Latest Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform News
MHARR Memo to Manufactured Home Producers, Retailers, Communities – Initial Comments On Proposed DOE Manufactured Housing “Energy” Standards
Attached, for your information, are initial comments submitted by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to the federal Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) …
July 2021 HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Keeps Pace With 2020
Washington, D.C., September 8, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …
DOE Takes Next Step Toward Drastic and Costly Manufactured Housing Energy Standards
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), on August 26, 2021, formally published its “Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” for manufactured housing energy standards in the …
MHARR Urges Hud and FHFA To Address Zoning and Consumer Financing Under Their New Agreement
Attached, for your information and follow-up, is a copy of a communication from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to HUD Secretary Marcia …
DOE Proposes Baseless, Extreme and Discriminatory Energy Standards Targeting Manufactured Homes
Washington, D.C., August 16, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a “prepublication” version of its second round of proposed “energy conservation” …
“The Ultimate Battle Against Destructive Energy Regulation”
So, what could be worse than destructive, excessively costly federal manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards developed through a distorted and fundamentally tainted process at the …
MHARR Statement on Marcia Fudge and on HUD Standards Implementation
TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS HUD CODE INDUSTRY MANUFACTURERS FROM: MARK WEISSRE: SUBJECTS AS LISTED BELOW HUD EXTENDS IMPLEMENTATION DATE FOR “THIRD SET” OF STANDARDS As …
Manufactured Home Industry Production Declines Slightly in January 2021
Washington, D.C., March 3, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …
MHARR Calls for Mainstream Manufactured Home Loans to Be Included in Enterprise Housing Goals
Washington, D.C., March 1, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has filed comments copy attached with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) …
“Zoning Exclusion — To Fight Or Switch?”
For those of us “senior” enough to remember cigarette commercials on television, an iconic brand, with a somewhat unusual advertising approach, was Tareyton cigarettes. Tareyton …
Manufactured Housing December 2020 Production & Shipment Data, Annual Total 2020 Manufactured Home Statistics
INDUSTRY PRODUCTION INCREASES IN DECEMBER 2020 Washington, D.C., February 3, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official …
Manufactured Housing Enters the Biden Era
REPORT AND ANALYSIS IN THIS REPORT: …
President Biden Issues Executive Directive on Housing Discrimination
Attached, for your review and information, is an Executive Memorandum from President Biden to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, issued on January 26, …
Biden Administration Regulatory Executive Orders
The Biden Administration, as expected, has issued a flurry of executive orders (EOs) and related directives in its first hours, including several pertaining to federal …
MHARR Seeks to Keep HUD Zoning Study on Track
Washington, D.C., January 19, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has filed comments attached with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) …
HUD Issues New and Revised Manufactured Housing Standards While Dodging Regulatory Reform
Washington, D.C., January 14, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published, as a final rule, the so-called “third set” of …
Twenty-Year MHARR Effort to Increase State Funding Takes Another Step Forward
Washington, D.C., January 12, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in comments filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban …
Manufactured Housing Industry Production up in November 2020
Manufactured Housing Industry Production Increases Slightly in November 2020 Washington, D.C., January 4, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that …
HUD Issues Two Manufactured Home Industry-Wide AC Letters
The HUD Office of Manufactured Housing Programs (OMHP) has issued two-industry wide Alternate Construction (AC) letters copies attached. The AC letters, issued December 16, 2020, …
Manufactured Housing Industry Production Declines in October 2020
Washington, D.C., December 3, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …