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Double-Digit 2023 Manufactured Home Production Slide Continues
Washington, D.C., September 5, 2023 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. …
MHI Statement Provides Fannie and Freddie a Pass on DTS Chattel
Ever since Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) CEO, Lesli Gooch stated at a July 18, 2023 Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Duty to Serve (DTS) “Listening …
Despite Steep Production Decline, Manufactured Housing Institute Gives Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a Pass
Washington, D.C., August 3, 2023 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …
“The Duty to Serve — A Cruelly-Unfulfilled Promise and Mandate” MHARR – ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES AUGUST 2023 by Mark Weiss
MHARR – ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVESBy Mark WeissAUGUST 2023 “THE DUTY TO SERVE — A CRUELLY-UNFULFILLED PROMISE AND MANDATE” The June 2023 edition of “MHARR – …
MHARR Targets Fannie and Freddie Chattel Manufactured Home Lending Failure in DTS “Listening Session” Comments
VIA FEDERAL EXPRESSFederal Housing Finance AgencyDuty to Serve MarketsOffice of Housing and Community InvestmentsConstitution Center400 7th Street, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20710Re: July 18, 2023 FHFA Listening …




MHARR Succeeds in Getting Extension For Energy Rule Comments From DOE
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in a notice issued on October 20, 2021 see, copy attached has granted an MHARR request for an extension …
MHARR Submits Third Comments On Proposed DOE Manufactured Housing Energy Standards
Attached, for your information, are further comments filed by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory (MHARR) on October 13, 2021 in connection with the federal …
Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Submits Second Comments on Proposed DOE Manufactured Housing Energy Standards
Attached , for your information, are comments filed by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory (MHARR) on October 1, 2021 in connection with the federal …
HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Increases in August 2021
Washington, D.C., October 4, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …
Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Challenges Misleading Washington Post Article – Seek Correction
MHARR CHALLENGES MISLEADING WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE – SEEKS CORRECTION Washington, D.C., September 27, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in a …
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 Comments on DOE Manufactured Housing Energy Rule Focus on Excessive Costs and Market Exclusion
Washington, D.C., August 4, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in written comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) …
HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Continues to Increase in June 2021
Washington, D.C., August 3, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …
Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform Blasts Fannie/Freddie Continuing Failure On Duty To Serve
Washington, D.C., July 15, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) at a July 14, 2021 “listening session” conducted by the Federal Housing …
Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) July 8, 2021 Washington, D.C. Update
REPORT AND ANALYSIS IN THIS REPORT: JULY 8, 2021 INDUSTRY POST-PRODUCTION FAILURES HIT HOME MHARR CALLS FOR CHANGES FROM NEW FHFA DIRECTOR MHARR BLASTS NEW …
HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Increases Continue in May 2021
Washington, D.C., July 6, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the …