New to owning a manufactured home? One of the resources you should know about is the Manufactured Home State Association for your state. Indeed, these state associations offer important information for the manufactured and mobile homes in your area.
Some Benefits Manufactured Housing State Associations Offer:
- News on local and national legislation
- Helpful guides to purchase a home in your state
- Required permits to build or move into a new home for your area
- Comprehensive home reports
- Lists of local contractors or repair services who work in manufactured housing
- Member lists including communities and professional retailers in the state
In fact, almost all of the Manufactured Housing State Associations have their own website. This makes it super easy to browse their content. And it can help you get familiar with the industry in your state. To highlight a few, here are some of our favorite features offered by the following state associations:
The Florida Manufactured Housing Association Offers a Blog:
This association is very active in Florida. So, they offer a blog to the consumers and the professional members. It provides current insights and information for the area, such as hurricane reports. They also have home buying guides, information on insurance and finance and more. To learn more, check out the FMHA website.
The Manufactured Housing Industry of Arizona has a Great Compilation of information on Home Buying:
Some of the links on this page include titles like, “Getting the Most for Your Housing Dollar” and “Financing and Insurance”. They also have a list of contractors and supply firms that can help with your mobile home purchase in Arizona.
The Illinois Manufactured Housing Association has YouTube Videos on How Manufactured Homes are Made:
How cool are these? In addition to the videos, they also have a number of public resources that are appropriate for that state – like preparing your manufactured home for high wind events.
Contact Your State Association
So, you now know some of the features offered by Manufactured Housing State Associations. How do you find your association? MHVillage has a complete list of all of the manufactured home state associations with their address, phone, and website. 
Simply head to the MHVillage homepage. Scroll towards the bottom. There, you will find this option listed in our within the “Helpful Links” section.
