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Manufactured Home Production Growth Continues in February 2024

PRODUCTION GROWTH CONTINUES IN FEBRUARY 2024  Washington, D.C., April 3, 2024 – 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 February 2024. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD …

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Manufactured Housing Production Decline Persisted in November 2023, Says Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in January 2024 Report

PRODUCTION DECLINE PERSISTS IN NOVEMBER 2023 Washington, D.C., January 3, 2024 – 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 declined again in November 2023. Just-released statistics indicate that …

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Latest Wake-Up Calls for the Manufactured Home Industry on Consumer Financing and Discriminatory Zoning

FEBRUARY 23, 2023   TO:         HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS                     FROM: MHARR RE:        LATEST WAKE-UP CALLS FOR THE INDUSTRY ON CONSUMER FINANCING AND DISCRIMINATORY ZONING Both the double-digit contraction of the HUD Code manufactured housing market during the last quarter …

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform Tightens the Screws on Ginnie Mae’s “10-10” FHA Title 1 Policy

Washington, D.C., September 22, 2022 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in written comments filed on September 21, 2022, has once again called on the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) to withdraw and “substantially modify” the “10-10” “approved issuer” qualification policy that has decimated the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Title I …

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Proposed Rule – Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards – Docket No. FR-6233-P-01; RIN 2502-AJ58

August 22, 2022 VIA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION Office of General CounselRegulations DivisionU.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentRoom 10276451 7th Street, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20410-0500 Re:  Proposed Rule – Manufactured Housing Construction andSafety Standards – Docket No. FR-6233-P-01; RIN 2502-AJ58 Dear Sir or Madam: The following comments are submitted on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Association for …

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August 2022 MHARR Issues and Perspectives – “WHY THE DOE ENERGY RULE SHOULD BE DOA”

AUGUST 2022 “WHY THE DOE ENERGY RULE SHOULD BE DOA” On May 31, 2022, the fifteen-year battle over U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) “energy conservation” standards for HUD Code manufactured homes came to a head as DOE published its final standards with full implementation scheduled for May 31, 2023. Not to put too fine a …

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MHARR Meets with Senior Ginnie Mae Executives to Seek Elimination of Destructive “10-10” Rule

MHARR representatives met with senior-level officials of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), including Acting Executive Vice President Michael Drayne, on February 10, 2022. The meeting was arranged to address MHARR’s request to newly-confirmed Ginnie Mae President Alanna McCargo, to either repeal or reform the Ginnie Mae “10-10” rule for lender participation in the …

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MHARR Succeeds in Getting Extension For Energy Rule Comments From DOE

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in a notice issued on October 20, 2021 see, copy attached has granted an MHARR request for an extension of the deadline for the submission of written comments in connection with DOE’s August 26, 2021 Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPR) concerning manufactured housing energy conservation standards. The original …

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HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Increases in March 2021

Washington, D.C., May 3, 2021 – 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 March 2021. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 10,008 homes in …

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Manufactured Home Production Records Modest Increases in September 2020

Washington, D.C., November 4, 2020 – 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 September 2020. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,143 homes in …

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