landscaping. The North Central project also included fencing and landscaping.

This multi-faceted process allows simultaneous construction of the home and foundation, which leads to quicker project completion, thereby reducing carrying costs for the developer. Additionally, because homes are routinely installed and secured in one day, opportunities for vandalism and theft are reduced. Each step in the process is focused on speed to project completion, thereby reducing neighborhood disruption and improving affordability for the homebuyer.

Increased reliance on factory production has resulted in major

changes in the efficiency of housing construction. Builders today routinely use prefabricated wall panels, trusses, cabinets, etc. Advantages of factory construction include: better control of building and financing costs, more efficient control of inventory, and the ability to better control the quality and performance of products. These advantages increase value for homebuyers and make affordability more than just a dream! Almost all California homes today include some factory-produced components.

All manufactured homes in the United States are built to the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (the HUD Code). Adoption of the Code, which under federal law

satisfies all local building codes, has validated these high quality single-family dwellings. The HUD label certifies that the home has been factory constructed, tested and inspected to comply with stringent, uniform federal standards.

The HUD Code, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is the counterpart to national model codes for site-built housing. These model codes include the Uniform Building Code of the International Conference of Building Officials, upon which California local governments base their building codes. To ensure quality, design and construction are monitored by both HUD and the Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS).

Many manufactured homes are indistinguishable from their sitebuilt counterparts in construction and appearance. In California, approximately 70 percent of new manufactured homes sold are sited on lots in urban, suburban or rural neighborhoods. Facilitating this opportunity are state laws (Government Code Sections 65852.3 and 65852.4) which allow manufactured homes to be sited on any residential lot, providing the home meets specified local