{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-5401","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 5401","heading":"Findings and purposes","body":"(a) FindingsCongress finds that—(1) manufactured housing plays a vital role in meeting the housing needs of the Nation; and (2) manufactured homes provide a significant resource for affordable homeownership and rental housing accessible to all Americans. (b) PurposesThe purposes of this chapter are—(1) to protect the quality, durability, safety, and affordability of manufactured homes; (2) to facilitate the availability of affordable manufactured homes and to increase homeownership for all Americans; (3) to provide for the establishment of practical, uniform, and, to the extent possible, performance-based Federal construction standards for manufactured homes; (4) to encourage innovative and cost-effective construction techniques for manufactured homes; (5) to protect residents of manufactured homes with respect to personal injuries and the amount of insurance costs and property damages in manufactured housing, consistent with the other purposes of this section; (6) to establish a balanced consensus process for the development, revision, and interpretation of Federal construction and safety standards for manufactured homes and related regulations for the enforcement of such standards; (7) to ensure uniform and effective enforcement of Federal construction and safety standards for manufactured homes; and (8) to ensure that the public interest in, and need for, affordable manufactured housing is duly considered in all determinations relating to the Federal standards and their enforcement.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 70—MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"d510e2dc8fae222e60e3f066e8440831cc95e70c1057941a8c0bea36e8224b1e","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-5324","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-5402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}