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> Every 1970's-era trailer house manufacturer has rebranded themselves as "Modular, not Mobile".

This isn't just branding. The Housing Act of 1980 required the term "manufactured" be used in place of "mobile" in all federal laws about homes built after 1976.

If you look at a "mobile" home, it's one built before modern standards, where if you look at a "manufactured" or "modular" home, it's one that conforms to the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Act (1974) and HUD Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (1976).

Now "manufactured" vs "modular" is whether it's built just to the federal HUD standards, or also built to the same local codes as a site-built home.

All three (mobile, manufactured, modular) are terms for factory-built pre-fab homes, i.e. "trailer homes".



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