Letter from Congressman Bart Stupak

Editor’s Note:

This letter from Congressman Bart Stupak was submitted to us by:

Mr. George Spanos
PO Box 370
Petoskey, Michigan 49770

The letter is used with his permission. Mr. Spanos also requested a ‘plug’ for the Michigan Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA), which we are pleased hereby to do.

A number of points could be made about this letter, such as: This is this particular congressman’s perspective, others might see this differently.

What is certain is that neither the Duty To Serve (DTS) nor FHA Title 1 Reform has manifested itself in the fashion that is beneficial at this point to the manufactured housing industry.

On the other hand, the SAFE Act, also part of HERA, has had an impact on the manufactured housing industry, and most would assert that it has not been a positive one.

Please see related topics to this subject at these links:

MHI PAC and the Upcoming Midterm Elections
The Mid-Term Elections and Manufactured Housing
Yertle the Turtle and Manufactured Housing
In the Midterm Elections, are we feeding the hand that bites us?

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