America’s housing affordability crisis isn’t letting up: home prices, mortgage rates, and rents remain elevated, squeezing renters and would-be buyers alike. As policymakers and households search for solutions, one option is seeing real traction: manufactured housing. Factory-built and transported to final sites, these homes offer comparable quality at about half the price per square foot of traditional site-built homes ($87 vs. $166). A new analysis from Construction Coverage identifies which U.S. states are investing most in manufactured housing to see where this momentum is building fastest, how the popularity of manufactured housing has changed over time, and how its costs compare to traditional single-family homes.

America’s housing affordability crisis isn’t letting up: home prices, mortgage rates, and rents remain elevated, squeezing renters and would-be buyers alike. As policymakers and households search for solutions, one option is seeing real traction: manufactured housing. Factory-built and transported to final sites, these homes offer comparable quality at about half the price per square foot of traditional site-built homes ($87 vs. $166). A new analysis from Construction Coverage identifies which U.S. states are investing most in manufactured housing to see where this momentum is building fastest, how the popularity of manufactured housing has changed over time, and how its costs compare to traditional single-family homes.