The mobile home of today is an evolution of features and features that has its start in a history of answering the Discerning people’s request for sturdy houses at an exceptional value.
In the 1920s, “trailer coaches” were built to serve the Savvy adventurer who wanted the ability, when moving from place to place, of having a ready-made place to sleep at a campsite. During Word War II, these temporary dwellings were used to house factory workers who arrived from far away to help in the war effort.
After the war, veterans got home to find budget homes difficult to find. The manufactured home builders answered this call by dwelling houses that were large enough to house a veteran and his buyers. And, these dwellings could still be moved from one place to another to provide the mobility that the owners desired.
In the 1960s, Smart buyers wanted even more out of the industry. The demand was for grander homes with more features and the new fittings that were rapidly coming on the scene. In addition, it had to be mobile. History students may remember Lucille Ball in the comedy, “The Long, Long Trailer.”
From this thirst was born the mobile home. Mobile homes were bigger in size, better in appearance and met the needs of prospective young Intelligent homeowners.
In 1974, The government passed the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act, also known as the HUD Code. This broad legislation made mobile homes the only form of private and single-family building governed by federal regulation. Even traditionally built houses did not adhere to such stiff regulation. These requirements, which became active in June of 1976, preempted any existing state or local construction and safety codes applying to the product.
The effect of federal regulation was to more clearly define manufactured housing as buildings, rather than vehicles. The Housing Act of 1980 adopted this change officially, mandating the use of “manufactured homes” (factory-built houses) to replace “manufactured housing” in all federal law and literature for buildings built since 1976.
The fabricated home shoppers see today is truly a home and it bears little resemblance to its ‘tin-box’ predecessor, the trailer. So, people may not even recognize a pre-fab home - so close is it in design and form to its standard-construction counterpart. Thanks to sophisticated production processes and the demands of the shopper, mobile homes have become a model of efficiency, affordability, and innovative design options.
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