To require approval from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for any Federal manufactured home and safety standards, and for other purposes.

This bill puts the HUD Secretary in charge of all federal rules about how manufactured homes are built and kept safe. Any other federal agency that wants to set these kinds of standards must first send the plan to HUD and cannot move forward without HUD’s approval. HUD must turn down proposed rules that would raise the cost to build manufactured homes a lot, that clash with HUD’s existing rules, or for other reasons HUD finds appropriate. The bill does not require HUD to create new rules; it just centralizes who decides.

Key points

• Who is affected: People who build, buy, or live in manufactured homes; federal agencies that try to set housing standards.
• What changes: HUD becomes the primary decision-maker on federal manufactured home construction and safety standards; other agencies need HUD’s approval.
• When: Applies to any new federal standards proposed on or after the date this becomes law.