, the CDC again extended its eviction moratorium until July 31, 2021. In its announcement, the CDC indicated that this will be the final extension. We...
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Extended Eviction Moratorium; End of UI in TX; Special Session; TMHA Board Meeting
June 24, 2021 - CDC Extends Eviction Moratorium to July 31 On June 24, the CDC again extended its eviction moratorium until July 31, 2021. In its announcement, the CDC indicated that this will be the final extension. We...
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Sine Die - End of 2021 Texas Session
June 17, 2021 - The 2021 Texas Legislative Session has ended. It is hard to fully articulate how unusual and chaotic this session was compared to previous sessions. While generally viewed as the most conservative session in recent history,...
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From the 87th - TMHA Supported HB 3417 Passes the House
May 12, 2021 - TMHA supported, HB 3417, passed out of the Texas House this morning. The bill that would add licensing flexibilities during a prolonged disaster, expedite bulk title transfers when a manufactured home community is bought and...
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From the 87th - 46 Days Left, and the Clock is Ticking
April 15, 2021 - With a little more than a month left of the regular session (46 days, but who’s counting); we are starting to see the finish line in the distance. It will be the typical sprint to...
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From the 87th - 46 Days Left, and the Clock is Ticking
April 15, 2021 - With a little more than a month left of the regular session (46 days, but who’s counting); we are starting to see the finish line in the distance. It will be the typical sprint to...
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Update on Texas’s Rent Relief Program; Funds Available with More to Come
March 15, 2021 - This is an update to our previous post about Texas’ Rent Relief Program. TDHCA announced on Saturday, March 13, the Texas Rent Relief Program has launched a new application system. The new system hopes to...
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Can Landlords Apply for Rent Relief on Behalf of Tenants & Does it Cover Lot Rent?
March 15, 2021 - While we linked to TDHCA’s Q&A in our previous post, we continue to get questions from members on applying to the Texas Rent Relief Program. The most common question is if a landlord, or community...
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From the 87th - Day 52
March 04, 2021 - We are now 52 days into the 140-day Legislative Session. And, nearly 2/5ths into this session and it continues to prove unlike any previous session in recent memory. We are currently looking at a scaled...
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Gov. Abbotts Ends Mask Mandate and Fully Opens Businesses on March 10
March 04, 2021 - On March 2, Gov. Abbott announced that the state’s mask mandate will end on March 10th, and that all businesses can return to 100 percent capacity. The business re-opening provisions include sporting events, concerts, and...
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CDC Eviction Case in TX District Court
March 03, 2021 - Last Friday, a TX District court ruled that the CDC eviction moratorium was unconstitutional. But this does not mean the order is immediately invalidated across Texas or the nation. The CDC and Dept. of Justice...
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TDHCA Eviction Diversion Program and Rent Relief Update
March 03, 2021 - As we have previous posted, the Texas portion of rental assistance and relief from the prior COVID relief legislation is administered by TDHCA. There is still more than $1 billion available and this program is...
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TDHCA Announces $1.3 billion Tenant and Landlord Rent Relief Funds
February 10, 2021 - Out of $25 billion dedicated nationally through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, TDHCA was awarded $1.3 billion in emergency relief funds, which will go toward assisting tenants and landlords in the state of Texas...
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From the 87th A Strange New World and Gov. Abbott's State of the State
February 02, 2021 - Strange times indeed. Pointing out the obvious, the 87th Session is certainly, at this point, unlike any other prior session. By a long shot. Testing before you enter the Capitol, limiting the number of people...