Manufactured or Modular? Or neither...

[alebrewer]

Posting this in Manufactured housing - cuz I'm not really sure what bucket it will eventually fall into. It's not made to HUD specs, so probably not manufactured (unless HUD gets involved at some point). Modular would be best guess - although, as a prototype, it may not even have been built to local codes. Anyway - the future of affordable housing?

First 100% bio-based 3D-printed home unveiled at the University of Maine - UMaine News - University of Maine

On Nov. 21, the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) unveiled BioHome3D, the first 3D-printed house made entirely with bio-based materials. BioHome3D was developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Hub and Spoke program between the UMaine and Oak...

umaine.edu

 

[glenn walker]

Posting this in Manufactured housing - cuz I'm not really sure what bucket it will eventually fall into. It's not made to HUD specs, so probably not manufactured (unless HUD gets involved at some point). Modular would be best guess - although, as a prototype, it may not even have been built to local codes. Anyway - the future of affordable housing?

First 100% bio-based 3D-printed home unveiled at the University of Maine - UMaine News - University of Maine

On Nov. 21, the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) unveiled BioHome3D, the first 3D-printed house made entirely with bio-based materials. BioHome3D was developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Hub and Spoke program between the UMaine and Oak...

umaine.edu

Fannie-HUD are way behind the curve on these and have no real definition and currently are no able to get financing on them using FHA or Fannie Loans . BUT with that said they are built in a factory and broken into modules- They do not have steel frames NO HUD Tags and are brought in on a Flat Bed Trucks to Site and assembled on the spot. There a Factory Built small " Modular Home. With that being said until HUD-Fannie etc gets ahead of the game, you won't be doing these for traditional GSE or HUD Lenders.

 

[alebrewer]

Fannie-HUD are way behind the curve on these and have no real definition and currently are no able to get financing on them using FHA or Fannie Loans . BUT with that said they are built in a factory and broken into modules- They do not have steel frames NO HUD Tags and are brought in on a Flat Bed Trucks to Site and assembled on the spot. There a Factory Built small " Modular Home. With that being said until HUD-Fannie etc gets ahead of the game, you won't be doing these for traditional GSE or HUD Lenders.

As usual - pretty logical observation. As these are 'true green 100% biodegradable', AND they are targeted at lower income families - I expect government backed financing to be readily available by the time they hit the market. I kind of expect they'll be their own product in the selling guides, but what do I know.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

a biodegradable all-natural home - Indians used them for centuries

 

[alebrewer]

a biodegradable all-natural home - Indians used them for centuries
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I think maybe the TEL of those might be somewhat less than the one produced in Maine...