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An obscure federal rule requires manufactured homes to be built on a chassis, making them more costly. A bill in Congress would remove the mandate, enacted five decades ago.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/b...
”The chassis requirement, they say, has also created an unnecessary burden for manufacturers because it doesn’t allow the frames to be removed & reused after a home is delivered — a cost of several thousand dollars that is passed onto consumers.”
I keep learning new reasons why homes cost too much.
"There is now a measure to eliminate the steel chassis requirement for manufactured homes, part of a sweeping federal housing bill moving through Congress aimed at increasing homeownership and easing the shortage of low-income housing nationwide."
