Eliminating Barriers to the Use of HUD-Code
Housing in Attached Construction (September 2003, 106 p.)
The research reported in this document was predicated on
the supposition that increasing the level of industrialization
in residential construction is one of the most effective strategies
for improving home affordability. The purpose of the study
was to explore how the cost of single-family attached construction
might be reduced by building with one of the most cost-efficient
building elements available in industrialized housing: the
HUD-code home.
This report is intended primarily for home manufacturers
and builder/developers involved or interested in the emerging
single-family attached market segment for manufactured housing.
This document also contains substantial information of vital
interest to anyone with a vested interest in advancing manufactured
housing. It is intended to summarize and evaluate the key
issues that manufacturers and developers face when embarking
on such projects, as well as the latest developments affecting
this market segment.
The guidance to home manufacturers is intended to:
- Summarize the market for single-family attached housing,
including its opportunities and pitfalls.
- Describe the state-of-the-art design, technology, and
regulations with respect to manufactured housing in the
single-family attached configuration.
- Help manufacturers who wish to explore this market get
started.
The guidance to builder/developers and traditional site builders
is intended to:
- Enable successful integration of single family attached
manufactured homes into appropriate developments.
- Assist developers in understanding the special concerns
of factory construction.
- Describe the opportunities and pitfalls of developing
with manufactured homes.
The barriers to applying factory technology to single-family
attached home construction are not primarily technical in
nature, although attached housing is more technically challenging
than the typical double- or triple-section detached home.
Manufacturers have already made great strides in developing
home designs, such as for multi-story homes, that can be adapted
to the needs of attached construction. Instead, the barriers
mainly relate to the limitations of the HUD code, other regulatory
impediments, and to the differences in building process between
traditional site developers and factory homebuilders.
This report addresses these concerns and helps to bridge
the gap between the existing technology of the manufacturer
and the market expertise of the developer.
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