MHARR Washington Updates

August 1, 2024VIA FEDERAL EXPRESSMs. Marcea BarringerSupervisory Policy AnalystAttn. Duty to Serve 2025-2027 RFIFederal Housing Finance AgencyNinth Floor400 Seventh Street, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20219Re: Request for Input — Proposed 2025-2027 Duty to Serve PlansDear Ms. Barringer: The following comments are submitted on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). MHARR is a Washington, …

MHARR Presses Case for DTS Chattel in Latest Comments and in-Person Meeting with FHFA Director Read More »

My name is Mark Weiss I am the President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), based in Washington, D.C. Our organization represents the views and interests of independent producers of federally-regulated manufactured housing. MHARR was an original and active proponent of the Duty to Serve mandate with respect to the …

MHARR Slams Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for Their Nearly Two- Decade Failure to Implement DTS for Manufactured Home Personal Property Loans Read More »

The United States Supreme Court, on June 28, 2024, issued a landmark decision (anticipated by MHARR – see, MHARR’s May 2, 2023 memorandum, “Supreme Court Case Could Significantly Advance MH Producers’ Interests in Nation’s Capital,” copy attached) which will have significant long-term impacts on every federally regulated industry in the United States, including the comprehensively-regulated …

Supreme Court Ruling Changes Regulatory Landscape for Manufactured Housing Industry Read More »

 RE: BROAD DISCOVERY DENIED IN ENERGY STANDARDS CASE A federal magistrate judge has, for now, denied an effort by the Plaintiffs to obtain wide-ranging discovery from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in the case that was brought in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas to invalidate DOE’s impending high-cost manufactured …

Broad Discovery Denied in Manufactured Housing DOE Energy Standards Case Read More »

Washington, D.C., June 24, 2024 – In a meeting with HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman on June 18, 2024, Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) President and CEO, Mark Weiss, called for decisive action by HUD to address and remove discriminatory zoning mandates which exclude affordable, mainstream HUD-regulated manufactured housing from many communities and …

MHARR Takes Major Step on Exclusionary Zoning In Meeting with Acting HUD Secretary Adrianne Todman Read More »

MAY 20, 2024TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERSFROM: MHARRRE: MHARR HISTORY AND THE FUTURE OF THE HUD CODE INDUSTRY The attached materials – a brief history of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) and a summary of its accomplishments on behalf of the manufactured housing industry – are self-explanatory. They illustrate, in …

MHARR History and the FUTURE Of The HUD Code Industry Read More »

BOTTLENECKS SUPPRESSING MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY CONTINUE UNABATED  Washington, D.C., May 2, 2024 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in May 1, 2024 communications to both Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra L. Thompson and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman (copies attached), has called for specific …

Bottlenecks Suppressing Manufactured Housing Industry Continue Unabated Read More »

 DOE ENERGY RULE LITIGATION – REPORT AND UPDATE MHARR was present in Austin, Texas on April 24, 2024 for a U.S. District Court hearing regarding the pending industry legal challenge to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) May 2022 manufactured housing energy standards rule. The hearing, before Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra, focused …

Department of Energy (DOE) Manufactured Housing Energy Rule Litigation – Report and Update Read More »

Washington, D.C., March 8, 2024 – Recent announcements by federal agencies are touting millions of dollars in spending on affordable housing, including some nominally targeted at HUD Code manufactured homes. Yet, as the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has consistently pointed out – and documented, both in its July 2022 White Paper on …

HUD and FHFA Trumpet “Show” Spending While Avoiding Real Solutions” Read More »

PERSISTENT MHARR EFFORTS PAY DIVIDENDS ON REFORMING DESTRUCTIVE GINNIE MAE RULE Washington, D.C., March 5, 2024 – Persistent efforts by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to reform the draconian “10-10” rule imposed by Ginnie Mae in 2010 to limit lender eligibility under the Federal Housing Administration’s Title I manufactured home federal loan …

Persistent Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Efforts Pay Dividends on Reforming Destructive Ginnie Mae Rule Read More »