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“Diversion, Distraction or Destruction — And Time to Raise the Red Flag?”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to recent press reports, nearly fifty percent (or more) of the HUD Code manufactured housing production market is currently held by one manufacturer, Clayton Homes, Inc. (Clayton), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation (BHC).  At the same time, at least thirty-five percent of the manufactured home consumer finance market (as acknowledged by BHC […]

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After Dithering Ten Years, FHFA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Final DTS Plans Fail Consumers and Industry

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., January 5, 2018 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that after ten years of dithering, the final “Duty to Serve Underserved Markets” (DTS) plans filed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — approved by their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and publicly released on December 18, 2017

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FHFA CONTINUES TO SHORT-SHRIFT MH CONSUMER FINANCING

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FHFA BIAS AGAINST HUD CODE HOUSING CONTINUES The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has once again given HUD Code manufactured housing the back of its hand, as the regulatory agency responsible for the supervision and conservatorship of the two Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – has granted the GSEs permission

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Actions and Abuses Of The Current HUD Manufactured Housing Program Administrator That Warrant Her Reassignment and Replacement

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The current HUD manufactured housing program administrator, Pamela Danner – “parachuted” into that position on a career basis in violation of section 620(a)(1)(C) of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 — has engaged in multiple actions and abuses over the course of her nearly four-year tenure that have needlessly, baselessly, and unnecessarily harmed the

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Submits Amendments to Address Key Manufactured Housing Bottlenecks – Industry Must Act

Washington, D.C.   SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 IMPORTANT   TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS                FROM:          MHARR RE:                 SUBJECTS AS LISTED BELOW   I. MHARR SUBMITS AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS KEY MH BOTTLENECKS – INDUSTRY MUST ACT With Congress having returned from its Summer Recess, MHARR has taken a major step in relation to legislation affecting the

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DOE Issues Final Rule Delaying Energy Rule Compliance Date for “Tier 2” Manufactured Homes – MHARR Specifically Cited by Federal Register in Delay and Push to Kill DOE Manufactured Housing Rule

Washington, D.C.   JULY 2, 2025    TO:                 MHARR MANUFACTURERS                         MHARR STATE AFFILIATES                         MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG) FROM:          MHARR RE:                 DOE ISSUES FINAL RULE DELAYING ENERGY RULE                         COMPLIANCE DATE FOR “TIER 2” MANUFACTURED HOMES  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a final rule delaying the manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards

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Comprehensive MHARR Comments on HUD Review Of Manufactured Housing Regulations

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As MHARR previously advised you, HUD, on January 26, 2018, announced a comprehensive, “top-to-bottom” review of all its existing and pending manufactured housing regulations and related “regulatory actions,” pursuant to Trump Administration Executive Orders (EOs) 13771 (“Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs”) and 13777 (“Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda”). In response to HUD’s request

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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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