[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]IN THIS REPORT: OCTOBER 10, 2017 EXCLUSIVE REPORT & ANALYSIS: HUD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR IN REGULATORY NO-MAN’S LAND MHARR – OPPOSED DOE ENERGY RULE REMAINS STALLED MARYLAND BACKPEDALS ON FIRE SPRINKLERS SECRETIVE “NEW HOME” DISCUSSION RAISES CONCERNS HUD INSTALLATION INCOMPETENCE HAUNTS INDUSTRY & CONSUMERS MHARR BLASTS PROPOSED “FROST-FREE” INTERPRETIVE BULLETIN WASHINGTON TALKS WHILE HOMEBUYERS SUFFER …
MHARR – ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES By Mark Weiss MAY 2024 “REALITY VERSUS EMPTY POSTURING” Henry David Thoreau, in the classic, “Walden,” lamented that “shams and delusions are esteemed for [the] soundest truths, while reality is fabulous.” He observed that if “men would steadily observe realities only” and “not allow themselves to be deluded,” life would …
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REPORT AND ANALYSISIN THIS REPORT: MARCH 15, 2023 DOE “ENERGY” RULE LAWSUIT FILED AFTER NINE MONTH DELAY FHFA CONTINUES TO THUMB ITS NOSE AT CONGRESS ON DTS HUD CONTINUES TO IGNORE ANTI-MH ZONING DISCRIMINATION HUD CODE PRODUCTION PLUMMETS MHARR SEEKS CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT HEARINGS “NEW” IECC PROCESS WOULD WORSEN DOE ENERGY RULE MHARR WHITE PAPER …
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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 …
“THE ‘WOKE’ WAR ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING” The leaders of the “woke” mob – inside government and out — will never admit that they actually oppose affordable housing and homeownership for millions of lower and moderate-income Americans, including inherently affordable manufactured housing. But they do, with every means available to them. Naturally, they deny the truth …
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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 …
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. With those replicas, they seek to change the composition and fundamental nature of Earth’s population. While the film’s premise is far-fetched, something oddly similar — in principle — is beginning …
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 see, Attachment 1, has admonished the Department and its leadership under the Biden Administration for failing to include or mention the advancement of inherently affordable, non-subsidized manufactured housing among various …
By Mark WeissMAY 2021 “FREDDIE MAC UNWITTINGLY PROVES ITS OWN FAILURE” Remember Inspector Renault in the classic film “Casablanca,” who was “shocked, shocked” to find gambling going on at Rick’s? Well, we now have something similar with mortgage giant Freddie Mac. After doing virtually nothing — along with its cohort Fannie Mae — for a …
Washington, D.C., July 1, 2019 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in a June 26, 2019 communication to both houses of Congress (copies attached ), has called on legislators to take no action on pending proposed bills that are at best unnecessary and, at worst, harmful and damaging to both the mainstream …
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