Asheville Reports Progress on Affordable Housing Units, with Hundreds in the Works
Asheville leaders said they’re making progress on one of the city’s biggest challenges, affordable housing.
Brad Lovin On Manufactured Housing as a Solution to the State's Affordability Crisis
Brad Lovin joins WPTF to discuss how modern manufactured and modular homes could help address the state’s growing housing shortage.
Could Manufactured Homes Help Solve North Carolina's Housing Crisis?
A new statewide campaign says manufactured and modular homes could help ease North Carolina’s housing shortage and affordability crisis.
Mass Production Can Ease NC Housing Woes
The John Locke Foundation says mass production can slash home costs by 50% or more per square foot. But local zoning often confines factory-built housing to mobile-home parks.
New Policy Impact May Ignite a Manufactured Housing Blue-Sky Era
With a major policy win secured, one of America’s most promising housing affordability solutions hidden in plain sight may get the close-up moment its stakeholders have fought for decades to earn.
New Federal Housing Law Aims to Improve Affordability. Will it Help the Triangle?
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law on July 11 — without the president’s signature — capping months of negotiations between the House and Senate.
New Virginia law will expand zoning for manufactured homes
Virginia is taking a new step toward expanding affordable housing. A recently signed law will make it easier for manufactured homes to be placed in residential neighborhoods, helping remove long-standing zoning barriers and broaden housing options for families across the state.
The solution to America’s ongoing housing crisis starts with construction
America is short 4.03 million homes—and pioneers of the factory-built home construction business are hopeful that a spate of new law changes could help turn the tide. But the construction of these homes isn’t the only hurdle they face. The first starts at the very definition of factory-built homes.
NC Governor signs order to boost housing supply across the state
Gov. Josh Stein on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at increasing housing supply and improving affordability across North Carolina, as the state faces a growing shortage of homes. The order directs state agencies to work together and use data and technology to better understand housing…
Mobile Homes May Not Need to Be So Mobile Anymore
A proposed change to mobile home construction could be one of the biggest boosts to housing affordability in the U.S. ROAD to Housing Act. Currently, mobile homes must be built on steel chassis for transportation, a restriction builders argue has long held back their production. If the bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act passes, it would eliminate that…
Deregulation, Cheaper Mortgages and Manufactured Homes
On Monday, the White House released the 2026 Economic Report of the President prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers. It reviews Trump administration policies, including a key chapter on Protecting and Rebuilding the American Dream of Homeownership , which proposed innovative and…
Governor Shapiro Makes $10 Million Investment to Build
This funding, through the Pennsylvania Mixed-Use Housing Development Pilot Program, will invest in seven projects that will create more than 1,400 new homes and apartments. The Pilot Program, created following Governor Shapiro’s Executive Order mandating a Housing Action Plan, received 104…
HUD's Role in Accelerating Offsite Construction
Most Realtors are hearing more and more about modular construction, prefab housing, offsite construction, and factory-built homes. HUD’s new report on accelerating offsite construction is pushing that conversation even further into the mainstream. At first glance, this all sounds like great news for housing…
Factory-Built Housing Gains Momentum as Supply Crisis Deepens
The U.S. housing market continues grappling with mounting affordability concerns and a persistent lack of available homes, challenges that conventional construction methods have struggled to alleviate. Limited housing inventory remains a major issue across much of the country…
Congress Nears Major Bipartisan Housing Bill with Support from Virginia
Last summer, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., criticized Congress for often “kicking the can” on federal housing policy. One year later, federal lawmakers are close to sending a large bipartisan housing bill to President Donald Trump’s desk. Dubbed the 21st Century ROAD To…
Affordable Housing Law Could Open Door to Boom in Manufactured Homes
America is plagued by a housing crisis. One possible solution is manufactured housing, which can be produced quickly and relatively cheaply. A new federal housing law could open the door to the sector’s expansion.
Manufactured Housing’s Mainstream Move
For decades, manufactured housing has often seemed like something of an afterthought for the residential market. Despite more positive perceptions of the sector in recent years, change has been slow. Despite more positive perceptions of the sector in recent years, change has been slow.
New Texas Law Limits City Bans on Manufactured Homes
SB 785 requires most Texas cities with zoning to allow new HUD-code manufactured homes by right in at least one zoning district. League City changed its ordinance to comply, while Pearland says its existing manufactured-home district already meets the law. A new Texas law is limiting…
Big Changes Could Be Coming for Manufactured Housing Under Trump Admin, Experts Say
The final two years of the Trump administration could be pivotal for the manufactured housing industry, experts say, as political pressure mounts to address the nation’s massive housing shortage.
Why Homes Once Banished to Trailer Parks are Filling the Suburbs
New Housing Law Boosts Prospects for Factory-Built Homes
Homes built in factories have long been stuck at the fringe of the U.S. housing market. Now, supporters are cheering a new federal housing law that should make it easier and cheaper to build modular and manufactured homes.
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