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MHARR Calls on DOE to Withdraw Energy Rule Based on Court Injunction

MHARR Calls on DOE to Withdraw Energy Rule Based on Court Injunction

Washington, D.C., February 22, 2022 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in a February 16, 2022 communication to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, copy attached has called on DOE to halt activity on its pending manufactured housing energy standards rule in accordance with a nationwide injunction issued by a federal …

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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 final action on twenty proposed standards and regulatory revisions processed by its various subcommittees in late 2020. The Committee also received a supposed briefing from the U.S. Department of Energy …

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MHARR Expresses Dismay Over Energy Case – Warning and FOIA Follow

February 5, 2020 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESSHon. Dan BrouiletteSecretary U.S. Department of Energy1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20585                                     Re: Manufactured Housing Energy Regulation Dear Secretary Brouilette: We are dismayed and shocked to have learned recently that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has entered into a consent decree in litigation styled Sierra Club v. Perry (D.D.C. …

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Court Rules That Sierra Club Has Standing to Sue DOE Over Manufactured Housing Energy Standards

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]COURT RULES THAT SIERRA CLUB HAS STANDING TO SUE DOE OVER MANUFACTURED HOUSING ENERGY STANDARDS In a development that was not unexpected, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has denied a motion by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club, seeking to compel DOE to …

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MHARR to DOE: Only Three Choices for MH Energy Rule – Abandon, Complete Start-Over, Or Face Legal Action

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                     Contact: MHARR                                                                                                                            (202) 783-4087 Washington, D.C., September 17, 2018 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) filed written comments (see, copy attached hereto) on September 17, 2018 responding to an August 3, 2018 Notice of Data Availability and Request for Information (NODA) published by the …

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DOE Issues MH Energy Rule Request for Information

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] AUGUST 6, 2018   TO:                 MHARR MANUFACTURERS                         MHARR STATE AFFILIATES                         MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a “Notice of Data Availability and Request for Information” (“Notice”) regarding its previously dormant manufactured housing energy conservation standards rulemaking in the August 3, 2018 edition of the Federal Register (see copy attached). The DOE Notice seeks …

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Revival Of DOE Energy Rule May Require Legal Action

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] TO:  MHARR MANUFACTURER         MHARR STATE AFFILIATES         MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG)  FROM:           MHARR RE:                 REVIVAL OF DOE ENERGY RULE MAY REQUIRE LEGAL ACTION The revival of a previously “inactive” energy rule for manufactured homes by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) may trigger legal action by MHARR …

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Supreme Court Ruling Changes Regulatory Landscape for Manufactured Housing Industry

The United States Supreme Court, on June 28, 2024, issued a landmark decision (anticipated by MHARR – see, MHARR’s May 2, 2023 memorandum, “Supreme Court Case Could Significantly Advance MH Producers’ Interests in Nation’s Capital,” copy attached) which will have significant long-term impacts on every federally regulated industry in the United States, including the comprehensively-regulated …

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MHARR – Issues and Perspectives by Mark Weiss November 2023 “What’s in A Name? — Everything”

By Mark WeissNOVEMBER 2023  “WHAT’S IN A NAME? — EVERYTHING” Shakespeare famously asked, “What’s in a name?” If Shakespeare had been a lawyer – especially a regulatory lawyer – he would not have bothered to ask. He would have known the answer. For a regulated industry, such as manufactured housing (and especially a federally regulated …

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) October 26, 2023 Washington, D.C. Industry Updates – an Exclusive Report and Analysis

MHARR ADDRESSES STATE ASSOCIATIONS ON INDUSTRY DECLINE At a recent meeting of manufactured housing industry state association executives, MHARR addressed developing industry issues in Washington, D.C., as well as the major causes suppressing long-term industry growth and underlying the double-digit manufactured housing production decline of the past year. These issues, which were explained both verbally …

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