Idaho convention weighs ROAD to Housing Act changes for manufactured homes
At its first convention in Meridian, the Idaho Manufactured Housing Association examined how the ROAD to Housing Act, passed in July, reshapes factory-built housing.
Key facts
- The federal ROAD to Housing Act passed in July and redefines manufactured homes to include prefabricated homes built without a permanent chassis.
- Lesli Gooch of the Manufactured Housing Institute said manufactured housing accounts for about 10% of new housing starts nationally.
- Chris Patterson of HUD put the number of Americans living in manufactured homes at more than 20 million and said about 105,000 were produced in 2025.
- Boise's zoning code rewrite, which took effect in 2023, treats manufactured housing the same as stick-built homes in residential zones.
- Jerry Miller of the Idaho Department of Commerce said Custer, Lemhi and Valley counties are each over 80% federal public land.
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Source: New housing law expands factory-built home design options — Idaho Press, October 8, 2026. Summary and commentary by RISE Community; read the full story at the source.
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