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What is a manufactured home and how does it differ from a modular home?

A manufactured is more commonly also known as a mobile home and is typically a single or multi-section home built a steel chassis or undercarriage, with removable wheels and hitch. The home is attached, permanently, to a site-built foundation and is subject to the 1976 federal standards established by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

A modular home is a factory constructed unit, using typical home floor joists and brought to its finaly desitination by way of a flat bed truck or trailer.  Most of the panels are hoisted from the trailer and attached to a foundation.  A modular home may be single or multi-storied. Modular homes are not subject to HUD standards, but must be built to state and local Uniform Building Codes.

In the Mammoth Lakes area, mobile homes are found primarily in Mobile home parks and are not generally afixed to a permanant foundation.

Bishop has a mixture of Modular and Manufactured homes which are typically found in the outlying areas of the community.   Some of the most common area for Manufactured or mobile homes are Chalfant, Wilkerson, Hammil Valley, Benton, Big Pine, Independence and Lone Pine.