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“MHARR Leadership Continues to Produce Results for Industry”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]MHARR, as an organization, has always been tasked with being a leader on the issues it addresses. Established by industry pioneers in 1985, MHARR was not designed, and was never intended to be, a status quo organization given to complacency, pulling punches, or “going along” with regulators, industry detractors, or anyone else. It was formed,

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Implementation of the Duty to Serve Underserved Markets

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Mr. Donald H. Layton Chief Executive Officer Freddie Mac 8200 Jones Branch Drive McLean, Virginia 22102-3110 Dear Mr. Layton: I am writing on behalf of the members of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). MHARR members are mostly smaller and medium-sized manufactured housing industry businesses, subject to regulation by the

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Duty To Serve “Final Rule” Continues To Fail Consumers And Industry – Time For Accountability

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Washington, D.C., February 12, 2018 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in a February 6, 2018 communication to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee (copy attached), has called on Congress to intervene in order to ensure the proper, timely and robust

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“Diversion, Distraction or Destruction — And Time to Raise the Red Flag?”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to recent press reports, nearly fifty percent (or more) of the HUD Code manufactured housing production market is currently held by one manufacturer, Clayton Homes, Inc. (Clayton), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation (BHC).  At the same time, at least thirty-five percent of the manufactured home consumer finance market (as acknowledged by BHC

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Manufactured Home Industry Production Increases Slightly in August 2026

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                   Contact: MHARR     (202) 783-4087   INDUSTRY PRODUCTION INCREASES SLIGHTLY IN AUGUST 2026 Washington, D.C., October 5, 2026 – 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

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Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Energy Legislation Debacle Keeps Getting Worse

TO:                             HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM:                      MHARR RE:                             MHI ENERGY LEGISLATION DEBACLE KEEPS GETTING WORSE MHARR has been clear on the record that while it supports the repeal of the manufactured housing “permanent chassis” mandate contained in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing

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SEPTEMBER 2026 – “MIDTERM TRUMP 2.0 VERDICT FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY – CONTINUING FAILURE”

In January 2025, with the start of President Donald Trump’s second term fast approaching, MHARR published an Issues and Perspectives (IP) article entitled “Trump 2.0 – The Industry’s Second Chance.” Noting that President Trump first came into office in January 2017 with a domestic policy agenda focused on cutting unnecessary, costly and burdensome federal regulation

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HUD Takes First Small Step to Improve the Federal Manufactured Housing Program

AUGUST 24, 2026   TO:                 MHARR MEMBER MANUFACTURERS  FROM:          MHARR  RE:                 HUD TAKES FIRST SMALL STEP TO IMPROVE THE                         FEDERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING PROGRAM                Some 12 days after MHARR, in an August 12, 2026 letter and package to HUD Secretary Scott Turner, documented manipulation and potential corruption within the HUD manufactured housing program, and

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