HUD Manufactured Housing Modernization Act: PASSED

The expanded version of the HUD Manufactured Housing Modernization Act was included in the U.S. appropriations bill for FY20 and is now law! This bill includes language that requires HUD to develop guidance for recipients of federal housing funds to include manufactured housing in their consolidated planning process.

New House Bill Would Fund Manufactured Housing Community Preservation

On January 7, Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) and Cindy Axne (D-IA-3) introduced H.R. 5547, the Manufactured Housing Community Preservation Act. If enacted, this bill would require the Secretary of HUD to create a matched-grant program that would encourage states, localities and private actors to enter or expand their roles in the preservation of manufactured housing communities. In recent months, Prosperity Now has worked on this bill with these House offices and we are very appreciative of their commitments to preserving one of the nation's largest sources of affordable housing. Read More

Events

Local Voices Informing Federal Action: A Symposium on Home Affordability

Join Habitat for Humanity on February 13 for an important discussion about how local and state action can inform policy solutions at the federal level to address home affordability on a national scale. Check out our own Doug Ryan, Senior Fellow of Affordable Homeownership, as he talks about equitably increasing access to credit. Register Here

In The Network

Does Your Organization Do Work At The Intersection of Housing and Health? We're Looking for You!

Prosperity Now seeks to understand how housing organizations incorporate health into their program outcomes. This can be through offering health-related services but also by recognizing that improving housing stability and quality, in and of itself, can improve health outcomes.

Are you interested in participating in a six-month learning cohort around including health-related outcomes into your programs? This opportunity will entail several webinars, peer learning opportunities and access to resources around health and housing. If you are interested, please fill out this brief survey!

Last Call for Working Groups!

In early 2017, the I'M HOME Network launched five working groups to support and expand its work. The working groups provide members of the I'M HOME Network with an opportunity to share their expertise and join with other members to tackle important problems in the manufactured housing field. These different groups focus on policy, communications, single-family finance, resident engagement and community preservation.

To better support and expand the work of the I'M HOME Network, we are starting afresh with 2020 working groups. As such, if you would like to get started or rejoin a previous group, please fill out this brief survey. We will begin sending out information regarding this year's meetings shortly!

In The News

Rep. Abby Finkenauer Takes A Stand

U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer (IA-01) took a stand against the rent hikes that are being imposed on residents of manufactured home parks across Iowa. In her letter to the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Rep. Finkenauer targeted the "predatory and unfair" practices that many residents are facing. Read More

Clayton and Next Step Publish Report on Manufactured Housing

Clayton and Next Step Network have released the white paper report, "Off-Site Built Homes: An Evolving Industry that Meets Today's Affordable Housing Needs." This paper examines how manufactured homes provide a solution to the affordable housing crisis. Read More