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Manufactured Housing

The Housing Standards Division within the Department of Community and Economic Development has been designated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as the State Administrative Agency (SAA). This division is responsible for enforcing the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards and the Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Visit HUD to review these standards and regulations.

The Housing Standards Division is responsible for:

• Handling all consumer complaints and providing home manufacturers with information related to the performance of manufactured homes they produce.
• Monitoring manufacturers for compliance with all applicable regulations.
• Monitoring retailers/dealers for homes that are transit damaged, label tampering and general retailer performance.
• Monitoring onsite completion of new homes to ensure the methods used are consistent with the overseeing manufacturer’s designs for conformance to the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards.
• Monitoring the Primary Inspection Agencies’ Responsibilities that operate on behalf of HUD and the SAA in manufacturing facilities located throughout Pennsylvania.
• Certification of installers for all new manufactured homes completed in the Commonwealth.
• The Pennsylvania Manufactured Housing Improvement Act, Act 158.

Both federal and state laws and regulations provide that a home bearing the manufacturer's label of certification shall be exempt from all local laws and requirements with regard to any issue for which a federal standard has been established. Local laws and regulations relative to assembly, support and stabilization of a new home must assure conformance with the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards and the Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations. The Pennsylvania SAA will continue to work in cooperation with local governments to ensure homes are completed consistent with these federal standards.

For more specific information about manufactured housing in Pennsylvania, please e-mail us at housingstandards@state.pa.us.