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New Updates Underway as OMHA Makes Bold Investment into the Virtual Market place. The Ohio Manufactured Homes Association (OMHA) has unveiled its plans to create a consumer-facing, state of the art, online virtual marketplace of factory built homes and communities in Ohio. The platform will allow homebuyers to browse, select and take online tours of manufactured homes and modular homes for sale. It will also allow them to locate manufactured home communities that are members of OMHA. Best of all,
Read more →FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Ohio Manufactured Homes Association Phone: (614) 799-2340 Fax: 614-799-0616 OHIO STATEHOUSE, COLUMBUS, OH – June 2, 2021 OMHA’s advocacy of legislation to remove retail salespeople who do not originate loans from the Ohio SAFE Act was included as an amendment to HB 133 signed into law by the Governor on June 2, 2021. The new law is effective immediately. The Ohio law mirrors federal law exempting retailers from loan originator requirements enacted as
Read more →SBA Disaster Assistance Here’s the message from the SBA: Subject: SBA Disaster Assistance Form & Additional Resources for Small Businesses All federal agencies are working together to protect public health, including the U.S. Small Business Administration. The agency’s top priority is to ensure Ohio small businesses – which total nearly 950,000 – can continue their contributions to the state’s economy, and our nation. The SBA is working directly with Governor DeWine’s office to facilitate a disaster declaration for businesses to be
Read more →COVID Government Emergency Help o The Ohio Development Services Agency (DSA) has requested all Ohio businesses complete this Economic Damage Assessment Survey, designed to help determine economic impacts caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. State government leaders will use the feedback as they develop response plans. o SharedWork Ohio is a program that provides employers with an alternative to layoffs. The program allows workers to remain employed and employers to retain trained staff during times of reduced business activity. The participating employee works
Read more →OHIO GOVERNOR’S STAY AT HOME EXECUTIVE ORDER AND MANUFACTURED HOMES INDUSTRY EXEMPTIONS Ohio’s Governor Mike DeWine has issued A STAY AT HOME ORDER FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF OHIO EFFECTIVE 11:59 P.M. ON MONDAY, MARCH 23 THROUGH 11:59 P.M. MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2020. THE ORDER IS ATTACHED. The following guidance is our best understanding of the exemptions for the manufactured homes industry. THIS IS NOT LEGAL GUIDANCE. PLEASE UNDERSTAND WE ARE IN UNCHARTERED TERRITORY AND IF IN DOUBT YOU MAY WANT TO CONSULT YOUR ATTORNEY.
Read more →Community Management and Legal Series Best Practices and Management Training 10:00a.m. – 4:00p.m. The OMHA Community Manager/Legal Series (CML) is being offered in 2020 presenter OMHA General Counsel Elizabeth Birch. The following topics will be discussed at three levels of Education and expertise: Evictions, Collections, Tennant Screening, Park Operations, Sales, Title Transfers, Abandoned Homes, Consumer Protection, Health Dept, OMHC, Resident Relations, Marketing, Incentives, Park Appeal, & Long Term Planning. February 20 – CML 101 Basic Community Manager Legal Training April
Read more →Back By Popular Demand OMHA Installer and Inspector CE Class REGISTER NOW AS SEATING IS LIMITED!!!! The DOC requires ALL Installers to earn 8 credit hours of continuing education every two years and all Inspectors to have 12 hours of CE every 3 years to maintain a valid license. OMHA will only offer once course a year so be sure to take advantage! This is a in person class with all speakers present. 8:00am—5:00pm Lunch & DOC 8CEU fees
Read more →FYI-OMHA would like our installers wo know that neighboring state Pennsylvania suspended its authority to oversee its manufactured housing installation program and is allowing that program to revert back to federal control, it was announced this week at the MHI meeting in Savannah. Keystone State regulators said the current program was too expensive and decided to return it to the control of the US. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Migration to the federal program will begin October 1, 2019
Read more →Attorney John Monroe Delivers Another Victory for MH Communities Expansions Cleveland attorney and OMHA member John Monroe of Mansour-Gavin LPA delivered a legal victory for the Queen of the Lakes Manufactured Home Community by taking on the Township of Berlin’s Zoning Board of Appeals in Erie County, Ohio. The manufactured home Community was seeking to expand their Community and as the Community was built before certain zoning changes, it had the status of “Non-Conforming Use”. As a Non-Conforming Use, the
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