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As expected, the highest energy cost, almost $1500 per year (mostly heating), shown in Figure 3, is the current HUD-code home in Chicago (HUD Climate Zone 3) with electric resistance heating.

National energy savings potential in HUD-code housing from thermal envelope and HVAC equipment improvements

The ZEMH is not commercially available but represents the nation's most efficient HUD-code home. The researchers conducted detailed monitoring and field testing of the HVAC systems on these homes, and have included CAHP heat pump performance evaluations in this paper.

HVAC improvements in manufactured housing crawlspace-assisted heat pumps

Meanwhile, in response to delinquency and repossessions, lenders have tightened the rules for the chattel, or personal property, financing traditionally used for HUD-code home purchases.

Credit crunch: tight lending squeezes manufactured housing

In 2001, the average HUD-code home was 1,496 square feet and wholesaled for $39,024.

Strength in systems: building systems technologies--projected to represent one-third of all housing units by 2005--NIPS at site builders' heels. (Builder 100)

HUD-code homes have stringent standards for energy efficiency, ventilation and wind resistance--up to 110 miles per hour for homes in hurricane-prone areas.

New opportunities for affordable homeownership New Hampshire has put manufactured housing on solid ground. Will other states follow?

The industry estimates it provided some 4,000 or so temporary HUD-code homes in 2004.

HUD-code help: the federal government calls for aid from manufactured housing companies in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

These homes come with the seal of approval from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and are often referred to as HUD-Code homes.

Balanced scorecard applications and model building: a survey and comparison of the manufactured homes and motor homes industries: an analysis of the performance measurement practices in the manufactured and motor homes industries focuses on the development of a balanced scorecard methodology that would enhance measurement accuracy and increase productivity and efficiency

That may sound like crazy talk to a conventional on-site builder, but the people who make HUD-code homes in factories know exactly what it means.

Modular makeover: as manufactured housing firms fight to regain their footing, modular homes are on the rise

We should see an average of 1.8 million housing starts (not including manufactured or HUD-code homes) annually over the next decade, according to a new 10-year forecast by the Homeownership Alliance.

Favorable forecast: study finds that increased housing starts will help national economy

Luckily for Champion and its customers, financing options for HUD-code homes may be improving.

Champion effort: top HUD-code builder cuts capacity, closes loan business in quest for profitability

Modular manufacturers argue that HUD-code homes give factory-built housing a bad rap.

Made to order: Little understood, often maligned, modular housing offers many advantages for builders. But can this evolving industry earn your respect?

Fels, meanwhile, points to a ban on wood entry doors while the code still allows exterior French doors, and the apparent contradiction of requiring concrete gable walls on site-built homes while the sale of HUD-code homes continues unabated.

Aftermath