Manufactured Housing News

The United States is facing a severe housing crisis, with soaring prices, limited inventory, and millions of Americans struggling to afford decent housing. This crisis has far-reaching implications, affecting not only individual families but also the overall economy and societal well-being. Amidst this challenge, factory-built housing emerges as a promising solution, offering attainable homeownership, housing...

Funds will fill critical knowledge gaps, help local leaders leverage off-site construction, land use and zoning reforms, and office-to residential conversions to meet their housing needs. In a lengthy February 23,2024 news release, The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced nearly $4 million in awards to eleven grantees to support research that will...

Marcus & Millichap’s 1H 2024 “Manufactured Home Communities National Report offered a mixed bag of good and not-so-good news. Specifically, the US. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is funneling more money into manufactured housing through its PRICE program. This consists of $225 million in financial resources to “help preserve and revitalize existing manufactured...

“Manufactured housing industry, we’ve got a pricing problem.” – (I say “we” as I’m sorta in the industry). No, our prices are not too high. The problem is the pricing is inconsistent. Purchasers have no idea what price a manufactured home should sell for. Therefore they tend to go from one retailer to the next...

15,830 Homes Produced Through February 2024 Source: MHI Monthly Economic Report – In February 2024, 8,347 new manufactured homes were shipped, an increase of  886 homes or 27.2% compared to February 2023. Compared with the same month last year, shipments of single-section and multi section homes were up, by 28.2% and 26.4%, respectively.Total floors shipped...

We’re thrilled to unveil the fourth episode of our captivating documentary series, “From Bookwork to Blueprint: A High School Class Builds A Modular Home.” Filled with excitement and curiosity, this latest installment, titled “Students Visit Homes, Tackle Roofing,” delves deeper into the remarkable journey unfolding at Perry Central High School. Our cameras are right there...

Before presenting the reasons why people choose to live and stay in a manufactured home community, we will offer up some statistics and information that might guide your decision to purchase a new modern manufactured home and place that home in a community – whether its called a “mobile home” park or a “manufactured home”...

Initiative will educate the benefits of manufactured housing in the aftermath of the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state’s history. Guild Mortgage, a mortgage lending company, has announced the first two homes from its Making Paradise Home Initiative are available for sale in Paradise. Calif. “While we’re using this initiative to help rebuild...

The Manufactured Housing Institute reported recently in a newsletter to members that Rep, Raph Norman of South Carolina sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee urging it to include the manufactured housing energy standards limitation amendment he sponsored be included in the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. The language has been...

From Montauk to Malibu, the prices of manufactured homes and mobile homes* can soar into millions of dollars If you thought the cost of single-family homes surged during the pandemic, that’s nothing compared to the escalating prices in America’s manufactured and mobile home communities. A new study by Lending Tree has found that the prices...