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.  … more

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/ … more

January Preliminary Data

New manufactured home sales in January titled to date are down a seasonally-adjusted -1.2% from the previous month’s sales and are down -1.9% from January of 2024.

The … more

January Shipments

Manufactured home shipments to Texas retailers in January moved down a seasonally-adjusted -4.5% from the previous month as deliveries slowed per production day to the lowest … more

HB 2904 by Simmons

This is rent control

This is effectively a 5% max rent control and targeted directly at MH communities

The 5% maximum is triggered when the house is “affordable housing” … more

HB 878 by Vasut

Bill grants all Texas counties with a population of less than one million, that have more than two houses per acre, essentially complete land use and zoning equivalency controls … more

HB 577 by Bucy

Increases notice to vacate on evictions from 3 to 14 days

HB 798 by Walle & SB 882 by Cook

Massive landlord/tenant law reform, includes nearly every pro-tenant provisions … more

There has been a lot of talk over the past few months about the sweeping and significant HUD Code changes released back in September 2024.  The rule changes comprise of 74 incorporated references … more