HUD Unveils Next Generation Manufactured Housing Action Plan After Chassis Rule Change
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its Next Generation Manufactured Housing Action Plan on October 7 (Release No. 26-082). This year marks 50 years since HUD's manufactured housing code was first issued, and following the ROAD to Housing Act's removal of the permanent-chassis requirement, HUD laid out its roadmap for the next generation of manufactured homes.
The plan has seven components, including updated energy standards, new design and construction rules for chassis-free homes, improved safety anchoring requirements, and a shift toward performance-based building standards, with the goal of bringing factory-built homes closer to site-built homes in cost, quality and appearance.
HUD Secretary Scott Turner said manufactured housing is one of the most affordable forms of housing in America and that the reforms will help more families buy homes at lower cost. FHA head Joe Gormley said the plan gives manufacturers and homebuyers clearer rules.
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Photo: 图：联邦紧急事务管理局工作人员在一栋预制住房单元前。摄影：美国联邦紧急事务管理局，公共领域，来源：Wikimedia Commons / Photo: FEMA staff in front of a manufactured housing unit. Credit: FEMA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
