42 U.S.C. § 5401 : US Code - Section 5401: Findings and purposes

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5401 : US Code - Section 5401: Findings and purposes

(a) Findings
Congress finds that -
(1) manufactured housing plays a vital role in meeting the
housing needs of the Nation; and
(2) manufactured homes provide a significant resource for
affordable homeownership and rental housing accessible to all
Americans.
(b) Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are -
(1) to protect the quality, durability, safety, and
affordability of manufactured homes;
(2) to facilitate the availability of affordable manufactured
homes and to increase homeownership for all Americans;
(3) to provide for the establishment of practical, uniform,
and, to the extent possible, performance-based Federal
construction standards for manufactured homes;
(4) to encourage innovative and cost-effective construction
techniques for manufactured homes;
(5) to protect residents of manufactured homes with respect to
personal injuries and the amount of insurance costs and property
damages in manufactured housing, consistent with the other
purposes of this section;
(6) to establish a balanced consensus process for the
development, revision, and interpretation of Federal construction
and safety standards for manufactured homes and related
regulations for the enforcement of such standards;
(7) to ensure uniform and effective enforcement of Federal
construction and safety standards for manufactured homes; and
(8) to ensure that the public interest in, and need for,
affordable manufactured housing is duly considered in all
determinations relating to the Federal standards and their
enforcement.