Alliance of Manufactured Home Owners (AMHO)
Advocating for Manufactured Home Owners
The Alliance of Manufactured Home Owners Inc (AMHO) was established to advocate for the rights and protection of the tens of thousands of homeowners living in residential parks throughout Queensland by offering support services to ensure that homeowners understand their rights and responsibilities under The Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Act 2003 (MHRP).
The approach that AMHO has taken since its inception in February 2022 has been to engage with Members of the Queensland Parliament to bring their attention to the inadequacies of this poorly written Act and the impact that it has had, and is having, on their constituents who have chosen to live in these parks.
AMHO offers advice, support, information and guidance to assist both individual homeowners and Home Owners’ Committees (HOC).
Our Objectives are to
- Preserve efforts and encourage manufactured home owners to live in comfortable and safe residential park communities.
- Protect and strengthen residential park communities and the rights of every manufactured home owner by increasing their legal protection.
- Strive to educate Government, legislators and manufactured home owners about issues which threaten the sustainability of the residential parks industry due to inequity in the relationship between Park Owner and Home Owner.
AMHO’s Agenda
AMHO has consistently stated to Members of the Queensland Parliament and government officials that the MHRP in its present form is ineffective, poorly worded and provides no protection for home owners, while being heavily biased towards the Park Owner. In fact, the objectives of the MHRP is to “protect homeowners from unfair business practices” while ensuring that the industry remains viable.
AMHO’s plan of action since February 2022 has been to advocate to Members of the Queensland Parliament for immediate minor amendments to the MHRP, while the MHRP is re-written.
These amendments include:
Change Section 69 which means the basis for annual site fees, if it is to be CPI, it must be the correct CPI which is used to establish pension increases – usually 2% per year. If it is to be a percentage, then whatever the pension percentage increase is, then it must align. However, there should be some flexibility as it should not be expected that ALL the pension increase should be for rent – pensioners have other financial commitments which are affected by price increases.
Delete Section 71 – there is no way that renters of a site should be contributing to repairs or improvements to communal facilities – ownership of land, infrastructure and all communal facilities remains vested in the Park Owner. Homeowners rent the land on which their home is situated. They have non-exclusive use of the common areas.
Establish a forum (could be an ombudsman) which will allow dispute mechanism to be carried out in a timely manner. This, of course, does not in any way guarantee that the bias of the legislation in favour of the Park Owner will be removed.
Our Values
Respect – We value all members in our diverse communities
Integrity – We act with courage, honesty and truthfulness in both words and actions;
Homeowners Interest – We act in the interest of all manufactured home owners;
Accountability – We maintain the highest standards of professionalism and personal responsibility.
Supporting Queensland Manufactured Home Owners
