Year: 2018

President Trump Announces Nominee Dr. Mark Calabria to Become New Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency-2

President Trump Announces Nominee Dr. Mark Calabria to Become New Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]President Trump, on December 12, 2018, announced the nomination of Dr. Mark Calabria, currently the Chief Economist for Vice President Mike Pence, to become the new Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), when the term of current FHFA Director, Melvin Watt, expires in January 2019. The nomination to serve a five-year term as …

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Production Flatline Continues in October 2018

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., December 3, 2018 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), HUD Code manufactured home production declined slightly, once again, in October 2018.  Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,588 homes …

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HUD Publishes Final Revised Rv Exemption Rule

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]TO:HUD CODE INDUSTRY MANUFACTURERS, RETAILERS, COMMUNITIES, STATE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRESS FROM:MHARR RE:HUD PUBLISHES FINAL REVISED RV EXEMPTION RULE The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published a final rule in the November 16, 2018 Federal Register (copy attached) amending the exemption of certain recreational vehicles (RV) from regulation under the National Manufactured Housing …

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A HUD MONITORING CONTRACT BRIDGE TO NOWHERE

“A HUD MONITORING CONTRACT ‘BRIDGE TO NOWHERE’”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Let’s start off with a truism. And that truism, quite simply, is that within the HUD manufactured housing program, the so-called “monitoring” function has grown, expanded and metamorphosized over time, to become something that it was never meant, designed or intended to be, with a private contractor exercising defactogovernmental authority over regulated parties. Of course, …

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Financial Services Chairman Calls for End of GSEs

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]NOVEMBER 6, 2018 Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), retiring Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has called for an end to the two Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – and the repeal of their federal government charters. In a Press Release (copy attached) issued on November 2, 2018, the Chairman …

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September 2018 Manufactured Home Production Data Shows Slight Flatline

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., November 6, 2018 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), HUD Code manufactured home production flat-lined slightly in September 2018. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 7,519 homes in September …

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MHARR Communication with HUD Assistant Secretary Brian Montgomery Regarding Program Monitoring Contract

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]October 26, 2018 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Hon. Brian Montgomery Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Suite 9100 451 7thStreet, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20410 Re: Manufactured Housing Program Monitoring Contract Dear Secretary Montgomery: As the national representative organization for small businesses within the comprehensively-regulated manufactured housing industry, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory …

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HUD “Clarification” on Frost-Free IB Offers More Questions and Confusion Than Answers

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]OCTOBER 17, 2018 TO:                 MHARR MANUFACTURERS                      MHARR STATE AFFILIATES                      MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG) FROM:           MHARR RE:                 HUD “Clarification” on Frost-Free IB Offers More Questions And Confusion Than Answers As a follow-up to the MHARR memorandum sent earlier today regarding finalization of the …

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HUD Will Not Finalize Proposed “Frost-Free” Interpretive Bulletin

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]OCTOBER 17, 2018  TO:                 MHARR MANUFACTURERS                         MHARR STATE AFFILIATES                         MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG)  FROM:          MHARR  RE:  HUD Will Not Finalize Proposed “Frost-Free” Interpretive Bulletin HUD’s Installation contractor, SEBA Professional Services, Inc., (SEBA) announced during an open industry conference call on October 16, 2018, that the Department’s June 21, 2017 proposed Interpretive …

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MHARR Calls on HUD To Remove Zoning, Placement and Consumer Financing Barriers to Manufactured Homes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., October 11, 2018 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in written comments filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on October 11, 2018 (see, copy attached) has called on HUD to promote zoning and placement parity for federally-regulated manufactured homes as part of the Department’s plan …

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