This part is about homes built in a factory in pieces. The housing agency must look at why its building loans are hard for those builders to use. A report on what it finds is due in a year. A rulemaking on how loan money is paid out follows. The agency may also fund a study of a common code for such homes.
“The term ``modular home'' means a home that is constructed in a factory in 1 or more modules, each of which meets applicable State and local building codes of the area in which the home will be located, and that are transported to the home building site, installed on foundations, and completed.”
The section defines a modular home as one built in a factory in one or more modules, each meeting the State and local building codes of the area where the home will stand, then carried to the site, set on foundations, and finished there.
What the document actually says
“The term ``modular home'' means a home that is constructed in a factory in 1 or more modules, each of which meets applicable State and local building codes of the area in which the home will be located, and that are transported to the home building site, installed on foundations, and completed.”
That sentence, in plain words
The home is built in a factory in one or more pieces. Each piece must meet the state and local building rules where the home will stand. The pieces are carried to the site, set on a base, and finished.
What this is about
A modular home follows state and town building rules. A manufactured home follows a federal rule instead. That is the main line between the two.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 302 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary shall conduct a review of Federal Housing Administration construction financing programs to identify barriers to the use of modular home methods.”
The section requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to review Federal Housing Administration construction financing programs to find barriers to using modular home methods. The review must identify and evaluate regulatory and programmatic features that limit modular home developers, including construction draw schedules, and identify administrative measures allowed under section 525 of the National Housing Act to help those developers use the programs.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary shall conduct a review of Federal Housing Administration construction financing programs to identify barriers to the use of modular home methods.”
That sentence, in plain words
The housing agency must look over its building loan programs. It must find what makes them hard to use for factory-built homes.
What this is about
A construction loan pays out as a build goes along. Factory building does not follow the same order. That mismatch is one thing the review must look at.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 302 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish a report that describes the results of the review conducted under paragraph (1), which shall include a description of programmatic and policy changes that the Secretary recommends to reduce or eliminate identified barriers”
The section requires the Secretary to publish, within a year of enactment, a report describing the results of the review and the program and policy changes the Secretary recommends to reduce or remove the barriers found to using modular home methods in Federal Housing Administration construction financing programs.
What the document actually says
“Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish a report that describes the results of the review conducted under paragraph (1), which shall include a description of programmatic and policy changes that the Secretary recommends to reduce or eliminate identified barriers”
That sentence, in plain words
The housing agency must publish a report within one year. It must set out what the review found. It must also say what changes the agency would make.
What this is about
The report is public, not just for Congress. It names the problems and suggests fixes. The next step follows from it.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 302 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary publishes the report under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to examine an alternative draw schedule for construction financing loans provided to modular and manufactured”
The section requires the Secretary to start a rulemaking within 120 days of publishing the report, examining an alternative draw schedule for construction financing loans made to modular and manufactured home developers, with a chance for interested parties to comment. After the comment period the Secretary must either issue a final rule on the alternative schedule or explain why the rule will not become final.
What the document actually says
“Not later than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary publishes the report under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to examine an alternative draw schedule for construction financing loans provided to modular and manufactured”
That sentence, in plain words
The housing agency must start work on a new rule. It has 120 days after the report. The rule looks at another way of paying out building loans.
What this is about
A draw schedule sets when loan money is handed over. The public may comment on the plan. The agency must then make the rule final or say why not.
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The document says “can”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 302 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary may award a grant to study the design and feasibility of a standardized uniform commercial code for modular homes, which shall evaluate--”
The section lets the Secretary award a grant to study the design and feasibility of a standardized uniform commercial code for modular homes. The study must evaluate the usefulness of a standard coding system for serializing and securing modules, streamlining design and construction, and improving innovation, and a means of tying such a code to financing incentives.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary may award a grant to study the design and feasibility of a standardized uniform commercial code for modular homes, which shall evaluate--”
That sentence, in plain words
The housing agency may pay for a study. The study asks whether one shared code for these homes could work.
What this is about
A code here means a shared way of numbering and tracking each piece. That could make design and building simpler. The study also asks how it might tie to loans.
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Each distinct thing the section does: the definition of a modular home, the review of Federal Housing Administration construction financing programs and what it must cover, the report, the rulemaking on an alternative draw schedule and the determination that follows, and the grant to study a standardized code.
Nothing the section does is left out.
The section points to section 525 of the National Housing Act for administrative measures and takes the definition of a manufactured home from section 603 of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. Neither is indexed here.
