The 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
PRES |
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Republican |
241 |
1 |
1 |
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Democratic |
22 |
161 |
5 |
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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.
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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Article submitted by Matthew J. Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.