244 Bradenton Avenue

Dublin, Ohio 43017 Phone: 614-799-2340

Fax: 614-799-0616

info@welcomehomeohio.com

OMHA STAFF

Tim Williams, Executive Director

Andrea Reichman, Assistant Director

Elizabeth Birch, General Counsel

Our full-time staff is dedicated to serving OMHA

members. If you have any questions regarding your

new membership benefits, please do not hesitate to

call the OMHA office.

C O N T A C T U S

D O N ’ T M I S S O U T .

J O I N N O W .

www.welcomehomeohio.com

ACTIVE OMHA CHAPTERS

Use the county map below to determine whether your business is located in the vicinity of an

OMHA Regional Chapter. If so, we hope you will become involved in your local region.

OMHA

Calendar

CHAPTER CONTACTS-

1 Central Ohio: Ron Thomas Jr., Rona Enterprises, Inc., (740) 927-9971, RonJr@RonaHomes.com

Brian Younkin, Greenlawn Companies, (614) 443-7421

byounkin@greenlawncompanies.com

2 Southwest: Elaine Gauck, Lake Terrace Park Inc.

(513) 741-7676, elainegauck@fuse.net

3 Northwest: Bob VanSchuyver Jr., UMH properties Inc.,

(330)866-3873, bobvanschuyver@yahoo.com

Tom Puffenberger, Gressley, Kaplan, & Parker LLP , (419) 244-8336, tpuffenberger@gkplaw.net

4 Southeast: Jay Elsea, Elsea, Inc. (740) 474-5710 x 2740 jelsea@elsea.com, mharrison-reed@elsea.com

Evan Atkinson, Clayton Homes Zanesville, (740) 828-2104,

evan.atkinson@claytonhomes.com

5 Northeast: Glenn Wilder, Wilder MH Park & Sales,

(440) 286- 3400, wildermhp@msn.com

John Flask, JAFTAK Realty, (216) 658-5300

COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL SERIES:

OMHA will again be offering a final the community management classes. If you are

interested in this series call the OMHA office and let us know! This course series

offers a complete study on Ohio laws that community owners need to know. It also

features studies on long term planning for communities, budgeting, marketing, and

commercial financing options. Speakers from the Ohio Department of Commerce,

Rent Manager, and more contribute to each class. Possible Webinars this year as

well if we get enough interest!

Call anytime with questions!

MEMBER EDUCATION

JANUARY 25, 2018 CML 101 Class

Pinnacle Golf Course, Grove City, OH

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Board Meeting Pinnacle Golf Course,

Grove City, OH

APRIL 19, 2018 CML 201 Class

Pinnacle Golf Course, Grove City, OH

MAY 17, 2018 CML 301 Class

Pinnacle Golf Course, Grove City, OH

JUNE 18, 2018 Board Meeting

Golf Outing & Member Party Pinnacle Golf Course,

Grove City. OH

AUGUST16, 2018 CML Capstone Class Pinnacle Golf Course,

Grove City, OH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 Board Meeting

Pinnacle Golf Course, Grove City, OH

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Board Meeting Pinnacle Golf Course,

Grove City, OH

Ohio Manufactured

Homes Association

has partnered with

Office Depot® to bring

you a FREE national discount pro-

gram. Save up to 80% off preferred

products! http://omha.ctcsavings.com

From the OMHA page, members will be

able to print a copy of the SPC Card, view

the Best Value List, and access the por-

tal for online shopping. Your Tracking

code is 0264 for online orders.

MH Village is offer-

ing a $100 adver-

tising credit to

OMHA members who become new cus-

tomers of MHVillage. Applies to Listings

or Pay per click advertisements. The

promo code is OMHA

FormsRus is

an exciting new benefit that electronic

forms library in an online, editable, filla-

ble format. Manage all of your company

documents online to go paperless with a

single platform!

This allows you to: Create | Organize |

Manage; Electronically sign; Email, Fax or

Print; Store and Share!

This gives your entire staff the ability to

access your forms from anywhere on a

secure cloud.

Careworks—Workers’

Compensation—The

Ohio Manufactured

Homes Association (OMHA) group rating

program offers: the most savings tiers in

the industry (from 17 to 90 percent off

workers’ compensation premiums), sav-

ings opportunities and competitive fees

for all industry groups, and more chanc-

es for companies with claims to remain

group eligible.

NADA - Appraisal Guides

OMHA has secured pre-

ferred rates on selected

NADA Appraisal Guides

for our members.

TransUnion/Smart

Move -Residential

Screening Prod-

ucts—TransUnion SmartMove is a web-

based solution that provides independ-

ent landlords with access to the same

screening tools used by the largest prop-

erty management groups. It’s fast and

convenient—and now it’s available to

OMHA members at a special rate.

OMHA.mysmartmove.com

OMHA Website –

Featured Home Listings

OMHA has added a new

home listing webpage on

our site. These homes will be featured in

our various social medias and leads are

available to all members. Call for info!

S E R V I C E P A R T N E R S

2 0 1 8 M E M B E R I N F O R M A T I O N

M E M B E R S H I P

B E N E F I T S

• FREE Legal Counsel.

• OMHA advocates before govern-

mental bodies of all levels for help-

ful industry laws and regulations

while fighting against unreasonable

legislation that impacts your busi-

ness

• The ability to attend classes, semi-

nars and conferences on education-

al, legal, legislative and regulatory

issues

• A regional chapter so that you have

the ability to network with fellow

industry members in your immedi-

ate geographic area

• Information to assist you in commu-

nity education, financing, Ohio MH

Commission and public relations

efforts

• Complimentary company profile

listing on the OMHA website

• A clearinghouse of information on

rules, regulations, laws and helpful

data

• OMHA “members only” section of

the web site.

• Periodic news bulletins to quickly

inform you about changes in laws

and regulations that impact your

business

• Access -- one of the industry’s most

respected newsletters (published

quarterly)

• Discounted membership services

through OMHA partners.

• the opportunity to attend the OMHA

Annual Golf Outing and Party

• And More...

Ohio

Manufactured

Homes

Association

NEW!

We, at OMHA, would like to thank

you for your ongoing support. Your

membership has been an im-

portant factor in advocating as well

as preventing dangerous legislation

for our industry. We once again re-

quest your continued support by

renewing your membership (by Jan-

uary 1, 2018). In the past few

years many new businesses have

joined OMHA and realize the value

of our Association.

We encourage you to take a mo-

ment to review OMHA’s recent ac-

complishments listed below to as-

sist you in your decision to renew

your membership.

Ohio Department of Commerce

Regulation of Manufactured Homes

OMHA is playing a vital role in the

transfer of all installation, dispute

resolution, manufactured home

community and retail regulatory

programs from the Manufactured

Home Commission to the Ohio De-

partment of Commerce effective

January 21, 2018.

OMHA will be advocating for your

business interests regarding any

changes to the programs to ensure

manufactured homes remain af-

fordable and fairly regulated.

OMHA members will review ongoing

information and assistance

throughout the process.

Free Legal Counsel and Model

Documents—Our OMAH Legal Coun-

sel provides free legal advice to

MEMBERS ONLY on various topics.

Also available are the latest model

documents to keep your business

legally complaint. Such documents

are model sale contracts, leases,

community rules, advertising lan-

guage, red flag rules, SAFE Act Lan-

guage, Loan Originator guidance

and more. Our General Counsel

also authors a quarterly article for

members answering common legal

questions.

Abandoned Homes Legislation –

OMHA legislation to improve proce-

dures for the removal of aban-

doned manufactured homes from

manufactured home communities

as suggested by members. The new

law which took effect September

30, 2017 will also make it easier to

acquire title to abandoned homes

as a result of a deceased title hold-

er.

Upcoming Legislation—Currently

OMHA is working on the following

legislative actions:

• changes to allow housing pro-

viders to recover attorney fees

in frivolous fair housing com-

plaints

• OMHA also supported a new

law to ensure community own-

ers reasonable control of flag

displays by residents

• Prevent mandates for commu-

nity owners to clean up meth

labs

• Allow sub metered communities

to collect administrative fees

and sell water at residential

rates while purchasing at com-

mercial rates

• Successfully removed legisla-

tive language that would have

allowed EPA to seize rental in-

come for water system correc-

tions

• Ease grounds for eviction for

nuisance and disorderly tenants

• Possible grants of up to $5,000

for ADA modifications to homes

• Obtain legislative exemptions to

stricter foreclosure processing

• And various other legislative

and administrative proposed

rules to protect and enhance

our industry.

Education and Training –More than

1,500 industry members have en-

rolled in our MEMBER DISCOUNTED

training for legal, financing, com-

munity management, sales train-

ing, SAFE Act, Red Flag Rules, and

home installations, etc.

Zoning and Taxation - Manufac-

tured homes can now be sited in

any locale zoned single family resi-

dential as long as all uniformly ap-

plied zoning requirements are met.

The law also lowered property and

sales taxes for new manufactured

homeowners up to 40% and com-

pletely eliminated used homes

sales taxes.

Legal Precedents - OMHA has initi-

ated legal action to significantly re-

duce zoning barriers in localities

throughout the state. And, in coop-

eration with the Ohio Attorney Gen-

eral, OMHA also obtained a stay in

federal court from requiring court

orders for repossession titles, thus

saving retailers and community

owners’ significant legal costs.

Liens and Tax liabilities - New law

allows community owners to display

and sell homes in manufactured

home communities in order to in-

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crease occupancy and upgrade communities. This legislation

also will completely forgive liens on homes a community owner,

retailer, or lender may repossess or purchase, while limiting the

actual payment of back tax liability to only 5 years.

Modular Home Program - Plan review times are now being sub-

mitted on-line. In addition, OMHA has clarified modular sales tax

concerns and developed subcontractor agreements to clearly

identify the construction contractor relationship.

I hope this update is of value. We look forward to your continued

membership in the Ohio Manufactured Homes Association!

Sincerely,

Tim Williams

Executive Director