Regulation is killing Manufactured Home Communities

[Logan M.]

In 1976, HUD took a major step in regulating the construction standards of manufactured homes.

Since then the federal government has taken steps to motivate manufactured housing opportunities.

Today roughly 22 million Americans live in these communities.

The killer of the manufactured home community is local government. I believe there is a cycle in these communities that has been broken because of poor housing laws. These communities were originally built on the outskirts of towns, as those towns grew they eventually become developed into higher-density housing removing all of the community residents. 

The chain is broken because local governments do not allow for new communities to be easily built on the outskirts of towns. If they did you would have the homeowners have more options when the development occurs, because it will.

I know it is very expensive to move a home but it is less expensive than losing the home entirely which is what is happening today.

Manufactured home communities are the solution to affordable housing in America if we just do it right.

[Joe S.]

Quote from @Logan M.:

In 1976, HUD took a major step in regulating the construction standards of manufactured homes.

Since then the federal government has taken steps to motivate manufactured housing opportunities.

Today roughly 22 million Americans live in these communities.

The killer of the manufactured home community is local government. I believe there is a cycle in these communities that has been broken because of poor housing laws. These communities were originally built on the outskirts of towns, as those towns grew they eventually become developed into higher-density housing removing all of the community residents. 

The chain is broken because local governments do not allow for new communities to be easily built on the outskirts of towns. If they did you would have the homeowners have more options when the development occurs, because it will.

I know it is very expensive to move a home but it is less expensive than losing the home entirely which is what is happening today.

Manufactured home communities are the solution to affordable housing in America if we just do it right.

 I hear ya. People are typically interested in what benefits them.  if you have a fine house and in a fine neighborhood, would you like people to move in mobile homes next-door to your fine expensive house?

On the other hand as an investor or even as a potential homeowner, we would love to place mobile homes in the middle of fine expensive houses.