A bill that passed the U.S. House would put regulations for manufactured housing, including energy standards, solely under the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards (HOMES) Act, a bill that would remove regulatory oversight over manufactured housing from the Department of Energy (DOE) and put it solely in the hands of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), eliminating duplicative authority and conflicting energy efficiency standards.
The bill’s sponsors, Congresswoman Erin Houchin (IN-09) and Rep. Mike Flood (NE-01), say it will reduce the cost of manufactured housing units by up to $10,000 and eliminate the “regulatory tug-of-war” between the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Energy (DOE) that manufactured homes have been engaged in for years.
According to an article in WBIW News, the bill “Re-establishes HUD as the primary regulator for manufactured housing construction and safety standards” and “Removes the Department of Energy’s ability to enforce conflicting energy efficiency mandates.”
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