Creating affordable homeownership opportunities.

Next Step’s mission is to put sustainable homeownership within reach of everyone while transforming the manufactured housing industry through consumer education, affordability and energy efficiency.

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“This is a forever home.”

— Robert & Chasity

Reshaping the Housing Market

Across the United States, countless families are asking, “Can we afford to buy a home?” What was once a hallmark part of the American dream is now out of reach for the majority. There is no question that the country is currently facing the most acute affordable housing shortage in a decade.

Next Step is challenging this narrative with an innovative and sustainable solution: high-quality, factory-built homes! Since 2004, this nationally-operating nonprofit has been working to close the affordability gap by placing families (many of them first-time buyers) in energy-efficient homes faster while generating less waste, which translates to lower construction costs.

By end of 2026, Next Step Plans to Accomplish the Following:

  • Reach 250,000 homebuyers about the affordability and benefits of factory-built housing.

  • Open in 20 new markets through zoning changes.

  • Have Department of Energy Efficient New Homes available in five markets.

  • Be on a path to delivering one home each day.

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