MHProNews has learned from the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) of the four measures in the hopper of the Texas Legislature that could affect the factory-built housing industry. HB 578 would establish state regulatory authority over modular housing, a bill TMHA supports because of the losses modular producers have suffered over the years. HB 944 would allow an exemption from license requirements for selling a limited number of manufactured homes. Since current law requires an MHC owner to obtain a retail license if he/she sells just one MH in 12 months, HB 610 would provide a limited exclusion to this requirement if manufactured homes were sold in conjunction with the sale of a manufactured home community. In response to a fraudulent MH dealer whose customers may be eligible for compensation from the manufactured homeowner’s Recovery Trust fund, SB 499 would allow either a jury or bench trial to determine eligibility.
