Short summaries of what is happening in the industry, with links to the original reporting.
Senior HUD officials are promoting the quality of today's manufactured homes and arguing for a bigger role in the nation's housing supply.
The Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee scheduled a meeting for October 27–28 to consider recommendations for putting the ROAD to Housing Act into practice.
HUD announced a new financing opportunity aimed at manufactured rental housing. Details are limited to industry members.
Trade coverage of HUD's seven-step plan, which implements the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act by updating construction, installation and efficiency rules.
HUD laid out how it will update the 50-year-old HUD Code, including energy efficiency standards and new rules for homes built without a steel chassis. The changes are not in effect until HUD updates its regulations.
Sen. Jim Risch introduced a Senate version of the bill passed by the House. Some overlap between HUD and Department of Energy authority over manufactured homes remains unresolved.