The Impact of Building Code Regulation on the Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Industries

Efforts/to understand the relationship of the built environment to the context in which it is placed are constantly expanding into new areas. This is, of course, due to the fact that architecture is concerned with the total system and thus deals directly with a wide range of disciplines. This study centers on one aspect of the larger problem. It is concerned first with the organization of the construction industry and the effect: this organization has had on the development of industrialized housing. Secondly, the study focuses on a specific aspect of the construction industry that has significantly affected the growth of industrialized housing - building codes. Building codes have historically been a major tool by which innovative technology has been suppressed. Recently, however, there has been a growing trend towards the establishment of state-wide mobile home and factory manufactured housing building codes. This study deals with the impact of these two codes on their respective industries and on the New York State community. (Introduction, pg. 1