State Policy Playbook: Expanding and Preserving Attainable Housing With Manufactured Homes

With the United States short an estimated 4 million to 7 million homes, the increased use of manufactured housing could help bridge that enormous gap and provide homes that are attainable for low- and moderate-income families. About 17 million Americans already live in manufactured housing. State policies play a crucial role in determining whether and how the use of manufactured housing can be expanded and existing homes can be preserved.

Join the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s Innovations in Manufactured and Modular Homes (I’m HOME) Network and The Pew Charitable Trusts’ housing policy initiative for the launch of a new report, titled “State Policy Playbook for Manufactured Housing.” The playbook focuses on what states can do to expand and preserve manufactured housing throughout the United States. It is intended to serve as a guide for policymakers to understand key challenges and promising policy solutions. The virtual event will introduce the playbook’s overarching policy recommendations and highlight how states can take meaningful action to increase housing supply, improve affordability, and modernize housing policy through the expansion of manufactured housing.

The launch will gather policymakers, lenders, developers, advocates, and researchers for a discussion of state-level strategies to support manufactured housing as an important part of the nation’s housing landscape. The day-long program will be organized around three core policy areas: increasing supply though zoning and land use reform, expanding access to mortgages for homebuyers by modernizing titling policy, and preserving existing manufactured home communities.

Speakers will showcase how some states have approached the challenges of reducing regulatory barriers, supporting healthier and more energy-efficient housing options, removing unnecessary hurdles that prevent access to mortgages, and helping families remain in their homes.

Additional details about the event, agenda, and speakers can be found here:

• State Policy Playbook: Expanding and Preserving Attainable Housing With Manufactured Homes—Lincoln Institute of Land Policy