HUD proposes easing chassis rule for upper floors of multistory manufactured homes
HUD proposed dropping the permanent chassis requirement for upper-floor sections of multistory HUD-code manufactured homes, a change with special weight in Florida.
Key facts
- HUD proposed revising the definition of a manufactured home so that only the lowest level of a multistory HUD-code home would need a permanent chassis.
- HUD estimated the upper-floor chassis requirement adds about $4,800 to $6,700 per unit.
- Florida has more than 824,000 manufactured and mobile homes, about 8% of its housing stock, compared with roughly 5% nationally.
- HUD Secretary Scott Turner described the change as removing unnecessary barriers to more affordable housing.
- Two-story modular homes built to the Florida Building Code already exist in Florida, but the proposal covers HUD-code homes.
- Nine days later, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act removed the permanent chassis requirement altogether; comments on HUD's proposal closed Aug. 11.
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Source: HUD proposal could ease path for multistory manufactured homes — Florida Realtors, July 2, 2026. Summary and commentary by RISE Community; read the full story at the source.
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