Washington, D.C., May 7, 2012 – 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), the manufactured housing industry rebound that began during the second half of 2011 has now continued into …
MHARR News Item — Industry Production Numbers Continue to Trend Upward Read More
Attached for your information is a copy of a self-explanatory April 17, 2012 joint letter from the Chairmen of the Financial Services Committee and the Housing, Insurance and Community Development Subcommittee to HUD Secretary Shawn Donovan seeking specific follow-up from the Department as a consequence of the February 1, 2012 …
In This Report: Program Backsliding Resumes HUD Misses Opportunity on MHCC Fire Sprinkler Proposal Defects Revealed New MHARR Front on Expanded Regulation HUD Creates More Confusion on AC and ON-SITE Arbitrary and Untimely Wind Standard Process Serious Questions Renewed on Contract Well-Timed GAO …
MHARR Washington Update — Report and Analysis April 16, 2012 Read More
PRODUCTION INCREASE AT SEVEN MONTHS NOW A TREND Washington, D.C., April 4, 2012 – 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), the manufactured housing industry rebound evident during the second half …
Washington, D.C., March 6, 2012 – 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), the manufactured housing industry rebound evident during the second half of 2011 has continued into the first …
Washington, D.C., February 14, 2012 – As you know, the Obama Administration released its proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 federal budget on February 13, 2012. Following-up on its successful 2011 congressional effort to: (1) reduce the size of the FY 2012 HUD program budget and the amount of direct appropriations …
January 10, 2012 Dear Chief Mitchell: I am writing on behalf of the members 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 …
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Washington, D.C., February 7, 2012 – 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). the manufactured housing industry rebound evident in recent months continued and strengthened during December 2011. posting its …
As you are already aware, the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity held an oversight hearing on February 1, 2012 specifically focusing on HUD’s implementation of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000. The hearing, which has been a key objective of MHARR’s intensive engagement with …
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Washington, D.C., February 1, 2012 – A House of Representatives subcommittee, reacting to a nearly 90% decline in manufactured housing production over the past decade, questioned officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at a February 1, 2012 hearing on the Department’s failure to fully and properly …
MHARR News Item — Congress Zeros-In On The 2000 Reform Law Read More
Washington, D.C., January 5, 2012 – 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), the manufactured housing rebound evident in recent months continued and strengthened during November 2011, posting its fourth …
A delegation of MHARR Board officials and staff met on December 14, 2011 with Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) President Theodore W. Tozer and other senior GNMA executives to address GNMA’s securitization requirements for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Title I manufactured housing loan originators and the negative unintended consequences of …
Productive MHAAR- GNMA opens window of opportunity on FHA Read More
As was explained and detailed at the November 4, 2011 MHARR Board of Directors meeting, MHARR is continuing to target and aggressively press three key pending regulatory and program-related issues administratively with HUD — (1) the HUD-Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) fire sprinkler standard accepted by the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee …
Fire Sprinkler, In-plant Regulation and MHCC-Related issues — Status Report Read More
Washington, D.C., December 7, 2011 – 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), the manufactured housing rebound evident in recent months continued and expanded during October 2011, posting its third …
The Chairmen of the House Financial Services Committee and the Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a thorough examination of certain key aspects of the HUD manufactured housing program. With the introductory-level November 29, 2011 field hearing on “The State of …
MHARR and the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) acting jointly as The Coalition to Advance Manufactured Housing (Coalition), held a conference call on November 22, 2011 with FHA Commissioner Carol Galante and other HUD officials. The purpose of call was to follow-up on the three specific agreed issues (i.e., easing FHA …
Washington, D.C., November 18, 2011 – Both houses of Congress, on November 17, 2011, passed a conference committee report on 2012 appropriations that would cut the budget of the HUD manufactured housing program by more than half. This action represents the culmination a year-long MHARR effort to subject the runaway …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: MHARR (202) 783-4087 HUD CODE PRODUCTION REBOUND CONTINUES Washington, D.C., November 9, 2011 – 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 continued to rebound …
In This Report: MHCC Meeting — Exclusive Report and Analysis MHCC Recomends Conditional Sprinkler StandardMHCC Accepts Further Erosion of its RoleMHCC Recommends de Facto Accessibility Standards Summary and Conclusions MHCC Accepts Conditional Sprinkler Standard In a move that could ultimately open the …
MHARR Washington Update — Report and Analysis October 21, 2011 Read More
On September 22, 2011, a joint delegation of MHARR and MHI-member executives and staff met with Ms. Carol Galante, the new Acting HUD Federal Housing Commissioner-Assistant Secretary for Housing. As reported previously by MHARR, Ms. Galante, formerly a HUD Deputy Assistant Secretary responsible for multi-family housing, was appointed to this …
