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In 1908, Sears began a new adventure, radical for their time, selling prefabricated, “kit” houses. These mail-order homes arrived complete with framing, finishing, fixtures and all, with an [...]

“Don’t knock manufactured homes or their value to America” proclaims Suzanne Anarde in an op-ed published in the Opinion section of USA Today on Friday, November 24, 2017. Following excerpts from [...]

In the aftermath of declared and undeclared natural disasters, the utilization of manufactured homes is prominent in recovery efforts. Local, state and federal agencies have found that [...]

U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA) recently announced that the interest rate of Single-Family Housing Direct 502 loans will fall to 3 percent effective November 1, 2019. The [...]

Solving the continuing national affordable housing crisis and associated acceleration of homelessness is getting scant attention by local and national politicians. The wealthiest state in the [...]

The nation’s shortage of affordable housing has spawned a humanitarian crisis of homelessness that contradicts the American traditions of compassion for those that are less fortunate than [...]

Mobile home parks have long represented a slice of the American dream for those who couldn’t afford land. Nowadays mobile home parks represent a cash cow for park owners and as such are exposing [...]

“The trouble with the world is not that people know too little; it’s that they know so many things that just aren’t so.”  — Mark Twain  Many low and medium-income families across this [...]

As more and more people are learning of the benefits of manufactured housing’s price and building process, city councils are reconsidering their outdated zoning codes to allow even more [...]

As today’s seniors’ age and more “baby boomers” retire, the need for quality, affordable and comfortable housing is paramount in the minds of many senior American citizens, especially those [...]