42 U.S.C. § 5401 — Findings and purposes

manufactured housing plays a vital role in meeting the housing needs of the Nation; and

manufactured homes provide a significant resource for affordable homeownership and rental housing accessible to all Americans.

to protect the quality, durability, safety, and affordability of manufactured homes;

to facilitate the availability of affordable manufactured homes and to increase homeownership for all Americans;

to provide for the establishment of practical, uniform, and, to the extent possible, performance-based Federal construction standards for manufactured homes;

to encourage innovative and cost-effective construction techniques for manufactured homes;

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;

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;

to ensure uniform and effective enforcement of Federal construction and safety standards for manufactured homes; and

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.