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MHI joined its business coalition in a recent letter to the Department of Labor (DOL) to advocate last year’s overbearing final rule on overtime be rescinded. The coalition explained that the regulation would have a damaging effect on workers and businesses alike by creating uncertainty, adding regulatory and administrative burdens, and diminishing flexibility. Emphasizing the President’s Executive Order 14219 on deregulation initiatives, the coalition urged a rescinding of the rule.

The final rule alters the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. It increases the minimum threshold salaries, which employers use to assess an employee’s exemption under existing FLSA overtime pay requirements. The rule includes two-tiered increases to the minimum salary threshold and the highly compensated employees (HCE) threshold. The final rule also allows for automatic updates to both thresholds every three years. MHI and the coalition have previously highlighted how the rule dramatically increases labor costs and reclassifies workers leaving them without access to benefits, flexible work arrangements, workplace status, or career advancement opportunities. The rule has been and continues to be subject to legal cases, pausing its effect but not removing it which leaves businesses in limbo and underscores the need for an official withdrawal of the rule.

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Lavender Meadows: Where Community Comes into Bloom

Lavender Meadows, a 217-site active adult community in Sequim, Washington, has been recognized with MHI’s Excellence in Manufactured Housing Award for Land-Lease Community of the Year – West. The award highlights the community’s commitment to quality design, resident engagement and operational excellence. 

June 10, 2026

Award-Winning Design: Cavco Industries’ Cabana Serenity

Cavco Industries’ Cabana Serenity recently won the Manufactured Housing Institute’s Excellence in Manufactured Housing Award in the Manufactured Home Design – Single Section category. The award-winning home combines modern architecture, energy efficiency, and attainable living in a compact 767-square-foot design.

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June 24, 2026

Lavender Meadows: Where Community Comes into Bloom

Lavender Meadows, a 217-site active adult community in Sequim, Washington, has been recognized with MHI’s Excellence in Manufactured Housing Award for Land-Lease Community of the Year – West. The award highlights the community’s commitment to quality design, resident engagement and operational excellence. 

House Passes Housing Package, Manufactured Housing Priorities Advance to President’s Desk

Today, by a vote of 358-32, the House passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, sending the comprehensive housing legislation to the President’s desk for signature, which will likely happen on Wednesday.

June 23, 2026

Senate Passage Moves Housing Package Near the Finish Line, Manufactured Housing Priorities One Step Closer to Enactment

In a decisive bipartisan vote of 396–13, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a revised housing package aimed at tackling the nation’s housing supply and affordability challenges—delivering a major win for manufactured housing.