MassMHA - Summer News/Notes & Links

Early Announcements on Fall Meetings and Important UpdatesAugust 2010

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MMHA 15th Annual Meeting We're Invited...NY here we come! HUD Home Longevity - Research Monday Morning Blog The Journal...Up Close Are your suppliers & vendors members?

Featured Article
15th Annual MMHA Meeting

Save the date - October 21

The Annual Meeting this year is a one-day event...9:30 am-2:30 pm.

Location: Leisurewoods at Taunton (HTA property).

Details to follow in the Fall Newsletter. Plan to bring a potential member!

Registration Materials available September 1 on the MMHA website and copies will be included in the Messenger, Fall edition.  Time: 9:30 - 2:30pmSharingNetworking LunchExhibitsInformative Sessions  Business

Meeting - $40 for members

Mark your calendars.

ps. Limited number of tables available for MMHA Associate Members -for promotion [free/register early/first come].

STATISTICS FROM MHI
5,430 New HUD Code Homes Shipped in June 2010, up 21.8 Percent from June 2009 Total floors shipped in June 2010 were 8,789, up 19.2 percent from the same month in 2009.

Updates from MHI - National

Energy Efficiency. Senate bill 1320 includes a $7,500 rebate; a $2,500 rebate for decommissioning homes; and a policy change to access up to $6,500 in weatherization funds. (Potential total package of $16,000 for a new energy star home). This legislation currently has five Democratic co-sponsors, MHI is looking for a  Republican sponsor. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is the leader on the energy bill. MHI is working to have him include MH legislation on any energy or jobs bills coming forward. FMI -email MMHA Executive Director for additional talking points.

Duty to Serve legislation -over 1,000 comments were filed. You can view comments & then let your elected officials in Washington know there is a lot of political "heartburn" ( a MHI word) with the FHFA original decision on this issue.

Click here to view comments to date on this bill

Frost Free Foundations - design approved.

NY HOSTS -Mid-Atlantic States Convention

Hundreds of factory-built housing industry members from all over the Northeast will converge on Albany, New York, October 26 & 27  for two days filled with  informative seminars & Industry Trade Expo. Location: The Crowne Plaza, Albany. MMHA members will be receiving a descriptive brochure in the US mail shortly. If you can't go for both days think about one day...you will enjoy this event.

Got Talent?   Looking for Mass. delegates for the 2010 Mid-Atlantic Conference talent show.

Research of Interest
......The University of Georgia did a study that concluded that the life expectancy of a manufactured home built to the current HUD Code standards is 55.8 years. That time frame is roughly the same as the life expectancy of a stick-built house. Decisions to buy a manufactured home was primarily influenced by wishes for amenities that were not available when renting.
Source "5 questions with Doug Gorman", Manufactured Housing Retailer 08/05/10 TulsaWorld

Click here for Full Article

For weekly MH  industry discussions go to:  George Allen's Blog - Updated every Monday AM

Did you read The Journal this month? You can review on-line. Watch for the 30th Anniversary issue in October. August is the "2010 Green Edition" and contains some great articles including MHI's 3-Point Plan.

Check this out!

MMHA...this is YOUR Association...there is strength in numbers. Help identify & recruit new members. Application forms available at

www.MassMHA.org or
call Mary McBrady, MMHA
Telephone:  508-460-9523