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A Comprehensive Guide to Buying a Mobile Home

Redfin

A mobile home, also known as a manufactured home, is a type of prefabricated housing constructed in a factory and then transported to its intended location. Their factory-built nature often makes them more affordable than traditionally constructed homes, and they can vary in size, with options ranging from single to multiple sections.

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Housing Affordability Task Force Report: My Two Cents (Pt2)

Toronto Realty Blog

Allow wood construction of up to 12 storeys. While this is simply going to take money from the government’s left pocket and put it into the government’s right pocket, it will hopefully spur the construction of more affordable housing in the process. Land leases? This is well beyond my area of expertise.

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Opinion: It’s time for bi-partisanship on affordable manufactured housing homeownership

Housing Wire

These standards were not developed with any real input from HUD, which has exclusive statutory authority for manufactured home construction and safety standards nationwide, through the HUD Code. Congress can help.