MHProNews Q&A with Danny Ghorbani The following is a reprint of a popular new periodic series of questions and answers (Q&A) published by MHProNews. The series aims to set key industry issues in its proper historic and factual context. MHProNews asked Danny Ghorbani to participate due to his unique and award winning 50-year history in manufactured housing. …
REPORT AND ANALYSIS IN THIS REPORT: FEBRUARY 5, 2020 PRESIDENTS’ ORDERS SUPPORT MHARR ON “GUIDANCE” LETTERS MHARR WINS FIRST ROUND OF HUD FOIA APPEAL ON MHCC MHARR CONTINUES TO EXPOSE FANNIE AND FREDDIE SCHEMES MHARR SEEKS DECISIVE ACTION BY WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL MHCC SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ON-SITE CHANGES 2020 HALL OF FAME CLASS OMITS HUD …
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Well, the good news is that the debilitating zoning problem faced by the HUD Code manufactured housing industry and its consumers has apparently evaporated into thin air. That’s right. On May 15, 2019, MHARR invited state manufactured housing associations around the country to provide it with particularly egregious, actionablecases of zoning and/or placement discrimination …
“THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING ZONING PROBLEM.”-SEPTEMBER 2019 MHARR ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]EXCLUSIVE REPORT AND ANALYSIS IN THIS REPORT: SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 MHCC DELIVERS STRONG REBUKE TO HUD MHARR COMMENTS FURTHER OPPOSE DOE ENERGY RULE MHCC REJECTS HUD ACTION ON MULTIPLE ISSUES The statutory Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), meeting in Washington, D.C. from September 11-13, 2018, tackled a lengthy agenda of proposed items, including proposals derived …
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Latest Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform News Industry Shipment Statistics 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. … September 5, 2023 Read More → MHARR Washington Updates MHI Statement …
By Mark WeissNOVEMBER 2023 “WHAT’S IN A NAME? — EVERYTHING” Shakespeare famously asked, “What’s in a name?” If Shakespeare had been a lawyer – especially a regulatory lawyer – he would not have bothered to ask. He would have known the answer. For a regulated industry, such as manufactured housing (and especially a federally regulated …
MHARR – ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVESBy Mark WeissAUGUST 2023 “THE DUTY TO SERVE — A CRUELLY-UNFULFILLED PROMISE AND MANDATE” The June 2023 edition of “MHARR – Issues and Perspectives,” addressed one of the two major post-production factors – discriminatory and exclusionary zoning mandates — underlying both the HUD Code manufactured housing industry’s failure to achieve significantly …
MHARR HIGHLIGHTS KEY INDUSTRY ISSUESIN MEETING WITH HUD ASSISTANT SECRETARY MHARR Washington officials, on June 29, 2023, met with HUD Assistant Secretary and Federal Housing Commissioner, Julia Gordon. Ms. Gordon is the HUD appointed official with direct supervisory authority over both the federal manufactured housing program and Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-supported lending for manufactured home …
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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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FEBRUARY 16, 2022 On the heels of its February 10, 2022 meeting with senior Ginnie Mae executives regarding manufactured home consumer financing and the destructive “10-10” rule, MHARR representatives met on February 14, 2022 with the Director for Housing Efficiency of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and related HUD officials connected with …
