Pamela Danner, the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Administrator for the Office of Manufactured Housing, released a letter announcing Home Innovation Research Labs, Inc. as the new Administrating Organization (AO) for the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC). According to the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), the new AO is the research and laboratory affiliate of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), a trade group representing the site-built housing industry. MHProNews understands the previous AO was the National Fire Protection Association, which expressed an interest in installing smoke detectors in manufactured homes. ##

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