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May 10 2017

Terrible FHFA Duty to Serve Rule Leads to Useless Fannie And Freddie DTS Chattel Plans

By Mark Weiss / May 10, 2017 May 10, 2017 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., May 9, 2017 – The entirely discretionary final “Duty to Serve Underserved Markets” (DTS) rule published by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on December 29, 2016 — opposed by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) as being totally inconsistent with the mandatory and remedial nature …

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May 10 2017

MHARR to EPA: withdraw discriminatory formaldehyde mandate

By Mark Weiss / May 10, 2017 May 10, 2017 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., May 8, 2017 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has formally called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw certification requirements contained in its December 2016 Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for Composite Wood Products rule, which discriminate against manufactured housing and manufactured housing producers. …

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Apr 20 2017September 19, 2018

MHARR April 19, 2017 Washington Update — An Exclusive Report and Analysis

By Mark Weiss / April 20, 2017 September 19, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Attached please find your copy of the April 19, 2017 “MHARR WASHINGTON UPDATE” an exclusive report and analysis addressing: HUD DEFIES PRESIDENT TRUMP’S REGULATORY REFORMS · LATEST HUD MEETING SHOWS NEED FOR PROGRAM SHAKE-UP · DE FACTO REGULATIONS DODGE REGULATORY REFORMS/2000 LAW · INDUSTRY MUST RESIST HUD INSTALLATION POWER-GRAB · STRICT OVERSIGHT OF HUD PROGRAM BUDGET MUST CONTINUE …

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Apr 20 2017

Double-Digit Hud Code Production Growth Continues

By Mark Weiss / April 20, 2017 April 20, 2017 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., April 4, 2017 – 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 manufactured housing industry production increased substantially again during February 2017. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers …

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Apr 4 2017September 19, 2018

Former Manufactured Housing Program Head Retires

By Mark Weiss / April 4, 2017 September 19, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., April 3, 2017 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has learned that the former administrator of the federal manufactured housing program at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Mr. Henry Czauski, Esq., has retired from HUD as of April 1, 2017. In announcing his …

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Mar 23 2017

MHARR — ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES “Why Manufactured Housing Must Remain Federally Regulated”

By Mark Weiss / March 23, 2017 March 23, 2017 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

By Mark Weiss APRIL 2017 In the natural world, the telltale scent of decay inevitably attracts predators and opportunists. Apparently, it is no different with the decay of the HUD manufactured housing program over the past decade, and particularly over the past three years. With the program in a steep …

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Mar 23 2017September 19, 2018

FHFA January 2017 Request for Input – Duty to Serve Underserved Markets — Support for Chattel Financing of Manufactured Homes

By Mark Weiss / March 23, 2017 September 19, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

March 21, 2017 Dear Sir or Madam: The following comments are submitted on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). MHARR is a Washington, D.C.-based national trade association representing producers of manufactured housing regulated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) pursuant to the …

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Mar 14 2017

MHARR – Issues and Perspectives

By Mark Weiss / March 14, 2017 March 14, 2017 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

By Mark WeissMARCH 2017 “Time for REAL Change at HUD … and Beyond” Welcome to the inaugural issue of “MHARR — Issues and Perspectives.” This will be the first in a new …

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Mar 13 2017September 19, 2018

MHARR Calls on DOE Secretary Perry To Withdraw Unnecessary, Costly And Tainted Mh Energy Rule

By Mark Weiss / March 13, 2017 September 19, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., March 13, 2017 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has formally called upon the newly-confirmed Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Gov. Rick Perry, to withdraw, in toto, the proposed manufactured housing “energy” rule published by DOE in the Federal Register on June …

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Mar 13 2017September 19, 2018

MHARR to FHFA: Duty To Serve Without Chattel Is Unacceptable

By Mark Weiss / March 13, 2017 September 19, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., January 30, 2017 – At a Duty to Serve (DTS) “listening session” conducted by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in Chicago, Illinois on January 25, 2017, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) advised FHFA officials and representatives of the FHFA-regulated Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), that the …

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Dec 6 2016

HUD Code Production Growth Continues In October 2016

By Mark Weiss / December 6, 2016 December 6, 2016 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., December 5, 2016 – 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 increased once again during October 2016. Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced …

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Nov 22 2016September 19, 2018

MHARR Calls For Moratorium On 3 Critical Regulations

By Mark Weiss / November 22, 2016 September 19, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

MHARR Echoes President-Elect And Congress In Calling For Moratorium On Pending Regulations — Targets Three Critical Manufactured Housing Regulations Washington, D.C., November 21, 2016 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has joined President-Elect Trump and the leadership of Congress in calling for federal agencies to place a moratorium on …

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Nov 17 2016September 19, 2018

Trump / Congress Call On Federal Agencies To Defer Action On All Pending Regulations

By Mark Weiss / November 17, 2016 September 19, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

As was predicted and outlined in MHARR’s November 9, 2016 Washington Update, President-Elect Trump’s promise to “impose a … moratorium order on new agency regulations,” pending the review and elimination of regulations that “kill jobs” and “do not improve public safety,” has taken an important first step forward with a …

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Nov 10 2016

MHARR November 9, 2016 Washington Update — An Exclusive Report and Analysis

By Mark Weiss / November 10, 2016 November 10, 2016 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Attached please find your copy of the November 9, 2016 “MHARR WASHINGTON UPDATE” an exclusive report and analysis addressing: · NEW PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS UNNECESSARY AND COSTLY REGULATION · DOE PUBLISHES PROPOSED TESTING STANDARDS FOR MH TRUMP VICTORY A BOOST FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CONSUMERS Donald J. Trump’s victory in the November 8, 2016 presidential …

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Nov 2 2016September 19, 2018

MHARR November 1, 2016 Washington Update — An Exclusive Report and Analysis

By Mark Weiss / November 2, 2016 September 19, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Attached please find your copy of the November 1, 2016 “MHARR WASHINGTON UPDATE — OCTOBER 2016 MHCC MEETING“ — an exclusive report and analysis addressing: · INTRODUCTION AND MEETING OVERVIEW · FIFTY-STATE INSTALLATION POWER GRAB BY HUD · FORMALDEHYDE PROPOSAL WOULD ELIMINATE “WARNING” NOTICE · MAJOR PROPOSED UPDATE TO ELECTRICAL REFERENCE STANDARD · OTHER MHCC ACTIONS REPORT AND …

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Oct 21 2016September 19, 2018

Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee Members

By Mark Weiss / October 21, 2016 September 19, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Attached for your information, in advance of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee’s (MHCC) October 25-27, 2016 meeting, is a copy of MHARR’s latest communication (October 20, 2016) to HUD program Administrator Pamela Danner. This communication addresses the latest step in the Department’s apparent effort to exercise de facto control over installation standards in both HUD-approved …

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Oct 21 2016

“Production, Paperwork and Contractor Make-Work”

By Mark Weiss / October 21, 2016 October 21, 2016 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

MHARR, its fair to say, has been a consistent critic of a HUD manufactured housing program enforcement system that is overly dependent on paid contractors, and a contracting system that – in addition to being fundamentally non-competitive over its entire history — improperly allows contractors to perform inherently governmental functions …

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Oct 13 2016September 19, 2018

FEMA Solicitation for “OFF THE LOT” Manufactured Homes

By Mark Weiss / October 13, 2016 September 19, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

As a follow-up to MHARR’s October 6, 2016 memorandum entitled “Availability of Emergency Manufactured Homes for FEMA,” the Federal Emergency Management Agency has now issued a formal solicitation for “off the lot” manufactured homes. A copy of the solicitation (No. HSFE70-17-R-0003), published on the Federal Business Opportunities webpage (FedBizOpps.gov) is attached …

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Oct 7 2016

HUD Code Production Growth Resumes in August 2016

By Mark Weiss / October 7, 2016 October 7, 2016 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., October 4, 2016 – 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 — after declining in July 2016 — resumed its trend toward long-term growth …

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Sep 23 2016September 19, 2018

FOIA Documents Confirm Millions In DOE Payments To SBRA Management Company

By Mark Weiss / September 23, 2016 September 19, 2018 / Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform

Washington, D.C., September 22, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), responding to a May 10, 2016 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), has produced documents showing that $1,606,348.00 was paid by DOE to The Levy Partnership, Inc. (TLP) …

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