Texas mobile home resources
Verified Texas government agencies and vetted nonprofits for mobile and manufactured home residents — the Department of Housing and Community Affairs (Manufactured Housing), the Comptroller, the Public Utility Commission, the Attorney General's consumer division, HUD, and legal aid.
Published June 4, 2026
This is a directory of government agencies and vetted nonprofit organizations that help mobile and manufactured home residents in Texas. It is general information, not legal advice or an endorsement — for a specific situation, consider consulting a licensed attorney in Texas. FightMyPark takes no referral fees and has no financial relationship with any organization listed here.
State agencies
- Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs — Manufactured Housing — issues the Statement of Ownership, licenses and oversees installation, and takes consumer complaints (Manufactured Housing Standards Act, Occupations Code Ch. 1201).
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts — Property Tax Assistance — oversees the property-tax framework that the county appraisal districts apply to manufactured homes.
- Public Utility Commission of Texas — regulates electric and water utility service and submetering, including in manufactured home communities.
Local offices
- County appraisal district and tax assessor-collector — appraise and collect property tax on a manufactured home (as personal property on a rented lot, or as real estate once the owner elects real-property treatment). Find these through your county's website.
Consumer protection
- Texas Attorney General — Consumer Protection — takes consumer complaints and provides consumer resources.
Federal
- HUD — Texas — HUD's Texas hub, including how to find a HUD-approved housing counselor.
- HUD — Office of Manufactured Housing Programs — the federal office responsible for the manufactured home construction and safety standards (the HUD Code).
Legal aid
- TexasLawHelp.org — a statewide legal-aid resource with self-help materials and a directory of local legal aid programs.
- Texas RioGrande Legal Aid — free civil legal aid across much of Texas, with housing and landlord-tenant help.
Resident and nonprofit organizations
- ROC USA — a national nonprofit that helps residents purchase and cooperatively own their manufactured home communities.