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Manufactured Home Industry Production on Positive Trajectory Entering Second Trump Term says Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) – U.S. Total for 2024

Washington, D.C., February 3, 2025 – 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 production increased in December 2024. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 7,078 new homes

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MHARR Calls for Urgent Action by President Trump to Withdraw and Repeal DOE Manufactured Home Energy Regulations

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

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MHARR Slams Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for Their Nearly Two- Decade Failure to Implement DTS for Manufactured Home Personal Property Loans

My name is Mark Weiss I am the President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), based in Washington, D.C. Our organization represents the views and interests of independent producers of federally-regulated manufactured housing. MHARR was an original and active proponent of the Duty to Serve mandate with respect to the

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Special Interests Unwittingly Show Their Hand – Increasing Potential for Industry Legal Action

OCTOBER 25, 2021 IMPORTANT TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERSFROM:           MHARR  RE:  DOE/ENERGY SPECIAL INTERESTS UNWITTINGLY SHOW THEIR HAND — INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR INDUSTRY LEGAL ACTION Notwithstanding action by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last week to grant a comment deadline extension as sought by MHARR, the Association, as previously announced, has today

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“FREDDIE MAC UNWITTINGLY PROVES ITS OWN FAILURE” MHARR — ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES — May 2021

By Mark WeissMAY 2021 “FREDDIE MAC UNWITTINGLY PROVES ITS OWN FAILURE” Remember Inspector Renault in the classic film “Casablanca,” who was “shocked, shocked” to find gambling going on at Rick’s? Well, we now have something similar with mortgage giant Freddie Mac. After doing virtually nothing — along with its cohort Fannie Mae — for a

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Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) Recommends Withdrawal of DOE “Final” Energy Rule but Problems Remain

JANUARY 28, 2026 TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM:          MHARR RE:                 MHCC RECOMMENDS WITHDRAWAL OF DOE                         “FINAL” ENERGY RULE BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN The statutory Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), following a January 27-28, 2026 teleconference meeting called to formulate a response to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) September 3, 2025 Request for

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MHARR Interview with MHProNews Exposes Continuing Manufactured Housing Industry Failures in Post-Production Sector – What Mark Weiss Said About MHI and Pending Federal Legislation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                      Contact: MHARR                                                                                                                            (202) 783-4087   MHARR INTERVIEW WITH MHPRONEWS EXPOSES CONTINUING INDUSTRY FAILURES    Washington, D.C., January 22, 2026 – In a recent Q&A interview published by industry journal MHProNews (see, reprint copy attached), Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) President and CEO, Mark Weiss, addresses the failure of

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MHARR Objects to Publication of Pseudo-Regulatory Monitoring Contractor “Handbook”  

Washington, D.C.    OCTOBER 20, 2025 TO:         HUD CODE MH INDUSTRY MANUFACTURERS FROM: MHARR RE:        MHARR OBJECTS TO PUBLICATION OF PSUEDO-REGULATORY MONITORING CONTRACTOR “HANDBOOK”             The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in an October 15, 2025, communication (see, copy attached), has called on

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“More Red Flags for the Industry and Consumers in the Second Trump Administration” – Mark Weiss, J.D., MHARR Issues and Perspectives

MHARR – ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES By Mark Weiss AUGUST 2025 “MORE RED FLAGS FOR THE INDUSTRY AND CONSUMERS IN THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION”               In the January 2025 “MHARR Issues and Perspectives” article, entitled “Trump 2.0 – The Industry’s Second Chance,” MHARR stressed that the industry (i.e., the broader industry, represented by the Manufactured

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