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Manufactured Home Production Growth Continues in March 2022

Washington, D.C., May 3, 2022 – 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), HUD Code manufactured housing industry year-over-year production increased in March 2022. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 11,279 homes in …

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Second Duty to Serve Plans Rebuff Manufactured Home Chattel Support Once Again

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 …

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MHARR Provides White House Manufactured Housing Task Force With Roadmap to Eliminate Zoning Discrimination and Costly Regulation

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 …

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MHARR Calls on White House to Jump-Start Manufactured Home Consumer Financing

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 …

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Engagement with White House Expands

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 …

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States Seek to Reimpose SCC Injunction as DOE Accelerates MH Energy Standards Rule

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 …

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MHARR News – Manufactured Housing Production Increases Continue In February 2022

Washington, D.C., April 4, 2022 – 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), HUD Code manufactured housing industry year-over-year production increased in February 2022. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 9,281 homes in February …

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Lies, Damned Lies and DOE’s Energy Rule

MHARR – ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVESBY MARK WEISS MARCH 2022 “Lies, Damned Lies and DOE’s ‘Energy’ Rule” Well, the various comment periods for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) egregious manufactured housing “energy conservation standards” rule have now ended. In their wake, the record is littered with the predictably disingenuous droppings of its obsequious cheerleaders. Their comments, …

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Court Denies Government Request to Stay Injunction Against Manufactured Housing Energy Rule

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 …

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‘MHI Does Not Represent the Entire Manufactured Housing “Industry”’ – MHARR Rebukes Manufactured Housing Institute Comments in Federal Response

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 …

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