MHARR REITERATES CALL TO RETRACT HUD “GUIDANCE” HUD MISAPPLIES TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS HOUSING DEEMED “ESSENTIAL” DURING COVID-19 EMERGENCY MHARR SEEKS FEDERAL “ESSENTIAL” STATUS FOR MH RETAILERS HUD ISSUES INDUSTRY-WIDE AC LETTER FOR WINDOWS HUD ADVANCES STUDY OF PARK MODEL EXEMPTION MHARR CALLS FOR RETRACTION OF HUD SUB-REGULATORY “GUIDANCE” MHARR, in March 30, 2020 written […]
Like a monster in a B-Grade horror movie that refuses to die, the specter of excessive, discriminatory and extremely-costly federal manufactured housing energy “conservation” standards has emerged once again, this time courtesy of energy special interests and a distinctly un-Trump-like cave-in by the leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). As a result, the
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IN THIS REPORT: MARCH 2, 2020 TAINTED DOE ENERGY RULE BROUGHT TO LIFE AGAIN HUD TO CONDUCT ZONING STUDY SOUGHT BY MHARR DANA WADE RETURNING TO HUD FANNIE AND FREDDIE BAIT AND SWITCH ON DTS CONTINUES NEW BUDGET INCREASES ALREADY-BLOATED CONTRACTOR FUNDING HUD PROPOSES NEW MH STANDARDS AS REGULATORY RELIEF LAGS DISCRIMINATORY ENERGY REGULATION
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) has published notice in the Federal Register of an impending study designed to identify and assess local barriers to the siting and utilization of HUD Code manufactured homes. Such a study was specifically proposed and requested by MHARR in
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February 5, 2020 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESSHon. Dan BrouiletteSecretary U.S. Department of Energy1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20585 Re: Manufactured Housing Energy Regulation Dear Secretary Brouilette: We are dismayed and shocked to have learned recently that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has entered into a consent decree in litigation styled Sierra Club v. Perry (D.D.C.
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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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The following comments are submitted on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). MHARR is a Washington, D.C.-based national trade association representing the views and interests of producers of manufactured housing regulated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards
Washington, D.C. December 2, 2019 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in public comments (see copy attached) delivered at a Washington, D.C. Duty to Serve Underserved Markets (DTS) “Listening Session” conducted by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), has called on FHFA to join the increasing demands for congressional oversight of the
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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 »
HUD’S CONTRACTING FAVORITISM CONTINUES HUD AND TREASURY RELEASE HOUSING FINANCE REFORM PLANS FHFA ANNOUNCES SECOND DTS ROAD SHOW – MORE OF THE SAME ZONING PROJECT RESPONSE ILLUSTRATES POST-PRODUCTION FLAWS MHARR OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES NEW WEBSITE HUD AWARDS DAPIA MONITORING CONTRACT TO 40-YEAR INCUMBENT MHARR has learned near press time that the new HUD monitoring contract for
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