A short transcript excerpt of a talk by a speaker (Chrissy Myers) arguing that modern factory-built homes—built to HUD standards and sited on foundations—should be reframed from ‘trailer parks’ to homeownership-focused communities. The speaker emphasizes construction quality (2x6 framing, energy-efficient drywall), homeowner civic engagement, and outreach to local/state representatives to counter NIMBY opposition.
So we all know the old school trailer park. So these are homes that are built in a factory to HUD specifications. They're delivered to the community, set on a foundation of sorts, and skirted. And that's really the difference. Our model is all around home ownership, because homeowners add more value to a community. They become involved in their houses of worship, in their yoga studio, in the, you know, kids soccer games and pta, and they really become the fabric of the community. Everybody says, not in my backyard NIMBYism. I've met with local and state representatives, and really, it's having them out to our community and showing them the 2x6 construction, the energy efficiency drywall, and the high quality homes that we're building and really trying to change that mindset that this isn't the trailer park that you remember.
