National manufactured home owners association
2023 virtual manufactured housing advocacy week
september 18-22, 2023
Manufactured homeowners across the nation are organizing for justice. For far too long residents have been treated as second-class citizens by public officials, businesses, park owners, and the media. The results are park closings, deteriorating living conditions, and the all too familiar stereotypes used to marginalize our communities.
Please join us for a week-long set of virtual meetings with your members of Congress in support of critically important federal bills supporting manufactured home owners, including:
The virtual meetings will be scheduled from September 18-22, 2023. We will schedule meetings with as many Senators and Representatives as possible.
We will hold a training session before the advocacy week covering the bills and tips for meeting with your members of Congress. You will also be given factsheets describing each bill.
Please join us for a week-long set of virtual meetings with your members of Congress in support of critically important federal bills supporting manufactured home owners, including:
- Manufactured Housing Tenant's Bill of Rights Act – The bill requires community owners meet certain conditions for federally-backed loans, including: one-year renewable leases, except for good cause; 60-days’ notice of rent increases, park sales and park closures; a five-day rent payment grace period; and a right to sell a manufactured home after eviction.
- Fair Manufactured Housing Lending Act – The bill repeals the 2018 exemption manufactured housing retailers were given to the Truth in Lending Act, which meant they were no longer defined them as mortgage originators, and strong manufactured home buyer protections were replace with ineffective disclosure requirements.
- Frank Adelmann Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act – The bill provides a tax credit of 75% of gain from the sale or exchange of real property to a qualified cooperative or nonprofit organization.
- PRICE Program Funding – Congress established the Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) program in December. It provides HUD with $225 million for manufactured home park infrastructure grants. We support funding for 2024.
The virtual meetings will be scheduled from September 18-22, 2023. We will schedule meetings with as many Senators and Representatives as possible.
We will hold a training session before the advocacy week covering the bills and tips for meeting with your members of Congress. You will also be given factsheets describing each bill.
