MHProNews has learned from delawarenewszap members of the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority (RTA) testified before the Joint Sunset Committee to extend the authority five more years. The HRA is set to sunset July 1, 2014. Established in 2003 to assist manufactured homeowners who need to relocate due to a land use change, the fund, now totaling $5,586,685.61, also pays for homes that cannot be moved and for removal and/or disposable of abandoned homes. Community owners and residents of the 200 MHCs in Del. each contribute $1.50 a month to the fund. Mitchell G. Crane, Chairman of the RTA, expects as the economy improves the fund will continue to be tapped as people relocate. A resident of Barclay Farms MHC suggested the RTA’s role be expanded to create a centralized authority that would work in the best interests of the community owners and the MH residents. Jill Fuchs says, “I urge you to let the RTA continue and adjust to the changing times of the past 10 years.”

(Photo credit: Ron MacArthur/capegazette–Rehoboth Shores near Long Neck DE)