Getting the Home you Deserve: Advice for Mobile Home Owners
Mobile homes (also known as manufactured homes) are popular with older Americans because they are usually more affordable than conventional homes. The cost of a mobile home may be up to a third less than a similar home built on site. Despite the popularity of mobile homes, home owners face many problems. Common complaints are that the home is defective or installed incorrectly. The manufacturer or dealer may refuse to repair the defect even though the home is under warranty.
Getting the Mobile Home You Deserve
(Separate Website)
Advice for Mobile Home buyers.
By: National Consumer Law Center
How to Buy a Manufactured Home
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A Consumer's Guide to Today's Manufactured Home
By: Federal Trade Commission
Manufactured Homes Consumer Guide
(Separate Website)
By an act of Congress in 1974, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was designated as the government agency to oversee the Federal Manufactured Housing Program. The area within HUD responsible for the oversight function is the Office of Regulatory Affairs and Manufactured Housing, Office of Manufactured Housing. Most States have a State Administrative Agency (SAA) that administers the HUD program in that State. A listing of the SAAs can be found in the homeowner's manual that is provided with each new home.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Spanish / Español
Manufactured Housing and Standards
(Separate Website)
The Manufactured Housing Program is a national HUD program established to protect the health and safety of the owners of manufactured (mobile) homes. These web pages contain inforamtion for consumers and businesses.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Home on Wheels: Helping Mobile Home Owners Stay Put
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Mobile homes (also known as manufactured homes) are popular with older Americans because they are usually more affordable than conventional homes. The cost of a mobile home may be up to a third less than a similar home built on site. The homes are built in a factory, and then transported to the site where they will be installed. Once delivered, the home is anchored to the site. Despite their name, the homes are not very mobile as dismantling them and moving them can be difficult and expensive. Despite the popularity of mobile homes, the homes’ owners face a wide range of problems. Consumers can run into trouble with the financing, set-up, and the quality of the construction of mobile homes. Many have problems obtaining service under warranty. Mobile home owners who rent the land on which the home is placed confront additional challenges.
By: National Consumer Law Center
How to File a Complaint About a Manufactured or Mobile Home If you have any complaints about the performance of your manufactured home that have not been resolved by the retailer where you purchased the home or by the manufacturer that produced the home, you should first contact the
Manufactured Housing Division
State Fire Marshal's Office
#2 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., #620 West Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334
PH: (404) 656-3687 or (404) 656-9498
FAX: (404) 657-6971
Mobile Homes (Answers to Common Questions)
This document contains common questions that people ask about your rights when your mobile home is sitting on property that you rent from a landlord.
By: Georgia Legal Services Program®
Rental Property and Satellite Dishes and other Antennas
Federal law prohibits restrictions that keep you from installing, maintaining or using antennas to receive video programming. This rule applies to owned property and to rental property where the renter has exclusive use of the area in which the antenna is installed, such as a balcony or patio. The rule also applies to antennas that receive and transmit fixed wireless signals as long as the antennas meet size limitations on property that they own or rent.
By: Georgia Legal Services Program®
Buying a Mobile Home
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By: Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
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