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IN THE 1930s, the beauty of America and the draw of the
open road attracted campers and their families to "travel
trailers." Later, the product and its name evolved into "trailers,"
and still later "mobile homes." The changes were far
more than changes in nomenclature.
In 1976, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
established construction and safety standards for mobile homes,
which for many people were now being used as permanent residences.
Mobile home is actually a term that was used for manufactured
homes produced prior to June 15, 1976, when HUD began to administer
the federal code which governs the construction of all manufactured
homes.
In 1994, HUD introduced new, tougher building codes that helped
to amke manufactured homes some of the safest homes built anywhere.
In 1999, HUD added new anchor, strapping, and tiedown regulations
to make manufactured homes even safer.
In 1999, more than 21 million Americans—about 7.6 percent
of the U.S. population—lived in manufactured homes. In the
year 2000, one out of six new, single-family housing starts was
a manufactured home. And the numbers are growing. The reason?
Quality construction and homes that are more beautiful than ever.
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