MHProNews has received a brief from Danny Ghorbani, President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), which says the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is expanding its in-plant regulation presence, and disrupting the relationship between Primary Inspection Agencies (PIAs), housing manufacturers, and HUD. As printed in The Journal, where MHARR publishes their organization’s monthly column, the changes are being instituted without being presented to the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) in violation of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000. All changes to the role of PIAs inside production facilities and expanded in-plant inspection are supposed to be approved by the MHCC, and based on cost-impact data and justification for making the changes. MHARR maintains that in an industry that has lost 80 percent of it’s production over the last 12 years, more regulation is not the answer. Further, MHARR suggests HUD is starting what could be a dangerous precedent by mandating changes without industry input.
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Tony
We had an error in a phrase in the story above, which has been corrected, please see the note that follows:
========================== From: Matthew Silver
Date: Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 11:38 AMTony—Thanks for bringing the error about MHARR and The Journal in
the Daily Business News to my attention. As you may recall my 98
year-old mother, Sylvia Silver, was in St. Vincent’s Hospital here in
Indianapolis at that time with a broken leg and I was with her night and
day. After just one and a half hours of sleep the prior night and all
that was going on, I was working from the hospital on my laptop and
evidently used an improper phrasing in the story. It was absolutely
unintentional, as I always strive for both accuracy and to give the
source the proper credit. So I apologize for any heat you may have
received from my misstep. I know you were on the road, and had you had
the chance to read it you would have caught it immediately. I would be happy to speak with the people at The Journal and MHARR if you so wish.
In any case, mom is back at the nursing home with a huge cast on her
leg, and we’re still trying to figure out how it happened since she has
not walked in years. The nursing home staff doesn’t know either. Go
figure.
Again, my apologies, and have a grand weekend.
Matthew Silver
Industry in Focus Reporter
MHMSM.com – MHProNews.com matthew@mhmsm.com
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We had an error in a phrase in the story above, which has been corrected, please see the note that follows:
========================== From: Matthew Silver
Date: Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 11:38 AMTony—Thanks for bringing the error about MHARR and The Journal in
the Daily Business News to my attention. As you may recall my 98
year-old mother, Sylvia Silver, was in St. Vincent’s Hospital here in
Indianapolis at that time with a broken leg and I was with her night and
day. After just one and a half hours of sleep the prior night and all
that was going on, I was working from the hospital on my laptop and
evidently used an improper phrasing in the story. It was absolutely
unintentional, as I always strive for both accuracy and to give the
source the proper credit. So I apologize for any heat you may have
received from my misstep. I know you were on the road, and had you had
the chance to read it you would have caught it immediately. I would be happy to speak with the people at The Journal and MHARR if you so wish.
In any case, mom is back at the nursing home with a huge cast on her
leg, and we’re still trying to figure out how it happened since she has
not walked in years. The nursing home staff doesn’t know either. Go
figure.
Again, my apologies, and have a grand weekend.
Matthew Silver
Industry in Focus Reporter
MHMSM.com – MHProNews.com
matthew@mhmsm.com
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work hard at accuracy, are proud to have conscientious team members,
such as Matthew Silver and are always willing to correct an error in
facts. Even major news sources have glitches, and our accuracy rate runs about 99.7%. We also thank our readers for news tips and corrections.
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