Updates from MHOA's 2023 Annual Meeting

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Thank you to everyone who contributed to a great 2023 Annual Meeting! We met virtually on October 21 with 40 manufactured home owners joining us from around the country; making this our fourth year holding the meetings online. The meeting included several reports and presentations, including:

  • Representatives of State Attorney General's Offices discussed their role in enforcing the rights of manufactured home owners, including Bennett Hartz, Assistant Attorney General, from the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General and Sebastian Miller, Assistant Attorney General, and Cynthia Lockridge, Public Service Programs, from the Office of the Washington Attorney General. To help with enforcement, resident home owners were encouraged to understand their rights, compare notes and work together, document and report shared problems, and encourage everyone to file reports.
  • In August, a class action lawsuit was filed in federal court alleging price-fixing in manufactured home lot rents under the Sherman Antitrust Act. We discussed recent trends in manufactured home community ownership and lot rents; local, state, and federal policies designed to regulate or stabilize lot rents; and development of the class action lawsuit.
  • There were reports on federal manufactured housing bills and home owners were encouraged to take action in support of the Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) Program, the Manufactured Housing Tenant's Bill of Rights Act, the Fair Manufactured Housing Lending Act, and the Frank Adelmann Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act.

If you wish to review information for this event, the agenda is HERE and the presentation slides are HERE.

NMHOA is governed by a 17-member board of directors, which is elected for two-year terms. Half of the positions are elected in even-numbered years. The positions up for election this year include:

  • First Vice President – Joseph Sullivan (Manufactured Home Owners’ Association of NJ)
  • Treasurer – Pat McHugh (Nevada Association of Manufactured Home Owners)
  • Northeast Region Vice President – Dave Kruczek (Manufactured Home Owners’ Association of NJ)
  • West Region Vice President – Rita Loberger (Oregon)
  • At Large Members – Nancy Inglehart (Manufactured Housing / Oregon State Tenants Association), Mary Jo Baretich (Golden State Manufactured–Home Owners League)

The Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League, which is the California state home owners association, also provided some useful resources, including: