House Scraps Biden Home Energy Efficiency Rule, Sends to Senate

A bill eliminating a Biden-era rule that gave the Energy Department greater authority to create energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing now heads to the Senate after the House passed it Friday.

H.R. 5184, passed 263-147 with dozens of Democratic votes, would restore the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s lead role in determining such standards for manufactured housing, a more affordable home ownership option for many Americans. More than 16 million Americans lived in manufactured homes in 2023.

The legislation is the latest effort from Republicans to reverse the Biden administration’s clean energy agenda.

“Energy efficiency standards should ...