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House Homebuyer Hearing Discusses Manufactured Housing

Last week, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing addressing homebuyers’ current challenges and characteristics. During the hearing, Rep. Mike Flood (NE-1) raised the lack of housing being built for middle-income people and how manufactured housing has an important role here. Rep. Flood concluded by asking city leaders who effectively use manufactured housing in a development to reach out to his office. MHI will continue the conversation with lawmakers to further awareness of the importance of manufactured housing to addressing the country’s housing supply shortage.

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October 7, 2025

MHI’s Annual Meeting Recognizes Award Winners

During the 2025 Annual Meeting, several members were recognized for their achievements with special awards.

MHI Annual Meeting: Moving the Industry Forward

Nearly 200 manufactured housing industry leaders gathered for the MHI Annual Meeting. During the meeting, members discussed how to increase the manufactured home share of new single-family home starts and grow support for the for-profit land-lease communities model.

October 3, 2025

Cabinet Secretaries and Members of Congress Visit Homes on the National Mall

Hear from 2 Cabinet Secretaries and 9 Members of Congress as they visit the 4 manufactured homes at the Innovative Housing Showcase.

December 17, 2025

Housing for the 21st Century Act Passes House Financial Services Committee

Legislation to remove the chassis requirement and to establish HUD as the primary regulator for manufactured homes found fresh bipartisan support in the House Financial Services Committee this week after the ROAD to Housing’s exclusion from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

December 11, 2025

HUD Code Supremacy Bill Passes House Energy and Commerce Committee

Following its swift advancement from the Energy Subcommittee two weeks ago, H.R. 5184, the Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards (Affordable HOMES) Act passed the House Committee Energy and Commerce today at markup with a bipartisan vote of 30-16.

December 1, 2025

Legislation Introduced in House to Remove Permanent Chassis Requirement

Another major step toward removing the requirement that all manufactured homes be built on a permanent chassis was taken yesterday when Rep. John Rose (TN-06) introduced the Housing Supply Expansion Act of 2025 (H.R. 6293) in the U.S. House of Representatives.