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Factory-Built Homes Cost Comparison
Did you know that a factory-built home costs at least 30% less than a site-built home? From sales price to mortgage payments and monthly costs, manufactured housing is an affordable housing solution. This comparison resource can help you visualize and communicate with others the savings associated with factory-built housing.DOWNLOAD IN ENGLISH DOWNLOAD IN SPANISH -
Factory-Built Housing: A Program Guide for Counseling and Education
This guide is intended to help homeownership counselors successfully inform individuals and families of the options and opportunities related to factory-built homes. It addresses common questions and creates an opportunity for housing counselors to better understand their responsibility to know and present this information to their customers. This guide explores the following core competencies:- Understanding factory-built homes
- How factory-built homes are financed
- How factory-built housing can be integrated into counseling services
- How factory-built housing can be integrated into Program Management Practices
- Key resources and quick facts to expand your knowledge base on factory-built homes
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Client Assessment Checklist
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Housing Advisor’s Guide to Finance Factory-Built Homes
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Down Payment Seeker™
By filling out the simple form below – starting with simple information about the property you are looking to buy – you will receive additional information about homeownership programs that can support your manufactured home purchase with down payment assistance. -
TotalHome+ Cost Calculator
Estimate your monthly payment and get a view of what a factory-built home purchase might look like for you using our home cost calculator for manufactured homes. Select the type of home and where it will be placed to get the most accurate response. The TotalHome+ Calculator is provided for informational and educational purposes only. Calculations are based on national averages and do not account for state, regional, or local variances in pricing. Home pricing and cost may vary depending on criteria established by a retailer, lender, investor, loan insurer, or other parties. *Last updated December 2023.VIEW RESOURCE -
ADU Financing White Paper
Author: Los Angeles Project REACh ADU Financing Subcommittee Project REACh (Roundtable for Economic Access and Change) brings together leaders from banking, business, technology, and national civil rights organizations to reduce specific barriers that prevent full, equal, and fair participation in the nation's economy. Recently, Los Angeles REACh's Homeownership Workgroup (HWG) identified homeownership as one of its key focus areas through a series of meetings. Due to the limited affordable housing inventory in Los Angeles, the HWG looked to other models to expand homeownership and housing opportunities, such as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). However, barriers to financing emerged as one of the foremost challenges to taking ADUs to scale, particularly for lower-income households. This ADU financing white paper reflects the Subcommittee's analysis and recommendations for advancing financing strategies. *The views and positions expressed in the document reflect the individual perspectives of ADU Subcommittee participants and may or may not reflect the views of their respective employers.DOWNLOAD PAPER -
Manufactured Housing: Blueprint for Affordability and Community Impact
Manufactured housing represents an untapped affordable housing resource in communities across the country. Constructed, developed, and financed differently from site-built housing, manufactured housing presents opportunities for NeighborWorks organizations (NWOs) to be resilient in meeting the needs of their communities. A fundamental knowledge gap exists that prevents NeighborWorks organizations from leveraging this type of housing in their existing housing and community development efforts. By developing tools and resources that address three areas of core competency (general information about the manufactured housing space, financing considerations for clients, and development and acquisition costs for organizations) we can foster greater use and acceptance of manufactured homes across the network. Ultimately, successful development efforts will not only generate earned revenue for NeighborWorks organizations but increase access to affordable housing options in the communities that they serve. Why Read this Guide? To address this challenge and help NWOs interested in manufactured housing activities and programs, the Manufactured Housing Strategies cohort, as part of the Learning Community in 2020, collaborated to develop this Blueprint document as a guide for developing new business lines or scaling existing ones to greater production. Leveraging members’ expertise in housing finance, counseling and development, this Blueprint serves as a primer to manufactured housing – and a roadmap for NWOs with the desire to build and scale sustainable programs centered on manufactured housing.VIEW RESOURCE -
Manufactured Housing: A Resource for Engaging Nonprofit Boards and Community Stakeholders
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COVID-19 Homeowner Resource Guide
Next Step has put together a resource guide with helpful links and information if you are having difficulty making your home loan or other monthly payments to your lender.