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Chairman Hensarling Opening Statement at Hearing on CFPB Semi-Annual Report

By / September 24, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

WASHINGTON — Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report with Director Richard Cordray:  Click to Watch Chairman Hensarling’s Opening Statement “This morning we welcome Director Richard Cordray, Director of the CFPB, to deliver …

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Trend Toward Production Increases Continues

By / September 24, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., September 6, 2013 – 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 increased once again during July 2013. Just-released statistics for July 2013 indicate that HUD …

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MHARR Comments on HUD Anchor Proposal

By / September 20, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Attached for your review and information are comments filed by MHARR in response to a proposed rule published by HUD in the Federal Register on July 26, 2013, to establish new ground anchor testing criteria and standards as part of the federal Model Manufactured Housing Installation Standards (24 C.F.R. 3285). …

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HUD Choose Monitoring Contraction of Past 37 Years

By / August 21, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

On August 16, 2013, HUD awarded the latest manufactured housing program monitoring contract to the same entity that has served as the monitoring contractor since the beginning of federal regulation in 1976.  The award of the new contract should quickly put to rest concerns within the industry regarding possible shortages of …

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Production Growth Sustained in June 2013

By / August 3, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., August 2, 2013 – 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 increased once again during June 2013. Just-released statistics for June 2013 indicate that HUD …

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MHARR DOE Energy Comments

By / September 20, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

In response to numerous inquiries received at MHARR’s offices, attached for your information and consideration is a complete package of the MHARR comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on July 24, 2013, in response to DOE’s June 25, 2013 Request for Information concerning manufactured housing energy standards. …

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HUD Published Proposed Ground Anchor Testing and Installation Rule

By / September 20, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published a proposed manufactured housing ground anchor testing and installation rule in the July 26, 2013 edition of the Federal Register (copy attached). According to the preamble to the proposed rule, it is supposedly consistent – other than for “formatting and …

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MH Finance Language Advancing Rapidly

By / July 19, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

As a follow-up to MHARR’s July 16, 2013 Washington Update concerning GSE reform legislation pending in the Senate and announced in the House of Representatives – and the treatment (or non-treatment) of manufactured home consumer financing in each such bill — it now appears that the House counterpart, the Protecting …

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MHARR News Release JULY 16, 2013

By / July 16, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Ensuring the Future of Manufactured Home Financing- Including the securitization of Chattel Loans Industry and Consumers Face Crucial Challenge on Chattel Financing GSE Reform Takes Shape in Congress As announced in June 2013, MHARR has prepared a white paper analyzing the treatment and status of HUD Code manufactured home financing …

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House Announces Plans For Reform Legislation

By / July 12, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

As expected by MHARR (see, your copy of MHARR’s June 26, 2013 memorandum concerning “GSE Reform / Chattel Financing) the House Financial Services Committee announced in the below July 11, 2013 news release that it plans to introduce a House counterpart to the Warner-Corker GSE reform bill recently introduced in …

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Industry Production Growth Continues

By / July 6, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., July 3, 2013 – 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 increased once again during May 2013. Just-released statistics for May 2013 indicate that HUD …

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GSE Reform Legislation Introduced in Senate

By / July 2, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

GSE Reform Legislation Introduced in Senate On June 25, 2013, the most promising legislation yet to reform and effectively replace the current Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) was introduced in the U.S. Senate by a bi-partisan group including lead co-sponsors Sens. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA).  The legislation, titled “The …

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RE: Clarification and Correction of Unauthorized and Misleading MHI Communication

By / July 2, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

You may or may not have seen the below unauthorized memorandum sent out by an MHI staffer on June 24, 2013 regarding the publication of a vacancy announcement for the manufactured housing program administrator position at HUD.  Based, however, on: (1) the volume of inquiries that MHARR has been receiving at its offices …

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MHARR June 19, 2013 Washington Update – Report & Analysis

By / June 20, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

The Big Picture on GSE Reform and Manufactured Housing With much of the industry focused on the implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law and the impact of pending Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulations on existing sources of manufactured home financing (an effort that MHARR fully supports), a broader, …

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EPA Publishing Proposed Formaldehyde Rules

By / June 12, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published two proposed rules concerning formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products in the June 10, 2013 Federal Register.  The proposed rules (see, copies attached) would establish federal standards for formaldehyde emissions from certain defined composite wood products (78 Federal Register No. 111 at p. 34820) …

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April 2013 Industry Production up Significantly

By / June 3, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., June 3, 2013 – 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 increased significantly during April 2013.  Just-released statistics for April 2013 indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 5,313 homes, …

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MHCC Structure and Design Subcommittee Meetting

By / May 10, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

The Structure and Design Subcommittee of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) met by telephone conference call on April 23, 2013.  As was previously reported, notice of the subcommittee meeting was published by HUD in the Federal Register, complying with a long-standing request by MHARR for public notice of such subcommittee …

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Production Drops Slightly in March

By / May 6, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

2013 – 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 declined slightly during March 2013. Just-released statistics for March 2013 indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 4,467 homes, …

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MHCC Structure and Design Subcommittee Meeting

By / April 25, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

The Structure and Design Subcommittee of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) met by telephone conference call on April 23, 2013. As was previously reported, notice of the subcommittee meeting was published by HUD in the Federal Register, complying with a long-standing request by MHARR for public notice of such …

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CFPB Has No Valid Director So Financial Services Committee Cannot Accept Testimony on Semi-Annual Report

By / April 24, 2013 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

WASHINGTON – The House Financial Services Committee cannot legally accept testimony from Richard Cordray on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) semi-annual report until he is validly appointed as the bureau’s director, said Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), the committee’s chairman.  However, the committee will continue to conduct rigorous oversight of the …

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