Washington, D.C., July 3, 2014 – 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), manufactured housing industry production grew again during May 2014. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 5,733 homes …
The below article by Mark Fogarty, writing in the June 23, 2014 edition of National Mortgage News, should be a “must read” for anyone in – or connected with – the HUD Code manufactured housing industry. Though mostly “old news,” the article nevertheless confirms, in compelling terms, how the manufactured housing industry …
Further Confirmation Of Financing Discrimination Against Hud Code Industry Read More
This article is a PDF, and is downloadable from the link here.
As a follow-up to MHARR’s June 4, 2014 report on this matter (“DOE Meeting to Address MH Energy Standard”), attached is a Department of Energy (DOE) notice from the June 13, 2014 Federal Register announcing DOE’s intent to proceed with a “negotiated rulemaking” for development of the manufactured housing energy …
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The 2015 HUD appropriations bill approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 6, 2014 — in addition to excluding any language to expand the recreational vehicle (RV) exemption to the federal manufactured housing law – also omits language sought by HUD to allow future manufactured home label fee increases …
Senate HUD Appropriation Fully Supports MHARR Position on HUD Inspection Fee Read More
Legislative Approach to RV Definition Issue Reaches Critical Stage in Congress As previously reported by MHARR, the full Senate Appropriations Committee held a mark-up hearing on June 5, 2014 concerning the 2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations bill. Based on information from congressional sources, the bill (as modified by …
Legislative Approach to RV Definition Issue Reaches Critical Stage in Congress Read More
1. HUD ISSUES ANTI-SCALD VALVE REFERENCE STANDARD CORRECTION HUD has published a correction in the June 3, 2014 Federal Register to its December 9, 2013 Final Rule adopting certain modifications and updates to the Part 3280 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards. This specific correction addresses an issue previously raised by …
Anti-Scald Standard, DOE Energy, MHARR FOIA & RV Definition — Status Report Read More
Washington, D.C., June 3, 2014 – 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), manufactured housing production strengthened again during April 2014. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 5,653 …
1. MHARR FILES COMMENTS ON HUD LABEL FEE INCREASE RULEMAKING MHARR has filed written comments (attached) in a pending HUD rulemaking to increase the manufactured housing certification label fee for the first time since 2002. Under the HUD proposed rule, the Department would increase the label fee from the current …
A May 21, 2014 mark-up hearing by the House Appropriations Committee to consider amendments to the Fiscal Year 2015 Transportation, HUD and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations bill, has concluded without the inclusion of any RV definition language that would further tamper with the federal manufactured housing law. Neither the omnibus …
RV Industry Effort to expand statutory Exemption – Status Report and Updates Read More
Dear Mr. Tolley: Your May 5, 2014 article, “Mobile Homes Often Death Traps,” is long on sensationalism and short on facts – at least accurate ones. From the start, the premise of the article is false and misleading. It quotes Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney as stating that “manufactured homes …
Attached for your review and information are two HUD regulatory actions issued on May 2, 2014, concerning attic insulation tests (24 CFR 3280.207(c)) and requirements for supply air ducts (24 CFR 3280.715(a)(1)). Both of these standards were modified by HUD’s December 9, 2013 final rule addressing the Manufactured Housing Consensus …
Washington, D.C., May 5, 2014 – 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), manufactured housing production strengthened during March 2014. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 4,899 homes in March 2014, a …
The MHARR Executive Committee, at a May 1, 2014 emergency meeting, has unanimously decided to maintain the Association’s long-standing position that the federal manufactured housing law should not be amended to exempt “Park Model” trailers and towable recreational vehicles larger than 400 square feet. This action comes in response to …
MHARR Renews Position Regarding RV Exemption in Federal Read More
Following a delay of 18 months – which is actually consistent with processing times during the Obama Administration — the Department of Housing and Urban Development has provided an initial response to MHARR’s September 25, 2012 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, filed through its law firm, Mayer-Brown, focusing primarily (but …
MHARR continued its final push for the complete implementation of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 with a positive hour-long meeting on April 10, 2014 with senior-level HUD officials, including HUD Assistant Secretary/Federal Housing Commissioner Carol Galante and newly-arrived HUD Manufactured Housing Program Administrator Pamela Danner. This intensified MHARR …
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2014 – 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), manufactured housing production grew once again during February 2014. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced …
As you may or may not be aware, the below article regarding manufactured homes and manufactured housing communities was published in the March 13, 2014 edition of the New York Times Magazine. Given the nature of article and its negative references to manufactured homes, communities, manufactured homeowners, community residents and …
Washington, D.C., March 16, 2014 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) today lauded the inclusion of specific MHARR-proposed language in the bi-partisanGSE housing finance reform bill (S. 1217) released on March 16, 2014 by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID). The MHARR …
Attached for your review and information is a copy of a self-explanatory MHARR letter welcoming and congratulating Ms. Pamela Danner on her selection by HUD as the new careeradministrator of the federal manufactured housing program. MHARR was informed of this selection by HUD on March 6, 2014. As the MHARR clearly states, …
