HR 650 -Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act-Passed House

House of Rep sealThe U. S. House of Representatives passed the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act this afternoon, 263 to 162 with six members not voting. The following is the roll call.

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL

(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)

H R 650 YEA-AND-NAY 14-Apr-2015 5:55 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act

 

Yeas

Nays

PRES

NV

Republican

241

1

1

Democratic

22

161

5

Independent
TOTALS

263

162

6

—- YEAS 263 —

 

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Ashford
Babin
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Benishek
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brat
Bridenstine
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carney
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clawson (FL)
Clay
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cooper
Costa
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
Delaney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Duffy
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers (NC)
Emmer (MN)
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett
Gibbs
Gibson
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graham
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guinta
Guthrie
Hanna
Hardy
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Heck (NV)
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Hurt (VA)
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jolly
Jordan
Joyce
Katko
Kelly (PA)
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Knight
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Messer
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moulton
Mullin
Mulvaney
Murphy (PA)
Neugebauer
Newhouse
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Pittenger
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Polis
Pompeo
Posey
Price, Tom
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Rigell
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce
Russell
Ryan (WI)
Salmon
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Stutzman
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Young (IN)
Zeldin
Zinke

 

—- NAYS 162 —

 

Adams
Aguilar
Bass
Beatty
Becerra
Bera
Beyer
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cárdenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Courtney
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duckworth
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Esty
Farr
Fattah
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutiérrez
Hahn
Hastings
Heck (WA)
Higgins
Himes
Hinojosa
Honda
Hoyer
Huffman
Israel
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilmer
Kuster
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham (NM)
Luján, Ben Ray (NM)
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meng
Moore
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O’Rourke
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Pingree
Pocan
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Richmond
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sires
Slaughter
Speier
Swalwell (CA)
Takai
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velázquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

 

—- NOT VOTING    6 —

 

Duncan (SC)
Ellison
Johnson (GA)
Ruiz
Rush
Smith (WA)

 

Congressman Fincher’s Statement

In a statement, Congressman Stephen Fincher (TN-08) released the following after the House passed his bipartisan bill to preserve access to financing for affordable manufactured housing:

“I commend my colleagues in the House for passing my bipartisan bill to protect financing options for the millions of Americans who rely on manufactured housing,” said Congressman Fincher. “New regulations that fail to recognize the uniqueness of the manufactured housing industry are taking options off the table for low-income families.”

My bill has garnered a tremendous amount of bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress and I urge my Senate colleagues to vote on the companion legislation, S.682, as soon as possible. With millions of Americans still recovering from the fallout of the housing crisis, I am hopeful that the President will also support this bill so we can improve access to quality, affordable housing for consumers across the country.”

Background on H.R. 650, the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015:

Millions of low and moderate-income families across the country choose to purchase manufactured homes for their affordability and value; the average sales price of a new manufactured home is well under half the national median home price. Unfortunately, due to mortgage regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), that do not reflect the unique nature of the manufactured home sales process, access to financing for manufactured homes has been seriously harmed. Lenders are no longer able to offer small-balance loans, which are often used for the purchase of affordable manufactured housing, because CFPB rules unfairly sweep a large percentage of these loans into the “high cost” designation.

Since many lenders have been unable to offer these loans, thousands of manufactured home customers are unable to buy, sell or refinance their homes. Community owners have said their tenants have had to sell their homes well below market value to cash buyers because potential buyers can’t find financing. These below the market sales don’t just hurt sellers – they hurt every homeowner in the community who feels a huge loss on the equity of their home. Since the CFPB’s rule on the loan originator definition has gone into effect, retailers have been forced to stop providing technical assistance to consumers during the home buying process — ultimately leaving consumers in the dark about where they could potentially find financing for affordable housing.

The Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act would help ensure the availability of financing options for manufactured homes, while preserving the necessary consumer protections in the Dodd-Frank Act and the S.A.F.E. Act. 

MHI and dozens of state associations pushed for the passage of this bill. MHLivingNews.com was a useful voice in the effort to counter the anti-HR 650 forces that mounted a major push with the media.

http://manufacturedhomelivingnews.com/congress-dont-be-fooled-the-upcoming-vote-on-preserving-access-to-manufactured-housing-act-hr-650/

All involved should celebrate this victory, thanks those who voted in favor and now prepare for the next round as it heads to the Senate. ##

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matthew-silver-daily-business-news-mhpronews-comArticle submitted by Matthew J. Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.


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