MHARR Washington Updates

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

FEBRUARY 16, 2022 On the heels of its February 10, 2022 meeting with senior Ginnie Mae executives regarding manufactured home consumer financing and the destructive “10-10” rule, MHARR representatives met on February 14, 2022 with the Director for Housing Efficiency of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and related HUD officials connected with

MHARR, in a January 10, 2022 communication to new Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) President, Alanna McCargo copy attached, has called on that organization to fully restore its statutory support for manufactured home consumer lending and thus re-establish the integrity and full-scale utilization of this government-insured home lending program. As industry members are aware,

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), as the statutory regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the federal agency responsible for implementation of the Duty to Serve Underserved Markets (DTS) directive of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), announced on January 5, 2022, in a potentially significant action, that it has

Attached, for your information and review, is an MHARR communication to Ms. Sandra Thompson, President Biden’s nominee to become the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Ms. Thompson has been serving as FHFA Acting Director since June 2021, when she replaced Mark Calabria, who had been appointed to that position by President

TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS  RE:                 MARK WEISS Addresses the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Twin Crises – an MHProNews Interview With MHARR President and CEO, Mark Weiss Attached for your review and information is a reprint copy of a November 22, 2021 MHProNews interview with MHARR President and CEO, Mark Weiss. The interview addresses

Washington, D.C., November 23, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has filed supplemental written comments see, copy attached opposing a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that would drastically increase the cost of federally-regulated manufactured housing, needlessly undermining its statutorily-recognized and protected affordability, while threatening to exclude millions