(Washington, D.C.) Press release from Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) JULY 9, 2025 Washington Update — An Exclusive Report and Analysis REPORT AND ANALYSIS IN THIS REPORT: JULY 9, 2025 MHARR ADDRESSES DEFICIENCIES IN PENDING AND DRAFT MH BILLS […]
Washington, D.C. JULY 2, 2025 TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS MHARR STATE AFFILIATES MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG) FROM: MHARR RE: DOE ISSUES FINAL RULE DELAYING ENERGY RULE COMPLIANCE DATE FOR “TIER 2” MANUFACTURED HOMES The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a final rule delaying the manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards
REPORT AND ANALYSIS IN THIS REPORT: JULY 8, 2021 INDUSTRY POST-PRODUCTION FAILURES HIT HOME MHARR CALLS FOR CHANGES FROM NEW FHFA DIRECTOR MHARR BLASTS NEW FANNIE/FREDDIE DTS PLANS DOE PLANNING EXCESSIVE MH ENERGY STANDARDS DOE TAKES FIRST STEP TARGETING HUD CODE HOMES INDUSTRY FAILURES ON POST-PRODUCTION ISSUES COME HOME TO ROOST In a “Fact Sheet”
Washington, D.C., June 14, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) held yet another marathon conference call meeting on June 10, 2021, to take final action on twenty proposed standards and regulatory revisions processed by its various subcommittees in late 2020. The Committee also received a supposed briefing from the U.S. Department of Energy
So, what could be worse than destructive, excessively costly federal manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards developed through a distorted and fundamentally tainted process at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)? The answer? Destructive and excessively costly manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards developed through two distorted and fundamentally tainted processes – one inside of DOE and
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IN THIS REPORT: MARCH 2, 2020 TAINTED DOE ENERGY RULE BROUGHT TO LIFE AGAIN HUD TO CONDUCT ZONING STUDY SOUGHT BY MHARR DANA WADE RETURNING TO HUD FANNIE AND FREDDIE BAIT AND SWITCH ON DTS CONTINUES NEW BUDGET INCREASES ALREADY-BLOATED CONTRACTOR FUNDING HUD PROPOSES NEW MH STANDARDS AS REGULATORY RELIEF LAGS DISCRIMINATORY ENERGY REGULATION
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] AUGUST 6, 2018 TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS MHARR STATE AFFILIATES MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a “Notice of Data Availability and Request for Information” (“Notice”) regarding its previously dormant manufactured housing energy conservation standards rulemaking in the August 3, 2018 edition of the Federal Register (see copy attached). The DOE Notice seeks
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]MHARR, as an organization, has always been tasked with being a leader on the issues it addresses. Established by industry pioneers in 1985, MHARR was not designed, and was never intended to be, a status quo organization given to complacency, pulling punches, or “going along” with regulators, industry detractors, or anyone else. It was formed,
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., December 18, 2017 – The proposed rule to implement manufactured housing “energy” standards, published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on June 17, 2016 and consistently opposed by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in every phase of its development – the only national manufactured housing industry trade organization to
