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Plumbers, health officials urge caution as Senate considers manufactured‑home bill; committees defer
Summary
Trades and public‑health witnesses told senators that the bill that would allow manufactured homes by right risks bypassing local building codes; plumbers and the Department of Health urged a pause to study modular alternatives and safety inspections.
Senators heard extended testimony March 19 on housing measures that would affect manufactured and modular housing standards, inspections and permitting.
Kika Bukowski of Plumbers & Fitters Local 675 told the committees the measure under consideration would allow manufactured homes built to HUD standards to enter Hawaii without conforming to local building and plumbing codes. "Manufactured homes by definition follows HUD requirements, which are federal requirements and do not follow local codes and standards," Bukowski said, urging the panel…
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