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MHARR Washington Updates
MHARR Slams Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for Their Nearly Two- Decade Failure to Implement DTS for Manufactured Home Personal Property Loans
My name is Mark Weiss I am the President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), based in Washington, D.C. Our ...
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Industry Shipment Statistics
Manufactured Housing Production Increases in May 2024
Washington, D.C., July 8, 2024 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
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 ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
Broad Discovery Denied in Manufactured Housing DOE Energy Standards Case
RE: BROAD DISCOVERY DENIED IN ENERGY STANDARDS CASE A federal magistrate judge has, for now, denied an effort by the Plaintiffs to obtain wide-ranging discovery from ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
MHARR Takes Major Step on Exclusionary Zoning In Meeting with Acting HUD Secretary Adrianne Todman
Washington, D.C., June 24, 2024 – In a meeting with HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman on June 18, 2024, Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform ...
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Proposed Rule – Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards – Docket No. FR-6233-P-01; RIN 2502-AJ58
August 22, 2022 VIA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION Office of General CounselRegulations DivisionU.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentRoom 10276451 7th Street, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20410-0500 Re: Proposed ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
‘FHFA has Repeatedly Reported Material Misrepresentations to Congress’ ‘Breach of Responsibilities under HERA Relating to DTS’
August 15, 2022 VIA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION Hon. Sandra ThompsonDirectorFederal Housing Finance AgencyConstitution Center400 7th Street, SWWashington, D.C. 20219 Re: Duty to Serve Listening Session – ...
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August 2022 MHARR Issues and Perspectives – “WHY THE DOE ENERGY RULE SHOULD BE DOA”
AUGUST 2022 “WHY THE DOE ENERGY RULE SHOULD BE DOA” On May 31, 2022, the fifteen-year battle over U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) “energy conservation” ...
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Industry Shipment Statistics
HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Increases In June 2022
Washington, D.C., August 3, 2022 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
Ginnie Mae Seeks Input on FHA Title I Manufactured Housing Program and Egregious 10-10 Rule
Following an MHARR meeting with senior Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) officials on February 10, 2022 to address the near-collapse of the Federal Housing ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
MHARR White Paper Exposes Public Relations Exploitation Notwithstanding Continuing Industry Failures
Washington, D.C., July 25, 2022 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has published a research White Paper (copy attached –attachment 1– attachment ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
HUD Publishes Proposed New Standards – Including Major Victory for the MH Industry and Consumers
HUD PUBLISHES PROPOSED NEW STANDARDS – INCLUDING MAJOR VICTORY FOR THE MH INDUSTRY AND CONSUMERS The HUD Office of Manufactured Housing Programs (OMHP) has published ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
MHARR Presents Comments at Federal Housing Finance Agency Duty To Serve “Listening Session”
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) provided comments to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) at a July 12, 2022 “Listening Session” regarding ...
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Industry Shipment Statistics
Industry Production Grows in May 2022
Washington, D.C., July 5, 2022 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the ...
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MHARR Issues & Perspectives
“The ‘Woke’ War On Affordable Housing” MHARR – Issues and Perspectives, by Mark Weiss
“THE ‘WOKE’ WAR ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING” The leaders of the “woke” mob – inside government and out — will never admit that they actually oppose ...
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Industry Shipment Statistics
Manufactured Housing Industry Production Increases in April 2022 Per Official Data Provided by Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform
Washington, D.C., June 3, 2022 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
Latest Developments Concerning DOE Manufactured Housing Energy Standards Rule
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 ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
DOE Resorts to Deception and Misdirection to Advance Its Flawed Energy Rule for Manufactured Housing
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 ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
URGENT and IMPORTANT Notice to HUD Code Manufactured Housing Industry Members
URGENT AND IMPORTANT MAY 18, 2022TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERSFROM: MHARR RE: DOE RELEASES FINAL MH ENERGY STANDARDS RULE Within two days of ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
MHARR Files Supreme Court Brief to Reinstate Social Cost of Carbon Injunction
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 ...
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