MHARR Washington Updates

Washington, D.C., April 28, 2022 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced its “non-objection” to – i.e., approval of – Duty to Serve Underserved Markets (DTS) 2022-2024 implementation plans submitted by mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Without any meaningful explanation, the plans were […]

Washington, D.C., April 27, 2022 – In a second set of written comments copy attached submitted to the White House Manufactured Housing Task Force (Task Force) in connection with a series of “Listening Sessions,” the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has called on the Task Force to recommend decisive action by the Biden

Washington, D.C., April 21, 2022 – In written comments copy attached and verbal testimony presented on April 20, 2022 to a “Listening Session” of the White House Manufactured Housing Task Force, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has called on the Biden Administration to jump-start the process to provide federal government support for the

Following-up on a February 14, 2022 meeting with the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) Director for Housing Efficiency see, memorandum attached, MHARR has been invited to participate in an April 20, 2022 “listening session” being conducted by CEQ’s federal Manufactured Housing Task Force. The “listening session” will include multiple federal agencies connected with

APRIL 7, 2022RE: STATES SEEK TO REIMPOSE SCC INJUNCTION AS DOE ACCELERATES MH ENERGY STANDARDS RULE The ten states that obtained a nationwide federal district court injunction against the utilization of the “Social Cost of Carbon” (SCC) metric in connection with federal rulemaking proceedings – including the pending U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) rulemaking for

Attached for your information and review is a copy of an order entered on March 9, 2022 by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in Louisiana v. Biden, Case No. 2:21-CV-01074, denying a request by the federal government for a stay pending appeal of an injunction entered by the Court on

The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has filed supplemental comments with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in its rulemaking docket for a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) concerning proposed manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards. MHARR’s supplemental comments copy attached, filed on March 4, 2022, correct and clarify inaccurate and presumptive characterizations contained

Washington, D.C., March 1, 2022 – In its continuing effort to oppose the unnecessary and costly manufactured housing energy standards rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has filed comments copy attached opposing the use of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) published by

Washington, D.C., February 22, 2022 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in a February 16, 2022 communication to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, copy attached has called on DOE to halt activity on its pending manufactured housing energy standards rule in accordance with a nationwide injunction issued by a federal