Planner: manufactured homes and tiny houses treated like site-built units if permanently sited

Jul 27, 2026

Gunther said state rules prevent cities from imposing design standards on manufactured homes that do not apply to site-built houses; tiny homes on permanent foundations must meet regular building codes, ADUs must meet small home specialty code.

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Residents asked whether CC&Rs that block mobile or manufactured homes would still be enforceable. Gunther distinguished older "mobile homes" from modern "manufactured homes" and said the state now treats manufactured homes as equivalent for building-code purposes. "We can't treat a manufactured home any differently than we treat a site-built," she said.

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