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A Home is a Home. It’s that simple.
Americans live in manufactured housing and they call it “home.”

PROGRAM SUMMATION
Frontier Housing, NeighborWorks® Anchorage, NeighborWorks Montana, PathStone, ROC USA and the I’M HOME network of nonprofits can eliminate America’s worst, most substandard homes.

• How to Address the Worst Housing in America?
  Replace Pre-1976 HUD Code Homes with ENERGY STAR Qualified Homes.
  CFED Energy Replacement Brief download*
  Frontier’s Solution for Appalachia download*
  A Case Study – Dreams Do Come True , Mrs. Kelly’s Story
   
• American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 introduced by Rep. Waxman provides incentives for owners of pre-1976 homes to buy ENERGY STAR qualified manufactured homes.
  Frontier's Epperson testifies - 06/25/09
  Senator Tester's Bill* - 06/22/09
  Bill draft summary*
  Bill draft mfg home excerpt*
  Bill full draft*
   
• ENERGY STAR Virtual Home Tour--Ridgeline Series download*
   

COLLABORATORS

• I’m HOME
  www.cfed.org/programs/manufactured_housing_initiative/im_home
   
• Systems Building Research Alliance (SBRA)
  www.research-alliance.org 
   
• NeighborWorks® Anchorage - www.akanhs.org
   
• NeighborWorks® Montana (NWMT) - www.nwmt.org 
   
• ROC USA - www.rocusa.org

A Home is a Home. It’s that simple.
Americans live in manufactured housing and they call it “home.”
Unfortunately, these homeowners are discriminated against in many ways.  Their mortgage financing is harder, their choice in where they reside is harder, and they find themselves outside an efficient real estate market system that discriminates when they sell their home.  Federal, state and local programs that are designed to help families buy homes make it more difficult for manufactured housing to be an affordable housing solution.

For millions of American families, manufactured housing is the least costly alternative for quality housing.  Manufactured housing takes advantage of controlled construction conditions and bulk purchases to produce a home equal to site-built houses.  Today’s manufactured housing, that is well built and maintained, can be attractive, grow in value and open the door to homeownership for millions more.

At Frontier, we are committed to removing federal, state and local barriers to affordable housing, including manufactured housing.  Manufactured housing homeowners should be treated in the same way as site built homeowners.  We are joined by an ever increasing field of advocates that share our same belief.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

• ENERGY STAR for Manufactured Homes - details
  www.research-alliance.org/pages/es_main.htm
   
• Frontier Housing Introduces Very Affordable, Energy Efficient Housing to Their Area - The Ridgeline series.
  www.frontierhousing.org/docs/VoicesFall2008sm.pdf
  www.frontierhousing.org/docs/MountainviewInfoSheet.pdf

NEW ENERGY SAVINGS

• ENERGY STAR for Homes
  http://www.frontierhousing.org/energyhome/docs/NewEnergySavings.pdf

IMPACT ON LOW INCOME FAMILIES

• THE COLD FACTS: The Effect of Home Energy Costs on Low-income Americans - www.nliec.org/Projects/cold.pdf
   
• Median Income of Households - Survey
  www.frontierhousing.org/energyhome/docs/2007MedianIncomeHousehold.pdf

  before

  after
Gibson Family Story (link)

FAMILY STORIES

• Gibsons - link
• Kelly - link
• Peyton Family link
• More Family Stories - www.frontierhousing.org/fam.htm

NONPROFIT PREPARED AND SUPPORTED HOMEOWNERS

• Better Deeds
  www.douglasksmith.com/2007/06/better_deeds.htm
   
• FHA Title II Foundation
  www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/ref/sfhp1-9d.cfm 
   
• Rural Development 502 programs
  www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/sfh/brief_rhguar.htm
   
• Subprime Solutions:
  http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/426/index.html
  video - www.pbs.org/now/shows/426/video.html
   
• Low-Income Mortgage Borrowers with the Benefit of Homeownership Counseling Do Substantially Better than General Market, According to New Foreclosure Analysis.
  www.nw.org/network/newsRoom/pressReleases/2008/netNews092508.asp
   
• National Industry Standards for Homeownership Education and Counseling - www.homeownershipstandards.com

NONPROFITS ARE UNIQUELY QUALIFIED

• Community Action Agencies
  www.communityactionpartnership.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=50
   
• I'M HOME - Innovations in Manufactured Homes
  Local Partners
   www.cfed.org/programs/manufactured_housing_initiative/im_home
   
• MaineHousing will use Trust Money to Expand Weatherization Efforts
  www.mainehousing.org/NEWSPressReleases.aspx?PageCMD=newsDetail&NewsID=411
   
• Manufactured Housing Expands into Virginia (HOPE)
  www.fahe.org/manufactured-housing/first-VA-set
   
• Housing Case Study in Montana
  www.nw.org/Network/neighborworksprogs/rural/documents/NWMTCaseStudy.final.pdf
   
• New Hampshire Replaces Homes with ENERGY STAR Homes
  download*
   
• ROC USA - www.rocusa.org

MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY CAPACITY

• What is the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Capacity to Build ENERGY STAR? - download*
   
• ENERGY STAR Manufacturing Locations
  www.mhrahome.org/pages/es_plant_list.htm 

WHY MANUFACTURED HOUSING

• The Case for Manufactured Homes
  CFED: Facts About Manufactured Housing
   
• Fast Facts about Manufactured Housing
  CFED: FAQs
   
• 1976 HUD code definition
  www.manufacturedhousing.org/lib/showtemp_detail.asp?id=208&cat=technical
   
• Manufactured Homes Built Before 1980 by State
  www.frontierhousing.org/energyhome/docs/MHbyStateMaps.pdf
   
• Manufactured Housing Top 10 Truths
  http://www.cfed.org/assets/pdfs/top10truths_final.pdf
   
• Formaldehyde Concerns in Manufactured Homes
  www.manufacturedhousing.org/admin/template/brochures/536temp.pdf
   
• Doing Business in Rural America
  www.nw.org/network/neighborworksprogs/rural/documents/NWMTCaseStudy.final.pdf
   
• Next Step Network link

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