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Comprehensive MHARR Comments on HUD Review Of Manufactured Housing Regulations

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As MHARR previously advised you, HUD, on January 26, 2018, announced a comprehensive, “top-to-bottom” review of all its existing and pending manufactured housing regulations and related “regulatory actions,” pursuant to Trump Administration Executive Orders (EOs) 13771 (“Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs”) and 13777 (“Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda”). In response to HUD’s request […]

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Duty To Serve “Final Rule” Continues To Fail Consumers And Industry – Time For Accountability

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Washington, D.C., February 12, 2018 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in a February 6, 2018 communication to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee (copy attached), has called on Congress to intervene in order to ensure the proper, timely and robust

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HUD Code Production Rises Again in December 2017 As Annual Production Edges Closer To 100,000-Home Benchmark

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., February 6, 2018 – 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), year-over-year manufactured housing industry production grew once again during December 2017. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 7,245 homes in

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MHARR Officials Meet with Hud Secretary Dr. Benjamin Carson — Pledge Full Cooperation to Advance Reform Of HUD MH Program

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., January 30, 2018 – On January 29, 2018, a delegation of officials from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) met with HUD Secretary Dr. Benjamin Carson, to provide the Secretary with a first-hand opportunity to hear the concerns of smaller industry businesses regarding the operation of the federal manufactured housing program

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“Diversion, Distraction or Destruction — And Time to Raise the Red Flag?”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to recent press reports, nearly fifty percent (or more) of the HUD Code manufactured housing production market is currently held by one manufacturer, Clayton Homes, Inc. (Clayton), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation (BHC).  At the same time, at least thirty-five percent of the manufactured home consumer finance market (as acknowledged by BHC

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After Dithering Ten Years, FHFA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Final DTS Plans Fail Consumers and Industry

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington, D.C., January 5, 2018 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that after ten years of dithering, the final “Duty to Serve Underserved Markets” (DTS) plans filed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — approved by their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and publicly released on December 18, 2017

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FHFA CONTINUES TO SHORT-SHRIFT MH CONSUMER FINANCING

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FHFA BIAS AGAINST HUD CODE HOUSING CONTINUES The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has once again given HUD Code manufactured housing the back of its hand, as the regulatory agency responsible for the supervision and conservatorship of the two Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – has granted the GSEs permission

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New Bill Addresses MH Inclusion/Regulatory Impacts

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A new bill has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA) that would impact both the regulation of manufactured housing by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and, potentially, the utilization of HUD-regulated manufactured housing by local jurisdictions that receive housing-related federal grants from HUD.  If pursued correctly by the

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 Fannie Mae Conducts “More Of The Same” Duty To Serve Meeting

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored housing finance giant, held a one-day work session on October 17, 2017 at its Washington, D.C. conference center, dubbed “The Future of Manufactured Housing Forum.” MHARR participated in the forum (as it has with a similar manufactured housing working group convened by Freddie Mac), which featured discussion panels on various manufactured

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