January 13, 2025
Two manufactured-housing trade groups pushed for an early win in Texas federal court in their suit against the U.S. Department of Energy over an energy conservation rule for manufactured housing that the groups claimed failed to hit "a rational balance between energy conservation and affordable housing."
May 19, 2023
New energy conservation standards for manufactured homes — currently under legal fire in a Texas federal court — will not go into effect at the end of May, after the U.S. Department of Energy postponed the compliance deadline on Friday to allow more time for the agency to draft enforcement procedures.
April 10, 2023
Two manufactured housing groups said the U.S. Department of Energy's administrative push to delay the full implementation of new efficiency standards for factory-built homes buttresses the validity of a federal lawsuit through which the groups are seeking a judicial stay of the controversial "energy rule."
April 03, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy said a pair of manufactured housing trade groups failed to show they have standing to sue over the implementation timeline of new federal efficiency standards for factory-built homes.
February 14, 2023
Two industry groups sued the U.S. Department of Energy in Texas federal court Tuesday in an attempt to block new energy conservation standards for manufactured homes from going into effect at the end of May, claiming the standards were put together hastily, sloppily and in breach of the law.