Chapter 70--manufactured Home Construction And Safety Standards

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[CITE: 42USC5401]

TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 70--MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS
Sec. 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.
(Pub. L. 93-383, title VI, Sec. 602, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 700; Pub.
L. 96-399, title III, Sec. 308(c)(4), Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1641; Pub.
L. 97-35, title III, Sec. 339B(c), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 417; Pub. L.
106-569, title VI, Sec. 602, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2997.)