The process of securing building permits and scheduling construction inspections often creates delays that drive up the cost of housing, and these delays can have a significant impact on a community's ability to keep housing affordable. More...
Regulatory Reform and Manufactured Housing
Since the enactment of the HUD code for manufactured housing in 1974, and the promulgation of minimum wind standards for manufactured housing in 1994 for areas subject to hurricane- or tornado-force winds, it is difficult for any locality to restrict the siting of manufactured homes in residential areas based on any health or safety rationale. More...
Legislatures Continue Regulatory Reform
Efforts
Faced with the increasing cost of affordable housing development, state legislatures are reacting by proposing ways to minimize the impact that government regulations have on those costs. More...
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