NOVEMBER 5, 2024 TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS MHARR STATE AFFILIATES MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG) FROM: MHARR RE: REPRINT of MHProNews INTERVIEW with MHARR PRESIDENT and CEO Attached for your review […]
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 uncharacteristic fanfare, has announced the adoption of a final rule – spurred by decisive and persistent MHARR action – to expressly authorize, for the first time, the construction and sale
MHARR – ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVESBy Mark WeissSEPTEMBER 2024 “A SUPREME COURT GIFT TO THE MH INDUSTRY” By now, thanks to MHARR research and analysis, as presented in a March 1, 2024 Talking Points Paper entitled, “Summary of the Three Main Bottlenecks Suppressing Manufactured Housing Production, Marketing and Sales,” industry members are aware of the principal
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August 1, 2024VIA FEDERAL EXPRESSMs. Marcea BarringerSupervisory Policy AnalystAttn. Duty to Serve 2025-2027 RFIFederal Housing Finance AgencyNinth Floor400 Seventh Street, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20219Re: Request for Input — Proposed 2025-2027 Duty to Serve PlansDear Ms. Barringer: The following comments are submitted on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). MHARR is a Washington,
MAY 20, 2024TO: HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY MEMBERSFROM: MHARRRE: MHARR HISTORY AND THE FUTURE OF THE HUD CODE INDUSTRY The attached materials – a brief history of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) and a summary of its accomplishments on behalf of the manufactured housing industry – are self-explanatory. They illustrate, in
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BOTTLENECKS SUPPRESSING MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY CONTINUE UNABATED Washington, D.C., May 2, 2024 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in May 1, 2024 communications to both Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra L. Thompson and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman (copies attached), has called for specific
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Attached please find your copy of the March 11, 2024 “MHARR WASHINGTON UPDATE” an exclusive report and analysis addressing: REPORT AND ANALYSIS MARCH 11, 2024IN THIS REPORT:
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Washington, D.C., March 8, 2024 – Recent announcements by federal agencies are touting millions of dollars in spending on affordable housing, including some nominally targeted at HUD Code manufactured homes. Yet, as the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has consistently pointed out – and documented, both in its July 2022 White Paper on
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PERSISTENT MHARR EFFORTS PAY DIVIDENDS ON REFORMING DESTRUCTIVE GINNIE MAE RULE Washington, D.C., March 5, 2024 – Persistent efforts by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to reform the draconian “10-10” rule imposed by Ginnie Mae in 2010 to limit lender eligibility under the Federal Housing Administration’s Title I manufactured home federal loan
DRASTIC 2023 PRODUCTION DECLINE WARRANTS MUCH STRONGER ACTION Washington, D.C., February 5, 2024 – 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), HUD Code manufactured housing industry year-over-year production declined again in December 2023. Just-released statistics
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