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  • From the 87th – Special Session

    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 the … more

  • Texas Manufactured Home Shipments in May 2021

    May

    Shipments moved down slightly in May a seasonally adjusted -0.5% from April and at 1,375 total homes came in under the point forecast from last month of 1,536 (+/- 309). May had only 20 days … more

  • 87th Session Recap - Successful Defense

    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 … more

  • 87th Session Recap

     

    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 … more

  • 87th Session Recap - Regulations and State Agencies

    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 the agency's … more

  • 87th Session Recap - Disaster/Pandemic

    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 … more

  • 87th Session Recap - Landlord Tenant

    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 of.  … more

  • 87th Session Recap - Lending

    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 … more