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Purpose

The specific purposes for which VAMMHA is organized are:

  1. To promote the development of all aspects of the manufactured housing industry with primary interest and emphasis within the Commonwealth of Virginia, but with full recognition of the needs of the industry nationwide.

  2. To unite the efforts and resources of all elements of the industry, including retailers, manufacturers, brokers, developers, insurance & finance institutions, banks and others with the objective of bringing to bear upon matters of concern to the industry their combined influence to encourage and maintain high standard of conduct and business ethics.

  3. To promote reciprocity among the states in matters of transportation, construction standards and land use policies.

  4. To strive unrelentingly to assure the continued availability of low cost, affordable housing to consumers with appropriate concern for quality and service.

  5. To develop and distribute educational programs and materials designed to improve public acceptance of manufactured housing and to assist public officials in local, state and national organizations to better appreciate the needs, capabilities and limitations of manufactured housing.

  6. To study legislative activities with the objective of assuring the provision of a legislative environment favoring the development of the industry and to provide an effective media of communication among all elements of the industry\; and, additionally, to permissible engage in any amount of lobbying activity germane to the common business interests of its members, including opposing legislation that may tend to harm its members' interests or interfere with the conduct of its members.