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Witnesses and one member press to ease rules for manufactured housing; bill to remove permanent chassis cited
Summary
Witnesses and members urged reducing regulatory and zoning barriers for manufactured housing and supported a bill to remove the statutory permanent steel‑chassis requirement for some factory‑built homes to cut costs.
Representative Andrew S. (Rose) told the subcommittee he will reintroduce legislation to remove the federal permanent steel chassis requirement for manufactured housing, arguing the change would reduce unit costs and expand use of factory‑built homes.
Dr. Emily Hamilton, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center, testified that the chassis requirement “adds several thousand dollars to the cost of each manufactured home,” and that removing it could cut per‑unit costs and make manufactured housing more…
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