Latest Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform News
“INVASION OF THE BUILDING CODE SNATCHERS”
In the classic film noir, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” space aliens attempt to take over the Earth by replacing real people with robot-like replicas. …
HUD Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) Meeting Exposes Looming Battle Over Energy Standards
Washington, D.C., June 14, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) held yet another marathon conference call meeting on June 10, 2021, to take …
HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Increases Substantially In April 2021
Washington, D.C., June 3, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …
MHARR Issues Strong Warning Against Solar Energy Mandates for Manufactured Homes
Washington, D.C., May 26, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has issued a strong warning to a special interest group against …
MHARR Admonishes HUD Secretary for Omitting Manufactured Housing From List of Agency Accomplishments
Washington, D.C., May 20, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in a May 13, 2021 communication to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge …
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 …
Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform November 20, 2020 Washington Update — An Exclusive Report and Analysis
REPORT AND ANALYSISIN THIS REPORT: NOVEMBER 20, 2020 MHARR BOARD SHARPENS FOCUS ON POST-PRODUCTION ISSUES FHFA DTS “COMPLIANCE” REPORT SHOWS CONTINUING DECEPTION HUD WASTES …
MHARR Persistence Pays Off – FHFA Admits Reality: Fannie and Freddie Not Serving Manufactured Housing Under Duty To Serve
Washington, D.C., November 4, 2020 – As confirmed by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), a report recently submitted to Congress by the …
Manufactured Home Production Records Modest Increases in September 2020
Washington, D.C., November 4, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …
MHARR Submits Comments on Continuing Duty To Serve Manufactured Housing Implementation Failures
Washington, D.C., October 21, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has filed comments ( copy attached) regarding proposed revisions and a …
MHARR Exposes FHFA Duty to Serve Manufactured Housing Failures and Distortions to Congress
MHARR EXPOSES FHFA DTS FAILURES AND DISTORTIONS TO CONGRESS Washington, D.C., October 16, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in verbal …
Manufactured Home Production Decline in August 2020 Mirrors Unresolved Post-Production Failures
Washington, D.C., October 5, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …
“Wasted Manufactured Housing Opportunities Mount As The Clock Ticks Down”
MHARR — ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES By Mark Weiss At press time for this article, just four weeks remain before the November 3, 2020 presidential election. …
MHARR September 21, 2020 WASHINGTON UPDATE — an EXCLUSIVE Manufactured Housing Report and Analysis
MHARR EXPOSES FANNIE AND FREDDIE DECEPTION OF REGULATORS CONGRESS AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON DTS MHARR, in a critical new dialogue with senior Federal Housing Finance …
“Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Have Learned Nothing From Their Subprime Debacle”
For the vast majority of lower and moderate-income Americans seeking to enter the housing market via the most direct and affordable means – i.e., through …
Manufactured Home Industry Production Increases in July 2020
Washington, D.C., September 3, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …