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Is Manufactured Housing a Good Alternative?

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Manufactured housing has long been an alternative to
traditional "stick-built" housing, especially for lower
income families, but the value of this alternative has at
times been controversial. Now, evidence from American
Housing Survey data collected between 1993 and 2001
serves as the basis for exploring the merits of
manufactured housing as a viable alternative for low-
income households in a new study, "Is Manufactured
Housing a Good Alternative for Low-Income Families?
Evidence from the American Housing Survey." The report
initially compares rental housing, traditional owned
housing, and owned manufactured housing in terms of three
different dimensions: cost, affordability, and quality of
homes and neighborhoods. Subsequently, the factors that
influence neighborhood and structural quality rankings
and changes in the rankings over time are determined. The
factors affecting household mobility (length of stay)
rates and the extent to which the effects on neighborhood
stability differ for the three dwelling types are also
explored. Finally, the appreciation of owned manufactured
housing is contrasted with that of owned conventional
housing. Comparisons are made in property value between
three categories of ownership: manufactured housing in
which both the land and structure are owned, manufactured
housing in which only the structure is owned, and
conventional homeownership.

The report is available as a free download at
https://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/HOMEOWN/IsManufactHousingGoodAlt4LIFam.html

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