Set forth below for your review and information is a copy of a May 6, 2010 letter from Congressman Joe Donnelly (D-IN) to his congressional colleagues, requesting their support for a resolution that would honor manufactured housing and designate the third week of June 2010 as “Manufactured Housing Week.”
MHARR thanks Congressman Donnelly for this initiative and has been in contact with his office both to support this resolution and to work with him and his colleagues to encourage additional members of Congress to sign on as resolution co-sponsors.
We therefore encourage you to contact your member of Congress to urge their support for this resolution and to consider joining as a co-sponsor. Congressman Donnelly’s letter, reproduced below, includes relevant contact information for his office.
Thank you in advance for joining with MHARR to support and advance this initiative.
Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform 1331 Pennsylvania Ave N.W., Suite 508
Washington, D.C. 20004
Phone: 202/783-4087
Fax: 202/783-4075
Email: mharrdg@aol.com
Cosponsor Resolution Honoring Manufactured Housing (H.Res. 584)
May 6, 2010
Cosponsors: Jenkins, C. Wilson, Capuano, Ellsworth, G. Davis, B. Miller, Dicks, Souder, Moran
Dear Colleague:
We invite you to cosponsor a resolution honoring the importance of manufactured housing to our nation’s families and also recognizing the third week in June’s National Homeownership Month as “Manufactured Housing Week.”
Manufactured housing plays a vital role in meeting the housing needs of the nation by providing quality, affordable homes to over 18 million people. This $8 billion a year industry also employs 70,000 people nationally in factories and retail centers.
Given the ongoing turmoil in the housing market, it is essential that we look to affordable manufactured housing as a viable solution to this problem. Creating affordable homeownership is one of the fundamental building blocks of our society and plays a fundamental role in achieving the American Dream. It helps to provide families with economic security and build strong communities.
If you have any questions or would like to cosponsor this resolution, please contact Jessica McEwen from Congressman Donnelly’s staff.
Sincerely,
Joe Donnelly
Member of Congress
