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The original documents are located in Box 1, folder "5/5/75 - National Mobile Home
Advisory Council" of the Carla A. Hills Speeches at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential
Library.
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Digitized from Box 1 of the Carla A. Hills Speeches at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
NATIONAL MOBILE HOME ADVISORY COUNCIL
MAY 5, 1975
I AM PLEASED TO WELCOME THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
MOBILE HOME ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO THE COUNCIL'S
FIRST MEETING. MOBILE HOMES PLAY A SIGNIFICANT PART IN
OUR NATIONAL HOUSING POLICY AND WILL INCREASE IN IMPORTANCE
IN THE FUTURE,
THE NATIONAL MOBILE HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY
STANDARDS AcT WHICH PASSED LAST AUGUST REQUIRES THAT HUD
PROMULGATE AND ENFORCE STANDARDS TO APPLY TO ALL MOBILE
HOMES SOLD IN THIS COUNTRY, CONGRESS APPROVED THE PROCEDURE
OF APPOINTING AN ADVISORY COUNCIL WITH REPRESENTATION FROM
CONSUMER GROUPS, FROM INDUSTRY, FROM SMALL BUSINESS, FROM
THE COMMUNITY, AND FROM GOVERNMENT, TO ASSIST IN FORMULATING
THESE STANDARDS.
MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS HAVE RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR
THESE STEPS:
-- MANUFACTURERS HAVE BEEN FACED WITH INCREASING
RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR INTERSTATE COMMERCE IN
THE FORM OF DIFFERING AND CONFLICTING STATE
REGULATIONS ON MOBILE HOMES:
FORD
&
GERALD
LIBRARY
-2-
:
STATES HAVE FOUND IT NECESSARY TO SEND
INSPECTORS ACROSS STATE LINES TO INSURE
PROPER PROTECTION OF THEIR CITIZENS
BECAUSE OF THE CONSIDERABLE VARIATION
IN THE LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT AMONG STATES.
--
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH ONLY
RECENTLY RECOGNIZED MOBILE HOMES AS A
MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO NEW HOUSING IN
THE COUNTRY, HAS INSISTED THAT POLICIES
ON MOBILE HOMES BE IN THE PUBLIC
INTEREST AND BE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE
POLICIES ON OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING,
--
BUT MOST IMPORTANT, THE PUBLIC HAS
DEMANDED ASSURANCES THAT IT OBTAINS
GOOD HOUSING AT A REASONABLE PRICE
IN MOBILE HOMES.
GERALD R. FORD
-3-
THIS COUNCIL WAS CHOSEN TO REPRESENT THIS WIDE VARIETY
OF VIEWPOINTS WITH ARTICULATE AND WELL-INFORMED SPOKESPERSONS,
WE ALL VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME TO
WASHINGTON TO SHARE WITH US YOUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE,
You CAN HELP US TO DEVELOP A MOBILE HOME STANDARDS PROGRAM
THAT WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC FOR SAFE, DURABLE, AND
INEXPENSIVE HOUSING AND TO IDENFITY THE LEGITIMATE PROBLEMS
OF THE INDUSTRY IN CONFORMING WITH, AND OF STATE GOVERNMENTS
IN ENFORCING THE STANDARDS,
WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU,
GERALO R. FORD ,