JANUARY 28, 2026 TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM: MHARR RE: MHCC RECOMMENDS WITHDRAWAL OF DOE “FINAL” ENERGY RULE BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN The statutory Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), following a January 27-28, 2026 teleconference meeting called to formulate a response to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) September 3, 2025 Request for […]
Washington, D.C., December 22, 2025 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in a December 17, 2025 communication to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler (see, copy attached), has called on SBA to invalidate the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) May 31, 2022 manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards rule. This action follows
Washington, D.C. NOVEMBER 24, 2025 IMPORTANT TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM: MHARR RE: MHARR COMMENTS CALL FOR THE REPEAL AND WITHDRAWAL OF DESTRUCTIVE AND COSTLY DOE MANUFACTURED HOUSING “ENERGY” STANDARDS Attached for your review, information and follow-up is a copy of MHARR’s comments in response to the U.S. Department of
AUGUST 11, 2025 TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS MHARR STATE AFFILIATES MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG) FROM: MHARR RE: MHARR REITERATES CALL FOR WITHDRAWAL OF DOE “ENERGY” STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR MANUFACTURED HOMES As a follow-up to its July 1, 2025 meeting with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
Washington, D.C. JULY 2, 2025 TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS MHARR STATE AFFILIATES MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG) FROM: MHARR RE: DOE ISSUES FINAL RULE DELAYING ENERGY RULE COMPLIANCE DATE FOR “TIER 2” MANUFACTURED HOMES The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a final rule delaying the manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards
APRIL 23, 2025 TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS MHARR STATE AFFILIATES MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG) FROM: MARK WEISS RE: DOE EXTENDS COMPLIANCE DEADLINE FOR TIER 2 MANUFACTURED HOUSING “ENERGY” STANDARDS The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in a News Release and draft Federal Register notice issued on April 22, 2025,
February 26, 2025 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Hon. Chris Wright Secretary U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20585 Re: Manufactured Housing Energy Standards and Enforcement Regulations Dear Secretary Wright: I am writing on behalf of the members of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). MHARR
NOVEMBER 12, 2024 TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURD HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERS FROM: MHARR RE: MHARR CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION BY PRESIDENT TRUMP TO WITHDRAW AND REPEAL DOE MH ENERGY REGULATIONS Upon the election of Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of
RE: BROAD DISCOVERY DENIED IN ENERGY STANDARDS CASE A federal magistrate judge has, for now, denied an effort by the Plaintiffs to obtain wide-ranging discovery from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in the case that was brought in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas to invalidate DOE’s impending high-cost manufactured
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DOE ENERGY RULE LITIGATION – REPORT AND UPDATE MHARR was present in Austin, Texas on April 24, 2024 for a U.S. District Court hearing regarding the pending industry legal challenge to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) May 2022 manufactured housing energy standards rule. The hearing, before Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra, focused
