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4:4 the <br /> 126 <br /> - � money, - <br /> '':Y ,,: - quality of life seen <br /> 3 -�'• as better by many <br /> • <br /> r <br /> ,,,r 3'i.'y t., Caatlatred from Prilf 64 <br /> r.. <br /> .,:::. ' home costs.Others believe 4-b -75 mw ptp ��*ith <br /> v.j `='.. that t they can enjoy a lief- 102t of square TeotM�is <br /> t quality of life for the priced approxigiaiefy <br /> •• money a mobile home 5l8.000. which'is 7ra7 <br /> community. And others per square foot' uy <br /> determine to avoid F. Y fur <br /> void the nishcd."• <br /> upkeep Cost of convert- "True,homes <br /> •' tionai housing. , more <br /> •� g• Many expensive, but t the <br /> retirees•enjoy the Cori- h y <br /> —':i7.... <br /> � <br /> mutiny and social aspects desires of the buying <br /> - '•• ,. of mobile home livi buyers <br /> r ] 4!" "In Public and manufaenj <br /> a :Pei• 'In some of the fast have been able to offset • <br /> growing cities of the west, increased costs by attire <br /> ^r•'.- there is no alterative to advanced technology and <br /> • ,� . «., mobile home living due to manufacturing • <br /> the extremely h' x expertise. <br /> 1,Ft : ,• ' . Y tEh costs of The most exerting new <br /> 14,d.„-ey•.`: conventional home development in thetnobik - <br /> mg materials and the home Indust Shirk <br /> ;, - 4x._f t;.•'. - • lack of adequate labor. said."is the advent of the <br /> .% _ . , t ofd$mac-ptttwh7 bno man Finans flexible govcr_ <br /> simply enjoy mobile home offered by the programs <br /> 1 living and prefer it to any Administration and the <br /> • 1 other life style." What Federal Housing Admiai- <br /> • <br /> about the current costs of stratdoa." <br /> • <br /> r:. mobile homes? <br /> • !^ Shirk said <br /> • ld that per square foot CDC leaders wlplace the max-ha not r <br /> ;fi'- + <br /> In 1953,a home 8 foot $47,5001aan amount at <br /> by 40 foot could be par- limits qty,own these <br /> chased for$4,995, which <br /> is about S15.60 per square single 50 0 on home and <br /> foot.The current $35,000 on a multi- <br /> . <br /> ulti- <br /> t a home is now higher than section. A multi-section. <br /> • <br /> unit can be financed for <br /> I are in the 1950's,but families twenty years and the single <br /> ing a section term wassracreasert <br /> much �� home with from 12 to 15 years." <br /> M quality. Too- Shirk noted that the <br /> fit FHA mobile home lending <br /> -program has also been <br /> revised'within the last <br /> }k year. "MWri-sections can <br /> now be financed for a <br /> . maximum of$47,500 for a <br /> • <br /> r term of 20 years and single <br /> • <br /> sections can be insured fa <br /> the maximum amount of <br /> 82Z.500 for 15 years." <br /> "It is interesting to see <br /> xi the difference in the <br /> United States in the pro- <br /> duct mix between single <br /> section units and multi- <br /> section units. Buyers in <br /> California. for example, <br /> . prefer the multi-section <br /> units in 80 <br /> purchases. In the Rocky <br /> Mountain West, per- <br /> cent of the buyers prefer <br /> multi-section units. In• <br /> Texas, the largest-mobile <br /> home f ales state in rite • <br /> • u e, only 12.4 <br /> • <br /> percent prefer multi. <br /> section homes. This <br /> s demonstrates that the <br /> a•` mobile home industry has <br /> • <br /> the flexibility to supply <br /> any type of home rrle that <br /> the <br /> i R buying public desires." <br /> a Shirk said,"Homes had <br /> a maximum of 14-foot- <br /> . wide sections. <br /> a y • of these eeetio nsnsware <br /> ,, wide as 16 to 18 feet."Tri. <br /> ple wide horins are now <br /> being produced that bare <br /> as much as 2,000 square <br /> feet, <br /> • <br /> I <br />