The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service is considering extending two manufactured-housing pilot programs implemented in a number of states under the USDA Section 502 single-family housing guaranteed loan program. The planned expansion would provide a more balanced regional representation that would help RHS measure the pilots’ impact. Launched in August 2016, the first pilot involves financing of existing manufactured homes. The second pilot involves ownership requirements for new energy-efficient manufactured and modular houses in land-lease communities operating on a nonprofit basis. State requests to join one or both pilots are submitted to the USDA state director of rural development. The deputy administrator of single-family housing decides on the request. Decisions would be based on the date the request was received and whether the ...