Cutting out this phrase from a half-century-old law would save homebuyers $175,000 and help tackle the housing crisis, economists say

4 comments

1. I would love a small manufactured cabin on a wooded lot.

2. I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down

3. To save you the clickbait:

   In an op-ed in the Washington Post on Tuesday, they said amending the law to remove the requirement that manufactured homes must be “built on a permanent chassis” would make them more attractive to consumers, save them money, and be safer, providing a “first step in bringing back this once-popular housing alternative.”

   Just before passage of that law, 1 in 3 single-family homes that were produced in the U.S. were manufactured, meaning they were built completely in a factory and delivered to customers on a wheeled chassis. They were so popular, the economists said, that in 14 states during the early 1970s, at least half the homes were manufactured.

4. Thanks for posting this. I didn’t even know this was a law. Why would they not let people put them on permanent structure. I’m guessing the construction industry pushed this through.