The Manufactured Housing Institute et al v. The United States Department of Energy et al

  1. January 13, 2025

    Manufactured Housing Groups Seek Early Win Against DOE

    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."

  2. May 19, 2023

    DOE Punts Manufactured Housing Energy Rule Deadline

    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.

  3. April 10, 2023

    Manufactured Home Groups Double Down On DOE Challenge

    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."

  4. April 03, 2023

    DOE Says Groups In Manufactured Home Suit Lack Standing

    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.

  5. February 14, 2023

    Manufactured Housing Groups Challenge New Energy Rule

    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.