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The statutory Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), at the conclusion of its November 15-17, 2022 meeting in Washington, D.C., to further consider the “alignment” of the HUD Code Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards (FMHCSS) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) final energy conservation standards for manufactured housing adopted on May 31, 2022, …

Statutory Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) Recommends HUD Rejection of DOE Manufactured Housing Energy Rule Read More »

The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has filed written comments (copy attached) with the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) opposing the incorporation or summary “alignment” of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards within the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards (FMHCSS) maintained by the U.S. Department of Housing and …

MHARR Comments Oppose Incorporation of DOE Energy Standards Within the HUD Code Read More »

MHCC DEBATES DOE “ENERGY” STANDARDSOCTOBER 20, 2022 TO:                 MHARR MANUFACTURERS                          MHARR STATE AFFILIATES                      MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG)FROM:           MHARRRE:                 MHCC DEBATES DOE “ENERGY” STANDARDS The statutory Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) held the first of …

Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) Debates DOE Energy Standards Read More »

Washington, D.C., May 16, 2022 – In its continuing effort to either block or substantially modify a destructive, unnecessary and unnecessarily costly U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) manufactured housing energy standards rule, which is in its final stages, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), has filed an Amicus Curiae or “Friend of the …

Latest Developments Concerning DOE Manufactured Housing Energy Standards Rule Read More »

Washington, D.C., May 24, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in a reprehensible news release announcing the publication of its baseless and destructive energy standards for HUD Code manufactured homes (copy attached), resorts to deception and distortion in a futile attempt to rationalize a rule that will needlessly add thousands of dollars to …

DOE Resorts to Deception and Misdirection to Advance Its Flawed Energy Rule for Manufactured Housing Read More »

Washington, D.C., May 9, 2022 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in a May 4, 2022 communication to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm copy attached , has called-out DOE’s duplicity in altering – after the conclusion of any opportunity for public comment – the fundamental nature and cost of …

Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Calls Out DOE Energy Standards Bait and Switch Read More »

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 …

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