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To address the housing affordability issue Americans increasingly face, the Trump administration and Congress have taken several measures to expand manufactured home construction.
However, the negative images of unsightly trailer parks with dilapidated homes on wheels that the words “mobile home” conjured up decades ago may be hindering the adoption of manufactured housing by local communities.
Real estate professionals and recent reports suggest modern manufactured homes differ markedly from the stereotypical mobile homes of the past.
They say a key policy change under the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act could make this type of housing more appealing to local communities, potentially increasing supply and making homeownership more affordable for many first-time buyers….
However, the negative images of unsightly trailer parks with dilapidated homes on wheels that the words “mobile home” conjured up decades ago may be hindering the adoption of manufactured housing by local communities.
Real estate professionals and recent reports suggest modern manufactured homes differ markedly from the stereotypical mobile homes of the past.
They say a key policy change under the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act could make this type of housing more appealing to local communities, potentially increasing supply and making homeownership more affordable for many first-time buyers….
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