Perceptions Of Manufactured Housing

Is manufactured housing an affordable housing alternative?

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October 10, 2001, 5:00 AM PDT

This is the first study to systematically examine the attitudes of manufactured home residents and nonresidents in the same communities, as well as the first to differentiate perceptions of single-section and double-section manufactured homes. No question about it, manufactured housing has gotten a bad rap: It is often considered housing for the "newly wed or nearly dead," according to this article's authors. Beamish et al. suggest, however, that manufactured housing "can play a major role in providing safe, affordable, and adequate single-family housing" for many people-especially low- and moderate-income households-but that its negative image needs to be overcome to improve acceptance.

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