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The manufactured housing industry is welcoming new life in a
modern era. As design trends, building demands, and market
infl uences converge, this industry is on the upswing as it evolves
to meet today’s housing climate with transformed styles, op-
tions, and effi ciencies.
Today’s manufactured homes don’t carry the ‘assembly line’
style of eras gone by. Now these factory-built homes are being
created to replicate the styles, architecture, and details found in
traditional site-built homes.
“The manufactured and modular housing industry is going
through major evolutions, including the addition of more high-
end homes to serve growing market demand. The industry has
now started branching off into multi-family housing, such as
townhouses constructed in factories and assembled onsite,” re-
ports Chris Stinebert, president of the Manufactured Housing
Institute (MHI), in Arlington, Virginia.