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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Comments submitted to the statutory Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) see, copy attached urge the MHCC to redouble its already-stated opposition to the proposed manufactured housing “energy conservation” rule published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on August 26, 2021 and a related Notice of …

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OCTOBER 25, 2021 IMPORTANT TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERSFROM:           MHARR  RE:  DOE/ENERGY SPECIAL INTERESTS UNWITTINGLY SHOW THEIR HAND — INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR INDUSTRY LEGAL ACTION Notwithstanding action by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last week to grant a comment deadline extension as sought by MHARR, the Association, as previously announced, has today …

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Attached, for your information, are further comments filed by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory (MHARR) on October 13, 2021 in connection with the federal Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee’s (MHCC) ongoing consideration of proposed manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on August 26, 2021. The MHCC has already …

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