In his take on the presidential debate Wed. night, Paul Muolo of OriginationNews notes Romney peppering Obama about the Qualified Mortgage rule that awaits finalization by the Consumer Financial Protective Bureau. MHProNews has learned Muolo finds it impressive that Romney knows what a QM is, and suggests Obama likely does …
Widespread environmental management problems at 73 manufactured home communities led to the imposition of a $1,339,000 penalty for violating state and federal clean water and waste treatment statutes. All the communities are connected to Frank Perano of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, who has signed a consent decree to pay, pending court …
WashingtonExaminer says a poll of manufacturers and small business owners commissioned by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) reveals 55 percent would not have started their businesses in today’s economic climate. Additionally, 69 percent say President Obama’s regulatory policies have hurt their business …
Commissioners in Mooresville, North Carolina, just north of Charlotte, seeking to reduce the number of “non-conforming” manufactured homes in town, passed an ordinance preventing the replacement siting of manufactured housing in areas not specifically zoned for MH. If the owner wants to upgrade or just replace an existing home, it …
From Nevada, MHProNews has learned the Lyon County Commissioners are being asked to change the ordinance that forbids the siting of manufactured homes older than 15 years in the county. The downturn in the economy led to the sale of many homes that were foreclosed upon and had been vacant …
The register-guard reports from the Springfield City Council in Oregon, city officials are trying to determine their obligation for the residents of the 441 occupied manufactured homes in the city’s eight MHCs if development uproots them. The state legislature passed new rules in 2007 requiring MHC owners to give residents …
MHProNews has learned the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) issued a reminder to approved FHA lenders to promptly release hazard insurance funds to disaster victims of Hurricane Isaac, as per loan documents. The Mortgagee Letter says in the past some lenders used hazard insurance proceeds to pay off the mortgage, leaving …
Testifying before the office of the U. S. Trade Representative in Washington, D.C. the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) CEO Jerry Howard urged the federal government to avoid involving the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber accord in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPP) talks. “Reopening the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber agreement would …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) informs MHProNews the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) will hold an in-person meeting Oct. 23-25 in Arlington, VA. MHARR notes this will be the first MHCC meeting in over a year, and the first since the payment dispute between HUD and the …
Following-up on a story we published Aug. 7, 2012 regarding measures passed by the Marion, North Carolina City Council July 17 to regulate placement and structural standards of new manufactured housing, mcdowellnews reports the council voted unanimously to repeal the new rules. Local real estate agent Mark Shuman pointed out …
As follow-up to an article we published Aug. 2, 2012, KTBS reports the Jefferson, Texas City Council continued to discuss a proposed ordinance that would ban manufactured housing from certain historic districts of the city. The hour-long discussion, intended to resolve the issue, raised more questions than answers, as a …
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napavalleyregister reports 80 people, representing a three county area just north of San Francisco, heard five speakers at the Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League (GSMOL) address issues of rent control, recruitment, civil law and fair housing. Two attorneys who specialize in construction and property law discussed responsibilities landlords have to …
American Banker reports Richard Cordray, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), stated the agency will not mandate a 20 percent down payment in new underwriting rules for low-risk loans. Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee Sept. 13, he was responding to a question about the CFPB’s qualified mortgage …
The House Financial Services Committee says after an extensive nine month audit by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of the Financial Stability Oversight Committee (FSOC) and the Office of Financial Research (OFR), both creations of the Dodd-Frank Act, public information of their activities is limited. Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer …
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originationnews reports banks under the $10 billion threshold for compliance with the ever-shifting Dodd-Frank Act are unsure of which aspects of the measure apply to them, and are outsourcing because their own IT departments cannot keep track of the provisions that are delayed and/or rewritten. Cashmere Valley Bank in Washington …
Joe Kelly, executive vice-president of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association (IAMHA), informs MHProNews that the Iowa Department of Revenue has notified local governments that land lease communities are not structured to qualify as co-ops under Iowa Code 499A. As a residential classification, co-ops pay only about half the taxes of …
HousingWire reports Ann Fulmer, with fraud analytics firm Interthinx, said the nation’s housing meltdown, with all the mortgage-backed securities litigation, bailouts, lost home equity, and lawsuits cost $13 trillion, almost as much as the $15 trillion gross domestic product (GDP) for 2011. Speaking at a Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) gathering, …
BloombergBusinessWeek says while Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has vowed to repeal Dodd-Frank, it’s more likely he would water down some of the restrictions on the most lucrative and profitable investments while providing sufficient oversight to protect the banks. Specifically, banks would toss restrictions on investments in private equity and …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) notes the irony of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) prosecuting the operators of MHCs in Minnesota and Alabama for discriminating against minorities when in fact HUD routinely discriminates against potential manufactured home buyers by making it more difficult and …
As follow-up to a story we published July 5, 2012 about four shipping containers converted into an energy efficient modular home with Energy Star appliances and other green technology features, neighborhood residents continue to be upset about the modern-look building fitting in with 1950’s style homes that dot the area …
