WLTZ-TV reports from Montgomery, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has appointed State Rep. Elwyn Thomas as Executive Director of the Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission (AMHC) effective Sept. 1, 2012. As the state’s regulatory agency, the AMHC enforces installation program standards and focuses on industry compliance, consumer protection, and assists communities with developing storm shelters. In addition to serving in the Alabama Legislature for 15 years, Thomas has 30 years experience as a real estate developer and real estate evaluator for the banking industry. Thomas will resign from the legislature in order to assume his new duties. As MHPronews has learned, Alabama has one of the highest concentrations of manufactured housing producers in the nation.

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