This guide is a resource for anyone interested in safeguarding the rights of homeowners in manufactured home communities through state policy.
Read More about Policy Guide: Protecting Fundamental Freedoms in Communities
Modern manufactured homes are a high-quality and affordable option, particularly for low- and moderate-income families, and can provide an entryway into asset and wealth building that promotes long term economic opportunity and financial security. States can clear the way for manufactured home owners to access mainstream mortgage financing and the other benefits of real property…
Read More about Titling of Manufactured Homes as Real Property
Because they own their homes but not the land under their homes, owners of manufactured homes are vulnerable to closure of the community—the landowner can decide to put the land to some other use, and can force all the homeowners and their homes off the land. Closure of manufactured home communities is always a threat,…
These comments will focus on the Plans’ activities and objectives, which aim to improve the manufactured housing marketplace. However, the three markets addressed in the Plans overlap considerably, and manufactured housing cannot be addressed in a vacuum. We strongly encourage the Enterprises and the FHFA to encourage innovations that can impact multiple markets. For example,…
