Manufactured Housing Committee Appoints Three New Members
Source: Respa News* -The U.S. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced appointments to its Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee. Three new members will be joining, while three current members have been reappointed.
“Manufactured housing is an increasingly important affordable alternative for families across the nation,”Assistant Secretary and Federal Housing Commissioner Julia Gordon said in a release. “The Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee helps us ensure that the HUD Code meets the evolving needs of households and communities with respect to design, safety, energy efficiency, and resilience of manufactured homes.”
The new appointees to the group are Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans CEO Amy Baiste, Skyline Champion Corp. Business Development Manager Derek Dodson, and North Carolina Department of Insurance Program Manager Keisha Hoggard. Returning appointees are United Manufactured Home Volunteers President Rita Dilenno, Cavco Industries Director of Engineering Manuel Santana, and Arkansas Manufactured Home Commission Director Aaron Howard. These new members’ terms conclude on Dec.31,2025.
The committee and the establishment of the Office of Manufactured Housing Programs (OMPH) is the latest in the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to combat the affordable housing crisis. The Manufactured Housing Committee will also advise the OHMP on HUD’s manufactured home construction and safety standards.
*What is RESPA? (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) was a law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1974 and codified as Title 12,Chapter 27 of the United States Code. The main objective was to protect homeowners by assisting them in becoming better educated while shopping for real estate (including manufactured housing) services, and eliminating “kickbacks”and referral fees which add unnecessary costs to settlement services. RESPA requires lenders and others involved in mortgage lending to provide borrowers with pertinent and timely disclosures regarding the nature and cost of a real estate settlement process. RESPA was also designed to prohibit potentially abusive practices such as kickbacks and referral fees, the practice of dual tracking, and imposes limitations on the use of escrow accounts.
