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Manufactured housing:

A home that the law still treats like a car

Febrary 2005
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Executive Summary
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Report:
Repossession: Hauling off entire households
Foreclosure laws
Power of sale clauses reduce foreclosure protections
Repossession
Limits on self-help repossession
Right to cure and right to reinstate
Anti-deficiency laws
That is not the home I ordered
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Sidebars:
Definitions
Key protections in foreclosure and key weaknesses of repossession
Deed of trust
Park tenancy
Drew Industries
Homestead Exemptions

Charts:
Foreclosure laws in six souhwestern states
Southwest states repossession laws
Right to cure default before repossession/Right to reinstate after repossession


Director
Reggie James

Author
Suzanne Henry

Editor
Kathy Mitchell

Design
Amanda Frayer

For more information, contact:
Suzanne Henry,
Policy Associate
512-477-4431 x121
shenry@consumer.org

Kathy Mitchell,
Research Coordinator
512-477-4431 x125
mitcka@consumer.org

Rafael Ayuso,
Media Director
512-477-4431 x114
ayusra@consumer.org


This report was funded in part by a grant from the Ford Foundation.

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Right to cure default before repossession/
Right to reinstate after repossession

Source: National Consumer Law Center,
Repossessions and Foreclosures (5th ed. 2002).

State Right to cure prior to repossession Right to reinstate post repossession
California Must cure within 45 days of right to cure notice is sent 10 days after notice of right to reinstate is sent
Colorado 20 days after notice None
Connecticut 10 days before repossession 15 days from repossession
Iowa 20 days after notice None
Kansas 20 days from notice None
Louisiana  None 21 days from notice
Maine 14 days after receipt of notice None
Maryland None 15 days after right to reinstate notice is sent
Massachusetts 21 days after notice sent None
Minnesota 30 days after notice sent None
Missouri 20 days after notice sent None
Nebraska 20 days after notice sent None
New York 30 days from date of notice None
Ohio Right to refinance balloon payments 20 days after repossession or 15 days after notice
Pennsylvania 21 days from receipt of notice Right to cure manufactured home loan up until the title is transferred
South Carolina 20 days after notice sent None
West Virginia 10 days after notice sent None

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