Modular homes gain modern acceptance: factory-built housing predicted to grow 1.2% annually through 2005.(Build)

Professional Builder (1993), April, 2004 by McLeod, Kia

Maybe you have seen a portion of a pre-built house moving--hopefully slowly--along a highway to a site that a family will one day call home. It likely was part of a modular home, which offers builders and home buyers advantages about which you should know. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For years, modular homes have been confused with U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development code homes, also known as "manufactured housing." Unlike HUD code homes, which have a permanent chassis to allow towing to the home site, modular homes usually comprise several sections ...