DOE ENERGY RULE LITIGATION – REPORT AND UPDATE MHARR was present in Austin, Texas on April 24, 2024 for a U.S. District Court hearing regarding the pending industry legal challenge to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) May 2022 manufactured housing energy standards rule. The hearing, before Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra, focused …
NOVEMBER 12, 2024 TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURD HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM: MHARR RE: MHARR CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION BY PRESIDENT TRUMP TO WITHDRAW AND REPEAL DOE MH ENERGY REGULATIONS Upon the election of Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of …
RE: BROAD DISCOVERY DENIED IN ENERGY STANDARDS CASE A federal magistrate judge has, for now, denied an effort by the Plaintiffs to obtain wide-ranging discovery from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in the case that was brought in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas to invalidate DOE’s impending high-cost manufactured …
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January 24, 2024 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS AND ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION Hon. Jennifer M. Granholm Secretary U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C, 20585 Re: Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing: Enforcement (EERE-2009-BT-BC-0021 Dear Secretary Granholm: The following comments are submitted on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). …
DECEMBER 12, 2023 TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS AND CONSUMERS FROM: MHARR RE:DOE’S EXTREME ENERGY ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS WOULD DESTROY AFFORDABLE MANUFACTURED HOMES At a time when the entire nation and governments at all levels are desperately seeking to find ways and means to provide affordable housing for American homebuyers, the U.S Department of …
MHARR WASHINGTON UPDATE The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform is a Washington D.C.-based national trade association representing the views and interests of producers of manufactured housing REPORT AND ANALYSIS IN THIS REPORT: JUNE 22, 2023 FANNIE AND FREDDIE RUNNING OUT OF EXCUSES ON DTS LATEST CONCERNS ABOUT MHI ENERGY LITIGATION MHARR PRESSES DTS …
APRIL 6, 2023 TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERSFROM: MHARRRE: APRIL 2023 MHARR ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES — A MUST READ Attached hereto is the April 2023 edition of MHARR Issues and Perspectives (IP), entitled “More DOE Energy Outrages Coming for the Industry and Consumers.” With recent activity by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) …
DOE DELAYS ENERGY RULE – INDUSTRY MUST NOWDEMAND TOTAL REVOCATION OF DESTRUCTIVE REGULATIONThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that its discriminatory and destructive “energy conservation” standards for HUD Code manufactured homes, slated to go into effect on May 31, 2023, will be delayed to an indefinite date in the future pending the development …
FEBRUARY 15, 2023 TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS MHARR STATE AFFILIATES MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG) FROM: MARK WEISS RE: LEGAL ACTION FILED ON DOE ENERGY RULE Just three months prior to the scheduled May 31, 2023 implementation date for the destructive U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) final manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards rule, the Manufactured Housing Institute …
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The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has filed written comments (copy attached) with the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) opposing the incorporation or summary “alignment” of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards within the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards (FMHCSS) maintained by the U.S. Department of Housing and …
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