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Increasingly Concerning Manufactured Housing Production Decline Continues in February 2023

INCREASINGLY CONCERNING MH PRODUCTION DECLINE CONTINUES IN FEBRUARY 2023  Washington, D.C., April 3, 2023 – 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 year-over-year production declined sharply in February 2023. Just-released […]

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MHARR Washington Update – March 15, 2023, Report and Analysis

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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Latest Wake-Up Calls for the Manufactured Home Industry on Consumer Financing and Discriminatory Zoning

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

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Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) Provides October 2022 Meeting Insights with Senior HUD Officials

OCTOBER 6, 2022   TO:                 MHARR MANUFACTURERS                         MHARR STATE AFFILIATES                        MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG)  FROM:           MARK WEISS  RE:                 MHARR MEETING WITH SENIOR HUD OFFICIALS MHARR Washington officials met with senior HUD executives regarding manufactured

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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 Rule – Manufactured Housing Construction andSafety Standards – Docket No. FR-6233-P-01; RIN 2502-AJ58 Dear Sir or Madam: The following comments are submitted on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Association for

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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 2) which exposes a decades-long pattern of public relations exploitation — by the supposed representative of “all segments” of the manufactured housing industry — of laws and government benefit programs

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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 an extensive set of proposed new construction and safety standards and regulations for federally-regulated manufactured housing. The HUD Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR), published in the July 19, 2022 edition

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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 the 2022-2024 Duty to Serve Underserved Markets (DTS) plans filed by federal mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Enterprises). While FHFA sought to target the listening session toward manufactured

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MARK WEISS Addresses the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Twin Crises –an MHProNews Interview With MHARR President and CEO, Mark Weiss, J.D.

MARK WEISS Addresses the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Twin Crises –an MHProNews Interview With MHARR President and CEO, Mark Weiss, J.D.

TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS  RE:                 MARK WEISS Addresses the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Twin Crises – an MHProNews Interview With MHARR President and CEO, Mark Weiss Attached for your review and information is a reprint copy of a November 22, 2021 MHProNews interview with MHARR President and CEO, Mark Weiss. The interview addresses

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Special Interests Unwittingly Show Their Hand – Increasing Potential for Industry Legal Action

OCTOBER 25, 2021 IMPORTANT TO:                 HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERSFROM:           MHARR  RE:  DOE/ENERGY SPECIAL INTERESTS UNWITTINGLY SHOW THEIR HAND — INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR INDUSTRY LEGAL ACTION Notwithstanding action by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last week to grant a comment deadline extension as sought by MHARR, the Association, as previously announced, has today

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