Contents tagged with Advocacy
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From the 89th – Prefiled Edition
For those members like us here at TMHA thinking that January 14th can’t come fast enough, I have great news for you, filing of bills as already started.
We already have 1,791 and counting bills … more
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FinCen’s Beneficial Ownership Disclosure – Jan 1, 2025 Deadline & CFPB Annually Adjusted Thresholds for 2025
FinCen’s Beneficial Ownership Disclosure – Jan 1, 2025 Deadline on Hold Pending Recent Litigation and Injunction
This isn’t really TMHA’s field of expertise, so please check with your accounting … more
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New Proposed and Pre-Proposed Rules for TX Modulars and Some MLO's Registered with OCCC
This is a general “around the horn” post about two recent Texas regulatory actions from TDLR (residential modular regulator) and OCCC (manufactured housing chattel lending regulator).
The TDLR … more
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CFPB Nonbank Registration Rule – Begins Oct 16, 2024
June 3, 2024, the CFPB finalized its federal rules for the creation of a new nonbank registry. This nonbank registry collects information about certain publicly available agency and court orders. … more
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Quick Review of the FTC Holder Rule
In a recent post by the Federal Trade Commission titled, “The FTC’s Holder Rule: still holding strong,” the federal regulator draws special and renewed attention to the “Holder Rule.” So, since the … more
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HUD Publishes Report – Eliminating Zoning Barriers to Affordable Housing
HUD was commissioned and funded through a federal award to the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders and working with Smart Growth America, to create a “guidebook” after looking at … more
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Build, Build, and Build – Need for Housing Supply Takes Center Stage in Top Political Discussions
On Tuesday, August 27, Texas Comptroller Glen Hegar’s office issued a 26-page report titled “The Housing Affordability Challenge.”
The report is the latest in a growing trend of top-level political … more
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TX Supreme Court Emergency Order Extending Deadlines in some JP Courts due to hurricane
The Supreme Court of Texas has issued an emergency order authorizing the modification of deadlines in certain justice courts affected by Hurricane Beryl.
Justice courts in Fort Bend, Galveston, … more
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US Supreme Court ruling impacting the future of federal regulations
Full disclosure…this post probably isn’t going to be super exciting for most of our members. But for my fellow uber-legal nerds out there dying to discuss the recent Supreme Court of the United … more
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New Final Rules for MH and Modular Homes in Texas
MH TDHCA – New 3rd Party Initial Testing
Following unanimous approval by the MH TDHCA Board and posting in the Texas Register on June 14, 2024, the most recent changes to the Manufactured Housing … more