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Manufactured and modular housing presented as part of solution to Michigan affordability gap
Summary
Representatives heard from the Michigan Manufactured Housing Association that modern manufactured and modular homes are affordable, meet HUD and state codes, and that zoning and permitting barriers limit wider adoption. Witnesses urged incentives for pro-growth zoning and tours of factory-built housing for lawmakers.
John Lindley, president and CEO of the Michigan Manufactured Housing Association, and Marge Burns, owner of Germano Management, told the House Regulatory Reform Committee that factory-built housing—manufactured and modular homes—can expand affordable homeownership in Michigan if zoning and permitting barriers are addressed.
Lindley said modern manufactured and modular homes are built under federal HUD standards (1976 Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards) or under state residential building codes for modular units, and he described factory construction as faster and more weather-protected than site-built…
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