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Committee Advances Bill for HUD Code Supremacy

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Patrick Revere
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After recent approval in subcommittee, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce has passed a bill to change the U.S. Department of Energy’s role to an advisory capacity when it comes to energy standards for the construction of manufactured homes.

The bill, H.R. 5184, was introduced by Rep. Erin Houchin of Indiana and Housing Subcommittee Chairman Mike Flood of Nebraska. The Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards — otherwise known as the Affordable HOMES Act — passed in subcommittee by a voice vote before being moved to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for consideration, the Manufactured Housing Institute said in recent communications to members.

The bill repeals Section 413 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and ensures that the DOE’s final rule on Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing will have no force or effect. Section 413 directed the DOE to establish energy efficiency construction standards for manufactured housing, an abrupt change from the long-standing authority of HUD to decide on federal construction standards for manufactured homes via the HUD Code.

“Manufactured housing is a proven and cost-effective solution serving first time homebuyers, young families, and seniors,” Rep. Houchin stated during committee discussion. “Yet, Washington has created conflicting regulatory regimes that increase compliance costs and slow production. That’s what the Affordable HOMES Act aims to fix. It is straightforward and common sense. It restores HUD’s longstanding role as the single regulator of manufactured housing construction standards and removes DOE’s overlapping authority.”

The measure passed the committee by a vote of 30-16.

HUD has been the regulatory and oversight body for manufactured housing for more than 50 years.

MHI and industry consensus contend that the duplicative agency mandate would create regulatory confusion, and “undermined the goal of advancing practical energy efficiency improvements within the HUD Code,” MHI stated.

In comments supporting the legislation, Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta from Ohio acknowledged that, under current law, DOE and HUD have overlapping authority to set energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing.

“Including DOE in this authority creates redundant unnecessary standards that confuse the regulatory process making it more difficult to construct and ultimately purchase affordable homes,” Latta said.

Rep. Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts offered an amendment to authorize the Department of Energy to serve in an advisory role to HUD.

“The amendment that I have at the desk is intended to strengthen this bill,” Auchincloss said. “The amendment retains the Department of Energy’s input on energy efficiency standards in an advisory capacity … It is the HUD secretary, the HUD staff that is best positioned to think about and to incorporate feedback from other experts and entities in putting forward regulations that make manufactured housing work at scale.

“Boosting manufactured and modular housing production is an important opportunity for us to build our way out of the current housing crisis, and this is a common-sense set of reforms that will help unleash housing production,” he said.

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Updated Credit Scores with ‘Trended Data’ on the Horizon

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Patrick Revere
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The Fannie Mae building in Washington, D.C.

New Scores Would Include Payment History for Rent, Utilities, Telecom

In mid-2025 a collaborative effort between the three major credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — resulted in a 24-month look at credit history rather than the “snapshot” that’s historically used to determine creditworthiness. Industry stakeholders now anticipate a deal between FICO and the Federal Housing Finance Agency that will allow for the same historic look at creditworthiness, but with added factors, including the consistency of rent, utility, and telecom payments.

The goal for both Vantage Score 4.0, the effort launched in July, and FICO 10T, the deal that seems to be nearing a conclusion, is to create a more competitive, transparent, and inclusive scoring system.

A more comprehensive understanding of risk could result in an increased number of loans for homebuyers, boosting home sales.

“This would be great for consumers and the safety of the mortgage market, to have both FICO 10T Score and VantageScore 4.0,” FHFA Director Bill Pulte stated in a recent social media post.

Assuming FICO T10 is approved to compete with the Vantage Score 4.0 product in the marketplace, it will take several months to implement at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, for instance.

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Affordability Helps Drive Lender Interest in Manufactured Housing

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A new manufactured home is set and finished on a private homesite.

By Marc Tropp

Over the past decade, investors have shown steadily growing interest in America’s manufactured housing sector. And, affordability plays a big part in the industry’s appeal.

According to the U.S. Census, the total annual shipment of manufactured housing units nationwide was 103,314 in 2024. This figure marked a 161 percent increase since 2014, when shipments equaled 64,331. Two years prior to the most recent annual number, the 2022 figure of 112,882 units was the highest since 2006.

Along with the rising number of actual units shipped, anecdotal evidence demonstrates growth in the manufactured housing sector in recent years.

My own experience provides an example: In 2019, I attended my first annual meeting hosted by the Manufactured Housing Institute. The event is populated by investors, banks, brokers, and various support companies. My records indicate that there were 778 registered attendees that year.

Six years later, in 2025, 1,239 attendees were signed up to attend. That’s a 59 percent increase in turnout. Plus, over this period, MHI has hosted a growing number of successful meetings.

Another anecdotal example involves the experience of the company for which I work, Eastern Union. Our firm, in existence for 24 years, arranges commercial mortgages nationwide for a spectrum of asset types.

While my company is generally agnostic in respect to the categories of real estate we will help finance, our presence in the manufactured housing field has grown noticeably in recent years.

The number of manufactured housing transactions closed by our firm over the most recent five-year period was 170 percent greater than the number closed during the prior five-year period.

Our firm’s deals in this space have also become considerably larger in size over the past 10 years. Comparing average deal size during the last two five-year periods, the figure has more than doubled: the most recent five-year period was 107 percent higher than the number for the previous five-year period.

In 2011, I was soliciting financing bids on a 124-pad manufactured housing property in the mid-Atlantic region. Our efforts attracted two bidders.

Fast forward 14 years, and I find myself seeking bids on the same asset. I presently have more than a dozen lenders bidding for the chance to finance this same property. All factors held equal, that amounts to more than a sixfold increase in lender interest.

Why is there so much interest in financing these properties over the past decade?

As I see it, a key driver of growing lender interest in manufactured housing is the fact that the sector essentially stands as America’s last surviving model for affordable, single-family living.

A 2020 article by MHI CEO Lesli Gooch states that manufactured housing is “the most affordable option available for single-family homeownership. [It offers] affordability and quality to consumers because of technological advancements, cost savings, and efficiencies associated with the factory-built process. This process uses the most innovative and efficient building practices available.”

Similarly, as described in a March report in Shelterforce, factory-built homes “are more affordable than traditional single-family homes for many reasons. They’re cheaper to build, and therefore buy, partly due to logistics — smaller size, lower-priced materials, mass production, and reduced construction labor costs.

The cost of single-family homes has been rising, as discussed in an April report published by North American Community Hub Statistics. Over the past five years, U.S. home values have increased by roughly 9 percent per year on average, while over the past 10 years, they’ve risen about 7 percent per year on average. In other words, “national home prices saw an exceptionally rapid climb in recent years, far above historical norms.”

Homebuyers intuitively recognize the benefits of buying an affordable home. As spelled out in a recent GoBankingRates. com financial advice column, “If you choose a home that you can easily afford, then you’re likely to have less stress every month when it’s time to make your payment. If you choose a truly affordable house, you’ll be less likely to make late payments or worse, default on your mortgage.”

Buyers of manufactured homes themselves cite affordability in their decision-making: A 2022 MHI study cited by MHInsider showed that “70 percent of residents cite affordability as the key driver for choosing manufactured housing.”

Tuned in to the needs of their market’s end-users, many stakeholders in manufacturing housing emphasize affordability in their marketing messages.

For example, as seen in a 2021 post by Inspire Communities, a real estate investment trust with more than 110 manufactured housing communities nationwide:

“One of the most recognized benefits to manufactured homes is their affordability. Manufactured homes have become a great option for first-time home buyers and retirees with a limited budget.”

Because they are mass-produced and built on assembly lines, manufactured homes cost less to make…[and] manufactured home buyers historically spend up to 20 per-cent less on housing than those building or investing in traditional, stick-built homes.

Likewise, Three Pillar Communities, an operator of more than 80 communities nationwide, states that one of its primary principles is to “provide communities that are objectively affordable.”

Marc Tropp is a senior managing director with Eastern Union, a national commercial mortgage brokerage. He leads the company’s mid-Atlantic regional office in Bethesda, MD. Tropp has closed more than 100 manufactured housing transactions. He has secured more than $2 billion in financing across all industry sectors in his career.

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San Jose, Calif., Partnership Creates First ADU to Condo Conversion

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Patrick Revere
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San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan addresses attendees at a gathering for the first-ever ADU to condo conversion. Photos courtesy of Apex Homes, an Alpha X Company.

In what stakeholders are calling a historic milestone for housing in California, Apex Homes and the City of San Jose have created the state’s first accessory dwelling unit to condominium conversion. A recently enacted state law, Assembly Bill 1033, allows ADUs to be sold separately from a property’s main residence, marking the beginning of a new chapter in affordable homeownership.

The city’s Public Works Department completed the parcel map review for the project in 90 days, and AlphaX RE Capital navigated a 29-day application review, demonstrating the potential efficiency of the new policy.

Supported by San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and city leaders, the effort is intended to solve challenges to local housing affordability and demonstrates how ADU condos can expand pathways to ownership at more accessible price points. The breakthrough offers families the chance to invest in homeownership without the barriers of soaring single-family home prices, the mayor’s office stated.

Community Impact, National Model

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Front view of the ADU that was converted into a condo for home ownership.

The implications of the milestone in California extend beyond San Jose. With housing affordability at a crisis point nationwide, ADU condominiums present a replicable model for cities across the country. By converting underutilized land and rethinking zoning and ownership structures, municipalities can create new streams of attainable housing while supporting community stability and wealth-building.

While AB1033 opened the door for this achievement, area stakeholders stress that further policy support is essential. Scaling ADU condo conversions will require ongoing collaboration between cities, states, and developers to streamline permitting, financing, and resale protections that keep units affordable.

“With San Jose leading the way under AB1033 and unlocking the ability to sell ADUs as individual homes, the doors are now open for families who have been priced out of the market for too long. Apex Homes can now deliver homeownership at more attainable price points, giving families the opportunity to build equity and stability,” Apex Homes founder and CEO Stephanie Yi said. “California has shown what’s possible. Now it’s time to expand policies and partnerships that will make ADU condominiums a cornerstone of solving America’s housing affordability crisis. By taking this first step, we are showing how small but powerful innovations in housing policy can make a real difference. Apex Homes is committed to helping California families access ownership opportunities and with expanded policies and partnerships.”

Apex Homes already has plans to continue building dozens more ADU condominiums across the Bay Area, with the long-term goal of helping to establish a sustainable, scalable model for affordable homeownership nationwide.

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The Apex team at the unveiling of an ADU turned into a condominium. Photos courtesy of Apex.

“We’re thrilled to share that a buyer has already been secured, and we are moving into contract on this first-of-its-kind ADU condominium,” Yi said. “This sale is a proof point that innovative design and ownership models can open the door to homeownership for families that might otherwise be locked out of the market. For the buyer, it means an attainable entry point to build equity and stability. For the city and for Apex Homes, it validates that rethinking how we design, permit, and sell accessory homes, supported by forward-looking policy like AB1033, can deliver real community impact. By documenting every step of the process, from construction through closing, we’re not only helping one family into a home, but also creating a playbook that other builders and policymakers can replicate.”

ADU development in California has seen rapid growth in recent years. San Jose has doubled the number of ADUs permitted in the past five years, issuing more than 1,500 permits since 2022, and completing more than 1,100 final building approvals.

The city continues to support homeowners and developers through tools such as the ADU Condominium Checklist and dedicated “ADU Ally” staff to streamline permitting and guide conversions.

MHInsider is the leader in manufactured housing news and is a product of MHVillage, the top marketplace for manufactured housing.

Paletz Law Continues to Grow, Innovate for Manufactured Housing Clients

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Patrick Revere
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Northville Crossings, a Sun Community in Michigan

Real Estate Law Firm Celebrates 30 Years in Business

In its 30-year history, Paletz Law, based in Troy, Michigan, has grown to become one of the largest real estate law firms representing property owners and landlords in the Midwest. Founded by Susan Paletz in 1995, Paletz Law has since changed the way property owners approach the legal process. Paletz Law has not only survived but grown through trials, including the Great Recession and the COVID pandemic, and is now stronger than ever with 14 attorneys specializing in landlord-tenant matters.

The firm has vast experience in the manufactured housing community business, representing organizations from large multi-state operators and third-party management companies to small privately held businesses. It also works in multiple areas of the real estate sector, bringing best practices to the forefront for all of its clients.

“Paletz Law can adapt to many unique challenges. The staff is fully versed and experienced in helping landlord and property owner clients tackle a wide range of issues,” CEO Matthew Paletz said. The Paletz Law practice includes a deep bench of experience and representation dealing with landlord-tenant, creditors’ rights in bankruptcy, fair housing defense, real estate litigation, claim and delivery, and collections consultation.

Paletz Law has also differentiated itself from much of its competition by developing its own in-house proprietary case management platform called the Paletz Portal.

“Our integration solutions work seamlessly with most common rental management software platforms, while the portal provides real-time case monitoring,” Paletz Law COO John Mione said. “This approach empowers clients to track eviction cases, improve delinquency management, and increase efficiency throughout the legal process.”

From developing new technology to meeting with legislative leaders regarding bills that could impact its clients’ daily business, Paletz Law works to make clients more successful. Matthew Paletz said he, his staff, and team of attorneys are now entering their fourth decade of business with an ongoing commitment to matching their clients’ entrepreneurial enthusiasm with dynamic legal skill and technological innovation.

The firm continues to innovate, integrate, and advocate for property owners throughout Michigan and Ohio.

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2025 MHInsider Industry Awards

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Patrick Revere
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The 2025 MHInsider Industry Award winners have been announced in five categories.

In Recognition of the Highest Achievements in Manufactured Housing

The sixth annual MHInsider Industry Awards tell a decades-long story of hard work, ingenuity, perseverance, and passion for innovative thought and business leadership. The manufactured housing professionals at Datacomp and MHVillage, through MHInsider magazine, are honored to recognize these deserving colleagues for their high achievements.

For the 2025 rendition of the awards program, we took a slightly different route. As we took time to consider the merits of all of the previous award winners, it became apparent that we should reach back out to those winners to ask for suggestions on potential candidates and nominees.

With a broadened list in place, our MHInsider editorial board helped select among nearly 100 candidates for the industry awards. Deliberations continued among our internal team and external advisors until consensus was reached for the 2025 recipients in five categories.

Please click on each of the following award categories to learn more about the award and the 2025 award winner.

Advocacy — Influencer — Leadership — Legacy — Visionary

2025 Editorial Board
George Allen
Barry Cole
Ron D’Ambra
Kevan Enger
Suzanne Felber
Dawn Highhouse
Maria Horton
Darren Krolewski
John Neet
Karl Radde
TC Sheppard

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2025 MHInsider Advocacy Award

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Patrick Revere
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Cavco's Bill Boor, the recipient of the 2025 MHInsider Advocacy Award.

The Advocacy Award honors efforts toward outreach and education that reach beyond professional position or title

Bill Boor of Cavco Industries

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The 2025 MHInsider Industry Award winners have been announced in five categories.

Bill Boor is president and CEO of Cavco Industries, one of the largest providers of factory-built homes in the country. He also serves as chairman of the board of directors for the Manufactured Housing Institute, the national advocacy organization for factory-built homes. Boor travels nationally to conduct MHI business, to speak on behalf of the industry at state or regional events, and to advocate for manufactured housing at the highest levels in Washington, D.C. In May, Boor testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance during a hearing entitled “Expanding Choice and Increasing Supply: Housing Innovation in America.” Boor provided valuable information to the subcommittee and maintained a stoic demeanor under heated questioning. “To fully realize the potential of manufactured housing, it is imperative that Congress, federal agencies, and state and local governments take decisive actions. Restoring the primacy of the HUD Code, removing outdated requirements such as the permanent chassis to facilitate innovation, supporting the development and preservation of land-lease communities, overcoming local zoning barriers, and accessibility of manufactured homes,” he told the members. Under Boor’s leadership, Cavco’s first commitment is to solve affordable housing issues nationwide. Boor takes this mission seriously with his “people first” approach, while advocating for vital change to advance the affordable housing industry.

What do you believe are Advocacy Award winner Bill Boor’s greatest achievements?

Both at Cavco and as chairman of MHI, Bill Boor has helped drive changes that will have significant and lasting impacts for the manufactured housing industry. During his tenure as MHI chairman, the industry gained significant attention, and he embraced the opportunity to advance policy solutions that elevate housing innovation and expand attainable homeownership. His efforts at Cavco to showcase the benefits of HUD code changes on enabling two- to four-unit home types have paved the way for significant progress on expanding the scope of manufactured housing to include additional home types, such as those built without a chassis. He led the successful effort against the Department of Energy’s rules that conflicted with HUD’s construction standards and has helped advance legislative changes to affirm HUD as the primary regulator. Bill has testified before Congress twice during a time of intense partisanship and division. His ability to translate complex policy into compelling, actionable narratives resonated with lawmakers and helped the industry gain visibility, allies, and champions in both Congress and the administration. These accomplishments and the significant policy momentum established by MHI under his leadership reflect Bill’s strategic mindset, disciplined preparation, persuasive communication, and deep commitment to expanding attainable homeownership for all Americans.

— MHI CEO Lesli Gooch

What are the award winner’s personal skills or character traits that you feel have contributed most to these successes?

Personally and professionally, Bill demonstrates disciplined commitment to supporting people in unique, purposeful ways that assist them in achieving the best for themselves and their families. Whether that is in championing career training for frontline workers or in creating a financial training and home-purchase assistance plan for Cavco employees, Bill is passionate in his drive to help team members achieve excellence for themselves. This commitment extends to affordable homeownership. Bill truly believes that homeownership is transformational in building generational wealth for families and strengthening local communities.

— Cavco Industries Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications Colleen Rogers

Please click on any of the following award categories to learn more about the award and the 2025 award winner.

Advocacy — Influencer — Leadership — Legacy — Visionary

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2025 MHInsider Influencer Award

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Patrick Revere
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The Indiana association's Ron Breymier is the recipient of the 2025 MHInsider Influencer Award.

The Influencer Award honors individuals who, by their presence and authentic implementation of ideas, have created widely held business practices and wholesale improvement for the industry

Ron Breymier of MHARVIC – Indiana Associations

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The 2025 MHInsider Industry Award winners have been announced in five categories.

For 27 years, Ron Breymier has worked to protect the RV and manufactured housing industries, as the executive director of and principle lobbyist for the Indiana Manufactured Housing Association – Recreation Vehicle Industry Council, and through myriad volunteer efforts. He negotiated a change to state law that allowed the transport of 40-foot-long RVs and 16-foot-wide manufactured homes on Indiana highways. Breymier, in the last four years alone, has helped pass 27 pieces of state legislation that help improve and protect the industry. He serves on the board for the RV/MH Heritage Foundation in Elkhart and serves as treasurer for the Midwest Manufactured Housing Federation, which is responsible for the 65-year run of the annual Louisville Manufactured Housing Show. He is also a member of the Governmental Affairs Society of Indiana, has worked with the business school at the University of Indiana on a paper that positioned manufactured housing as a solution to the state’s affordable housing challenges, and helped organize the Future of Housing Institute at his alma mater, Ball State University. Breymier is the recipient of multiple other awards, including the Sagamore of the Wabash award from the governor of Indiana and the Jim Moore Excellence in Communication Award from MHI.

What do you believe are Influencer Award winner Ron Breymier’s greatest achievements?

Ron’s list of professional accomplishments and accolades is lengthy: RV/MH Hall of Fame inductee, State Director for U.S. Senator Dan Quayle, Sagamore of The Wabash recipient, RV/MH Heritage Foundation board member, RVIA’s David J. Humphreys RV Industry Unity Award winner, Executive Director of IMHA-RVIC (twice!), and the list goes on and on. Despite his awards and tremendous successes over the years, I feel Ron’s greatest achievement is that he is a true family man who carries himself with grace and dignity.

— IMHA-RVIC Associate Executive Director Matt Rose

What are the award winner’s personal skills or character traits that you feel have contributed most to these successes?

Ron’s amazing passion to fully understand the value of affordable housing is essential to his success. He has been one of Indiana’s strongest advocates, leading the charge to preserve and protect manufactured housing and access to it. In fact, his ability to recognize the challenges has transcended his passion on the national level by seeing the country’s housing crisis and realizing that manufactured housing is the solution. He works tirelessly to ensure that we pass good legislation and avoid those bills making it harder to have access. Ron’s “true to his word” approach has made him a trusted resource for legislators, which has helped us continue to make manufactured housing a great choice for low to moderate income buyers in this environment.

— Park Lane Finance Solutions Market Development Manager Eric Oaks

Please click on any of the following award categories to learn more about the award and the 2025 award winner.


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2025 MHInsider Legacy Award

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Patrick Revere
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The Legacy Award honors manufactured housing professionals whose overall career contributions are certain to create meaningful and lasting industry improvement and excellence

Dennis Hill of Show Ways Unlimited

June 13, 1943 – July 2, 2023

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The 2025 MHInsider Industry Award winners have been announced in five categories.

Dennis Hill was the talent behind Show Ways Unlimited and the hundreds of manufactured housing industry trade shows he and his team organized. Hill started with the Atlanta show, which was outside at the farmers market. Based in Roswell, Ga., Hill was good at motivating people and took great joy in seeing a show come together. The goal, Hill said in a 2017 interview with MHInsider, was to “create something durable.” Subsequent Show Ways were held during the course of more than 50 years in Kansas City, Mo., Charlotte, N.C., Atlanta, Louisville, Ky., Tulsa, Okla., New Orleans, La., Tunica, Miss., Omaha, Neb., Nashville, Tenn., and Atlantic City, N.J. The Louisville Show remains the largest gathering of industry professionals each year. It is sponsored by five state associations and boasts the largest collection of model homes displayed indoors anywhere in the United States. During Hill’s decades of putting on shows, he had many people around him, including a 22-member board, to help organize a trade show from earliest planning through working with partners and vendors, to securing space and getting show homes organized and speakers assembled. He said running shows was an experience that got his blood flowing, something akin to a political campaign with all the months of planning that must coalesce into action.

What do you believe are Legacy Award winner Dennis Hill’s greatest achievements?

Despite facing many challenges throughout his years, Dennis considered his greatest achievement completing 50-plus years of producing trade shows for the manufactured housing industry. He did love the industry. He cherished his friendships and relationships built during those years with those in every aspect of the industry. He handled each show from inception, planning, and organization, both before and on-site, all with a small two-person office that started out in the basement of his home. And, of course, his family, dogs, and cats were his BIGGEST achievement!

— Wife Nancy Hill

What are the award winner’s personal skills or character traits that you feel have contributed most to these successes?

Dennis was good at listening, understanding needs, and being respectful even when disagreeing. He had a flexibility in dealing with a variety of people to make sure a show came off without a hitch. He showed a high degree of persistence and a strong work ethic. He was a force to be reckoned with… with a sense of humor.

— Event Planner and Friend Michelle Middleton

Please click on any of the following award categories to learn more about the award and the 2025 award winner.

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2025 MHInsider Leadership Award

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Patrick Revere
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Manufactured Housing Resources Group's Roderick Knoll is the recipient of the 2025 MHInsider Leadership Award.

The Leadership Award honors individuals who have earned the highest levels of industry achievement through their corporate or organizational leadership approach

Roderick Knoll of Manufactured Housing Resources Group

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The 2025 MHInsider Industry Award winners have been announced in five categories.

Roderick Knoll has provided pre-construction services to developers of manufactured housing land-lease communities since the 1980s. He prepares market studies, arranges construction and permanent financing, brokers land, and completes communities. Among the more notable communities he has helped bring to the market is New Colony Village in Walkersville, Maryland. Knoll is a board-certified appraiser and has been a member of the Urban Land Institute and the National Association of Realtors. Knoll has been instrumental in conducting MHI’s annual Developers Seminar, held each spring in association with the Congress and Expo, an add-on element that is the counterpart to the National Communities Council Spring Forum. He earned a B.A. from Southern Methodist University, where he studied real estate, finance, and economics. For Neighborhood Works of America, he taught courses on underwriting for non-profit developers, the basics of blueprint reading, and an introduction to factory-built housing. He was also a co-author with colleagues Donald Westphal and Craig White for a 2001 book entitled “Renewing Your Manufactured Home Community: A Community Owner’s Guide to Upgrading.”

What do you believe are Leadership Award winner Roderick Knoll’s greatest achievements?

Roderick’s ability to organize seminar items in informative and entertaining ways, both for our MH industry and non-profit housing entities, has been of great value. I have partnered with him on many joint projects over the years, and have always found him adding to the success of those endeavors.

What are the award winner’s personal skills or character traits that you feel have contributed most to these successes?

Roderick’s communication skills, both in person and in written reports, have been essential to his success. His honesty in delivering recommendations that may not always please clients but accurately predict potential outcomes demonstrates his integrity and professionalism. Manufactured housing professionals like Roderick have significantly enhanced the industry’s image and reputation.

— Landscape Architect Donald Westphal

Please click on any of the following award categories to learn more about the award and the 2025 award winner.

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