Mr. Chairman, one of the primary purposes of the bill we are discussing today is to provide affordable housing for Americans. Certainly one major source of affordable, quality and unsubsidized housing is manufactured housing. At an average cost of $37,000, manufactured housing provides ownership opportunities to a wide range of Americans, including single parents, first-time home buyers, senior citizens, and young families, and now represents one out of every three new homes sold in the United States of America.
Timothy Roemer: “Mr. Chairman, one of the primary purposes of the bill we are discussing today is to provide affordable housing for…”
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Discussing the importance of manufactured housing in providing affordable housing.
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