A residential dwelling built in accordance with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards. These homes are most often referred to as HUD code homes. Manufactured homes are simply that, homes constructed in a manufacturing facility. The process is similar to car construction in that the homes are constructed in phases in an assembly line type process. This allows for high levels of quality control and assurance.
Manufactured homes are the only type of housing built to a federal standard.
The HUD Code prescribes performance standards for heating, plumbing, air conditioning, thermal and electrical systems. Every manufactured home is inspected in at least one stage of production by a third-party HUD certified agency. Also, each manufactured home is inspected at every stage of the construction process according to a quality assurance manual, this inspection process is also monitored by a third-party agency. Since 1990, more than 100,000 new manufactured homes have been sold in North Carolina. There is virtually no difference between manufactured housing and site built housing with regards to the life expectancy of the home.