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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 […]
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
MHARR Succeeds in Getting Extension For Energy Rule Comments From DOE Read More »
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
HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Increases in March 2021 Read More »
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
Manufactured Home Production Records Modest Increases in September 2020 Read More »
For the vast majority of lower and moderate-income Americans seeking to enter the housing market via the most direct and affordable means – i.e., through the purchase of a mainstream, inherently affordable HUD Code manufactured home – the Duty to Serve Underserved Markets (DTS) mandate, enacted by Congress twelve year ago as part of the
“Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Have Learned Nothing From Their Subprime Debacle” Read More »
Washington, D.C., July 15, 2020 – In a Petition for Rulemaking to Secretary Carson and other senior HUD officials copy attached, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) breaks wide open the lack of any meaningful progress to date toward regulatory reform – as mandated by President Trump – within the HUD manufactured housing
Washington, D.C., May 20, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) – an industry group representing small businesses in the federally-regulated factory-built housing industry — reports that in his most recent Executive Order (EO) targeting regulatory reform within the federal government, President Trump has directed Executive Branch federal agencies to address and
Washington, D.C., May 14, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in a May 11, 2020 communication to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director, Mark Calabria copy attached, has called for an end to a decade-plus of stonewalling, stalling and misdirection by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac regarding the implementation of the
Dear Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Brown: I am writing on behalf of the members of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to voice our strong support for the nomination and confirmation of Ms. Dana Wade to serve as the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal
Letter on Nomination of Ms. Dana Wade to Serve as HUD Assistant Secretary Read More »
While Washington, D.C. and many, if not most, state capitals are currently fixated on the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences, other dynamics are afoot in the nation’s capital that will inevitably have a profound long-termimpact on the nation as a whole and on the federally-regulated manufactured housing industry. One such dynamic is the approaching
“A Red-Flag Warning for the Manufactured Home Industry and Consumers” Read More »
