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MHARR Outlines Their Concerns About Pending Housing Legislation Bills
MHARR - "certain aspects of their language that could potentially undermine those beneficial purposes for both the industry and consumers."
As regular and detail minded readers of this"Reality Check" series for this Patch may recall, officials for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) have in recent years repeatedly stated words to the effect that their conventional housing 'site builders' are not able to produce a home for a price that most Americans are able to afford. Some examples of the specifics on that which quote the NAHB at length are found in the reports linked below.
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"In no market in this country can a home builder build a house that is affordable for a first-time home buyer." - Then NAHB CEO Jerry Howard.
There are numerous takeaways from those statements by NAHB leaders. But among them is this. Without more factory-built housing, there is no apparent way to close the multi-million unit affordable housing gap. See the first two linked articles above for specific details.
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That doesn't automatically mean that HUD Code manufactured homes will fill that gap, for reasons that "Reality Check" series readers and those who follow MHProNews or MHLivingNews should know.
More specifically, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), per an array of sources that include well documented statements by their own past or current members, seem to be more focused on consolidation of the manufactured housing industry than they are on expanding the demand and supply of millions of more HUD Code manufactured homes. The most recent insights that include AI supported fact-checks of the evidence for the accuracy of those concerns into that troubling reality about why there are so few manufactured homes being built are linked here.
To some extent, some members of Congress seems to recognize that there is a need for more manufactured homes. But if they are listening exclusively to MHI, then the likey outcome - based on roughly 2 decades of experience in the 21st century - is that the bills if passed as they currently stand won't work.
With that backdrop, what follows is the press release issued on June 2, 2025 by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). Additional information plus other topics will follow in Part II.
Part I
June 2, 2025
TO: MHARR MANUFACTURERS
MHARR STATE AFFILIATES
MHARR TECHNICAL REVIEW GROUP (TRG)
FROM: MHARR
RE: MHARR CONTINUES TO ADDRESS CRITICAL INDUSTRY ISSUES
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) continues to address critical manufactured housing industry issues with disproportionate potential impacts for smaller industry businesses.
MHARR, in recent days, has engaged with Congress extensively regarding multiple pending and draft bills that could have serious repercussions if not addressed and corrected properly.
Most recently, MHARR held meetings in the House of Representatives regarding draft bills that:
(1) would make optional the current “permanent chassis” requirement; and
(2) require the approval of the HUD Secretary for manufactured housing standards (such as the U.S. Department of Energy – DOE- manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards) emanating from a federal agency other than HUD.
While MHARR supports the purpose and intent of each of these bills, it nevertheless has serious concerns with certain aspects of their language that could potentially undermine those beneficial purposes for both the industry and consumers.
Accordingly, MHARR advised the House subcommittee considering these bills, that the Association will soon submit proposed language to correct these issues and ensure that the final bills will not have negative side-effects and/or other deficiencies.
MHARR will continue to keep members and the broader industry advised of its activities on these and other pending legislative matters.
On a related matter, MHARR was present in federal court in the Western District of Texas on May 28, 2025, as the court held a status conference in the litigation over the pending DOE May 31, 2022 manufactured housing “energy conservation” standards.
Although DOE has already indicated that the implementation of these standards will be delayed beyond their originally-scheduled dates, the principal revelation to emerge from the judicial status conference is that DOE now plans to re-open (within the next 90 days), the rulemaking on the energy standards themselves, in order to receive further public comment and input on their substance.
While this is a positive development and MHARR will submit further comments on the standards emphasizing their lack of any positive cost-benefit for manufactured housing consumers, MHARR will also continue to seek the total withdrawal and repudiation of the May 31, 2022 standards by both DOE and HUD.
As it has continually, MHARR will closely monitor all of these proceedings and take further steps to protect, defend and advance the interests of smaller industry businesses.
cc: Other Interested HUD Code Manufactured Housing Industry Members
Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR)
1331 Pennsylvania Ave N.W., Suite 512
Washington D.C. 20004
Phone: 202/783-4087
Fax: 202/783-4075
Email: MHARRDG@AOL.COM
Website: www.manufacturedhousingassociation.org
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Notice to media:
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) manufactured housing production data is available for re-publication in full (i.e., without alteration or substantive modification) without further permission and with proper attribution and/or link back to MHARR.
Part II
1) More information from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) as well as from the NAHB are found in the report linked below.
https://www.manufacturedhomepr...
2) A new deeper dive into the affordable housing crisis in the U.S. that include insights from other nations around the world are found in the report linked below. Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox provide an array of information that includes their take on the need for more manufactured homes.
https://www.manufacturedhomepr...
3) There is more to say, but no kidding, I'm swamped. Other topics follow. Thank you for checking into this installment of the "Reality Check" series for this Patch. Facts matter. Evidence matters. Reality matters.
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L. A. “Tony” Kovach is a publisher who has earned multiple awards in history. He and his family live in a manufactured home on private property in Winter Haven, FL. He is the co-founder of Manufactured Home Living News.com (MHLivingNews.com) and Manufactured Home Pro News.com (MHProNews.com), trade publications serving segments of the manufactured home industry. Having worked in several segments of the manufactured home industry for over 3 decades, Kovach is a widely acknowledged and often praised expert on manufactured housing. ###
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