Sen. Tim Scott is asking the Biden administration to delay new energy standards for mobile homes set to go into effect at the end of next month.given exclusively to Yahoo Finance, Scott said “this costly and misguided regulation” will squeeze low-income Americans who will be “unfairly asked to bear the costs imposed by climate alarmists.”
The new rules require more insulation and energy-efficient windows, changes that will increase the costs of building the homes. But they will also save Americans hundreds of dollars on their electricity bills while also cutting nationwide carbon emissions by 80 million metric tons. Monday’s letter from Scott, the ranking member of the Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, is the latest salvo in a debate over mobile homes — which make up about 6% of housing stock in the U.S. — and climate change that has stretched on for years.