There are promising developments in manufactured housing and more in the making. We will review in rapid sequence a few of these, such as the industry's political efforts, Louisville and others in the paragraphs that follow.

We've hinted for weeks, and now can openly spotlight, that MHI has been working with 3 consumer groups in support of reforms of the regulations that the CFPB would otherwise implement as a result of Dodd-Frank and the SAFE Act.

Read this guest article by Jason Boehlert, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at the Manufactured Housing Institute in the DC suburb of Arlington, VA.

With that support of these three key consumer groups, you have an extra piece of ammunition to contact your congressman. If I didn't already have both of my congressman on board (not a typo, I'll explain shortly), let me suggest an email or phone call and say,

"We'd like your support for HR 1779, which will protect existing consumer financing that will otherwise be lost in mid-January 2014. 3 consumer groups, both national manufactured housing associations and associations and thousands of businesses in 49 states support reforms. This will protect the home value of some 23 million manufactured home residents, while it protects and will help grow jobs too.”

At the time I wrote this, the industry now has 71 Congressman signed on. This is WAY better than last year! We have some MoMentum.

If you haven't already acted, please for the sake of your busyness and those millions of home owners, don't delay any longer. Just do it.

For tactical purposes, some insiders tell us that getting to 120 co-sponsors would be great. States associations such as Misssissippi and Oklahoma – ably led by executives Jennifer Hall and Deanna Fields – have with engaged their members to engage Congress.

That pair of state execs have 100% of their Congressional delegations sign on! How about your state? Where is your action plan – like Jim Ayotte's in Florida – to get more or all signed on?

We can do this, if YOU do this. Tim Williams at 21st has made an impassioned, intelligent plea for this! Help other help you sell more homes and protect the value of some 9 million pre -code mobile homes and post HUD Code manufactured homes.

• You call or mail your congressman.
• THEN, get EVERYONE in your office of location to do it.
• Then get your accountant and banker to do it.
• Then, ask every past customer to do it.
• Be a part of the grass roots leadership needed to make this a manufactured housing success story.

Louisville Update

Louisville! Stay tuned here and at the Louisville Show official website that we created and maintain for the Midwest Manufactured Housing Federation (MMHF). We have the inside scoop on the show, more news and tips here than anyone else, because we at MHProNews are talking to and working with the people who are making it happen.

Louisville will be better than at any time in years! More homes, about double what we had only 3 years ago. That's also about 10 more hot model homes than last year!

This has resulted in the most attendees at Louisville than any other show or event in 2013! You could take MHI's fine annual Congress and Expo, triple the numbers and have what came to Louisville in 2013.

We will have free business building and educational seminars on MHC and retail related topics. Learn more to earn more business faster, all under one climate controlled roof.

Want to grow in 2014? Louisville is the place to be to start the new year out right! January 22-24.

We will share some educational opportunity updates in the days ahead, but the initial ones are already posted on the show website linked here. You can Pre-register for the show – and attend free! – at this link.

Jay, Jim Leigh and Sam call to action to grow sales

The Image and Education campaign. I can TRULY say that PROGRESS is happening!

Traffic continues to rise, because both industry pros and the general public see the appeal and value to Manufactured Home Living News. You will find residential style homes at a great prices, to the 2 million dollar custom manufactured palace of the actress in the SAW movie series – Betsy Russell – to insightful articles and videos that blow old myths away!

Manufactured homes can make a strong comeback. You can do it by sharing the link to articles or the home page via

• RSS Feed from your website,(see RSS feed icon, at the bottom right of the home page) and/or
• Hot link from your website to ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com,
• Your Facebook, Pinterest page, twitter, LinkedIn and other social networks,
• To messages to past, present and future customers.

We have added UMH as a corporate sponsor, and can happily tell you that other's are lining up to join in the effort too.

Help us, help you make more money. Read what Leigh Abrams, Jim Ayotte,

Jay Hamilton and others have said. Then, just use it and support us in moving this ahead.

We have two ways we can go. up or down. There is no status quo. Your business is either growing or shrinking. Invest in the future. Get your people reading here at MHProNews and get them sharing the exiting realities of manufactured and modular housing today.

Please see the newest interview with Jen Allen at First State only on MHLivingNews!

My thanks for being a reader here. My thanks too for all who are in Association and other work, to make these good things happen. Working together, we are forging a bright future. It can be better for home owners, and better for you too.

Just do it.

The MH Mo Mentum is growing and is on our side. Make the most of the future. ##

(Editor's Note: MHI's statement at this link here was apparently premature. Consumer groups in fact did NOT get on board with HR 1779, as sources tell MHProNews that said groups stated in a meeting with the CFPB and MHI that they wanted 'more data.'  MHProNews has since editorially clarified that at the link here.)

PS: Check our many Exclusive and Red Hot Featured Articles for September and see the other new stories at MHLivingNews.com too.

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