Posted on 10/27/2014 3:02:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Houses made in a factory are a cheap and energy-efficient way for poorer Americans to become homeowners—plus, these days, the mass-produced units can be pretty spiffy.
You’ve seen it before: a house, on a truck, on a highway, slowing down traffic with its yellow “OVERSIZED LOAD” sign, its tan vinyl siding nearly screaming “Trailer Park!”
The snobs among us may judge these pre-fab homes as shoddily built, cheap eyesores in a country that’s increasingly eschewing the suburbs for walkable urban areas.
But pre-fabricated homes just might be part of the solution to America's affordable housing crisis.
Home prices are continuing to rise, even as incomes on the lower-end of the scale remain flat, putting home ownership out of reach for many Americans. In some cities, that’s led to renters flooding the markets, which in turns drives rental prices up. Homeownership in the U.S. was 65 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, down from 69 percent in 2005, according to the Census Bureau (PDF).
Families who can't afford homes often find that the apartments available to them are tiny, expensive, and old. Manufactured homes, affordable-housing advocates say, are spacious in comparison....
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
Nice at the upper end? lol.
I like the Tumbleweed ones but seem somewhat expensive...for that amount of square footage.
NC, SC,TN & GA Mtns all okay. This kind of place would force a person to get outside and enjoy nature.
Where state are you?
In the mean time, I'm hiding out just off the Dale Trail, deep in the heart of NASCAR, North Carolina, but ready to run for the hills if a getaway becomes necessary, either for sanity or post-election zombie invasion.
“either for sanity or post-election zombie invasion.”
Some of us may be going in another direction, as we have Asheville, which is zombie liberal land.....I think they invented the dead voter roll. That’s not my county but not too far away...lol Very funny. :)
Signing off for today.
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