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Title: Manufactured Home Owners Association of America MHOAA
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Manufactured Home Owners Association of America
(MHOAA)
- Forming Your Own Homeowners Association Why You
Should Do It!
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Home Manufacturers
- Currently, they view their principle customers as
the Park Owners - Need for Paradigm Shift
- Deliveries down in Nationwide by 49
- Rents in Senior Parks increased from 20 to 75
from 2004 2008, similar amounts expected in
family parks - 11.5 increase in CPI over same time period
- Apartment rents increased roughly 15 over the
same time period
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Home Manufacturers (Cont)
- Park owners have priced themselves out from
competition with the homebuyers market - Interest rates on manufactured homes are higher
than conventional homes - Month-to-month rental agreements do not provide
conventional banks the incentive to lend on homes
in parks
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Park Owners
- No longer the Mom and Pop owners that existed
30 years ago - More and more corporate ownership of communities
- Community managers do not have the education nor
do they have the level of caring that once
existed - Paradigm shift amongst remaining Mom and Pop
operations
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Definition of the Problem10 Million Manufactured
Homeowners
- Violations of peoples rights
- Not treated equally under the law
- Participation/Apathy
- Redevelopment of existing communities
- Limited financing for homes and communities
- Fewer manufacturers
- Stereotypes/Lack of education
- Shrinking opportunities of where to put homes
- Fear of retaliation
- Insecurity
- Lack of voice in decision making
- Everybodys favorite radio station WII-FM
(Whats In It For Me)
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How Do You Solve the Problems?
- Ask yourself 3 questions
- What are your personal obstacles to changing
history? - What are the consequences of not facing these
obstacles? - What do you personally need to do to change them?
- It all starts with YOU!
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Why Should You Form Your Own Homeowners
Association
- You cannot do it yourself!
- You are not an expert in everything!
- Park owners and decision makers are more apt to
listen to an organized group of homeowners than
individuals - It can be a place where information and ideas are
exchanged - It can be a place where people can voice their
concerns without fear of retaliation - It makes your community visible
- It can build a sense of community within the park
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How to Form An Association
- Find a small group of homeowners interested in
forming an association - From that group organize into an ad-hoc
committee - Survey the community
- Hold a social event
- Hold an organizing meeting
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Organizing Meeting(s)
- Define Mission
- Elect temporary officers
- Suggest you invite state association
representative to speak if you have one if
not a local elected official - Provide community opportunity to air complaints
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Temporary Officer Duties
- Write Bylaws (MHOAA has a set of sample bylaws on
the website) - Serve as nominating committee for future officers
under bylaws - Prepare and submit articles of incorporation to
state (MHOAA has a sample for you to use on its
website) - Coordinate with state association if you have one
- Schedule general meeting
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General Meeting
- Approve bylaws
- Elect permanent officers for specified terms
- Register as a non-profit corporation with the
state - Celebrate!
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What the Association Can Do
- Negotiate with park manager or owner to resolve
community issues - Help pass legislation on the state and local
level to protect homeowners - Host a community-wide clean up day
- Purchase the community
- Have a regular newsletter
- Host community garage sales
- Organize voter turnout for elections
- Hold educational seminars
- Hold accountability sessions with public
officials - Host community celebrations and social events
- You are limited by your own imagination
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Benefits of Belonging to State and National
Associations
- Networking find out what other communities and
other states are doing - Shared Resources Why reinvent the wheel?
- Engage in cooperative efforts with other
associations - Work together with other community groups and
housing advocates to educate decision makers on
manufactured housing issues - State and federal legislation cannot be passed
without grass roots effort that means YOU! - Opportunities for personal growth
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Manufactured Home Owners Association of America
- Working together We can win!
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