Federal officials say if Jacksonville's use of manufactured homes works, it can be national model for making starter homes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Retired couple enjoying their front yard and front porch of their mobile home community. As traditional home prices climb and ...

The increased attention to housing affordability has elevated the cause of manufactured homes, which account for 6 percent of the nation’s housing stock and a far higher share of its low-cost housing, ...

Manufactured, or mobile, homes are growing in popularity in an overheated housing market. Their cost is roughly half that of homes built on a permanent site. From 2014-2019, the median value of ...

When Julie Johnson and her husband decided to purchase their own home, they turned to an unexpected place: Facebook Marketplace. One month and $52,000 later, a pre-owned 2,200 square-foot, ...

A proposed change to mobile home construction could be one of the biggest boosts to housing affordability in the U.S. ROAD to Housing Act. Currently, mobile homes must be built on steel chassis for ...

Starter homes are scarce. Factory-built housing can help fill the gap — if buyers and lawmakers rethink old ideas. Manufactured homes have a reputation problem — but so did sardines, until foodies ...

The mobile homes or “double wides” you remember from “back in the day” have gone the way of the dodo bird. Since 1976, they have been replaced by modern manufactured homes, according to the Department ...

Owning a mobile home comes with many of the same repair headaches as owning a traditional house, and the costs can add up ...

In the Northside, Jacksonville is partnering with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to deliver a slew of ...