It’s been more than ten years since Congress enacted the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) and its “Duty to Serve Underserved Markets” (DTS) mandate. DTS directs both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to “develop loan products and flexible underwriting guidelines to facilitate a secondary market for mortgages on manufactured …
“Time to Investigate Fannie And Freddie’s Mishandling Of DTS” Read More
Washington, D.C., June 3, 2019 – 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), year-over-year HUD Code manufactured home production declined again in April 2019, albeit at a moderating pace. Just-released …
HUD Code Production Decline Continues But Moderates Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) was established on July 3, 1985 as the “Association for Regulatory Reform” (ARR). The Association changed to its current name in the summer of 1997. Based in Washington D.C. since its founding, MHARR was formed to represent the views and interests of …
Led the industry in securing the enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000(2000 reform law), which mandates specific accountability-based program reforms for the federal manufactured housing program, directed the appointment of a non-career program administrator, established an enhanced level of federal preemption, created the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee …
MAY 21, 2019 In one of its first substantive regulatory reform actions under Trump Administration Executive Orders (EO) 13771 and 13777, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on May 20, 2019 (see, copy attached), that it is rescinding sub-regulatory “guidance” issued in 2017, requiring Alternate Construction …
HUD Rescinds 2017 “Guidance” On Carport-Ready Homes Read More
Washington, D.C., May 15, 2019 – With manufactured housing producers, retailers and communities offering their best homes (and related consumer protection) ever, and in light of the failure of the ostensible representation of the industry’s post-production sector to fully and effectively advance the marketing, consumer financing and, most importantly, the …
MHARR Launches “Fighting Discriminatory Zoning Mandates” Manufactured Housing Project Read More
Washington, D.C., May 10, 2019 – With manufactured housing production levels heading downward again in 2019, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has once again called on Congress, in appropriations legislation for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, to direct HUD to reduce funding for its bloated, over-grown program “monitoring” …
Re: Notice of Removal of Obsolete and Superseded Guidance Documents – Docket No. FR-6156-N-01 Dear Secretary Montgomery: As you know, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) is a Washington, D.C.-based national trade association representing the views and interests of smaller and medium-sized independent producers of manufactured Housing regulated …
Ms. Sofie Miller U.S. Department of Energy Room 6A-013 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20585 Re: Proposed Procedures for New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Consumer Products – EERE-2017-BT-STD-0062; RIN 1904-AD38 Dear Ms. Miller: The following comments are submitted …
MHCC ADDRESSES MULTIPLE REGULATORY ISSUES MHCC CITES “MAJOR INACCURACIES” IN DOE-NODA SUBPART I TO BE REVIEWED AGAIN MHCC CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF FROST FREE IB MHARR PROPOSAL ON MHCC ROLE ADVANCES PD&R REPORT OFFERS ON-SITE CHANGES HUD SECRETARY PRAISES MH IN ADDRESS TO MHCC The Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) …
MHCC Addresses Multiple Issues, HUD Secretary Carson Praises Manufactured Homes at Meeting Read More
Washington, D.C., April 30, 2019 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) in an April 24, 2019 communication to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary, Ben Carson (copy attached), has called on the Department to federally preempt local zoning ordinances which discriminatorily exclude manufactured homes regulated …
It is easy – and sometimes wise – to follow the same reports that others in business media are reporting. CNBC, Fox Business, CNN and others today are among those reporting on the ‘pause’ in the U.S.-China trade war, the surge in the markets, and the wisdom of allowing U.S. …
“The [popular] definition of insanity is repeating the same actions over and over again and expecting different results.” – sources, Solon, Psychology Today. “Its like selling tickets to a zoo where only ‘1 in 100 are eaten by lions!’” – Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA, speaking about the …
Addressing Manufactured Housing Insanity, Unusual Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) Tip Read More
Starting with specific examples from a large state, a trend spreading to other states will come into focus. “As you know, the New York Housing Association has been battling the adoption of rent control in NYS for decades. Unfortunately, with all parts of the legislative body voting with one voice, …
“Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan.” – Maxim based on saying popularized by President John F. Kennedy, but originated in a saying by Italian Count Caleazzo Ciano, per Wikipedia. Manufactured housing is underperforming as an industry, as has been noted numerous times here on MHProNews. So perhaps …
Unpacking New White House Council on Affordable Housing Initiative and Manufactured Homes Read More
The quotes that follow from the first two nights of the 2020 Democratic primary are not to be construed as an endorsement of that candidate or their positions. In some cases, the quotes are aimed to underscore claims backed by evidence. The candidate may be right on the facts but …
Insightful Quotes for Manufactured Home Business, Investors, and Professionals Read More
The 1980s was the first full decade that HUD Code manufactured housing – as distinguished from pre-code mobile homes – existed. It was during the early 1980s that manufactured housing – even with interest rates often as high as 21 percent on an adjustable rate loan – that new …
We could spend days unpacking all of the nuances of the first round of Democratic Presidential Primary Debates. Pundits across the country, and in various parts of the globe, are already doing so. We’ll leave the winners and losers picks for others to decide for now. Instead, we’ll do what …
A new research report by Marcus & Millichap reflects a three-year trend of rising direct investment into U.S. real estate. Marcus and Millichap (MMI) is involved in the manufactured housing industry, and in other commercial real estate sectors. They are among the firms our evening market report tracks that are …
In section one, paragraph 2 of the new presidential executive order are several items that could directly or indirectly impact the manufactured industry. Two specific items jump out, but there are others. Those two are: · rent controls; · outdated manufactured-housing regulations and restrictions; The Daily Business News on MHProNews …
