I have a new job with an architectural
firm that specializes in the more
technical aspects of architecture —
solar design, energy analysis, building
systems, all areas of special interest
to me.
I am currently working with manufactured
housing, a term properly
reserved for a factory-built house that
rides to the site on its own frame and
wheels, unlike "modulars," which ride
on low-boy trucks. A shorter term for
manufactured housing is "HUD-code"
housing, reflecting the important fact
that these units have been regulated by
HUD since 1974 and are exempt from
local building codes. You are allowed
to call them "mobile homes" but not
"trailers" — to the industry, it's a fourletter
word.
HUD-code units are in principle
very similar