Prior to the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, the HUD program routinely used “interpretations” – developed behind closed doors without the involvement or input of the public or program stakeholders – to change the meaning of existing standards and regulations, and to impose new de facto requirements.
The MHCC should reject the federal fire sprinkler standard for manufactured housing (and related enforcement) as proposed by HUD and expanded and embellished by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). The rationalizations that have been offered for such an unnecessary and costly standard are deceptive, misleading and, ultimately, wrong.
MEETING OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS MHCC DISAPPROVES HUD-IMPOSED CHARTER AND BYLAWS MHCC URGES HUD TO RE-ASSESS ENHANCED PREEMPTION MHCC DEFERS ACTION ON HUD-MHI SPRINKLER PROPOSALS HUD STILL BYPASSING MHCC ON EXPANDED REGULATION MHCC TO FURTHER EXPLORE CRAWLSPACE INLETS MHCC ACTION ON ENERGY/FORMALDEHYDE PROPOSALS MHARR POSITIONS GAIN SUPPORT FROM MHCC MHARR positions …
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October 5, HUD released information about the $1 billion Emergency Homeowners Loan Program (EHLP) authorized in the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, including a program description and formula allocations for the 32 eligible states and Puerto Rico. Click here to view this information. EHLP, which is expected to become operational by …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: Builder Confidence Rises The National Association of Homebuilders says builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose three points to 16 on the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for October. …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: Buffets’s advice to youth applies to MH Industry Warren Buffett, owner of Clayton Homes, was on hand at an Iowa Dairy Queen to introduce the new Thin Mint Blizzard and gave a group …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: IF YOU’VE EVER LIVED in New York, you’re familiar with the Daily News headlines. Imagine seeing this one Wednesday: “Housing hot again! Home sales shoot up 18% in city; total sales prices climb …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: REUTERS REPORTS that Warren Buffett will be played by Ed Asner in Too Big to Fail, an upcoming television movie about the financial crisis. Reuters says the movie will be based on a …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Wednesday for the week ending October 1 showing an increase in purchase activity. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 9.3 percent from one …
MHARR Viewpoint – October 2010
By Danny D. Ghorbani
This is the second of a two-part series designed to explore the difficulties confronting the manufactured housing industry, consider the causes of those difficulties and suggest common-sense solutions to help the industry recover from its steep decline of the past twelve years and expand further to meet the needs of consumers of affordable housing. For purposes of this article, the term “production sector” refers to HUD Code manufactured home producers and product suppliers. The term “post-production sector” refers to HUD Code retailers, communities, developers, installers, finance providers and insurers.
During MHI’s 74th Annual Meeting on September 26-28, 2010 in Denver, CO, MHI members and Board of Directors outlined priorities for the industry and the association in preparation for 2011 and the incoming 112th Congress. 2010 has been a pivotal year for MHI and the industry. As the industry enters …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE MANUFACTURED HOME INDUSTRY made the Wall Street Journal this week. The paper chose to use the word “mobile” in the title and then began the article by saying the builders of manufactured …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: FORMER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT for Law and Policy at Fannie Mae Thomas Donilon [DON-ih-lun] appears to be on the short list to replace White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel. According to CNBC, …
A program now in place in New York promises to begin the replacement of older mobile homes throughout the state. Moreover, a bill currently in Congress would provide incentives to replace older manufactured homes with modern energy-efficient models. Officials in New York say the new program implemented by that state’s …
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MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: RADON REQUIREMENTS are seeping into the manufactured housing industry in Oregon. Despite a HUD Code that some Manufactured Housing Industry pros would contend preempts local requirements on manufactured housing, Oregon is gearing up …
Despite a HUD Code that some Manufactured Housing Industry pros would contend preempts local requirements on manufactured housing, Oregon is gearing up in the face of testing and mitigation requirements for radon. Radon is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that occurs worldwide in the environment as a byproduct of …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH decided today that the Great Recession ended in June of 2009. That reassurance only goes so far. The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) reported that builder confidence …
MHI staff participated in a meeting of the Council of State Administrative Agencies (COSAA) held in Washington D.C. September 13-15. Approximately 85 people attended the meeting, including 30 States, several manufactures, suppliers, state association executives and virtually all of the Primary Inspections Agencies. The COSAA co-chairs, Mark Luttich (Nebraska SAA) …
On September 16, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) released a revised draft of tax extension legislation that has been stuck in the Senate for several months. The House passed tax extension legislation in May 2010. The Senate is expected to consider the measure during a lame duck session …
On September 16, it was reported that in the coming weeks Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren “whom many predicted would be nominated as the inaugural director of the newly established Bureau of Consumer Finance Protection (CFPB)” will be appointed to the position of Special Advisor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner …
