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Persistent Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Efforts Pay Dividends on Reforming Destructive Ginnie Mae Rule

PERSISTENT MHARR EFFORTS PAY DIVIDENDS ON REFORMING DESTRUCTIVE GINNIE MAE RULE Washington, D.C., March 5, 2024 – Persistent efforts by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to reform the draconian “10-10” rule imposed by Ginnie Mae in 2010 to limit lender eligibility under the Federal Housing Administration’s Title I manufactured home federal loan […]

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Drastic 2023 Manufactured Housing Production Decline Warrants Much Stronger Action

DRASTIC 2023 PRODUCTION DECLINE WARRANTS MUCH STRONGER ACTION Washington, D.C., February 5, 2024 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), HUD Code manufactured housing industry year-over-year production declined again in December 2023. Just-released statistics

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Comments Call for Withdrawal of Destructive DOE Manufactured Housing “Energy” Enforcement Rule

January 24, 2024 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS AND ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION Hon. Jennifer M. Granholm Secretary U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C, 20585 Re: Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing: Enforcement (EERE-2009-BT-BC-0021 Dear Secretary Granholm: The following comments are submitted on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR).

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MHARR Publishes White Paper Concerning Pending Manufactured Housing “Chassis” Legislation and Other Matters

MHARR POSITION PAPER AND PLAN OF ACTION ON TWO PENDING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS REGARDING DELETION OF THE “PERMANENT CHASSIS” REQUIREMENT AND OTHER MATTERS RESEARCHED AND PREPARED BY THE MANUFACTURED HOUSING ASSOCIATION  FOR REGULATORY REFORM SEPTEMBER 2023 I.    INTRODUCTION A “discussion draft” of housing legislation circulated by Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) as well as a stand-alone bill,

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform MHARR – Issues and Perspectives HUD’s Failure on Zoning Equity Hurts Manufactured Housing Industry and Consumers

MHARR – ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES By Mark Weiss JUNE 2023 “HUD’s Failure on Zoning Equity Hurts Manufactured Housing Industry and Consumers” Since the publication of MHARR’s July 2022 White Paper, entitled “The Exploitation of Federal Housing Finance and Mortgage Funding Assistance Programs and Potential Solutions,” industry members have requested further explanation and expansion of the

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MHARR Presses HUD for Specific Inclusion of HUD-Regulated Manufactured Housing in New Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule

Washington, D.C., April 24, 2023 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in comments filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on April 19, 2023 (see, copy attached), has called for the full inclusion of federally-regulated manufactured housing in the revised and updated proposed rule to Affirmatively Further Fair

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Why Manufactured Home Industry Members Must Comment on the DOE Manufactured Housing Energy Rule to Demand its Delay and Withdrawal

APRIL 12, 2023 TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM:           MHARR  RE:                 WHY INDUSTRY MEMBERS MUST COMMENT                       ON THE DOE MANUFACTURED HOUSING ENERGY                       RULE TO DEMAND ITS DELAY AND WITHDRAWAL As promised in its

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Latest Wake-Up Calls for the Manufactured Home Industry on Consumer Financing and Discriminatory Zoning

FEBRUARY 23, 2023   TO:         HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS                     FROM: MHARR RE:        LATEST WAKE-UP CALLS FOR THE INDUSTRY ON CONSUMER FINANCING AND DISCRIMINATORY ZONING Both the double-digit contraction of the HUD Code manufactured housing market during the last quarter

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MHARR Calls for Congress to Pursue Oversight Hearings on Manufactured Housing Regulators

Attached for your review and information is a copy of a self-explanatory communication from MHARR to the incoming chairman of the House Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance. The purpose of this communication is to seek – and begin setting the groundwork for – a congressional oversight hearing for the federal manufactured housing program and related

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Washington, D.C. Updates on Manufactured Housing Issues Including – DOE Energy Assault, HUD Moving on DOE Standards, MH Financing, MH White Paper and More

IN THIS REPORT:                                                       SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 RE:    MHARR WASHINGTON UPDATE — REPORT AND ANALYSIS                    Attached please find your copy of the September 28, 2022 “MHARR WASHINGTON UPDATE” an exclusive report and analysis addressing   DOE “ENERGY” ASSAULT ON MH COMES TO A HEAD HUD ALREADY MOVING ON ENERGY STANDARDS MHARR COMMENTS ON LATEST HUD PROPOSED STANDARDS MHARR CALLS FOR END

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