Manufactured Housing Gains Bipartisan Attention at Senate Banking Hearing

Last week, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing about “Housing Roadblocks: Paving a New Way to Address Affordability.” Framed as an introduction to bipartisan housing legislation this year, discussion covered a range of topics impacting housing affordability and the committee heard from local officials, business leaders, and professors. There was bipartisan interest in leveraging manufactured and modular housing to address the housing shortage by changing local zoning policies, federal land usage and streamlining regulations. Reforming permitting and other land use policies at the state and local level also received bipartisan attention. MHI will continue to engage with policymakers about the benefits of manufactured housing as they work on addressing the affordable housing supply crisis.