When your next step is Next Step
About ten years ago, while she was working in rural Appalachia, Stacy Epperson became acutely aware of the need for quality affordable housing. Recognizing this need, Epperson began to explore [...]
Manufactured Homes and the Creation of Wealth that Homeownership is Believed to Promise
“Manufactured Homes Exhibit Their Own Potential To Be A Wealth Creation Tool For Ordinary Everyday Americans” — Ben Carson (HUD) Homeownership is the best path toward wealth, versus [...]
Manufactured Housing Share Vs Site Built on the Rise Across The U.S.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are currently 22 million Americans living in 6.8 million manufactured homes across the U.S. After years of decline starting in the late 1990’s, [...]
Green Manufactured Home Building Standards + Energy Star Certification Saves Money and Protects Environment
When a modern new high quality manufactured home is built for a homebuyer, sustainable decisions are made throughout the entire process that ensures a minimal environmental impact and offers an [...]
Moving Manufactured Homes: What to Know Before You Go
Manufactured homes hold a significant advantage over their site-built counterparts. Moving a manufactured home is entirely possible and, if planned ahead of time, completely affordable. Moving a [...]
U.S. House of Representatives Unanimously Passes Bills Removing Barriers to Manufactured Housing
On a March 3rd, 2020 HOUSING ALERT by the Manufactured Housing Institute (M.H.I.): The U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills that would alleviate local and state barriers to [...]
Manufactured Housing Offers Quality and Value for Every Generation of Homebuyers
Today’s modern manufactured homes will meet the criteria of “everything a home should be,” offering quality, value, safety, amenities, energy efficiency and appearance and will have a cost 50% [...]
Affordable Housing Shortage Highlights the Need for Construction to Enter the Tech Age
Prefabricated housing can address the affordable housing crisis in a revolutionary way. It’s time to acknowledge and invest in the promise of factory-built housing once again. Editor’s Note: The [...]
OPINION: How Manufactured Housing Could Reshape the Housing Market in 2020 and Beyond
The manufactured home market has shown consistent, albeit nominal, recovery beginning in 2011 in the aftermath of the Great Financial Crisis. For the following eight consecutive years, HUD Code [...]
