The Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma's (MHAO) mission is to advance the availability and ownership of manufactured housing and desirable sites throughout the great state of Oklahoma.

For more than 30 years, the Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma has led the way as the voice of the manufactured housing industry in Oklahoma. Through determination and pride the manufactured housing industry today has earned its place in Oklahoma's housing market. Today, the industry is known for providing a safe, affordable and innovative housing alternative for thousands of Oklahomans yearly.

It all started from a handful of pioneering individuals with vision. Today we have nearly 400 members and associates. MHAO has dedicated itself to a spirit of cooperation, striving for quality and excellence in construction, sale and placement of all manufactured homes.

MHAO members - retailers, manufacturers, finance/insurance, supplier/service, and community owners/developers - work together speaking with one voice through its elected officers, on both state and national levels.

The Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing its members with tools and information needed to help shape a successful business environment and a profitable housing market in home sales.

As we explore the new millenium, MHAO will continue to develop programs and make opportunities available for its members, fostering growth through professional development seminars, workshops and providing the most up-to-date information available to the industry. The members of MHAO have and will continue to make a difference. MHAO membership is an investment in the future of affordable housing.

Currently over 35% of all new housing starts in Oklahoma are manufactured homes.

Nearly 80% of the new manufactured houses purchased in Oklahoma each year go to one home site and remain there permanently.

That is the reason the term "manufactured house" is now used instead of "mobile home".

"Manufactured house" applies to homes built since 1976, the year HUD began a national building code for manufactured housing. Technically speaking, only pre-1976 houses are called "mobile homes".

Manufactured homes now appreciate in value.

Studies since the early 1980's consistently show that today's modern manufactured homes appreciate in value under the same circumstances as site-built housing such as when the home is placed on a quality home-site and is well maintained.

Oklahoma is part of a national trend toward manufactured housing.

One out of three new homes sold in the U.S. is a manufactured home.

Local zoning ordinances, which arbitrarily discriminate against manufactured homes, are subject to legal challenge.

Progressive Oklahoma cities are now setting zoning standards based on housing features such as the size and shape of the house, type of siding and type of roof.

Planning officials recognize that residents often cannot tell - nor do they care - whether a house was originally built on site or in a factory.

Over half of the new manufactured homes currently coming into Oklahoma are multi-section homes.

Properly placed on home site, multi-section homes are often virtually indistinguishable from site-built homes of the same size.

Manufactured housing meant new home ownership for over 5,562 Oklahoma families in 2000.

Home ownership makes for better citizens. Owners of manufactured housing register and vote at a higher rate than the population at large.

Today's manufactured homes are built to tough federal standards for fire and other safety considerations.

Tough federal construction and safety standards mean that a manufactured home provides safe, secure and affordable housing. For example, the incidence of fire in a modern manufactured home is lower than for site-built houses.

The Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma represents the manufactured housing industry.

Members include manufacturers, retailers, community owners/developers, as well as financial, insurance, service and supply companies, which serve the industry.

In 2000 the total economical impact the manufactured housing industry had in Oklahoma was well over $219 million