The manufactured housing industry often – and understandably – touts to lawmakers and public officials that the industry provides safe, quality housing for people of low income. Given the growing affordable housing crisis, that makes sense.
As award-winning manufactured home retailer Stan Dye has said, the industry has always served that niche, and should continue to do so.
But Dye points out that most of their location’s buyers have previously owned a site-built house. The entry level VOG (vinyl over gypsum) isn’t what those upscale shoppers are looking for; qualified buyers usually want a home that looks residential.
As several recent reports have highlighted, there are trillions of dollars in opportunities for providing homes to those in the middle and upper classes. While a VOG style house might be selected by that demographic group, the far likelier option is for well-qualified home seekers to purchase a residential style manufactured home.
Want to watch the publisher get rebuked? Want to see what the skeptical doctor had to say? The latest episode of the Inside MH Road Show is linked here. ##
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