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MHARR Aligns MH Industry Goals with President Trump and HUD Secretary Turner’s Affordable Homeownership Vision Sec Turner-MHARR Leadership Meeting Discussed 2000 Reform Law-Enhanced Preemption

MHARR Aligns MH Industry Goals with President Trump and HUD Secretary Turner’s Affordable Homeownership Vision; Sec Turner-MHARR Leadership Meeting Discussed 2000 Reform Law-Enhanced Preemption Washington, D.C., March 31, 2025 – A delegation of officials from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) met with HUD Secretary Scott Turner and senior HUD staff on March 25, […]

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“The Good, The Bad And The Ugly” – MHARR – Issues and Perspectives by Mark Weiss, J.D.

MHARR – ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES By Mark Weiss  MARCH 2025 “THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY”     As 2025 begins, the production outlook for the HUD Code manufactured housing industry remains essentially static. While the nation continues to experience an unprecedented shortfall in the availability of affordable housing and homeownership, with a deficit

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Positive Manufactured Home Production Trend Continues Entering 2025 per Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR)

POSITIVE PRODUCTION TREND CONTINUES ENTERING 2025  Washington, D.C., March 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 January 2025. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code

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Manufactured Housing Energy Standards and Enforcement Regulations with DOE Secretary Chris Wright Addressed by Mark Weiss CEO of Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR)

  February 26, 2025   VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS   Hon. Chris Wright Secretary U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20585   Re: Manufactured Housing Energy Standards and Enforcement Regulations   Dear Secretary Wright: I am writing on behalf of the members of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). MHARR

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform — HUD Announces COMPLIANCE DATE EXTENSION for SEPTEMBER 2024 Manufactured Housing FINAL RULE

  MEMORANDUM   TO:        MHARR MANUFACTURERS                MHARR STATE AFFILIATES                MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG)   FROM: MHARR   RE:                   COMPLIANCE DATE EXTENSION SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 FINAL RULE             The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), pursuant

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MHARR Washington, D.C. Update – Report and Analysis for February 2025 – Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

REPORT AND ANALYSIS   IN THIS REPORT:                                                                      FEBRUARY 19, 2025   DOGE SET TO HIT HUD UNILATERAL MHI CONCESSIONS MUST BE REJECTED MHARR ENGAGES TRUMP APPOINTEES ON SUBSTANCE MH PRODUCTION UP IN ‘24 – STILL BELOW HISTORICAL NORMS HUD IGNORES CONTINUED ZONING ATTACKS ON MH HOMELESSNESS SPIKES IN 2024 AS AFFORDABILITY PLUMMETS CFPB TARGETED

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Initiates Action with Trump Administration on Major Industry Bottlenecks

Washington, D.C., February 6, 2025 – As President Donald Trump’s second term begins, MHARR has been extremely active in communicating both with the President and his nominees to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to begin addressing and resolving the principal bottlenecks that have stymied the growth of the

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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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“TRUMP 2.0 – THE INDUSTRY’S SECOND CHANCE” MHARR – ISSUES and PERSPECTIVES

“TRUMP 2.0 – THE INDUSTRY’S SECOND CHANCE” MHARR – ISSUES and PERSPECTIVES  By Mark Weiss | JANUARY 2025   Life does not always offer second chances. When it does, those fortunate enough to have that opportunity had better make the best of it. Failure, as the saying goes, is not an option. Such is the case

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Major and Continuing MHARR Accomplishments for the HUD Code Manufactured Housing Industry and Consumers of Affordable Housing

Updated May 1, 2024 Among many other significant accomplishments on behalf of the HUD Code manufactured housing industry and American consumers of affordable, non-subsidized manufactured housing MHARR, since its founding in 1985, has: Led the industry in securing the enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (2000 Reform Law), which mandated specific accountability-based

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