Promising Approaches to Expand Attainable Supply, Improve Financing, and Preserve Affordable Homes
May 2026
December 12, 2022
Despite the engaging warmth in his voice, Jim Bennett is not what you’d call a people person. “I’m basically asocial, even though I worked retail—or maybe because I worked retail for so long,” he quips. It’s late fall when we speak, so he’s bracing for the chaotic social cyclone that is a big family […]
The Evolution of Manufactured Homes
July 1, 2015
Liz Wood wanted to buy a house. It was 2006, she had been renting for A decade, and her monthly payments were getting high. She was 43 and steadily employed, earning $34,000 annually plus benefits as a family educator. She didn’t want anything fancy, just a place where she could “gather love and bring stability.” […]
The Evolution of Manufactured Homes
January 25, 2018
Today’s factory-built abodes are comfortable and attractive, energy-efficient, and less than half the price of site-built houses. They’re also permanently affordable when owners form cooperatives to buy the land around them.
April 8, 2024
Manufactured housing is increasingly touted as an important part of the nation’s efforts to address its affordable housing woes
March 25, 2026
Chassis policy reform could become a practical way to increase supply and widen access to stable homeownership, all while keeping the core promise of manufactured housing intact: delivering quality homes at lower costs.
October 17, 2025
Manufactured housing holds great potential as a solution to the US affordability crisis. Participants at the 2024 I'm HOME conference discussed the policy and regulatory barriers, often rooted in outdated myths, that remain.
September 25, 2024
A new Manufactured Housing Industry Benchmark report tracks progress in adopting and implementing higher quality home production standards across the United States.
