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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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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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MHARR Communication to President Trump Seeks Elimination of Industry Bottlenecks as Part of Cure for Affordable Housing Crisis

Washington, D.C.         SEPTEMBER 22, 2025    TO:                 FEDERALLY-REGULATED MH INDUSTRY MEMBERS   FROM:          MARK WEISS   RE:                 MHARR COMMUNICATION TO PRESIDENT TRUMP                         SEEKS ELIMINATION OF INDUSTRY BOTTLENECKS                         AS PART OF CURE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS   Attached for your review and information is a copy of a September 15, 2025 MHARR

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MHARR Reiterates Call for Withdrawal of DOE “ENERGY” Standards and Regulations for Manufactured Homes

AUGUST 11, 2025   TO:                 MHARR MANUFACTURERS                         MHARR STATE AFFILIATES                         MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG)   FROM:          MHARR RE:                 MHARR REITERATES CALL FOR WITHDRAWAL OF DOE “ENERGY” STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR MANUFACTURED HOMES As a follow-up to its July 1, 2025 meeting with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy

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Manufactured Housing Industry Production Increases in June 2025 per Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR)

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                      Contact: MHARR                                                                                                

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Raises Key Manufactured Housing Industry Issues in Meeting with Senior HUD Officials

(Washington, D.C.) Press release from Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR).     MHARR Raises Key MH Industry Issues in Meeting with Senior HUD Officials   JULY 28, 2025 TO:                 MHARR MANUFACTURERS                         MHARR STATE AFFILIATES                         MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG)   FROM:          MHARR   RE:                 MHARR RAISES KEY MH INDUSTRY ISSUES

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Department of Energy (DOE) Extends Compliance Deadline for Tier 2 Manufactured Housing “Energy” Standards

APRIL 23, 2025    TO:                 MHARR MANUFACTURERS                         MHARR STATE AFFILIATES                         MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG)   FROM:          MARK WEISS   RE:                 DOE EXTENDS COMPLIANCE DEADLINE FOR TIER 2                         MANUFACTURED HOUSING “ENERGY” STANDARDS  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in a News Release and draft Federal Register notice issued on April 22, 2025,

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Leaders call on HUD Secretary to Address and Remedy Federal Manufactured Housing Program Mismanagement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                     Contact: MHARR                                                                                                                             (202) 783-4087   MHARR CALLS ON HUD SECRETARY TO ADDRESS AND REMEDY FEDERAL MH PROGRAM MISMANAGEMENT   Washington, D.C., April 7, 2025 – As was previously reported, a delegation of senior officials of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) met with

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MHARR Presses HUD for Specific Inclusion of HUD-Regulated Manufactured Housing in New Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule

Washington, D.C., April 24, 2023 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in comments filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on April 19, 2023 (see, copy attached), has called for the full inclusion of federally-regulated manufactured housing in the revised and updated proposed rule to Affirmatively Further Fair

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Twenty-Year MHARR Effort to Increase State Funding Takes Another Step Forward

Washington, D.C., January 12, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in comments filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) copy attached on January 11, 2021, has called on the HUD Office of Manufactured Housing Programs (OMHP) to significantly increase funding for State Administrative Agencies (SAAs) that partner

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