Home Buyers

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Modular Home FAQs
Manufactured Home FAQs
How to Buy A Manufactured Home
Why Purchase a Modular Home?
Why Live in a Manufactured Home Community?
Fannie Mae Consumer Home Buying Guides
Facts
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Books and Articles
Customer Satisfaction
Disposal of Uninhabitable Units
Land Use and Zoning 
Links
Who Does What? *

(Select a topic for additional information. Some resources link to other internet sites. KMHI is not responsible for the content of linked sites.)

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Books and Articles

• 2006 KMHI Brochures:
  Manufactured and Modular Homes - The Right Choice
  Two brochures, one for home buyers and one for local government.

• "How to Buy a Manufactured Home" by MHI more*

• "Developing with Manufactured Homes"
  by Steve Hullibarger more ...

• "Guide to Foundation and Support Systems for Manufactured Homes"
  by Manufactured Research Alliance more ...

• "Manufactured Housing Regulation, Design Innovations, and Development Options" by Welford Sanders more ...

• "Manufactured Housing Site Development Guide"
  by Welford Sanders more ...

• Modern Homes Magazine FREE Subscription: www.manufacturedhousing.org/mhomes

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Customer Satisfaction

• Fannie Mae more ...

• Freddie Mac more ...

• Homestore.com for consumer information more ...

• Kentucky Office Of The Attorney General more ...

• Manufactured Home Source more

• Manufactured Housing Global Network more ...

• Manufactured housing listing service - mhvillage.com more ...

• Online resource for home owners: www.mygreathome.com

• "The Complete Buyer's Guide to Manufactured Homes and Land"
  by John Grissim  more ...

• "The Grissim Ratings Guide to Manufactured Homes:" by John Grissim  more ...

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Land Use and Zoning

• KMHI Suggested Policy on Zoning and Land Use Regulations
  for Manufactured Housing: 

  • Suggested Policy Guide more*... 

  • Model Ordinance more*...

• Manufactured and Modular Homes - The Right Choice (for local governments)
  For free copies of this brochure, contact KMHI (502) 223-0490

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Links

• Apollo Properties News Service more ...

• DataComp Appraisal Services more ...

• Foremost Insurance study:
  Manufactured Homes: The Market Facts 2002 Report more ...

• HUD's Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse (RBC) more ...

• HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R) more ...

• HUD - Manufactured Housing more ...

• KMHI Comparable Home Sales Database more ...

• Manufactured Housing Construction & Safety Standards Act - "HUD Code" more ...

• Manufactured Housing Institute more ...

• Manufactured Housing Institute Education more ...

• Manufactured Housing Resource Alliance more ...

• Manufactured Housing Resources - George Porter more ...

• National Modular Housing Council more...

• USDA Rural Housing more ...

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