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Work group considers zoning and legal changes to expand manufactured-home ownership options
Summary
A request to study zoning and statutory changes to expand fee-simple ownership and residential placement of modern manufactured homes drew support from housing advocates and industry representatives at a Virginia Housing Commission work group meeting.
Delegate Elizabeth Guzman Maldonado (referred to in the transcript as Delegate Maldonado) asked the work group to study whether changes to zoning and subdivision law could help manufactured-home owners obtain the benefits of fee-simple ownership and reduce barriers that leave many manufactured-home units titled as personal property.
"When you're not a real estate owner, you are left out of a number of resources, benefits, and opportunities," Delegate Elizabeth Maldonado said, summarizing the policy problem: many manufactured homes are titled as chattel, which limits borrowers…
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