HB 1605 - DIGEST

     Finds that manufactured housing built to federal standards should not be prohibited or restrained beyond restraints or prohibitions placed on site-built single-family residences, either through personal or public restrictions, and that any such restrictions are contrary to the public policy of the state that encourages housing affordability and consumer choice absent restraint of trade by private or public entities.

     Recognizes that federal standards for manufactured housing supersedes state and local building and energy codes and that compliance with state or local building or energy codes as a requirement for issuing a permit for siting a manufactured housing unit may not be required as a condition for allowing manufactured homes in the state.