Washington, D.C., November 26, 2014 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in a November 25, 2014 communication to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has called upon the Secretary to reject a fundamentally flawed manufactured housing energy conservation standards proposal developed by a DOE “Working Group” …
Danny Ghorbani, President of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), suggests that GIGO is at play in a recently announced and controversial Department of Energy (DOE) policy effort. “Computer scientists and programmers have a saying – “garbage in, garbage out.” In other words, if a program is based …
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Working Group tasked with developing new manufactured home energy efficiency standards (as mandated by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 – “EISA”) via a “negotiated rulemaking” process, held its fifth in-person meeting in Washington, D.C. on October 1-2, 2014. The results of …
DOE Manufactured Housing Working Group At Critical stage — status Report and analysis Read More
A 415 square foot customized tiny home now sited in the Bruton Park manufactured home community (MHC) in York County, Virginia may have to move because it has not been approved to meet the federal HUD Code standards for a manufactured home (MH). Karen and Tom Rogers lived with their …
1. SUMMARY The second working group meeting focused primarily on the development of an analytical framework to evaluate the elements of a recommendation to DOE based on the requirements of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, as well as the identification and acquisition of information relevant to that …
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) working group tasked with developing new manufactured home energy efficiency standards (as mandated by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 – “EISA”) via a “negotiated rulemaking” process, held its first meeting in Washington, D.C. on August 4-5, 2014. Given the potential cost impact …
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1. HUD ISSUES ANTI-SCALD VALVE REFERENCE STANDARD CORRECTION HUD has published a correction in the June 3, 2014 Federal Register to its December 9, 2013 Final Rule adopting certain modifications and updates to the Part 3280 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards. This specific correction addresses an issue previously raised by …
Anti-Scald Standard, DOE Energy, MHARR FOIA & RV Definition — Status Report Read More
After studying 60 years of climatological data from the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, Purdue University researchers discovered most tornadoes touch down in what are called “transition zones,” areas where the topography changes dramatically, as in forests to open plains, or from tall urban buildings to farmland. Co-author of …
Investors were unfazed by the mounting tension between the U. S. and Russia over Ukraine, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 180.65 points, +1.12 percent to end the day at 16,247.22, according to CNNMoney. The Nasdaq moved up +34.55 points, +0.81 percent, to finish at 4,279.95, while the S&P …
A letter to the editor of the ukiahdailyjournal by Judy DeBeni, a resident of Lake Mendocino Mobile Home Estates, in Ukiah CA brings to light an issue that goes well beyond her land lease community. DeBeni writes: “Sue Everett, in her letter of Aug. 7, claims to represent the residents …
CA MHC resident says ‘Home Owners Association’ doesn’t speak for her or Residents Read More
In response to numerous inquiries received at MHARR’s offices, attached for your information and consideration is a complete package of the MHARR comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on July 24, 2013, in response to DOE’s June 25, 2013 Request for Information concerning manufactured housing energy standards. …
Contrary to the common focus of too many weather reports, MHProNews has leaned that no one in a pre-HUD Code mobile home or a modern manufactured home died as the result of the May 20 and May 31st EF5 storms in Oklahoma. While thousands of conventional homes were leveled or …
Manufactured and Mobile Homes Survive Recent Oklahoma Tornadoes Read More
Patrick Industries, Inc. of Elkhart, Indiana reports net sales for the first quarter of 2012 rose 47.8 percent over Q1 2011, to $102.7 million, reflecting a 36 percent increase from MH revenue and 57 percent rise from RV revenue. The company reports net income for Q1 2012 of five million, …
A slew of news stories appeared over the weekend over those killed in recent tornadoes. While the majority of those killed were in what the articles call mobile homes, the distinction is not always made between pre- HUD code mobile homes and manufactured homes, or as to whether the homes …
A report from Fort St. John in British Columbia published by Energetic City tells of a Christmas morning fire in what the paper calls a modular home, then later a mobile home. The home was located at the Peace Country Mobile Home Park in Fort St. John. The article says …
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In a follow up to a story previously reported on MHProNews, ColumbiaMissourian reports that Columbia Regency mobile home park rezoning passed by a 5-2 vote of Columbia City Council. The Churchill Group expressed public interest last September in acquiring the property and redeveloping the location with 330 apartments for students …
Resident protests doesn’t stop manufactured home community closure vote Read More
CNSNews reports on a story worth fact checking. They allege that it takes businesses 10.2 million man hours a year by to comply with Dodd-Frank Regulations. They compared this with the 5.5 million man hours needed to manufacture “every iPhone out there.” The regulatory burden is costing Americans jobs and reducing …
Does Dodd-Frank Compliance take more than 10 million man hours a year? Read More
HuffingtonPost carried a column by Ted Kaufman, former U.S. Senator from Delaware. Kaufman’s article questions if the Dodd-Frank reform; “Would it actually prevent another taxpayer bailout of a bank or banks to avoid a financial meltdown?” Delaware’s former senator briefly outlined the history of mortgage instruments, which in the 1960s …
Does Dodd-Frank really help with ‘Too Big to Fail?” Read More
Following President Obama’s disaster declaration for specific counties in Tennessee and Missouri, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan has offered speedy government assistance to people in those jurisdictions ravaged by the tornadoes last month, specifically to home-owners and low-income renters. The provisions include diversion of Community …
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Market Wire reports from Deer Valley’s corporate headquarters in Tampa, Florida, that their production facility in Guin, Alabama, was not damaged by the tornadoes last week, but they did lose communications and power for a day. All utilities were restored, and the facility reopened Monday, May 2, according to Charlie …
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