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Manufactured-housing elevation bill deferred after lawmakers seek clearer flood-standard language
Summary
Lawmakers voluntarily deferred House Bill 318, which would adopt FEMA minimum standards for manufactured and modular housing flood elevations, after committee members raised concerns about conflicting language on local freeboard requirements and field permitting. Sponsors said they would refine the bill language and return next week.
Lawmakers voluntarily deferred House Bill 318 after committee members raised questions about how the bill would interact with local freeboard requirements and field permitting practices for manufactured housing.
Representative Gadbury presented the bill as an effort to align manufactured and modular housing installation standards with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) minimums. "FEMA requires the lowest horizontal member to be at or above the base flood elevation," a proponent…
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