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MHARR Calls for Urgent Action by President Trump to Withdraw and Repeal DOE Manufactured Home Energy Regulations
NOVEMBER 12, 2024 TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURD HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM: MHARR RE: MHARR CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION BY ...
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Interview Reprint of Mark Weiss, J.D., President and CEO of MHARR Responding to Questions Previously Posed to Manufactured Housing Institute CEO Lesli Gooch
NOVEMBER 5, 2024 TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS MHARR STATE AFFILIATES MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG) FROM: MHARR RE: ...
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HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Up in September 2024
HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Up in September 2024 Washington, D.C., November 4, 2024 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according ...
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HUD Code Manufactured Home Industry Production Increases in August 2024
Washington, D.C., October 3, 2024 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the ...
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MHARR in the News
HUD Adopts MHARR-Initiated Final Rule Authorizing Multi-Dwelling Unit Manufactured Housing
HUD Adopts MHARR-Initiated Final RuleAuthorizing Multi-Dwelling Unit Manufactured Housing Washington, D.C., September 12, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), with ...
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With HUD Regulators Stalling MHARR Presses Critical Manufactured Home Issues Up The Ladder
Washington, D.C., July 15, 2020 – In a Petition for Rulemaking to Secretary Carson and other senior HUD officials copy attached, the Manufactured Housing Association ...
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COVID19 Continues to Suppress Manufactured Home Industry Production in May 2020
Washington, D.C., July 6, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
Federal Regulator Issues New Proposed Capital Requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) — the federal regulator for both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – has issued a proposed rule that would ...
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MHARR Issues & Perspectives
“An Unequaled Opportunity About to Go to Waste”
The latest issue of the quarterly publication of HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) – called “Evidence Matters” — has been released to ...
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Manufactured Home Industry Production Falls Amidst COVID-19 Closures
Washington, D.C., June 3, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
Federal Guidance Adds Manufactured Home Retailers, Transporters, and Installers as Essential Workers as Sought by MHARR
The most recent update to the federal government’s guidance on “essential” workers for purposes of COVID-19 “Stay-at-Home” orders, issued by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure ...
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President Trump’s Regulatory Order Obliterates Excuses By HUD, FHFA, FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE MAC, GNMA AND DOE
Washington, D.C., May 20, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) – an industry group representing small businesses in the federally-regulated factory-built ...
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MHARR Presses FHFA for Action to End Fannie’s and Freddie’s Duty to Serve Manufactured Housing Farce
Washington, D.C., May 14, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in a May 11, 2020 communication to Federal Housing Finance Agency ...
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Letter on Nomination of Ms. Dana Wade to Serve as HUD Assistant Secretary
Dear Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Brown: I am writing on behalf of the members of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to ...
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“A Red-Flag Warning for the Manufactured Home Industry and Consumers”
While Washington, D.C. and many, if not most, state capitals are currently fixated on the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences, other dynamics are afoot ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
Manufactured Housing Industry Gets Second Chance – Dana Wade Returning to HUD
Washington, D.C., May 6, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban ...
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HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Increases Again in March 2020
Washington, D.C., May 4, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the ...
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MHARR Participates in Conference Briefing by Vice President Mike Pence and HUD Secretary Ben Carson on COVID19 response
MHARR participated in an April 23, 2020 conference and briefing by Vice President Mike Pence and HUD Secretary Ben Carson, among others, for HUD stakeholders ...
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EXCLUSIVE REPORT & ANALYSIS
HUD Guidance, MH Retail “Essential” Status, Park Models, More in Manufactured Housing Washington Update 4.22.2020
MHARR REITERATES CALL TO RETRACT HUD “GUIDANCE” HUD MISAPPLIES TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS HOUSING DEEMED “ESSENTIAL” DURING COVID-19 EMERGENCY MHARR SEEKS FEDERAL “ESSENTIAL” STATUS FOR MH ...
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Designation Of “Essential” Industry Activity
Re: Federal COVID-19 Response — Manufactured Housing Dear Secretary Carson and Director Krebs: I am writing as a follow-up to my attached letter of March ...
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