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Utah Housing Alliance Kicks-Off First National Manufactured Housing Week
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA – June 16, 2008 – Utah Housing Alliance kicks-off the start of the first national Manufactured Housing Week today as part of National Homeownership Month. Congress, in House Resolution 1010, designated this week as Manufactured Housing Week in recognition of the important role manufactured housing plays in meeting the housing needs of all Americans. Utah Housing Alliance will acknowledge this week with several events to demonstrate our industry’s commitment to providing quality housing for a wide array of lifestyles. Some of these events include retail center tours, Manufactured Housing community open houses and consumer information packets.
June 2-3 – MHI Mid-Year Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri July 13-15 – Western States Summit, Boise, Idaho July 21 – Idaho Building Safety, Meridian, ID August 21 – Idaho Board Meeting, Boise, Idaho September 20-23 – MHI Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA September 23 – Utah Board Meeting, Salt Lake City September 25 – Nevada Board Meeting, Las Vegas, NV October 28-30 –ID Education– Pocatello, Twin Falls, Nampa November 6-7 – ID Education Coeur de Alene & Lewiston November 20 - Idaho Board Meeting, Boise, Idaho November 24 - Idaho Building Safety MH Board December 16 – Utah Board of Directors, Salt Lake City, UT December 18 – Nevada Board of Directors, Reno, NV
News From Other States
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
WASHINGTON – Perhaps the system does work, because the Washington MH Association managed to defeat several adverse bills like one which mandated a three year notice of community closure and a bill which would have allowed a city to mandate sewer connection of communities on functioning septic systems and also defeat of a mandatory right of first refusal for tenants and housing authorities that would have chilled and clouded any attempts to sell a community. ARIZONA – In the regulatory arena, AHA has worked closely with the Office of Manufactured Housing to ensure that Arizona’s dispute resolution program would be approved by HUD and with ADOT to convert nearly all transportation permits to an online system. Work with the Department of Revenue on both transaction privilege and property tax reform is progressing.
UTAH GOVERNMENT RELATIONS INTERIM LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES Dale Zabriskie
During the 2008 general session of the Utah State Legislature House Bill 335 was introduced at the request of a water service district. The bill purported to help mobile park residents know how much they were paying for or being charged for water and sewer service. But actually, the bill would require park residents to pay the fixed costs of the water district AND the park owner for providing that service.
The 2008 Annual Convention is right around the corner. The convention dates are scheduled for May 7-8, 2008. Over a hundred of the associations’ most active members are headed to Reno, Nevada for the year’s most important manufactured and modular home industry event. Make plans to join us!
Whether you are looking for networking opportunities, want to attend seminars on issues that are critical to the industry, get targeted one-on-one information from the exhibitors or just looking for a couple of days of relaxation, the annual convention is just what you need.
The 2008 convention will be held at the stunningly renovated Harrah’s Hotel and Casino in Reno, Nevada. The Golf Tournament is being played at Wildcreek Golf Course, just minutes from the hotel.
The MHA Executive Director and Board of Directors are working hard to put together a convention and golf tournament you won’t forget and won’t want to miss.
Convention keynote speakers include, but are not limited to MHI Chairman Barry McCabe, Renown author/ motivational speaker Henry Thomas, Idaho Lobbyist Jack Lyman and Utah’s Dale Zabriskie, six education seminars and revolving roundtable discussions with national and state experts. Nevada members get 4 education credits. The Idaho, Nevada and Utah MHA annual meeting and elections are held at the convention and awards will be presented.
MHA members get special room rates of $65 until April 13th by calling 888-726- 6311 and giving group code S05MHA.
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WASHINGTON – Perhaps the system does work, because the Washington MH Association managed to defeat several adverse bills like one which mandated a three year notice of community closure and a bill which would have allowed a city to mandate sewer connection of communities on functioning septic systems and also defeat of a mandatory right of first refusal for tenants and housing authorities that would have chilled and clouded any attempts to sell a community.
During the 2008 general session of the Utah State Legislature House Bill 335 was introduced at the request of a water service district. The bill purported to help mobile park residents know how much they were paying for or being charged for water and sewer service. But actually, the bill would require park residents to pay the fixed costs of the water district AND the park owner for providing that service.
Our 2008 Annual Meeting was a busy, fun, and a well choreographed two days! Here is a gallery of pictures from Reno.
The 2008 Annual Convention is right around the corner. The convention dates are scheduled for May 7-8, 2008. Over a hundred of the associations’ most active members are headed to Reno, Nevada for the year’s most important manufactured and modular home industry event. Make plans to join us!
