Regulatory Barriers to Manufactured Housing Placement in Urban Communities

摘要

One of HUD's highest priorities is to support and promote sustainable communities. This involves investing in communities that are inclusive, economically viable, safe, and healthy. A central part of this mission is to expand housing opportunities that are affordable, energy efficient, and provide access to a range of valuable community services. While HUD actively nnd vigorously supports the provision of affordable housing in sustainable communities, HUD itself does not actually build such housing. The actual gatekeepers for the approval and development of affordable housing are state and local governments. These governments, through their regulation of the housing development process, influence the type and amount of such housing that gets built, where it gets built, the pace of its development, and the cost and type of infrastructure used to support it. Regrettably, when these policies or practices restrict the development of affordable housing in communities, such policies and practices become regulatory barriers that restrict the opportunity of hard-working American families to live in the communities where they work or where they would like to live. An integral part of the mission to promote sustainable communities is identifying and addressing state and local regulatory barriers to affordable housing.