White House ‘Takes New Actions to Lower Housing Costs by Cutting Red Tape to Build More Housing’

On Tuesday, the White House announced recent actions “to build more housing and lower (housing) costs.”

It includes finalizing updates to the HUD Code to include duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes. According to the fact sheet, “these new designs would expand the critical role manufactured housing plays in the housing supply conversation, creating an attainable home option in areas that need increased residential density.”

In the fact sheet, The White House called manufactured housing “an essential path to increasing overall housing supply” and said it “offers significant savings over site-built housing.”

These anticipated changes are long overdue. MHI has been advocating for HUD to finalize updates to the HUD Code for years to clear out the decades-long backlog of recommendations made by HUD’s Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee. In addition, MHI has encouraged HUD to implement a process that will result in a more regular cadence for updates to the construction code.”