The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) provided MHProNews today with a snap-shot of their meeting with Department of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUD) officials.

Danny Ghorbani, M. Mark Weiss, two past and the current MHARR Chairman were present representing MHARR to talk to HUD Code Manufactured Housing (MH) Program Administrator Pam Danner, Deputy Administrator Theresa Payne and others from the MH program.

MHARR termed the meeting ‘productive.’

Topics discussed included:

1.   Use Of Manufactured Homes Other Than As “Single Family” Housing,

2.      Expanded In-Plant Regulation,  

3.      Subpart I Monthly Record Inspections,

4.      Enforcement Of Attached Garages,

5.      Recreational Vehicle Definition – Regulatory Reform,

6.      Manufactured Housing Energy Standards,

7.      Certification Label Fee Increase and utilization, and

8.      Southern Yellow Pine Design Values.

For more details, please see the MHARR memo found at this link. ##

(Image Collage credits – HUD and MHARR logos belong to each respective organization, and a sample HUD label used on manufactured homes.)