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MHARR Calls for Urgent Action by President Trump to Withdraw and Repeal DOE Manufactured Home Energy Regulations
NOVEMBER 12, 2024 TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURD HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM: MHARR RE: MHARR CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION BY ...
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Interview Reprint of Mark Weiss, J.D., President and CEO of MHARR Responding to Questions Previously Posed to Manufactured Housing Institute CEO Lesli Gooch
NOVEMBER 5, 2024 TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS MHARR STATE AFFILIATES MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG) FROM: MHARR RE: ...
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HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Up in September 2024
HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Up in September 2024 Washington, D.C., November 4, 2024 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according ...
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HUD Code Manufactured Home Industry Production Increases in August 2024
Washington, D.C., October 3, 2024 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the ...
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HUD Adopts MHARR-Initiated Final Rule Authorizing Multi-Dwelling Unit Manufactured Housing
HUD Adopts MHARR-Initiated Final RuleAuthorizing Multi-Dwelling Unit Manufactured Housing Washington, D.C., September 12, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), with ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
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 ...
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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” ...
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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) ...
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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 ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
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 ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
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 ...
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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 ...
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MHARR Issues & Perspectives
“INVASION OF THE BUILDING CODE SNATCHERS”
In the classic film noir, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” space aliens attempt to take over the Earth by replacing real people with robot-like replicas. ...
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MHARR Washington Updates
HUD Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) Meeting Exposes Looming Battle Over Energy Standards
Washington, D.C., June 14, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) held yet another marathon conference call meeting on June 10, 2021, to take ...
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HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Increases Substantially In April 2021
Washington, D.C., June 3, 2021 – 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
MHARR Issues Strong Warning Against Solar Energy Mandates for Manufactured Homes
Washington, D.C., May 26, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has issued a strong warning to a special interest group against ...
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MHARR Admonishes HUD Secretary for Omitting Manufactured Housing From List of Agency Accomplishments
Washington, D.C., May 20, 2021 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in a May 13, 2021 communication to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge ...
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The Latest Step in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s “Duty To Serve” Deception
The latest step in the ongoing deception that constitutes the supposed “implementation” of the Duty to Serve Underserved Markets (DTS) mandate of the Housing and ...
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HUD Issues Manufactured Housing Industry Wide AC Letter
The HUD Office of Manufactured Housing Programs (OMHP) has issued a new industry wide Alternate Construction (AC) letter (see, copy attached). The letter, issued May ...
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MHARR Issues & Perspectives
“FREDDIE MAC UNWITTINGLY PROVES ITS OWN FAILURE” MHARR — ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES — May 2021
By Mark WeissMAY 2021 “FREDDIE MAC UNWITTINGLY PROVES ITS OWN FAILURE” Remember Inspector Renault in the classic film “Casablanca,” who was “shocked, shocked” to find ...
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