Structure, Operation, Performance, and Development Trends of the Mobile Home Industry. Volume V: Public Regulation

摘要

Part of a five - volume series on the structure, operation, performance, and development trends of the mobile home industry, this report examines how land use controls, taxation, building codes, and highway regulations affect the industry. The report outlines exclusion and restriction methods in land use control, lists reasons for wide zoning practice variations, assesses the impact of land use controls on industry performance, and notes three trends in land use controls that may lead to market expansion. The impact of State taxation of mobile homes is reviewed, and the beneficial effects of realty taxation are outlined, such as market expansion, increased sales volume, and decrease unit cost for the mobile home industry. In addition, the report describes the efforts of the Mobile Home Manufacturers Association to build a nationwide, comprehensive performance code for the entire industry (American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard A119.1 for Mobile Homes) which is regularly amended by ANSI. Problems of State - by - State variations of A119.1 such as variations in inspection and lack of interstate reciprocity are discussed, and improvements suggested. Congressional legislation that preceded the adoption of Title VI of the 1974 Housing and Community Development Act is outlined, and the implications of Title VI for States, localities, and the mobile home industry are analyzed. The report also recommends improving three major forms of State regulation of mobile home highway movement dimension limitations, permit requirements, and traffic regulations specific to oversize vehicles. Graphs, maps, and tabular data are included. Footnotes and a table of contents are given for each section. The appendix contains a supply and demand model of mobile home rental and purchase markets; a report of New York and Pennsylvania experiences with the realty tax; 'fair share' taxation studies from California, Connecticut, and Georgia; the texts of Oklahoma and Kansas highway amgulations; and accounting sheets for highway regulation.