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EPA Publishes Final Formaldehyde Rule for Composite Wood Products

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – after an extended delay — has published its final rule to regulate formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products in the December 12, 2016 edition of the Federal Register (see, copy attached).  The publication of this final rule (previously released by EPA on a pre-publication basis in July 2016), represents …

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HUD Code Industry Manufacturers, Retailers and Communities

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]MHARR today filed comprehensive comments (copy attached) in response to HUD’s May 15, 2017 request for input from affected parties identifying regulations or regulatory actions that warrant repeal or modification because they eliminate jobs, inhibit job growth, are not cost-justified, or meet one of several additional criteria set forth in Executive Order 13777, issued by …

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Manufactured Housing Production Increases Continue in April 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., June 5, 2017 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), year-over-year manufactured housing industry production increased again during April 2017. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 7,184 homes in April …

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MHARR Succeeds in Delaying Enforcement Of Formaldehyde Rule

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., May 23, 2017 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has succeeded in winning a delay of the effective date(s) of the Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for Composite Wood Products final rule published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in December 2016.  EPA’s action, announced in a May 23, 2017 notice …

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MHARR Seeks Repeal Of Discriminatory Formaldehyde Mandates

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., May 18, 2017 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has filed written comments (copy attached) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking the repeal of discriminatory requirements imposed on federally-regulated producers of manufactured housing under EPA’s Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Wood Products rule, published on December 12, 2016.  MHARR’s written comments follow – …

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President Trump’s Regulatory Orders Moving Forward – HUD Invites Comments on Reducing Regulatory Burdens

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a notice published in the Federal Register on May 15, 2017 (copy attached), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) – pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 13771 (“Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs”), issued by President Trump on January 30, 2017 and Executive Order 13777 (“Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda”), issued by …

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“Industry, States and Consumers Must Resist HUD Installation Power Grab”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As MHARR continues to expose the outlines, extent and sheer audacity of HUD’s ongoing power grab under Administrator Pamela Danner to dictate installation standards and enforcement procedures in all fifty states – including states with complying, HUD-approved, state law installation programs – the Association has received a wave of concerned inquiries from industry members and …

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Terrible FHFA Duty to Serve Rule Leads to Useless Fannie And Freddie DTS Chattel Plans

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., May 9, 2017 – The entirely discretionary final “Duty to Serve Underserved Markets” (DTS) rule published by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on December 29, 2016 — opposed by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) as being totally inconsistent with the mandatory and remedial nature of DTS as enacted by …

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MHARR to EPA: withdraw discriminatory formaldehyde mandate

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., May 8, 2017 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has formally called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw certification requirements contained in its December 2016 Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for Composite Wood Products rule, which discriminate against manufactured housing and manufactured housing producers. At a May 1, 2017 meeting in Washington, …

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May 3, 2017 – Significant Manufactured Housing Production Increases Continue

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., May 3, 2017 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), year-over-year manufactured housing industry production increased substantially again during March 2017. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,245 homes in …

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