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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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Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and ROAD Act – Snatch Defeat from Jaws of Victory Regarding Manufactured Housing Energy Standards. Exclusive Report and Analysis

JULY 27, 2026    TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM:          MHARR RE:                 MHI / ROAD ACT SNATCH DEFEAT FROM JAWS OF VICTORY                         REGARDING MANUFACTURED HOUSING ENERGY STANDARDS Urged on by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) in order to comply with a supposed requirement of the MHI-supported 21st Century ROAD to

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Pending 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Legislation Fails to Eliminate “Energy” Standards Mandate Targeting Manufactured Housing

Washington, D.C. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                     Contact: MHARR                                                                                              

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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 Supports SBA Deregulatory Initiative – Presses for Invalidation of DOE “Energy Conservation” Rule

Washington, D.C., December 22, 2025 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in a December 17, 2025 communication to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler (see, copy attached), has called on SBA to invalidate the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) May 31, 2022 manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards rule. This action follows

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) December 16, 2025 — Washington Update — an Exclusive Report and Analysis

Attached please find your copy of the December 16, 2025 “MHARR WASHINGTON UPDATE” an exclusive report and analysis addressing:     MHARR BLASTS COSTLY DOE ENERGY RULES “ROAD TO HOUSING” BILL STALLED STUDY – MORE THAN 75% OF U.S. HOUSING IS “UNAFFORDABLE” RETREAT FROM “AFFORDABLE” TO “ATTAINABLE” AND BACK? HUD MONITORING CONTRACTOR PUSHING NEW “AQL”-TYPE

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MHARR Presses FHFA for Action on Duty to Serve – Calls for ‘Every Industry Member to Support Remedy’ as Urgent Trump Administration Priority for Consistency with Affordable Housing Support

Washington, D.C. OCTOBER 28, 2025    TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM:          MHARR RE:                 MHARR PRESSES FHFA FOR ACTION ON DUTY TO SERVE The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in written comments to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and in a related October 21, 2025 communication to FHFA Director William

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Submits Amendments to Address Key Manufactured Housing Bottlenecks – Industry Must Act

Washington, D.C.   SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 IMPORTANT   TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS                FROM:          MHARR RE:                 SUBJECTS AS LISTED BELOW   I. MHARR SUBMITS AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS KEY MH BOTTLENECKS – INDUSTRY MUST ACT With Congress having returned from its Summer Recess, MHARR has taken a major step in relation to legislation affecting the

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White Paper Analysis of U.S. Senate ‘ROAD to Housing Act of 2025’ – a Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Critical Review

Washington, D.C. 8.14.2025.     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                      Contact: MHARR                                                                                        

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