Rules & rent controlBy RISE Community editors
New federal housing law aims to scale up factory-built homes
Marketplace reported that a new bipartisan federal housing law encourages factory-built homes, including dropping the permanent steel frame requirement for manufactured homes.
Key facts
- The bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law over the summer and includes steps to encourage factory-built housing.
- For manufactured homes, the law eliminates the requirement for a permanent steel frame for transport, according to Rachel Siegel of the Pew Charitable Trusts.
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development will study whether a federal standard building code for modular housing would be beneficial.
- RISE Modular (not affiliated with RISE Community) founder and CEO Christian Lawrence said factory construction is about 30% to 50% faster than on-site building, with prices about 5% to 10% lower on average.
- RISE Modular employs approximately 200 workers in a 150,000-square-foot factory in Owatonna, Minnesota.
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Source: Could factory-built homes help alleviate the affordable housing crunch? — Marketplace, September 21, 2026. Summary and commentary by RISE Community; read the full story at the source.
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