Latest Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform News
MHARR Memo to Manufactured Home Producers, Retailers, Communities – Initial Comments On Proposed DOE Manufactured Housing “Energy” Standards
Attached, for your information, are initial comments submitted by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to the federal Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) …
July 2021 HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Keeps Pace With 2020
Washington, D.C., September 8, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …
DOE Takes Next Step Toward Drastic and Costly Manufactured Housing Energy Standards
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), on August 26, 2021, formally published its “Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” for manufactured housing energy standards in the …
MHARR Urges Hud and FHFA To Address Zoning and Consumer Financing Under Their New Agreement
Attached, for your information and follow-up, is a copy of a communication from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to HUD Secretary Marcia …
DOE Proposes Baseless, Extreme and Discriminatory Energy Standards Targeting Manufactured Homes
Washington, D.C., August 16, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a “prepublication” version of its second round of proposed “energy conservation” …
MHARR Communication to HUD Secretary Carson re: COVID19 Response
MARCH 24, 2020 TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS FROM: MHARR RE: MHARR COMMUNICATION TO SECRETARY CARSON Attached, for your information, is a copy of a self-explanatory MHARR …
MHARR Continues to Press Two-Track Approach to Fight Discriminatory Zoning Laws
Washington, D.C., March 18, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in comments filed on March 16, 2020 with the U.S. Department …
“Discriminatory Manufactured Home Energy Regulation Looms Once Again”
Like a monster in a B-Grade horror movie that refuses to die, the specter of excessive, discriminatory and extremely-costly federal manufactured housing energy “conservation” standards …
2020 Begins with Manufactured Housing Production Increase
Washington, D.C., March 3, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …
DOE, Dana Wade, GSEs, Budget, New MH Standards – MHARR D.C. Update
IN THIS REPORT: MARCH 2, 2020 TAINTED DOE ENERGY RULE BROUGHT TO LIFE AGAIN HUD TO CONDUCT ZONING STUDY SOUGHT BY MHARR DANA WADE …
HUD Undertakes Study Proposed by MHARR
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) has published notice in the Federal Register of an …
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: …
HUD Proposed FY 2021 Manufactured Housing Budget Increases Overall Program Spending
President Trump’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would once again increase funding for the …
MHARR February 5, 2020 Washington Update – Report and Analysis
REPORT AND ANALYSIS IN THIS REPORT: FEBRUARY 5, 2020 PRESIDENTS’ ORDERS SUPPORT MHARR ON “GUIDANCE” LETTERS MHARR WINS FIRST ROUND OF HUD FOIA APPEAL …
Annual HUD Code Production Declines In 2019
Washington, D.C., February 3, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …
HUD to Post Two Manufactured Home Regulatory Actions
copies attached for your review and information is a pre-publication copy of a proposed rule by HUD to implement the so-called “third” set of standards …
“MHARR Positions Vindicated Once Again”
The debate (not that there ever legitimately was one) is over. The law means what it says, and the time to restore the rule of …
Exclusive Insights on Controversies – Interview with 25 Year Industry Leader, Mark Weiss, President & CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR)
Given the many industry controversies that often involve legal and regulatory issues, it seemed fitting to begin 2020 and this new decade with an in-depth …
White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing — Request for Information
The following comments are submitted on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). MHARR is a Washington, D.C.-based national trade association representing …
HUD Code Production Increases in November 2019
Washington, D.C., January 6, 2020 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …