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‘Pending Housing Legislation is a Litany of Deficiencies and Missed Opportunities for Mainstream Manufactured Housing and Consumers’ – MHARR Issues and Perspectives

Washington, D.C. – June 2026. “PENDING HOUSING LEGISLATION IS A LITANY OF DEFICIENCIES AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAINSTREAM MH AND CONSUMERS”   By Mark Weiss   As work continues in Congress (at press time) to produce an impactful “housing” bill, in the face of an unprecedented shortage of affordable housing and homeownership opportunities – a

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MHARR Calls for Mainstream Manufactured Home Loans to Be Included in Enterprise Housing Goals

Washington, D.C., March 1, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has filed comments copy attached with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) calling for the inclusion of mainstream manufactured home personal property or “chattel” loans — once again – within the Agency’s Enterprise Housing Goals (EHG) for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and

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Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Energy Legislation Debacle Keeps Getting Worse

TO:                             HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM:                      MHARR RE:                             MHI ENERGY LEGISLATION DEBACLE KEEPS GETTING WORSE MHARR has been clear on the record that while it supports the repeal of the manufactured housing “permanent chassis” mandate contained in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing

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SEPTEMBER 2026 – “MIDTERM TRUMP 2.0 VERDICT FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY – CONTINUING FAILURE”

In January 2025, with the start of President Donald Trump’s second term fast approaching, MHARR published an Issues and Perspectives (IP) article entitled “Trump 2.0 – The Industry’s Second Chance.” Noting that President Trump first came into office in January 2017 with a domestic policy agenda focused on cutting unnecessary, costly and burdensome federal regulation

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MHARR Calls on HUD Secretary to Fundamentally Reform Federal Manufactured Housing Program

AUGUST 17, 2026    TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS  FROM:          MHARR  RE:                 MHARR CALLS ON HUD SECRETARY TO FUNDAMENTALLY REFORM FEDERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING PROGRAM MHARR, in an August 12, 2026 communication to HUD Secretary Scott Turner (redacted copy attached), has called for a complete investigation of – and fundamental wide-reaching reforms to –

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MHARR Comments to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Call for Full Duty to Serve (DTS)/Chattel Loan Implementation by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                   Contact: MHARR (202) 783-4087     MHARR COMMENTS CALL FOR FULL DTS/CHATTEL IMPLEMENTATION Washington, D.C., July 30, 2026 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has filed written comments (copy attached) in response to a Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) regarding potential changes to

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MHARR HousingWire Op-Ed – “Congress has a Chance to Expand Affordable Homeownership – It Shouldn’t Waste It”

JULY 7, 2026 TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM:          MHARR RE:                 MHARR HOUSING WIRE OP-ED – “CONGRESS HAS A CHANCE TO EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP – IT SHOULDN’T WASTE IT”     Attached for your review and information is a copy of an MHARR Op-Ed article published in the July

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HUD Code Manufactured Home Industry Production Declines Again in May 2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                      Contact: MHARR                                                                                                                         (202) 783-4087 INDUSTRY PRODUCTION DECLINES AGAIN IN MAY 2026 Washington, D.C., July 6, 2026 – 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 housing industry year-over-year

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The Omission of the Duty to Serve Manufactured Housing from Pending House and Senate Housing Bills Must be Corrected

Washington, D.C., April 27, 2026 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) is today publishing the first of several detailed analyses (copy attached) based upon its April 13, 2026 one-page summary (copy also attached) of fundamental and potentially serious questions for the manufactured housing industry – and manufactured housing consumers – raised by the

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MHARR News Item — MHARR Analysis Reveals Serious Questions Regarding Pending Housing Legislation

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                     Contact: MHARR                                                                                                                            (202) 783-4087   MHARR ANALYSIS REVEALS SERIOUS QUESTIONS  REGARDING PENDING HOUSING LEGISLATION   Washington, D.C., April 13, 2026 – In a one-page summary analysis (copy attached) of the manufactured housing-related provisions of the housing bills currently pending in the U.S. Senate (i.e., the “ROAD to Housing Act”) and the U.S.

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