- Author
- Street, W. G. | Greene, W. E. | Pielert, J. H. | Skoda, L. F.
- Title
- Compilation of Problems Related to the Performance of Mobile Homes. Interim Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 75-690, April 1975, 86 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- mobile homes | computers | housing | standards | performance evaluation | enforcement
- Identifiers
- Hurricane Agnes
- Abstract
- Performance of mobile homes as housing units is of broad concern to mobile home owners. This study report prepared at the National Bureau of Standards and funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development presents mobile home problem data obtained from two separate data sources. The first data base for 2881 units was selected from maintenance records retained by HUD on 12,500 mobile homes used as emergency housing following the Hurricane Agnes disaster at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. The second source consisted of data for 967 privately-owned units collected from the files of various Federal, state, and private agencies responsible for regulation or consumer protection functions with regard to mobile homes.