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Manufactured homes are built onto steel beams, and are transported in complete sections to the home site, where they are assembled. Wheels, hitch and axles are removed on site when the home is placed on a permanent foundation. Mobile homes, or trailers, are built on wheels, and can be pulled by a vehicle.
The MHINCC distinguishes among several types of factory-built housing: manufactured homes, modular homes, panelized homes, pre-cut homes, and mobile homes. From the same source, mobile home "is the term used for manufactured homes produced prior to June 15, 1976, when the HUD Code went into effect."
Clayton Homes also owns retail brands Oakwood Homes, [57] TruValue Homes [58] and Luv Homes. [59] [60] In 2016, Clayton acquired G&I Homes, [61] a family-run company based in New York. [62] As of 2019, Clayton Homes has 40 home building facilities and more than 350 retail outlets located across the United States.
The MHI hosts trade conferences, coordinates lobbying before the United States Congress and state legislatures on issues relating to manufactured housing, [1] [2] compiles and publishes data relating to industry sales [3] and provides marketing and public relations support to raise the awareness of manufactured housing. [4] [5]
Champion Homes was founded in 1953 as a single manufacturing facility in the small town of Dryden in rural Michigan by Walter W. Clark and Henry E. George. [4]In 2005, Champion was the first manufacturer to build privatized modular housing for the military.
Excel Homes Group, LLC, in Camp Hill, PA, was a manufacturer of custom modular homes in the United States. [1] According to the company, Excel Homes built more than 28,000 modular homes in its climate-controlled plants in Liverpool, Pennsylvania and Avis, Pennsylvania , since its founding in 1984.
Modular construction has consistently been at least 20 percent faster than traditional on-site builds. [citation needed] Currently, the design process of modular construction projects tends to take longer than that of traditional building. This is because modular construction is a fairly new technology and not many architects and engineers have ...
The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) is an agency of the New York state government [1] responsible for administering housing and community development programs to promote affordable housing, community revitalization, and economic growth. Its primary functions include supervising rent regulations through the State ...