{"id":1087,"date":"2011-03-21T18:03:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T01:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swproperties.com\/new-mexico-news\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2011-03-21T18:03:56","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T01:03:56","slug":"mhi-members-converge-on-capital-hill-to-urge-congress-to-keep-manufactured-housing-affordable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swproperties.com\/new-mexico-news\/uncategorized\/mhi-members-converge-on-capital-hill-to-urge-congress-to-keep-manufactured-housing-affordable\/","title":{"rendered":"MHI Members Converge on Capital Hill To Urge Congress to Keep Manufactured Housing Affordable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &#8211;\u00a0 (RealEstateRama) \u2014 Keeping manufactured housing  affordable by reducing  the constraints on lending and instituting a  responsible regulatory  environment took center stage as over 90 MHI  members flocked to Capitol  Hill for the annual MHI Legislative Conference last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message to  Congress is simple,\u201d says Thayer Long of MHI. \u201cFor the past two decades  manufactured housing has accounted for over 20 percent of all new single  family homes,  serving almost 20 million Americans.  Without access to  credit, and by  increasing housing costs, millions of low- to moderate  income families  will be unable to purchase a new home or sell their  existing home.  Their voice must be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MHI Legislative  Conference resulted in approximately100 meetings  with Members of  Congress and staff, increasing the number of visits by  20 percent from  last year. MHI members who were unable to attend  participated by calling  or sending letters to the Capitol Hill offices  of their representatives  and senators to deliver the same message, or  by setting up meetings  next week back home when Congress will be in  recess.<\/p>\n<p>MHI members  lobbied on several key issues facing the industry  including Dodd-Frank  financial reform, restoring the oversight of  energy standards for  manufactured housing back to the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban  Development, and maintaining the \u201c45L\u201d pro-business tax credit for  manufacturers who build Energy Star homes.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees of the  Legislative Conference also heard from an impressive list of keynote  speakers  including Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), a  subcommittee  Chair of the House Financial Services Committee; and  Congressman Randy  Neugebauer, (R-TX) also a subcommittee Chair of the  House Financial  Services Committee. Bob Ryan, the Deputy Assistant  Secretary (DAS) for  Risk Management and Regulatory Affairs for the  Federal Housing  Administration (FHA) spoke on behalf of the  Administration and the  plans in place for reforming the housing finance  system, and Tom  Quaadman, of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce\u2019s Center for  Capital Markets  Competitiveness, spoke on the impact of financial  regulation on the US  economy. Elizabeth Cocke, for the HUD Office of  Manufactured Housing, engaged in an open discussion at the Manufacturers  Forum.<\/p>\n<p>The day prior to the Legislative Conference attendees  joined their  colleagues and fellow members in MHI business meetings, to  discuss and  debate MHI and industry policy issues.<\/p>\n<p>The MHI Board  of Directors reaffirmed the organization\u2019s policy  adopted in 2009 on  fire sprinklers. MHI and its members oppose  mandatory fire sprinklers in  all single family homes, but in the event a  sprinkler requirement is  adopted at the state or local level, MHI will  pursue a \u201cwhere required\u201d  preemptive standard for manufactured homes.<\/p>\n<p>MHI is the preeminent  national trade association for the  manufactured and modular housing  industries, representing all segments  of the industry before Congress  and the Federal government.  From its Washington, D.C. area headquarters,  MHI actively works to  promote fair laws and regulation for all MHI  members and the industry.  For more information on MHI, visit  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manufacturedhousing.org\">www.manufacturedhousing.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &#8211;\u00a0 (RealEstateRama) \u2014 Keeping manufactured housing affordable by reducing the constraints on lending and instituting a responsible regulatory environment took center stage as over 90 MHI members flocked to Capitol Hill for the annual MHI Legislative Conference last week. \u201cThe message to Congress is simple,\u201d says Thayer Long of MHI. \u201cFor the past &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swproperties.com\/new-mexico-news\/uncategorized\/mhi-members-converge-on-capital-hill-to-urge-congress-to-keep-manufactured-housing-affordable\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MHI Members Converge on Capital Hill To Urge Congress to Keep Manufactured Housing Affordable&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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