Manufactured Homes in the News – May 7 Update

The story linked below echoes the point made in our story on 'mobile home makeovers'

This story and video linked below uses some incorrect terminology, but underscores some point MHLivingNews.com made in our story, When the Wind Blows.

http://www.kltv.com/story/18060645/mobile-homes-vs-mother-nature-the-science-of-survival

The mainstream media sometimes misuses the term 'modular homes' by confusing it with 'manufactured homes.' Modular homes are built in a factory to a local building code and may or may not be on a frame. Manufactured homes are built to the federal HUD Code for manufactured housing, are built on a frame and will have a red HUD label on the 'tail end' of the home, as is shown on the photo on the story linked here.

With the explanation above, a pair of news stories on modular homes follows.

Modular Home Plant to Open, will hire 150 workers.

Modular Construction in Philly is common, and cuts conventional housing costs.

Oil Field Housing plant to open in Loveland, with a 250 work force planned. ##